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Record Details

Artist: Frank Sinatra
Title: Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely
Format: 12"
Label: Capitol Records / Capitol Records
Cat No: SW 1053 / SW-1053
Released: 1958
Country:
Genres: Vocal JazzStandardsBig Band
Condition Very Good+
Status Have
Added To List 27th November 2016
Disc 1 | 12"
Excellent
Capitol Records (color band) 
A Matrix:
SW-1-1053-D45 1 [Anvil/Lathe logo]  
B Matrix:
SW-2-1053-59 1  

Additional Information

Comments 11th album. Stereo. Paper company sleeve.

PERSONNEL:
Frank Sinatra – vocals
Nelson Riddle – arranger, conductor
Felix Slatkin – conductor
Bill Miller – piano
Gus Bivona – alto saxophone

Black label w/color band and Capitol logo on top. without "subsidiary" rim text.

Missing..."It's A Lonesome Old Town" and "Spring Is Here" (omitted from original Mono pressing)

Capitol Records Pressing Plant...Scranton...has an abstract anvil-type symbol in the runout

Won the Grammy for Best Album Cover.

According to John Rockwell's "Sinatra: An American Classic", when asked at a party if he had a favorite album without hesitation, Sinatra chose "Only the Lonely."

At the time of the recording, Sinatra's divorce from Ava Gardner had just been finalized.
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