Essential Frank Sinatra: The Columbia Years [2-CD]

Liner Note Author: Will Friedwald.Recording information: 01/29/1945; 03/27/1951; 03/31/1947; 04/24/1950; 05/01/1945; 07/10/1949; 07/30/1945; 07/30/1946; 08/08/1946; 08/11/1947; 08/11/1974; 08/22/1945; 08/22/1946; 08/27/1945; 08/31/1939; 10/19/1947; 10/22/1947; 10/26/1947; 10/31/1946; 11/05/1947; 11/08/1947; 11/14/1944; 12/03/1944; 12/04/1947; 12/17/1946; 12/19/1944; 12/28/1947.Arranger: Axel Stordahl.The beauty of any Frank Sinatra collection is that, depending upon how it is put together by the producers for whatever purpose they have in mind, each one allows the listener to focus on a different aspect of the singer's work and pick out new and varied details. On one level, this double-CD set is a good compromise for listeners who aren't prepared to spring for a four-disc collection (much less a complete set of Columbia recordings), but want something that goes a little deeper into his output than any of the single-CD compilations of Sinatra's Columbia sides. The portrait constituted b