The Capitol Years [21-CD] (1998)

About this title: While Capitol Records issued upgraded, 20-bit remastered editions of eight of Sinatra's key albums in the U.S. in 1998, EMI-U.K. put together this 21-CD box, containing every song that Sinatra authorized for release between 1953 and 1961, remastered in state-of-the-art 20-bit digital audio. Each CD contains an individual Sinatra Capitol LP (including singles compilations), but the bonus tracks from the American versions appear on a separate CD here (The Rare Sinatra), which means that some of these discs run only 30 minutes or so. What will really confuse dedicated fans is that the sound on ... read more

Tracks:

1. The Girl Next Door [Blane/Martin]
2. They Can't Take That Away from Me [Gershwin/Gershwin]
3. Violets for Your Furs [Dennis/Adair]
4. Someone to Watch over Me [Gershwin/Gershwin]
5. My One and Only Love [Wood/Mellin]
6. Little Girl Blue [Rodgers/Hart]
7. Like Someone in Love [Burke/VanHeusen]
8. A Foggy Day [Gershwin/Gershwin]
9. It Worries Me [Reichner/Schulz/Sig]
10. I Can Read Between the Lines [Getzov/Franklin]
11. I Get a Kick Out of You [Porter]
12. My Funny Valentine [Rodgers/Hart]
13. Jeepers Creepers [Mercer/Warren]
14. Taking a Chance on Love [Duke/Latouche/Fette]
15. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away) [Barris/Moll/Koehler]
16. Lean Baby [May/Alfred]
17. I Love You [Archer/Thompson]
18. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself a Letter) [Ahlert/Young]
19. Get Happy [Arlen/Koehler]
20. All of Me [Simons/Marks]
21. How Could You Do a Thing Like That to Me [Glenn/Roberts]
22. Why Should I Cry over You? [Miller/Conn]
23. Sunday [Miller/Krueger/Conn]
24. Just One of Those Things [Porter]
25. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning [Mann/Hilliard]
26. Mood Indigo [Bigard/Ellington/Mi]
27. Glad to Be Unhappy [Rodgers/Hart]
28. I Get Along Without You Very Well [Carmichael]
29. Deep in a Dream [DeLange/VanHeusen]
30. I See Your Face Before Me [Schwartz/Dietz]
31. Can't We Be Friends? [James/Swift]
32. When Your Lover Has Gone [Swan]
33. What Is This Thing Called Love? [Porter]
34. Last Night When We Were Young [Arlen/Harburg]
35. I'll Be Around [Wilder]
36. Ill Wind [Arlen/Koehler]
37. It Never Entered My Mind [Rodgers/Hart]
38. Dancing on the Ceiling [Rodgers/Hart]
39. I'll Never Be the Same [Kahn/Malneck/Signor]
40. This Love of Mine [Parker/Sanicola/Sin]
41. I've Got the World on a String [Arlen/Koehler]
42. Three Coins in the Fountain [Styne/Cahn]
43. Love and Marriage [Cahn/VanHeusen]
44. From Here to Eternity [Karger/Wells]
45. South of the Border [Kennedy/Carr]
46. Rain (Falling from the Skies) [Mellin/Finlay]
47. The Gal That Got Away [Arlen/Gershwin]
48. Young at Heart [Richards/Leigh]
49. Learnin' the Blues [Silvers]
50. My One and Only Love [Wood/Mellin]
51. (Love Is) The Tender Trap [Cahn/VanHeusen]
52. Don't Worry 'Bout Me [Bloom/Koehler]
53. You Make Me Feel So Young [Myrow/Gordon]
54. It Happened in Monterey [Wayne/Rose]
55. Too Marvelous for Words [Mercer/Whiting]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.