{"product_id":"frank-sinatra-in-the-wee-small-hours-2025-blue-note-tone-poet-series","title":"Frank Sinatra - In The Wee Small Hours (2025 Blue Note Tone Poet series)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrank Sinatra’s seminal 1955 Capitol Records album \u003cem\u003eIn The Wee Small Hours\u003c\/em\u003e is a melancholy masterpiece of lost love and heartbreak that was a pivotal album in the legendary vocalist’s career. Produced by Voyle Gilmore, the album embodied Sinatra’s artistic growth into a more mature singing style with stunning renditions of Great American Songbook standards given sublime arrangements by Nelson Riddle. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSinatra conceived of \u003cem\u003eIn The Wee Small Hours\u003c\/em\u003e as a full-length album, rather than a collection of singles, creating one of the first-ever concept albums and becoming one of the first pop albums to be released as a 12-inch LP. The album was met with immediate critical and commercial success, reaching #2 on the Billboard charts and bolstering Sinatra’s career resurgence following his signing to Capitol Records in 1953 and his Academy Award win for his role in the film \u003cem\u003eFrom Here to Eternity\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis mono Tone Poet Vinyl Edition was produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio) from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at Record Technology Inc. (RTI), and packaged in a deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket featuring session photos by William Claxton \u0026amp; Ken Veeder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the Blue Note Tone Poet Series\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series was born out of Blue Note President Don Was’ admiration for the exceptional audiophile Blue Note LP reissues presented by Music Matters. Was brought Joe Harley, a.k.a. the “Tone Poet,” on board to curate and supervise a series of reissues from the Blue Note family of labels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExtreme attention to detail has been paid to getting these right in every conceivable way, from the jacket graphics and printing quality to superior LP mastering (direct from the master tapes) by Kevin Gray to superb 180g audiophile LP pressings by Record Technology Inc. Every aspect of these Tone Poet releases is done to the highest possible standard. It means that you will never find a superior version. This is IT. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.bluenote.com\/products\/frank-sinatra-in-the-wee-small-hours-lp-tone-poet-vinyl-edition?srsltid=AfmBOooe0GAvW2POvUvB2ZTrIQrcfTcPUdbQKQL7vAka5IsdSRZDUYze\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eLabel\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExpanding on the concept of \u003cem\u003eSongs for Young Lovers!\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIn the Wee Small Hours\u003c\/em\u003e was a collection of ballads arranged by Nelson Riddle. The first 12\" album recorded by Sinatra, Wee Small Hours was more focused and concentrated than his two earlier concept records. It's a blue, melancholy album, built around a spare rhythm section featuring a rhythm guitar, celesta, and Bill Miller's piano, with gently aching strings added every once and a while. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWithin that melancholy mood is one of Sinatra's most jazz-oriented performances - he restructures the melody and Miller's playing is bold throughout the record. Where \u003cem\u003eSongs for Young Lovers!\u003c\/em\u003e emphasized the romantic aspects of the songs, Sinatra sounds like a lonely, broken man on \u003cem\u003eIn the Wee Small Hour\u003c\/em\u003es. Beginning with the newly written title song, the singer goes through a series of standards that are lonely and desolate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn many ways, the album is a personal reflection of the heartbreak of his doomed love affair with actress Ava Gardner, and the standards that he sings form their own story when collected together. Sinatra's voice had deepened and worn to the point where his delivery seems ravished and heartfelt, as if he were living the songs. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/in-the-wee-small-hours-mw0000650776\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eAllMusic\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ARHeWws24bY?si=S2FYgP2njNiOUqYa\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1FOCpJf_phs?si=mt-Et0mjbUCLhPCi\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/3GmwKB1tgPZgXeRJZSm9WX?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVinyl tracklist:\u003cbr\u003eA1 In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning\u003cbr\u003eA2 Mood Indigo\u003cbr\u003eA3 Glad To Be Unhappy\u003cbr\u003eA4 I Get Along Without You Very Well\u003cbr\u003eA5 Deep In A Dream\u003cbr\u003eA6 I See Your Face Before Me\u003cbr\u003eA7 Can't We Be Friends\u003cbr\u003eA8 When Your Lover Has Gone\u003cbr\u003eB1 What Is This Thing Called Love\u003cbr\u003eB2 Last Night When We Were Young\u003cbr\u003eB3 I'll Be Around\u003cbr\u003eB4 Ill Wind\u003cbr\u003eB5 It Never Entered My Mind\u003cbr\u003eB6 Dancing On The Ceiling\u003cbr\u003eB7 I'll Never Be The Same\u003cbr\u003eB8 This Love Of Mine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Capitol Records \u003cbr\u003eSeries: Blue Note Tone Poet Series\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, 180g, Gatefold\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2025 \/ Original: 1955\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Swing, Ballad, Male Vocals\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Jazz \/\/ Male Vocals\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Capitol Records \/ Blue Note Records (Tone Poet series)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46230364782750,"sku":"602478450242","price":65.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/b_1ab088fc-1342-40f7-a533-d480776f3011.jpg?v=1764141992","url":"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/frank-sinatra-in-the-wee-small-hours-2025-blue-note-tone-poet-series","provider":"The Analog Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}