Francis a & Edward K [Original recording remastered]

Frank Sinatra | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 11, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B00000IQ1H
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #47,177 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Follow Me [From Camelot]

2. Sunny

3. All I Need Is the Girl [From Musical Gypsy]

4. Indian Summer

5. I Like the Sunrise

6. Yellow Days

7. Poor Butterfly

8. Come Back to Me [From On a Clear Day You Can See Forever]

Editorial Reviews

SINATRA FRANK FRANCIS A.& EDWARD K.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Dynamic Duo, January 26, 2007

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Robert M. Cunningham "a lover of saloon singers" (Just outside Philadelphia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Francis a & Edward K (Audio CD)

OK, so the critics found this not to be a wonderful recording effort. I frankly have always liked this album as much as any from Sinatra, and Ellington's band...my favorite band ever. The fact that I couldn't find it in CD format was upsetting to me...the original LP was showing its age. It is now available and it does swing! Poor Butterfly is one of my favorites, followed closely by All I Need Is The Girl. It is in my top 10 albums.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you're so smart, why ain't you rich?, April 27, 2006

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Mitchell Lee (Richmond, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Francis a & Edward K (Audio CD)

Am I missing something? This has been one of my favorite Sinatra discs since I picked up the LP on Frank's Reprise label back in the 1970s. Even then it was in the cutouts for 33 cents?! You tell me, how can a recording by arguably the greatest pop singer of the 20th century with the greatest big band of any century be so woefully overlooked?

Is the music just too good, too mature, too deep and heartfelt to be popular? This is right up there with 'Only the Lonely' and 'Songs for Swingin' Lovers' as Sinatra's best and it came SO MUCH later in what I have always regarded as a dry spell for him.

'Francis A & Edward K' IS dry, but in a good way. Heraclitus said, "A dry soul is wisest and best." After listening to the version of `Indian Summer' on this recording, I could not agree more! This one is straight, no chaser. Smooth and true.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Recording, March 8, 2008

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Jeffery Beach (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Francis a & Edward K (Audio CD)

This is one of the best produced and engineered recordings of all time. Frank Sinatra never had a better produced album and as for Duke Ellington, this ranks with Money Jungle as his best in production, engineering, and music.