A collection of tracks from one of popular culture’s most romantic singers goes digital today with the release of Frank Sinatra: Reprise Rarities Volume 2 from Frank Sinatra Enterprises and UMe. Featuring 13 Reprise tracks, many making their digital debut, the collection follows Volume 1 released last month in honor of Frank Sinatra’s birthday and celebrating the 60th anniversary of “The Chairman of the Board” founding Reprise Records. Both are now available via all digital streaming platforms: Frank Sinatra: Rarities Volume 2, HERE; Frank Sinatra: Rarities Volume 1, HERE.
Hailed by The New York Times for an “extraordinary voice [that] elevated popular song into an art,” Sinatra realized a long-time dream by forming his own record label, Reprise, in 1960. At the time Sinatra’s business model was highly innovative in the recording industry; the very first of its kind, he pioneered the concept of having artists create and control their recordings.
“Untrammeled, unfettered, unconfined” is how the early advertisements described Sinatra on Reprise.
Throughout the years artists including Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Bing Crosby, Nancy Sinatra, Jimi Hendrix, The Kinks, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Frank Zappa, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, Tom Petty, Green Day and Michael Bublé among others have recorded albums for Reprise.
Additional volumes of Frank Sinatra: Reprise Rarities will continue to be released in 2021. Siriusly Sinatra (SiriusXM Ch. 71) will also air part two of an exclusive ‘Sinatra: Reprise Rarities’ special in February.
FRANK SINATRA — REPRISE RARITIES Volume 2
Tina – December 21, 1961
Since Marie Has Left Paree – July 17, 1964
Blue Lace – November 11, 1968
Star! – November 11, 1968
Lady Day – August 25, 1969
I Love My Wife – November 12, 1976
Nancy – March 9, 1977
Emily – March 9, 1977
Linda – March 14, 1977
Sweet Lorraine – March 14, 1977
Barbara – March 14, 1977
It’s Sunday – February 28, 1983
The Girls I’ve Never Kissed – October 30, 1986
FRANK SINATRA — REPRISE RARITIES Volume 1
In the Blue of Evening – March 21, 1961
As You Desire Me – November 20, 1961
Don’t Take Your Love From Me – November 21, 1961
Name It and It’s Yours – November 22, 1961
Come Waltz with Me – January 17, 1962
Everybody’s Twistin’ – February 27, 1962
I Left My Heart in San Francisco – August 27, 1962
You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me – February 21, 1963
Come Fly with Me – October 11, 1965
I’ll Never Smile Again – October 11, 1965
Younger Than Springtime – September 20, 1967
Everything Happens To Me – September 24, 1974
Just As Though You Were Here – September 24, 1974
