Frank Sinatra
Inside Strings
Artisan ART 608-2
Unreleased sessions from the Reprise album Sinatra and Strings
20-22 November 1961
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Don Costa, arranger

As You Desire Me [November 20] Stardust [November 20] Yesterdays [November 20] I Hadn't Anyone Till You [November 20 - take number announcement only] Promos It Might as Well Be Swing [November 21] Prisoner of Love [November 21] That's All [November 21]

Don´t Take Your Love from Me [November 21] Misty [November 21] Promos Come Rain or Come Shine [November 22] Night and Day [November 22] All or Nothing at All [November 22]

This one is more frustrating than most of the Inside serices, as it has only a handful of complete alternate takes. Sinatra's voice sounds perfectly splendid on the official release, but behind the scenes he was having some difficulties.

A selection that will be of interest to many aficionados is the nearly complete take of "Night and Day." This is one of Sinatra's signature songs, first recorded in 1942 (for RCA, one of his very first recordings as a solo artist, with an arrangement by Axel Stordahl), notably remade in 1956 (for Capitol, with an arrangement by Nelson Riddle), and reworked for Sinatra and Strings by Don Costa (Sinatra's only studio recording of the song to include the opening verse). The session tape shows that it was originally intended to be longer than the released version, but Sinatra's voice cracked a mere few seconds from the ending, and the decision was made to rerecord it in a more concise fashion.

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