Frank Sinatra – In The Wee Small Hours (1955) is widely regarded as one of the greatest albums in American music history. It's a landmark concept record that defined the late-night ballad genre and cemented Sinatra's legacy as the preeminent interpreter of the Great American Songbook. Arranged by Nelson Riddle, the album's 16 tracks weave a seamless emotional arc of longing, loss, and quiet devastation, drawing on compositions by Rodgers & Hart, Cole Porter, and Harold Arlen, among others.
This pressing is the Blue Note Tone Poet Vinyl Edition, part of Blue Note's acclaimed audiophile reissue series produced by Joe Harley. Mastered by Kevin Gray directly from the original analog master tapes and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI (Record Technology Inc.), one of the most respected pressing plants in the world. Presented in a deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket featuring original session photography by William Claxton and Ken Veeder. Mono configuration, faithful to Sinatra's original 1955 Capitol Records release.
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Limited to 3 individually numbered copies.
