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The Very Model Of Classic LPs

To some collectors anything classic can only be defined as something that is vintage. All you really have to be called classic vinyl is to merely be an LP because recording companies no longer make vinyl like they used to. In this high tech age, all recorded content is becoming digital. However, before there was a CD or MP3 there was vinyl. And before there was a Lady Gaga there was the original Rat Pack leader himself, Frank Sinatra. Being a serious music collector means you’ve collected Frank Sinatra vinyl.

It’s hard to imagine what kind of impact a singer can have before the age of MTV or YouTube.

It didn’t take much for Sinatra to generate excitement. armies of dedicated female fans called “bobby-soxers” gushed at his every song. Sinatra made his career appearing on many well liked radio programs in the 40’s.

Towards the end of the 40’s, some of the sparkle on Frank’s career began to fade, but he came back with power thanks to a star part in the movies that had nothing to do with singing. After an intense lobbying drive, Frank was appointed to play a supporting part in From Here to Eternity. His work earned him an Academy Award and started his performing career all over again.

Frank Sinatra started recording with Capitol Records in 1953 where he recorded a wide variety of classic vinyl albums. For these concept albums, Frank teamed up with famed arrangers Nelson Riddle, Gordon Jenkins and Billy May.

Among the collectible records in this particular Frank Sinatra vinyl partnership are Swing Easy (1954), In the Wee Small Hours (1955), Songs For Swingin’ Lovers (1956) and the very popular Come Fly With Me (1957). All of these albums were chart-topping successes for Sinatra.

Subsequent to the achievements of his work at Capitol Records, Frank decided to start Reprise Records as his own company. His first effort, Ring-A-Ding-Ding (1961), was an instant classic. It was during the Reprise years that Frank started the Rat Pack. The other founding members of the Rat Pack were Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop and Peter Lawford. The group played to sold out theatres in Vegas, Chicago and New York. A few of these Rat Pack concerts were made into albums. Pretty much anything with the Rat Pack is considered a very cool collectible.

For a single performer to be a success in music, television, movies and performance is rare.

Anyone who enjoys classic pop music knows Frank Sinatra is such an artist.

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