Sinatra At The Sands In Concert

Rating

Album: Sinatra At The Sands In Concert
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Come Fly With Me
2)	I've Got a Crush on You
3)	I've Got You Under My Skin
4)	Shadow of Your Smile, The
5)	Street of Dreams
6)	One For My Baby (And One More For the Road)
7)	Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)
8)	One O'Clock Jump - (Basie instrumental instrumental)
9)	Tea Break, The - (mono)
10)	You Make Me Feel So Young
11)	All of Me - (Basie instrumental instrumental)
12)	September of My Years, The
13)	Luck Be a Lady - (previously unreleased)
14)	Get Me to the Church on Time
15)	It Was a Very Good Year
16)	Don't Worry 'Bout Me
17)	Makin' Whoopee! - (Basie instrumental instrumental)
18)	Where or When
19)	Angel Eyes
20)	My Kind of Town
21)	Few Last Words, A - (mono)
22)	My Kind of Town - (reprise)

Album: Sinatra At The Sands In Concert
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Come Fly With Me
2)	I've Got a Crush on You
3)	I've Got You Under My Skin
4)	Shadow of Your Smile, The
5)	Street of Dreams
6)	One For My Baby (And One More For the Road)
7)	Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)
8)	One O'Clock Jump - (Basie instrumental instrumental)
9)	Tea Break, The - (mono)
10)	You Make Me Feel So Young
11)	All of Me - (Basie instrumental instrumental)
12)	September of My Years, The
13)	Luck Be a Lady - (previously unreleased)
14)	Get Me to the Church on Time
15)	It Was a Very Good Year
16)	Don't Worry 'Bout Me
17)	Makin' Whoopee! - (Basie instrumental instrumental)
18)	Where or When
19)	Angel Eyes
20)	My Kind of Town
21)	Few Last Words, A - (mono)
22)	My Kind of Town - (reprise)

Tracks

1. Come Fly With Me

2. I've Got A Crush On You

3. I've Got You Under My Skin

4. The Shadow Of Your Smile

5. Street Of Dreams

6. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)

7. Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)

8. One O'clock Jump Count Basie

9. Frank Sinatra Monologue

10. You Make Me Feel So Young

11. All Of Me Count Basie

12. The September Of My Years

13. Get Me To The Church On Time

14. It Was A Very Good Year

15. Don't Worry 'bout Me

16. Makin' Whoopee! Count Basie

17. Where Or When

18. Angel Eyes

19. My Kind Of Town

20. Sinatra Closing Monologue

21. My Kind Of Town (Reprise)

Performer Notes

The 1998 re-issue of SINATRA AT THE SANDS includes a previously unreleased version of "Luck Be A Lady" that was left off the original LP release due to time restrictions.
Personnel includes: Frank Sinatra (vocals); Quincy Jones (conductor); Count Basie & The Orchestra.
Includes liner notes by Stan Cornyn.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
This live recording from Las Vegas finds Sinatra fully in his element. An artist of his caliber certainly needs no contextualizing element in order to come across, but you'd be hard pressed to find a better medium for Sinatra's message. Vegas in the '60s was a center of unabashed showmanship, slightly crass elegance and a bourbon-drinking, dice-rolling, pre-boomer-generation sensibility--a perfect setting to bring Sinatra's music out of the abstract and into the realm of flesh and blood. At the Sands, the center of Vegas nightlife, Sinatra is the unchallenged king, and on this album he wears the crown with grace. And, naturally, he swings.
Listen to his lengthy mid-set comedy monologue, where stories of drinking, gambling, dame trouble and his rat-pack cronies are shared with the audience in a kind of unspoken accord. Listen to his off-handed ribbing of Basie and his musicians, as if they were the Sunday-through-Wednesday house band. SINATRA AT THE SANDS is the sound of a man feeling his oats. For further proof, consult the Basie-powered versions of "One For My Baby," "My Kind Of Town" and "I've Got You Under My Skin" contained herein.

Professional Reviews

Record Collector (magazine) (p.90) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] tremendous live album -- and Sinatra's first ever at the time -- recorded in Vegas in tandem with the Basie band..."