Frank Sinatra – September of my years
RARITY - SEALED
Frank Sinatra - Vocals [click here to see more Vinyl / SACD featuring Frank Sinatra]
Arranged and Conducted by Gordon Jenkins
Written by Sammy Cahn (A1,A4), Jimmy Van Heusen (A1, A4), Gordon Jenkins (A2, A5), Sunny Skylar (A3), E.Y. Harburg (A6), Harold Arlen (A6), Howard (A7), Ervin Drake (B1), Don Hunt (B2), Oscar Hammerstein II (B3), Richard Rodgers (B3), Alec Wilder (A4), William Engvick (B4), Charles Strouse (A5), Lee Adams (B5), Kurt Weill (B6), Maxwell Anderson (B6)
1 LP, Standard sleeve
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : Black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Record Technology Incorporated
Label : Reprise Records
Original Label : Reprise Records
Recorded on April 13–14, 22 and May 27, 1965, in Hollywood
Engineered by Lowell Frank
Produced by Sonny Burke
Art Direction by Ed Thrasher
Liner Notes by Stan Cornyn
Originally released in 1965
Reissued in 2004
Tracks:
Side A
- The September Of My Years
- How Old Am I?
- Don't Wait Too Long
- It Gets Lonely Early
- This Is All I Ask
- Last Night When We Were Young
- The Man In The Looking Glass
Side B
- It Was A Very Good Year
- When The Wind Was Green
- Hello, Young Lovers
- I See It Now
- Once Upon A Time
- September Song
Award :
Grammy Award for Album of the Year (1966)
Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Male (1966) for “It Was a Very Good Year”
Review :
« September of My Years is one of Frank Sinatra's triumphs of the '60s, an album that consolidated his strengths while moving him into new territory, primarily in terms of tone. More than the double-disc set A Man and His Music -- which was released a year after this album -- September of My Years captures how Sinatra was at the time of his 50th birthday. Gordon Jenkins' rich, stately, and melancholy arrangements give the album an appropriate reflective atmosphere. Most of the songs are new or relatively recent numbers; every cut fits into a loose theme of aging, reflection, and regret. Sinatra, however, doesn't seem stuck in his ways -- though the songs are rooted in traditional pop, they touch on folk and contemporary pop. As such, the album offered a perfect summary, as well as suggesting future routes for the singer. » AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Ratings :
Discogs : 4.3 / 5 ; AllMusic : 5 / 5