Having listened to the 97 tracks on 4 CDs it's easy to understand why for daughter Nancy Sinatra this is the favourite period of her father's recordings. The tracks are arranged in chronological order from June 1943 - September 1952 and are the "best of" recordings made in that period. Yes, there is a "Complete Columbia" recordings box set that includes many "not so great" songs but why buy that? Here we have mostly dreamy ballads with superb Axel Stordahl arrangements and the best studio musicians of the period, and a different Sinatra to the brash, cocky, hard swinger of the "Capital Years". Many of the songs here Frank returned to with Nelson Riddle arrangements and it's interesting to play those from "The Capital Years 1953 - 1962" back to back. But here the voice is sublime and it's easy to understand why women during those war years fell for Sinatra with the vulnerability he shows on some of these recordings. Too many great tracks to pick favourites, but here we have great "Nancy", "I fall in love too easily", "I should care" and "I could write a book". There is also a great "all-stars" recording of "Sweet Lorraine" with brief but great jazz solos. The set is complemented by a 68 page book with essays on the recordings, a discography and photographs that compliment the John Ridgway book "The Sinatrafile Part 2" if you have or can find a copy. All in all this set is a great addition to any collection.Read full review
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