Sinatra question

According to the liner notes from this three disc vinyl collection I'm holding Sinatra parted ways with Harry James in late 39 and did some sessions with Tommy Dorsey. These sessions were recorded from Feb. 1940 to July 1942 and are called the The Tommy Dorsey/Frank Sinatra Sessions. I don't know if it is available on CD or the sound quality because my set is still sealed. It does say they used the Original masters for the set but on some hard to track down songs they just used copies of 78's from collectors. Hope this helps you out.
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it wasn't until sinatra joined capitol records, that he was able to have a say in what and how he recorded. capitol records was the first 'artist label. he later founded reprise with the same m.o.........all sinatra stuff is great, but '60 to '70....thats the real deal

Some changes here,Sinatra parted with Harry James in late January 1940 and this set is 3 double albums for a total of 6 disc's.

Try 'Live in Paris', whatever disc that has 'From the Wee Small Hours' on it, 'Duets', and maybe "live at the Sands'. I heard 'Live From Paris' and the song, "From the Wee Small Hours" on the radio a few days ago and finally became a fan of his. It was incredible. As for the other two, it was a recommnedation from the DJ so I can't vouch for the quality of the recording.

Sinatra didn't just "do sessions" with Tommy Dorsey from 1940-42: he was the band's regular vocalist, meaning he recorded with them, performed on radio with them, and toured with them. In 1942, he did his first "solo" recordings--four titles--while still with Dorsey. These recordings--including his first of "Night and Day"--are among the most beautiful he ever made.

Later that year, he left Dorsey to go solo, and signed with Columbia, where he recorded from 1943 until 1952. The best of these are from 1943-46. You could go with the four-disc set, which is an excellent selection up through '52, or go bonkers and buy the 12-disc box of all his Columbia recordings. Both have identical sound quality.

Of course as with most "complete" sets, you have to take the bad with the good. From, say, 1949-52, Sinatra was in generally poor voice. This was during the period where he lost his voice in a performance at the Copa and had to take several months off.

Although he later bounced back and made some very fine recordings for Capitol, to my ears his voice had lost that sweet, youthful quality for good. He was never quite the same again.