chronologically by release date. At the rear of the book are indexes by artist and album title. This is a celebration of an art form – the pop album. We’ve selected hundreds of them from the very first vinyl pop album in 1946 to important releases from the first half of 2007 – and found out how they happened.
As well as the main text for each album, every entry of The MOJO Collection comprises the following information where available:
Artist
Album Title
If an album is known by more than one name we’ve used that of the original issue
Label
The label the album originally appeared on in the UK
Producer
Recording Information
Location and date recorded, if known
Release Date
Date first issued in the UK
Chart Peaks
Highest album chart placing in the UK and US, if available
Personnel
The key players and technicians. Abbreviations as follows:
ae = assistant engineer
ag = acoustic guitar
ar = arranger
as = alto saxophone
b = bass
bs = baritone sax
bv = backing vocals
c = cello
d = drums
db = double bass
e = engineer
ep = electric piano
g = guitar
hm = harmonica
k = keyboards
m = mixer
o = organ
p = piano
pc = percussion
ps = pedal steel guitar
rg = rhythm guitar
s = saxophone
sg = steel guitar
syn = synthesizer
t = trumpet
tb = trombone
ts = tenor sax
v = vocals
va = viola
vn = violin
More esoteric instruments – zither, vibraphone, alpine horn etc – are listed in full
Track Listing
Running order of the original UK release
Running Time
Total time of original album
Current CD
The catalogue number of the most recent CD edition of the album. If no label is shown the original label applies. If the album has been reissued on a different label, that’s here, plus the details of any bonus tracks, omissions or alterations
Further Listening
Other albums by the same artist that best complement this one, interesting solo albums or side projects
Further Reading
The best biographies (whether or not they are still in print) and/or the most informative website
Download
Pointing you in the direction of where/whether you can download the record
Frank Sinatra
The Voice Of Frank Sinatra
The Voice Of The Century pioneers the vinyl pop LP.
Record label: Columbia
Produced: Manny Sachs
Recorded: Hollywood; July 30, 1945 and New York City; December 7, 1945
Released: March 4, 1946
Chart peaks: None (UK) 1 (US)
Personnel: Frank Sinatra (v) Axel Stordahl and his Orchestra
Track listing: You Go To My Head; Someone To Watch Over Me; These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You); Why Shouldn’t I?; I Don’t Know Why (I Just Do); Try A Little Tenderness; (I Don’t Stand) A Ghost Of A Chance; Paradise
Running time: 23.21
Current CD: Sony SNY621002 adds: Mam’selle; That Old Feeling; If I Had You; The Nearness Of You; Spring Is Here; Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Tread); When You Awake; It Never Entered My Mind; Always; (I Don’t Stand) A Ghost Of A Chance (alternate take)
Further listening: Sing And Dance With Frank Sinatra (1950), the first album that Frank, with arranger George Siravo and producer Mitch Miller, shaped with a microgroove LP in mind. After that, take your pick from the wealth of mainly superb releases through Capitol and Reprise.
Further reading: Sinatra! The Song Is You (Will Friedwald 1995) is the most detailed book on Sinatra’s recording career; his daughter’s Sinatra – An American Legend (Nancy Sinatra, 1995) is the most lavishly illustrated. Also try The Sinatra Teasures (Charles Pignon, 2004); www.blue-eyes.com (fansite)
Download: iTunes
