Sinatra: COMBO, 4CD Set & DVD

This phenomenal collection of 4 CDs and 1 DVD highlights performances by Frank Sinatra recorded between 1955 and 1990 in the city that never sleeps which always held a special place in his heart - "The Apple," as he called it. From a surprise appearance with Tommy Dorsey in 1955 to a 1990 concert at Radio City Music Hall, Sinatra: New York follows the singer onstage at various iconic New York City venues, living out one of his most famous lines: "If I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere."

The 71 previously unreleased performances gathered here (55 on CD and 16 on DVD) capture the singer giving his electrifying best, reminding listeners why Sinatra's celebrated baritone has been hailed as the "The Voice." The set, produced by Charles Pignone, features deluxe packaging with rare, never-before-seen photos, tributes from Martin Scorsese, Tony Bennett, Yogi Berra, and Twyla Tharp, liner notes by Nat Hentoff, and essays by William Friedkin, director of The Exorcist and French Connection; George Kalinsky, official photographer for Madison Square Garden for over 40 years; Tom Young, engineer for Sinatra; Joe & Sal Scognamillo, owners of Patsy's Italian Restaurant in New York City; and Frank Sinatra Jr.

The CD collection in Sinatra: New York begins in February 1955, at the Manhattan Center, where Sinatra made a surprise appearance with Tommy Dorsey and his band during a concert celebrating the group's 20-year anniversary. Sinatra first became a star singing with Dorsey in the early '40s. The remainder of the first disc was recorded in September 1963, at the United Nations. To celebrate U.N. Staff Day, Sinatra sang at the organization's Manhattan offices, accompanied only by pianist Skitch Henderson, who played on Sinatra's first solo recording session in 1942.

Sinatra "retired" in 1971at the age of 55, but returned in 1973 with Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back. A year later, he launched a tour to benefit an international children's charity that included a show at New York's Carnegie Hall which comprises the second disc.

From October 1974, the third disc contains the first night of Sinatra's two-night stand at Madison Square Garden. The second night was televised and dubbed "The Main Event" concert. With the famous arena set up for a boxing match -- complete with ringside seats -- Howard Cosell introduced Sinatra before the singer took the stage wearing boxing gloves. Bill Miller conducted Woody Herman's Young Thundering Herd as the band accompanied Sinatra on signature hits.

The final CD returns to Carnegie Hall for a sold-out June 1984 show, and Sinatra taps his extensive songbook for an eclectic evening of music that spans four decades. The second half of disc four, from Radio City Music Hall in June 1990, finds Sinatra performing with an orchestra conducted by his son Frank Sinatra Jr.

Sinatra: New York closes with a DVD containing the singer's June 25, 1980 concert at Carnegie Hall. At the time, the two-week engagement set a record for the venue by selling out in just a day. These shows followed the release of 1980's Trilogy, Sinatra's ambitious triple-album comeback recording.

Disc 1 - CD

Manhattan Center, 1955
1. Introductions: Martin Block and Tommy Dorsey
2. I'll Never Smile Again
3. Oh! Look At Me Now
4. This Love Of Mine
United Nations, 1963
5. Too Marvelous For Words
6. They Can't Take That Away From Me
7. I Have Dreamed
8. Monologue
9. A Foggy Day
10. My Heart Stood Still
11. I Get A Kick Out Of You

Disc 2 -CD

Carnegie Hall, April 8, 1974
1. Overture: All The Way / My Kind Of Town / You Will Be My Music
2. Come Fly With Me
3. I Get A Kick Out Of You
4. Don't Worry About Me
5. If
6. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
7. Medley: Last Night When We Were Young / Violets For Your Furs / Here's That Rainy
Day
8. Bows -- You Will Be My Music
9. Monologue
10. My Way
11. You Will Be My Music
12. I've Got You Under My Skin
13. Send In The Clowns
14. That's Life
15. Bows - My Way
16. There Used To Be A Ballpark
17. My Kind Of Town
18. Bows - My Way

Disc 3 - CD

Madison Square Garden, October 12, 1974
1. 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. What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?"
5. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
6. Let Me Try Again (Laisse Moi Le Temps)
7. Send In The Clowns
8. My Kind Of Town
9. Monologue
10. Autumn In New York
11. If
12. I've Got You Under My Skin
13. Angel Eyes
14. The House I Live In
15. You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
16. My Way
17. Bows - My Way

Disc 4 - CD

Carnegie Hall, June 1984
1. Fly Me To The Moon
2. Luck Be A Lady
3. This Is All I Ask
4. Come Rain Or Come Shine
5. Monologue
6. My Way
7. Teach Me Tonight
8. Pennies From Heaven
Radio City Music Hall, June 1990
9. For Once In My Life
10. Strangers In The Night
11. Monologue
12. Mack The Knife
13. Summer Wind
14. Theme from New York, New York
15. Bows - Good-bye

Disc 5 - DVD (broadcast program)

Recorded At Carnegie Hall, 1980
*** not in broadcast program
1. I've Got The World On A String
2. The Best Is Yet To Come
3. The Lady Is A Tramp
4. When Your Lover Has Gone
5. This Is All I Ask
6. I've Got You Under My Skin
7. *** Summer Me, Winter Me
8. Street Of Dreams
9. Medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind
10. I Can't Get Started
11. Send In The Clowns
12. Come Fly With Me
13. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry
14. You And Me (We Wanted It All)
15. The Song Is You
16. Theme From New York, New York