FRANK SINATRA 8211 In The Wee Small Hours (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) Mono 8211 LP 8211 Deluxe 180g Vinyl FEB 6

LP – Limited Edition 180g Black Vinyl. Mono Tone Poet Vinyl Edition produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at RTI, and packaged in a deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket. Frank Sinatras seminal 1955 Capitol Records album In The Wee Small Hours is a melancholy masterpiece of lost love and heartbreak that was a pivotal album in the legendary vocalists career. Produced by Voyle Gilmore, the album embodied Sinatras artistic growth into a more mature singing style with stunning renditions of Great American Songbook standards given sublime arrangements by Nelson Riddle. Sinatra conceived of In The Wee Small Hours as a full-length album, rather than a collection of singles, creating one of the first-ever concept albums and becoming one of the first pop albums to be released as a 12-inch LP. The album was met with immediate critical and commercial success, reaching #2 on the Billboard charts and bolstering Sinatras career resurgence following his signing to Capitol Records in 1953 and his Academy Award win for his role in the film From Here to Eternity. This mono Tone Poet Vinyl Edition was produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at RTI, and packaged in a deluxe Gatefold tip-on jacket. Blue Note Tone Poet Series:The Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series was born out of Blue Note President Don Was admiration for the exceptional audiophile Blue Note LP reissues presented by Music Matters. Was brought Joe Harley, a.k.a. the Tone Poet, on board to curate and supervise a series of reissues from the Blue Note family of labels. Extreme attention to detail has been paid to getting these right in every conceivable way, from the jacket graphics and printing quality to superior LP mastering (direct from the master tapes) by Kevin Gray to superb 180g audiophile LP pressings by Record Technology Inc. Every aspect of these Tone Poet releases is done to the highest possible standard. It means that you will never find a superior version. This is IT. Tracklist: Side A1. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning2. Mood Indigo3. Glad To Be Unhappy4. I Get Along Without You Very Well5. Deep In A Dream6. I See Your Face Before Me7. Cant We Be Friends8. When Your Lover Is Gone Side B1. What Is This Thing Called Love2. Last Night When We Were Young3. Ill Be Around4. Ill Wind5. It Never Entered My Mind6. Dancing On the Ceiling7. Ill Never Be the Same8. This Love of Mine