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Musicians :
Frank Sinatra (vocals), Dick Hyman, Moe Wechsler (piano), Stuart Scharf (classic guitar), Jay Berliner, Ralph Casale, Willard Suyker, Vincent Bell (guitar), Richard Davis, Russell George (bass), Wayne Andre, Warren ... [Show more]
Description:
Musicians :
Frank Sinatra (vocals), Dick Hyman, Moe Wechsler (piano), Stuart Scharf (classic guitar), Jay Berliner, Ralph Casale, Willard Suyker, Vincent Bell (guitar), Richard Davis, Russell George (bass), Wayne Andre, Warren Covington, Urbie Green, Jimmy Knepper (trombone), Tony Studd (bass trombone), Ray Alonge, James Buffington, Brooks Tillotson (French horn), Phil Bodner, Wally Kane, Romeo Penque, William Slapin (woodwinds), Mannie Green, Max Cahn, Julius Held, Joe Malin, George Ockner, Rocco Pesile, Raoul Poliakin, Aaron Rosand, Max Pollikoff, Tosha Samaroff, Julius Schachter, Hemi Aubert (violin), Alfred Brown, Harold Coletta, Richard Dickler, Cal Fleisig (viola), George Ricci, Harvey Shapiro (cello), Margaret Ross (harp), James Rocco, Diane Dell (background vocals), David Carey (percussion), Alvin Rogers (drums).
- Concept Album Reissued on Vinyl LP !
- Newly Mixed from the Original Session Tapes !
- Includes a 12" x 24" Poster !
Watertown remains an album unlike any other in the Sinatra discography. The seeds of the two part suite were planted when Sinatra met with Frankie Valli of The Four Seasons. Valli's longtime musical partner Bob Gaudio explained to Ed O'Brien in 1994.
"Frankie spent some time with Frank, and they got to be real friendly. They started talking about a project, and Frankie made the suggestion that Frank and I should meet and talk about doing something contemporary, something maybe a little different and unusual, something he hadn't done before", O'Brien said.
Gaudio and Sinatra met in mid-1968, and within months, the producer-composer began crafting the album that became Watertown. He enlisted Jake Holmes (the original "Dazed and Confused") as lyricist. Gaudio and Holmes had collaborated on The Four Seasons' most ambitious album, The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette, released in January 1969. For Sinatra, they would create a concept album that shared some of Genuine Imitation Life's DNA in its mordant look at American life
"We hit on putting him in a small town. Having a small-town approach, and taking it down as much as we could to basic life in middle America," Gaudio explained. "We tried to strip all of the gloss and sheen off of it".
All tracks are newly mixed from the original session tapes. The LP edition features the original 10 track sequence, a package with all original lyrics, a printed sleeve with new liner notes, track-by-track breakdown from Mr. Gaudio, and a 12" X 24" poster. [Hide]
