Main Event: Frank Sinatra: Amazon.ca: Music

1. Main Event Tribute By Howard Cosell. Overture: It Was A Very Good Year / All The Way / My Kind Of Town

2. The Lady Is A Tramp

3. I Get A Kick Out Of You

4. Let Me Try Again

5. Autumn In New York

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown

8. Angel Eyes

9. You Are The Sunshine Of My Life

10. The House I Live In

11. My Kind Of Town

12. My Way

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Recorded live at New York's Madison Square Garden, this 1974 album provides ample testament to Sinatra's Mt. Rushmore-sized status as an American icon: This isn't the performer singing here, but the legend. (The introduction, by famously obnoxious sports commentator Howard Cosell, is hardly intended to minimize the sense of occasion.) From "The Lady Is a Tramp" to "My Way," every one of the Chairman of the Board's vocal inflections seems calculated to convey maximum Sinatra-ness; if he occasionally lapses into self-parody ("Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"), and his voice has lost a few steps, at least it sounds like he's having a good time. --Dan Epstein

Album Description

2010 reissue of this live album, originally recorded in 1974 at Madison Square Garden, NYC. From his days in the '40s fronting Big Bands through his enormously successful recording and acting career and right up to his early '90s duets albums, Francis Albert Sinatra was, and remains, the most beloved and respected male vocalist of the 20th Century. While Elvis and The Beatles may have defined the true spirit of Rock 'n' Roll, it was Sinatra who ushered in the era of cool. From the Rat Pack to Vegas, the East Coast to the West Coast, it's Frank's world, we're just living in it. 12 tracks. Universal.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An All-Time Great..., Jun 16 2003

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Julia L Moss (McLeansville, NC United States) - See all my reviews

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This CD is a wonderful live performance. Even though at this point he was getting on up in age, he still sounds great. He had true talent and there aren't many singers out there today with that good ol' true talent. I'm 17 and absolutely love Frank Sinatra. I recommend this CD as well as every single one of his CD's. Also the Rat Pack CD's go along great. Everytime I listen to this CD, I wish I had been there when he performed.

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5.0 out of 5 stars It's An Awesome Album, Feb 6 2003

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This is, perhaps, the greatest Sinatra live album ever. No one who even thinks he might like Sinatra should be without it.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good,but the Toil of the Years Does Show..., Jan 22 2002

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S. Henkels (Devon, Pa United States) - See all my reviews
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At this point Frank was pushing 60, his voice a bit coarse and hoarse, and some "new" material just plain BAD (like LEROY BROWN and SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE, the former one of the absolute worst songs Frank ever did). The Cosell intro is plainly obnoxious too.But the fact is THIS WAS FRANK,with the WOODY HERMAN band, and even if they were not in their prime, they could still swing and have a ball. Compare Frank during this period with aging rockers (say, Jagger and the Rollingstones), and you realize how he and his band simply blow away these newcomers! Plus, Frank is in high spirits, good humor, and doing some of his all-time greats here. Frank's "Live at the Sands with Count Basie",7 years earlier, surpasses this one. Still, another milestone concert and CD from the #1 megastar of them all!!!!!

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5.0 out of 5 stars A fantastic,live record of Old blue eyes,from1974
There's no question,Sinatra was cool.There will never be another performer that will come close to him. Read more

Published on Aug 24 2001 by Bob Waskiewicz

5.0 out of 5 stars The Perennial Sinatra In-Concert Disc!
There is a reason that Francis Albert Sinatra has been dubbed as "The Entertainer of the Century"--- and this is why. No one delivers like Sinatra. Read more

Published on April 27 2001 by Trevor James