Product Description
Five-Disc boxed set features all previously unreleased live performances of Ol' Blue Eyes in 'The Apple'. Collection highlights performances recorded between 1955 and 1990 at iconic New York City venues. Frank Sinatra may have been born in Hoboken, New Jersey, but the Chairman of the Board always held a special place in his heart for the city that never sleeps-'The Apple,' as he called it. From a surprise appearance with Tommy Dorsey in 1955 to a 1990 concert at Radio City Music Hall, SINATRA: NEW YORK follows the singer onstage at various iconic New York City venues, living out one of his most famous lines: 'If I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere.' The 71 previously unreleased performances gathered here (55 on CD/16 on DVD) capture the singer giving his electricifying best, reminding listeners why Sinatra's celebrated baritone has been hailed as 'The Voice.' The set, produced by Charles Pignone, features deluxe packaging with rare, never-before-seen photos, tributes from Martin Scorsese, Tony Bennett, Yogi Berra, and Twyla Tharp, liner notes by Nat Hentoff, and essays by William Friedkin, director of The Exorcist and The French Connection; George Kalinsky, official photographer for Madison Square Garden for over 40 years; Tom Young, engineer for Sinatra; Joe & Sal Scognamillo, owners of Patsy's Italian Restaurant in New York City; and Frank Sinatra Jr.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002L2ALEU/?tag=imwan-20

See next post for the tracklisting ...

This looks like another nice set from the folks at Frank Sinatra Enterprises & Rhino. Here's the track listing as confirmed over on the Sinatra Family Forums:

DISC 1
Manhattan Center, 1955

Introductions: Martin Block and Tommy Dorsey
“I’ll Never Smile Again”
“Oh! Look At Me Now”
“This Love Of Mine”

United Nations, 1963

“Too Marvelous For Words”
“They Can’t Take That Away From Me”
“I Have Dreamed”
Monologue
“A Foggy Day”
“My Heart Stood Still”
“I Get A Kick Out Of You”

DISC 2
Carnegie Hall, April 8, 1974

Overture: “All The Way” / “My Kind Of Town” / “You Will Be My Music”
“Come Fly With Me”
“I Get A Kick Out Of You”
“Don’t Worry About Me”
“If”
“Bad, Bad Leroy Brown”
Medley: “Last Night When We Were Young” / “Violets For Your Furs” / “Here’s That Rainy Day”
Bows – “You Will Be My Music”
Monologue
“My Way”
“You Will Be My Music”
“I’ve Got You Under My Skin”
“Send In The Clowns”
“That’s Life”
Bows – “My Way”
“There Used To Be A Ballpark”
“My Kind Of Town”
Bows – “My Way”

DISC 3
Madison Square Garden, October 12, 1974

Overture: “It Was A Very Good Year” / “All The Way” / “My Kind Of Town”
“The Lady Is A Tramp”
“I Get A Kick Out Of You”
“What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?”
“Bad, Bad Leroy Brown”
“Let Me Try Again (Laisse Moi Le Temps)”
“Send In The Clowns”
“My Kind Of Town”
Monologue
“Autumn In New York”
“If”
“I’ve Got You Under My Skin”
“Angel Eyes”
“The House I Live In”
“You Are The Sunshine Of My Life”
“My Way”
Bows – “My Way”


DISC 4
Carnegie Hall, June 1984

“Fly Me To The Moon”
“Luck Be A Lady”
“This Is All I Ask”
“Come Rain Or Come Shine”
Monologue
“My Way”
“Teach Me Tonight”
“Pennies From Heaven”

Radio City Music Hall, June 1990

“For Once In My Life”
“Strangers In The Night”
Monologue
“Mack The Knife”
“Summer Wind”
“Theme From New York, New York”
Bows – ‘Good-Bye’

DVD
Recorded At Carnegie Hall, 1980
“I’ve Got The World On A String”
“The Best Is Yet To Come”
“The Lady Is A Tramp”
“When Your Lover Has Gone”
“This Is All I Ask”
“I’ve Got You Under My Skin”
“Summer Me, Winter Me”
“Street Of Dreams”
Medley: “The Gal That Got Away” / “It Never Entered My Mind”
“I Can’t Get Started”
“Send In The Clowns”
“Come Fly With Me”
“Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out To Dry”
“You And Me (We Wanted It All)”
“The Song Is You”
“Theme From New York, New York”

Sounds like an interesting collection. As a New Yorker, I'm definitely interested in this one. A couple of points of interest:

1) the Madison Square Garden, October 12, 1974 show was the day before "The Main Event..."



http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000002KC8/?tag=imwan-20

...although I recall reading somewhere that the tracks on the "Main Event" album were taken from different shows. True or not?

2) Radio City Music Hall, June 1990 - glad to see they're legitimately releasing some of the shows from the 1990s, and I'd like to see more (as well as the Duets tracks without the partners). But only five songs plus monologue are listed for the RCMH show - was this the entire performance?

Frank Sinatra, Jr. will be at J&R on 11/3 at noon to sign copies of the box.