Frank Sinatra
Trilogy Out Takes & More
1962-79

Part 1. The "Alternates"
From the Reprise album Trilogy: Past, Present, Future
Billy May, arranger

  1. The Song Is You [July 17 or September 18, 1979]
  2. But Not for Me [July 17 or September 18, 1979]
  3. Street of Dreams [July 16 or September 18, 1979]
  4. Let's Face the Music and Dance [July 18 or September 19, 1979]
  5. My Shining Hour [July 16 or September 17, 1979]
  6. More Than You Know [July 16 or September 17, 1979]
  7. Surrey with the Fringe On Top [instrumental track only - July 1979]
  8. They All Laughed [July 17 or September 18, 1979]

Part 2. The "Live" Versions
Resorts International
Atlantic City, New Jersey
September 9, 1979
Orchestra conducted by Vincent Falcone, Jr.

  9. Something [Nelson Riddle, arranger]
10. You and Me
11. Theme from "New York, New York"

Part 3. The Bonus "Sessions"
Nelson Riddle, arranger
12. Days of Wine and Roses (January 28, 1964 - from the Academy Awared Winner sessions)
13. Me and My Shadow (duet with Sammy (October 22, 1962 - single session)

The sound quality for the Trilogy outtakes (and "Days of Wine and Roses") is inferior to the other Reprise studio session material, though still very listenable. "Surrey with the Fringe on Top" is merely an instrumental track; Sinatra commissioned the arrangement from May, then changed his mind. (May explained that the musicological, highly technical reason for rejecting the Richard Rodgers tune was that, upon careful analysis, it was deemed to be "a buncha shit")

There were two separate sets of sessions for the "Past" portion of Trilogy, one in July and one in September. I don't know for certain which dates would be correct. According to Will Friedwald's book, "The Song Is You", "Surrey" was only attempted in July.   . . .  so perhaps these are from the July sessions.

The three live tracks from Atlantic City are from a very good soundboard tape.

The 13-minute session excerpt for "Me and My Shadow" has better sound quality -- and a special bit of "Sam" quality

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