Released 1962 | Release date 1962 | |
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Recorded June 12–14, 1962, London Length 35:12 (Original UK mono release) Sinatra Sings Great Songs From Great Britain(1962) Sinatra–Basie An Historic Musical First(1962) Similar Frank Sinatra albums, Traditional pop music albums | ||
Sinatra Sings Great Songs From Great Britain is an album by Frank Sinatra, arranged by Robert Farnon, recorded in London in 1962 at CTS studios by Eric Tomlinson, a renowned recording and film industry dubbing engineer who would later go on to record the Soundtracks to all three original Star Wars films, in Bayswater in June.
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It is Sinatra's only UK studio album though there were three other radio performances that were recorded and later released.
Sinatra was tired after touring and had a sore throat: he was apparently not very happy with his voice.
It was released on LP in Great Britain, but not in the United States. It was released in the U.S. on compact disc in the early 1990s. All tracks were available on The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings.
Track listing
- "The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble) – 3:34
- "We'll Gather Lilacs in the Spring" (Ivor Novello) – 3:15
- "If I Had You" (Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Ted Shapiro) – 4:07
- "Now Is the Hour" (Maewa Kaihan, Clemnet Scott, Dorothy Stewart) – 2:51
- "The Gypsy" (Billy Reid) – 3:21
- "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin) – 3:54
- "A Garden in the Rain" (James Dyrenforth, Carroll Gibbons) – 3:24
- "London by Night" (Carroll Coates) – 3:20
- "We'll Meet Again" (Hughie Charles, Ross Parker) – 3:44
- "I'll Follow My Secret Heart" (Noël Coward) – 3:16
Additional track not included on original release, first released in Japan on LP in 1985, and later on CD worldwide:
- "Roses of Picardy" (Frederic E. Weatherly, Haydn Wood) – 3:01
Personnel
Songs
1The Very Thought of You3:32
2We'll Gather Lilacs in the Spring3:13
3If I Had You4:06