Frank, Cole, & Nelson! The Top!

With the current movie "Delovely" out, any serious Cole Porter fan must check out Old Blue Eyes Select Edition!. Everyone song here is top notch, but 6 are unsurpassed, without question the best versions ever done! They are (1) "I've Got You under My Skin" (usually ranking among the handful of top Frank songs), "What is this Thing Called Love", here done as a yearning ballad, (3) "Anything Goes", a real riot!,(4) "Just One Of Those Things", with one of the snappiest, trickiest arrangements ever! (5) a supercharged "Night and Day", and (6)"From this Moment On", perhaps a lesser known tune that completely blows away any other version I've heard! Top Frank and Nelson doing some of Mr. Porter's timeless best!

IT'S GAS BABY!

Who cares if this cd is a package of PORTER's songs that SINATRA recorded during his years with CAPITOL?The important here is that you have a collection that you'll want to play often because it's a gasser.Try to find a better version of I'VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN is virtually impossible.The added tracks are from the movies HIGH SOCIETY and CAN CAN.The fact that NELSON RIDDLE arranged and conducted all these songs tells a lot about his natural feeling for the music of COLE PORTER.FRANK has often said that he considered JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS one of the trickest songs to sing.I've always liked MIND IF I MAKE LOVE TO YOU and YOU'RE SENSATIONAL because SINATRA sang them to GRACE KELLY in HIGH SOCIETY.Lucky fellow!

Setting the record straight

"This CD contains the original 1953 version of "I've Got You under My Skin. That's the one that retains the intro with the incredible phrase "When I'm out on a quiet spree, fighting that old ennui" and the reference to cocaine--both of which were axed in the 1962 Neal Hafti-arranged cut."
Does the author of this review not know that the song she is writing about is "I Get a Kick Out of You"? Or was the review just poorly written?
Either way, I am not even sure how to address the opinion of the reviewer that has attacked this work. If there has ever been a singer that swung easier than Sinatra then I desperately encourage you to tell me who they might be. I suppose there will always be people who just don't get it. Going OVER THE TOP is not a trademark of Sinatra my friend. Knowing this I will simply say that with Sinatra it is hard to go wrong when he was singing in the 40-60's.
Ella was amazing but I see no evidence of her bettering Sinatra at his best. "Under my Skin".....Sinatra toys with.., "Kick out of you", Sinatra carries..."This Thing Called Love", Sinatra contemplates, "You Do Something To Me" Sinatra rides the waves....ect...ect...ect... Many experts have noted Sinatra's ability to internalize a song and make it his own. You do not see this ability very often!