@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Frank Sinatra - This Is Sinatra! Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1956, Jazz, Traditional Pop and Vocal Jazz, Hoboken, New Jersey 8/26 Matrix #: T768 Condition: VG+, sounds great, a few light marks (CC) | Members: Frank S (15' - 98') Cultural Facts:
Career Turning: This Is Sinatra! gathered many of the Capitol singles that helped define Sinatra’s extraordinary 1950s comeback after his career had nearly collapsed earlier in the decade.
Personal Struggle: By the early 1950s, Sinatra had lost his Columbia recording contract, suffered declining ticket sales, and endured intense tabloid attention surrounding his turbulent marriage to Ava Gardner before rebuilding his career.
Production Style: Arranger Nelson Riddle helped shape the sophisticated Capitol sound around Sinatra, using swinging brass, lush strings, and carefully controlled dynamics that emphasized his conversational phrasing.
