VINTAGE 1950 SING AND DANCE WITH FRANK SINATRA RARE COLUMBIA 10" VINYL RECORD LP

$

130

VINTAGE 1950

FRANK SINATRA

SING AND DANCE
WITH FRANK SINATRA

RARE COLUMBIA 33 RPM 10" VINYL LP #CL 6143

COLUMBIA RECORDS LONG PLAYING MICROGROOVE RECORD

ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING

CONDITION: Vinyl: EX / Jacket: VG+
___________________

Sing and Dance with Frank Sinatra is the sixth studio album by Frank Sinatra. The tracks were arranged and conducted by George Siravo and his orchestra in 1950 (except for track four, which was conducted by Hugo Winterhalter in 1949). Original Columbia 10-inch 33 1/3-rpm vinyl LP released October 16, 1950. It would prove to be the final album that Sinatra released under the Columbia label.

• MUSICIANS - 1949 : Hugo Winterthaler (conductor), Yank Lawson, Carl Poole, Russ Solomon (trumpets), John D'Agostino, Buddy Morrow aka Moe Zydecoff, William Pritchard (trombones), Ernie Caceres (baritone saxophone/clarinet/alto saxophone), Wolf Taninbaum, Henry Ross (tenor saxophone/clarinet), Toots Mondello, Sid Cooper (alto saxophone/clarinet), Johnny Guarnieri (piano), Al Caiola (guitar), Trigger Alpert (bass), Terry Snyder (drums).

• MUSICIANS - 1950 : George Siravo (conductor), Billy Butterfield, Steve Lipkins, Carl Poole, Pinky Savitt (trumpets), George Arus, William Rausch (trombones), Ernie Caceres (baritone saxophone/clarinet/alto saxophone), Emmett Callen (alto saxophone), Art Drelinger (alto saxophone/clarinet/oboe/bass clarinet), Leonard Hartman (tenor saxophone/clarinet/bass clarinet), Jimmy Horvath (alto saxophone), Jerry Jerome (tenor saxophone/clarinet), Babe Russin (tenor saxophone), Hymie Schertzer (alto saxophone/clarinet/baritone saxophone), Ken Lane (piano/celeste), Bernie Leighton (piano), Allan Reuss (guitar), Phil Stephens (bass), Johnny Blowers (drums).

• SONGS: Lover / It's Only A Paper Moon / My Blue Heaven / It All Depends On You / You Do Something To Me / Should I / The Continental / When You're Smiling
  

Sing and Dance With Frank Sinatra was an incredibly important album by Sinatra on several counts. The original release was the singing legend's first original LP and marked his first opportunity to work in the 33 1/3-rpm medium, in modern high-fidelity, and cut an entire body of work in a then-new format that he would later thoroughly dominate. Additionally, the original eight songs on this album marked a serious change of pace for Sinatra who, across most of his history at Columbia, focused almost entirely on ballads. Instead, on Sing and Dance With Sinatra, he's doing what were then called "rhythm numbers": beat-driven, swinging tracks. It was on this record album that Sinatra proved he could swing.

When it appeared in late 1950, Sing and Dance with Sinatra was timed badly enough and was also just different enough from what he was known for that it was ignored and overlooked even by the vast majority of fans -- and went on to become one of the singer's rarest and most obscure LPs.

The emphasis was on standards, including "My Blue Heaven," "It's Only a Paper Moon," and "When You're Smiling," and though no one could have known it in 1950 -- the album did offer a glimpse of Sinatra's future sound.

______________________

SHIPPING WITHIN THE CONTINENTAL U.S. IS $4.00. INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING IS $16.