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When I got this four cd boxed set nearly 10 years ago, I was pretty heavily into Sinatra and already owned the excellent "The Capitol Years" boxed set, but I always leaned slightly towards the Reprise years, since those were the first Sinatra recordings I've ever heard.
"The Reprise Collection contains the best work from Sinatra at Reprise Records, the record company he started in 1962 and made a lot of his best work at. This four cd collection is the best representation of his career released. Sinatra was always like fine wine, getting better with age, and here, in his autumn years, was never finer.
Here is where you'll find a lot of Sinatra's best songs. Indeed, songs like "Fly Me To The Moon", "Strangers In The Night", "The Summer Wind", "Somethin' Stupid", "I've Got You Under My Skin", "My Way" and "(Theme From) New York, New York" rank among Sinatra's best and most popular works. Of course, there are a number of underrated gems here that really deserve to be heard, especially the stuff on the latter half of the third disc. And I would also like to reply to the reviews to say his voice was not in top form on the fourth disc. Well, Sinatra was much older at this point, plus he smoked, so it was only fitting that his voice changed. However, it worked in his favor. A lot of the songs Sinatra sing in this period, like "There Used To Be A Ballpark", "Send In The Clowns", "The Gal That Got Away/It Never Entered My Mind" and "Here's To The Band", were meant to be sung from an older person's perspective, and Sinatra performed them perfectly. So it ends here.
My only complaint is that some great songs were omitted. For example, Frank's undisputed best album from Reprise, "September Of My Years", is barely represented. The three tracks included are indeed worthy, but to leave off the title track as well as" Hello Young Lovers" and "Last Night When We Were Young" is a crime.
Also, while they may not quite be as good as their Reprise versions, Frank's Reprise redoings of "(Love Is) The Tender Trap", "Learnin' The Blues", "(How Little It Matters) How Little We Know", I've Got You Under My Skin", "Young At Heart", "Witchcraft", "Come Fly With Me", "In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning" and "All The Way" are all worthy of inclusion, while Frank's 1961 Tommy Dorsey tribute album, "I Remember Tommy" does not get represented at all.
On top of all that, great songs like "The Girl From Ipanema", "The Very Thought Of You", "The Girl Next Door", "You Will Be My Music", and Frank's final studio recording, "My Foolish Heart", missed the cut. Had I been in charge of putting this set together, I would've omitted filler songs like "The Coffee Song" and "What Are You Doing For The Rest Of Your Life", the five live tracks from "Sinatra At The Sands" and a good chunk of disc three save maybe the hits and a few other tracks to make room for more worthy tracks.
Other than that, I have no complaints.
The booklet is flawlessy put together. Very informative with some great photos. This boxed is an absolute must for all Sinatra fans or anyone with any taste in music whatsoever.
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