The Rat Pack Live at the Sands [Live]

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"If you wanna hear me sing serious, buy an album," Dean Martin says early in this 70-minute disc, underlining his point by deliberately mangling the last word's pronunciation. Issued to catch the wave of Steven Soderbergh's remake of the Pack's romp, Ocean's 11, Live at the Sands is the second official issue of a Martin/Frank Sinatra/Sammy Davis Jr. show. This September 1963 date, though, is nimbler and funnier than the previous year's set preserved on The Summit in Concert. Some of the same jokes are told, but this Vegas jaunt adds at least one new running gag (Dino's brief rendition of "It's My Party"), and Sammy also gets a few racially tinged zingers off in return for those of his partners. Oh, and lest we forget, there's good music. Martin actually plays it straight on two Guys and Dolls duets with Sinatra, who also turns in a half-dozen strong performances on his own. Plenty of mystique is present, but Sands captures the trio hard at work as well. --Rickey Wright --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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 The Rat Pack Live at the Sands
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Manufacturer: Capitol
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005RGHW
Release Date: 2001-11-20

Tracks:

  1. Fanfare and Introduction
  2. DEAN MARTIN: Medley: Drink to ME Only etc.
  3. Monologue
  4. June in January
  5. Monologue
  6. Via Veneto
  7. Medley: Volare etc.
  8. FRANK SINATRA: Ring-A-Ding-Ding
  9. I Only Have Eyes for You
  10. Call Me Irresponsible
  11. My Heart Stood Still
  12. Please Be Kind
  13. I Have Dreamed
  14. Luck Be A Lady
  15. FRANK and DEAN: Dialogue
  16. Medley: Marianne, etc.
  17. SAMMY DAVIS JR.: The Lady Is a Tramp
  18. All the Way
  19. FRANK, DEAN, and SAMMY: Dialogue
  20. FRANK and DEAN: Guys and Dolls
  21. The Oldest Established
  22. FRANK, DEAN, and SAMMY: Introductions
  23. The Oldest Established
  24. Closing: Ring-A-Ding-Ding (instrumental)

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"If you wanna hear me sing serious, buy an album," Dean Martin says early in this 70-minute disc, underlining his point by deliberately mangling the last word's pronunciation. Issued to catch the wave of Steven Soderbergh's remake of the Pack's romp, Ocean's 11, Live at the Sands is the second official issue of a Martin/Frank Sinatra/Sammy Davis Jr. show. This September 1963 date, though, is nimbler and funnier than the previous year's set preserved on The Summit in Concert. Some of the same jokes are told, but this Vegas jaunt adds at least one new running gag (Dino's brief rendition of "It's My Party"), and Sammy also gets a few racially tinged zingers off in return for those of his partners. Oh, and lest we forget, there's good music. Martin actually plays it straight on two Guys and Dolls duets with Sinatra, who also turns in a half-dozen strong performances on his own. Plenty of mystique is present, but Sands captures the trio hard at work as well. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Rat Pack live CD.......2007-05-12

So much fun to hear the Rat Pack performming. The best one is Dean Martin singing I love Vegas to the song I love Paris.

5 out of 5 stars Best of the Best.......2007-03-08

A classic work by the Rat Pack. Probably a prime act of their their careers.

5 out of 5 stars How can you go wrong?.......2006-07-01

This is the RATPACK on the home turf Las Vegas with a nice orchestra INCLUDING strings which add especially on the ballads.

The set is tightly paced throughout and though a few jokes are dated a bit perhaps, I think they hold up well.

Sammy doesn't get to sing a whole lot and he gets picked on the most - some people may be offended and consider that racist. Just the opposite - the whole objective of those jokes was to POKE FUN and RIDICULE racism which back then was still more prevalent. How many doors were opened to black entertainers by the RAT PACK is obvious.......

But back to the show......this is probably the best set that they did together and the sound quality is AMAZING albeit a bit dry (lacking reverb) for my tastes. What was nice is that Sinatra sang a lot of songs which he had (at the time) recently recorded e.g. CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE, PLEASE BE KIND etc. Keep in mind this was yrs before MY WAY and NEW YORK.

So put this CD on, close your eyes and let yourself be transported back into cool land!

5 out of 5 stars It's your world Frank, I'm just livin' in it.".......2006-03-08

LIVE AT THE SANDS is The Rat Pack on their home turf---The Sands Hotel, Las Vegas Nevada, 1963. Frank, Dean and Sammy go to town with a collection of old standards and new numbers with a twist.

Always humorous, The Rat Pack's soooooo un-PC banter about women, drink, race, sexual orientation and religion doesn't suit the keepers of the morals nowadays (it even gets edited by Amazon.com when written into a review {...}!), but that is precisely what makes it priceless. Topical and yet still timely, The Rat Pack will shock and delight you with their "Ring-a-ding-ding," an unselfconscious world of bourbon, cocktail waitresses, cigarettes, tuxedos and smooth arrangements, all punctuated by man talk. No Clydes allowed.

Although some of this material is reprised from LIVE & SWINGIN' and other collections, the performance in LIVE AT THE SANDS has a vigor and sparkle that can only be gotten from the home-field advantage.

For anyone wishing to experience The Rat Pack at their best, LIVE AT THE SANDS is it, baby!

5 out of 5 stars Enjoyable CD!.......2006-03-04

This CD is a great addition for any fan of the Rat Pack. It has wonderful songs and hilarious dialogue between all three of the Rat Pack guys. In fact, you would probably enjoy it and laugh along even if you aren't into the Rat Pack! I recommend this CD.

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