Frank Sinatra - The Man and His Music (1992)

What Songs Are Included?

Can anyone please tell me which, if any of this series of TV DVD's, is the one on which Frank sings 'Here's That Rainy Day'? February 12, 2008

The Best Special Sinatra Ever Did.

Of the many tv speciasl Frank Sinatra did between 1965 and 1982, his last one, "The Man And His Music", is my personal favorite and his best. Older, wiser and as good as ever, this is Frank in top form.

Beginning with an excellent performance of "Nice 'N Easy" (a song trarelt performed outside of his 1960 original recording), Frank is loose, relaxed and energetic. Despite nearing 70, his voice and energy still capture the glory of his younger years.

Frank takes the time in this special to revisit songs that he had not doen in awhile. Among them are a rousing "The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else", a lovly, somber rendition of "The Girl From Ipanema" with the masterful Tony Mottola on guitar), a swingin' "At Long Last Love" and a lovely reworking of "Thanks For The Memory". Count Basie stops by for wonderful versions of "Pennies From Heaven" and "The Best Is Yet To Come", and the version of "I Get A Kick Out Of You" really cooks.

Frank also takes the time to do some new songs. From his then recent release "She Shot Me Down", there's the haunting, moody "I Loved Her", the tener and sad "Monday Morning Quarterback", the remorseful "(We Had) A Thing Going" and the bright and uptempo "Say Hello". And from the previously released "Trilogy" album are Frank's powerful cover of The Beatles' "Something" and a barnstorming "New York, New York".

Other than the usual picture and sound quality probelsm that plague all Siantra dvds, this special is Frank int op form and comes highly recommended. June 17, 2007

Awsome

I recommend this DVD the quality is great, music is the best ever. Wish there were more like this. Go out and buy it.......Ana January 19, 2007

SUBLIME SINATRA MUSICAL TREASURE~BRAVO FRANK!!!

...and "Thanks For The Memories" to you Mr. Frank Sinatra! Great production values plus Frank in excellent form make tremendous music event the Ultimate Sinatra performance from his mature years and his last solo Television Special and one of his all-time finest! Having read a few of the really tired reviews about this incredibly great special, I felt it was time...forget those who think that this legend was only great in his early years and open up to one of the most wonderfully soulful performances ever from a major legendary icon...anyone that I have played this wondrous special for has gone out and purchased it! From the opening "Nice "N" Easy", it is clear that Sinatra is in top form vocally and at his soulful best. "The One I Love" is a romp and "Pennies From Heaven" with Count Basie is infectious and has never sounded finer. Deeply emotive in the moody "I Loved Her" mades this classic one to play back over and over again and "The Girl From Ipanema" with Tony Mottola on guitar is so fine and it is fascinating to watch these two masters at the top of their game. Brooding and again deeply soulful in George Harrison's "Something" make this a memorable performance of this classic and "Monday Morning Quarterback" continues this mood and is another great vocal and a beautifully moving performance. A definitive version of the standard "The Best Is Yet To Come" is infectious and a catchy single release "(We Had A) Good Thing Going" would have been a hit in better musical times than the bland mid-eighties, and Sinatra clearly is having the time of his life with the exhuberant "Say Hello". Never has anyone come close to Sinatra's classic reading of "I Get A Kick Out Of You" and this stellar version is magnificent as is the soulfully sung "New York, New York" which is also a joy to see Frank sing with Liza and Sammy in the great VHS concert "The Ultimate Event" which is exactly that and this is another masterpiece that should have been released on DVD long ago...makes one wonder where are the heads of these marketing morons...little wonder the music industry is suffering from declining sales and the closing of major chains! Closing this classic and spectacular special is a moving "Thanks For The Memory" and this version is as good as it gets...if you love Sinatra, don't miss this incomparable special! Thank you Ole' Blue Eyes for the best in music and entertainment for so many very good years!!!!! February 10, 2006

sad state of Sinatra on DVD...

I see that a deluxe five DVD set of Barbra Streisand's TV specials has been released recently... So why doesn't Warner/Reprise do the same thing for Frank Sinatra's classic TV specials? Could "The Family" be involved perhaps...? Sure, they can get behind a phony "Sinatra at the Palladium" multi-media extravaganza where you watch 20-foot projected videos of Sinatra singing accompanied by a live orchestra thanks to "unprecedented access to Frank Sinatra's film archives"... but they can't seem to get Sinatra's video performance legacy released appropriately on DVD...

The classic 1960s, 70s, and 80s musical TV specials (A Man and His Music Part I & II, Sinatra+Ella+Jobim, The Main Event, etc...) are still being sold as individual DVDs at full price ($15-$20 each). They are each about 50 minutes long with "stereo" sound (actually "2-channel mono" I think) with no bonus features whatsoever, packaged in flimsy plastic and cardboard cases.

Why don't they compile all 9 of the Reprise Collection Sinatra TV specials in a 3-DVD package with 3 specials per DVD? Price it at about $40-$50, include some bonus goodies (there must be hours of stuff in the vaults... better go with 4 DVDs!) and give this material the deluxe, classy treatment it deserves.

Surely this would sell well enough to justify the minimal investment required (just repackaging/remastering the same old material for the most part). Wouldn't a DVD set like this be a better 90th birthday "limited edition" release than reissuing the sub-standard Duets CDs again? And what about all the amazing unreleased audio that remains stagnating in the vaults...? Get with the program, folks!

I am truly very happy for all you Babs fans though! You're "the luckiest people in the world..."
December 6, 2005

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