Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
January 30 - Feb 1, 1967
February 11, 1969 –October 29, 1970
Hollywood, CA
Reprise Studios

  1. Someone to Light up My Life (Vinicius de Moraes, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees) – 2:37
  2. Off Key (Desafinado) (Antonio Carlos Jobim)
  3. Drinking Water (Agua de Beber) (Vinicius de Moraes, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Norman Gimbel) – 2:35
  4. Sabiá (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Chico Buarque)
  5. This Happy Madness (Estrada Branca) (Vinicius de Moraes, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees) – 2:48
  6. Triste (Antonio Carlos Jobim) – 2:40
  7. One Note Samba (Samba de Uma Nota So) (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça) – 2:20
  8. Don't Ever Go Away (Por Causa de Voce)" (Ray Gilbert, Delores Duran, Antonio Carlos Jobim) – 2:28
  9. Wave (Antonio Carlos Jobim) – 3:25
10. Bonita (Antonio Carlos Jobim)

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Missing from this collection but on the double album release The Sinatra-Jobim Sessions
    Baubles, Bangles and Beads (Robert C. Wright, George Forrest, Alexandre Borodine) – 2:32
    I Concentrate on You (Cole Porter) – 2:32
    Dindi (Ray Gilbert, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Aloysio de Oliveria) – 3:25
    Change Partners (Irving Berlin) – 2:40
    Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado) (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees) – 2:45
    If You Never Come To Me (Inútil Paisagen) (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Ray Gilbert, Aloysio de Oliveira) – 2:10
    The Girl from Ipanema (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Norman Gimbel, Vinícius de Moraes) – 3:00
    Meditation (Meditação) (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Norman Gimbel, Newton Mendonça) – 2:51
    Once I Loved (O Amor Em Paz) (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Ray Gilbert, Vinicius De Moraes) – 2:37
    How Insensitive (Insensatez) (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Norman Gimbel, Vinicius De Moraes) – 3:15
    Drinking Again (Johnny Mercer, Doris Tauber)
    Manhã de Carnaval (A Day in the Life of a Fool) (Luiz Bonfá, Antonio Maria, Carl Sigman)

Sinatra and Jobim collaborated three times - in 1967, 1970 and 1994. The first two sessions created some fine music relased on two of Sinatra's albums - Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim (1967), and Sinatra & Company (1970). There were three songs that didn't make it to either album, Bonita, Sabiá, and Off Key (Desafinado). The first two actually were released on the 8-track tape version only but for some reason, it was quickly pulled from circulation (see notes below). Both of these songs did eventually make it to a double album released only in Brazil in 1979 - The Sinatra-Jobim Sessions which has made it one of the most highly sought albums ever by Sinatra collectors. The final session track, Off Key (Desafinado), remained unreleased until The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings was put out in 1998.The You'll note that all three songs are included on this cd.  Sinatra and Jobim worked together for a final time on Duets II (1994).

Ahhh - the 8-track tape story. There is a lot of mystery and lore surrounding the 8-track tapes but the story goes like this: All that was ever produced by the original collaboration between Sinatra dna Jobim was a vinyl test pressing and 3,500 8-Tracks. After this, the Sinatra/Jobim collaboration was cancelled and a memo was issued by Warner ordering the destruction of all but three copies of the 3,500 8-track tapes that had been manufactured of this release. Warner sent this memo to all the retailers and distributors for all the unsold copies, and they even went so far as attempting to get back all the sold copies as well, by issuing a recall! Today, there are fewer than 5 copies of the tape known to exist.