Album
In The Wee Small Hours
1955 · Jazz, Pop
52 collectors on Gatefold own this
In The Wee Small Hours is a Pop album by Frank Sinatra, originally released in 1955. On Gatefold: 162 pressings tracked, owned by 52 collectors.
About
In his reissue notes, Pete Welding called <i>In the Wee Small Hours</i> “the single finest collection of mood songs ever recorded” with an intimate narrative focus tailor-made for the early LP era. Sinatra was just a year into his prolific Capitol period on his ninth studio album, and Nelson Riddle’s arrangements—emotionally direct, never flowery or saccharine—framed his voice with subtlety as he delivered what would become definitive versions of these timeless songs by Alec Wilder, Harold Arlen, Richard Rodgers, Duke Ellington, and more. Four of these—“Glad to Be Unhappy,” “Can’t We Be Friends,” “I’ll Be Around,” and “Dancing on the Ceiling”—featured a smaller ensemble within the band, giving the music room to breathe and highlighting the sublime taste of players like guitarist George Van Eps. Much like Ella Fitzgerald’s interpretive albums for Verve, Sinatra’s Capitol outings did a great deal to codify the Great American Songbook in the mid-20th century—<i>In the Wee Small Hours</i> chief among them.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
- A2Mood Indigo
- A3Glad To Be Unhappy
- A4I Get Along Without You Very Well
- A5Deep In A Dream
- A6I See Your Face Before Me
- A7Can't We Be Friends
- A8When Your Lover Has Gone
Side B
- B1What Is This Thing Called Love
- B2Last Night When We Were Young
- B3I'll Be Around
- B4Ill Wind
- B5It Never Entered My Mind
- B6Dancing On The Ceiling
- B7I'll Never Be The Same
- B8This Love Of Mine
Sound DNA
- Pop
- Traditional Pop
- lush
- melancholic
- nocturnal
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Alvin StollerDRUMS
- Bill MillerPIANO
- Frank SinatraVOCALS
- George Van EpsGUITAR
- Harry EdisonTRUMPET
- Joe ComfortBASS
- John GraasFRENCH HORN
- Nelson RiddleARRANGED BY , CONDUCTOR ARRANGED BY, CONDUCTOR CONDUCTOR
- Nelson Riddle And His OrchestraFEATURING ORCHESTRA
- Phil StephensBASS
- Vincent DeRosaFRENCH HORN
- Al ViolaGUITAR
- George RobertsBASS TUBA
- Gordon JenkinsCONDUCTOR
- Manny KleinTRUMPET
- Milt BernhartTUBA
52 collectors on Gatefold own this · 162 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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