VA - Live & Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection (2003)

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Artist: Various Artists
Title: Live & Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection
Year Of Release: 2003
Label: Reprise Records [R2 73922]
Genre: Vocal Jazz, Swing, Traditional Pop, Easy Listening
Quality: 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+cue, log, scans) / WAV (tracks, scans)
Total Time: 68:58
Total Size: 178 mb / 370 mb / 716 mb
WebSite: Album Preview

The ultimate Rat Pack cocktail! Take one part Frank, one part Sammy and one part Dino, add the best of their legendary 1962 run at the Villa Venice, THEN add a DVD presenting the only known filmed performance of the Rat Pack, recorded in 1965 at the Kiel Opera House in St. Louis and *never before released*.

Live and Swingin' is undoubtedly for those who already own some of the guys' worthier recordings. Oh, but the guys? Frank, Dean, and Sammy (or, as Jackie Mason had it on The Simpsons, "the Candy Man!") For most anyone who cares, though, this is a must-buy item: a slightly edited version of the 1962 Villa Venice tapes along with a DVD that preserves a rarely seen, full-length serious/funny/anarchic Rat Pack performance from '65. (For sentimentalists' sake, it was taped on Tina Sinatra's 17th birthday; she makes a brief appearance onstage with the fellas.) All kidding aside, the trio makes with the serious singing ' though perhaps those who came to hear Sammy get through an entire mini-set without interruption will want to go elsewhere, as his partners' shtick barely allows him to finish a line, much less a song. Sinatra aficionados will find the DVD indispensable, as he paws his way through a mellow version of "My Kind of Town" (benefit location "St. Louis"!) and "Fly Me to the Moon." --Rickey Wright

:: TRACKLIST ::

CD-1 Matty Malneck– Fanfare & Introduction 0:43
CD-2 Dean Martin– Medley: Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes / When You're Smiling / The Lady Is A Tramp 3:52
CD-3 Dean Martin– I Left My Heart In San Francisco 3:18
CD-4 Dean Martin– I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter 1:46
CD-5 Dean Martin– Medley: Volare / On An Evening In Roma 2:30
CD-6 Frank Sinatra– Goody Goody 1:34
CD-7 Frank Sinatra– Chicago 2:08
CD-8 Frank Sinatra– When Your Lover Has Gone 2:35
CD-9 Frank Sinatra– Monologue 1:16
CD-10 Frank Sinatra– Please Be Kind 2:45
CD-11 Frank Sinatra– You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You 3:13
CD-12 Sammy Davis Jr.– What Kind Of Fool Am I 3:01
CD-13 Sammy Davis Jr.– Out Of This World 3:36
CD-14 Sammy Davis Jr.– She's Funny That Way 1:56
CD-15 Sammy Davis Jr.– Hey There 1:46
CD-16 Frank & Dean– Comedy 4:09
CD-17 Frank & Dean– Medley 1: Brazil / You Are Too Beautiful / Cecilia (Does Your Mother Know You're Out) / Love Walked In / You Made Me Love You / Nothing Could Be Finer / Please Be Kind / Dancing With Tears In My Eyes / Maria / Try A Little Tenderness / Swing Low, Sweet Chariot / What Is This Thing Called Love / Did You Ever See A Dream Walking 5:09
CD-18 Frank & Dean– Medley 2: I Can't Give You Anything But Love / Too Marvelous For Words / Pennies From Heaven / A Foggy Day / Embraceable You / The Lady Is A Tramp / Where Or When 8:35
CD-19 Frank, Dean & Sammy– Impressions 2:15
CD-20 Frank, Dean & Sammy– Birth Of The Blues 2:22
CD-21 Frank, Dean & Sammy– Danny Thomas Introduction 1:03
CD-22 Frank Sinatra– Nancy (With The Laughing Face) 2:29
CD-23 Frank & Sammy– Me And My Shadow 2:30
CD-24 Dean & Sammy– Sam's Song 2:43
CD-25 Frank, Dean & Sammy– Birth Of The Blues (Reprise) 1:30

CD recorded at The Villa Venice Night Club, Chicago, Illinois, November 26 - December 2, 1962.

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