The Best of the Columbia Years: 1943–1952
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| Box set by Frank Sinatra | ||||
| Released | October 31, 1995 | |||
| Recorded | 1943-1952 | |||
| Genre | Classic pop | |||
| Length | 297:29 | |||
| Label | Legacy | |||
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The Best of the Columbia Years: 1943-1952 is a four-disc box set by the American singer Frank Sinatra, released on Legacy Records, in Book-Style Edition in 1995, catalogue C4K-64681 and later released in a Jewel Case Edition in 1998, catalogue C4K-65620. All but nine tracks were originally released on 78 rpm records, and as an overview of Sinatra's recordings on Columbia this set replaces the previous catalogue item The Voice: The Columbia Years (1943-1952), released in 1986 on vinyl and later also on compact disc. The box set contains the highlights of his career with Columbia Records; the complete recordings from these years were released in 1993 on The Columbia Years 1943-1952: The Complete Recordings. The album was the first one released after Sinatra's death.
These recordings comprise the first phase of Sinatra's solo career, after his apprenticeship in the swing bands of Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra having signed with Columbia on June 1, 1943. At that time, the Petrillo recording ban was on, and the first two tracks of the box reflect this situation, a cappella recordings of Frank with a backing vocal group. A second recording ban took place in 1948, and Sinatra again recorded with vocals only on the track "Nature Boy." The rest of the recordings featured instrumental backing with few exceptions arranged by Axel Stordahl, Sinatra's mainstay during the Columbia period. The bulk of the selections on this package date from the 1940s, with only the disc four covering the declining years of his career while on the label in the 1950s.
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