Lightning's Girl

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Super Australian Collection of the Perennial Sex Symbol's Best Recordings from her Heyday in the 1960's. Includes her Hits 'these Boots Are Made for Walking' and 'sugar Town', as Well as Duets with Lee Hazlewood ('jackson', 'summer Wine') and her Most Famous Duet with Superstar Dad Frank, the Original 'something Stupid'.

Lightning's Girl, Music, Nancy Sinatra, Baroque Pop, Oldies, Pop, Psychedelic Pop, Sunshine Pop
Nancy Sinatra - Lightning's Girl: Greatest Hits 1965-1971
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • All You Need to Hear from Nancy, Jr.
  • --
  • NANCY SINATRA CAPTURES THE 60'S
  • Five Stars For Content; Three For Mastering
  • Her Greatest Hits.
 Nancy Sinatra - Lightning's Girl: Greatest Hits 1965-1971
Nancy Sinatra
Manufacturer: Raven [Australia]
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00006C2PN
Release Date: 2002-08-13

Tracks:

  1. These Boots Are Made For Walkin'
  2. Lightening's Girl
  3. How Does That Grab You Darlin'?
  4. Good Time Girl
  5. You Only Live Twice
  6. The Last Of The Secret Agents
  7. This Town
  8. So Long Babe
  9. Sorry 'Bout That
  10. Sugar Town
  11. Friday's Child
  12. Love Eyes
  13. Drummer Man
  14. Something Stupid
  15. Jackson
  16. Did You Ever?
  17. Summer Wine
  18. Lady Bird
  19. Some Velvet Morning
  20. Sand
  21. I've Been Down For So Long (It Looks Like Up To Me)
  22. Sundown Sundown
  23. Down From Dover
  24. Paris Summer
  25. 100 Years
  26. Hook And Ladder

Album Details

Featuring 28 Tracks and Over 75 Minutes of Music, "Greatest Hits 1965-1972: Lightning's Girl" is the Most Comprehensive and Appealing Career Overview to Date of 1960's Pop Sensation Nancy Sinatra. Comes with a Full Color 16 Page Booklet, Text from the Lady Herself, Striking Photos and Album and EP Sleeve Reproductions.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars All You Need to Hear from Nancy, Jr........2005-02-17

In 2004 I saw a no-longer-young Nancy Sinatra doing her hits from back when. It wasn't the same without the great orchestration or Lee Hazlewood. I can guarantee though the very best of her works including my favorite "Summer Wine" are all here. There are even bonus songs I frankly don't remember. Nothing wrong with this package, but note: it is a little pricey.

4 out of 5 stars --.......2003-09-24

Nancy was a vixen, but the story here is Lee Hazlewood. Although she was a capable vocalist, Sinatra was merely the fortunate soul to benefit from Hazlewood's vision. On these Sinatra records, Hazlewood was able to construct a sound that borrowed equally from Brill Building pop, country, psychedelia and Ennio Morricone without really committing to any of them.

The first half of this compilation is made up of songs that Nancy sang alone with Hazlewood writing most of the tunes. 'These Boots...' is an undeniable high-stepping classic while others like 'This Town,' 'Friday's Child,' 'Love Eyes' and the rotten-toothed sweetness of 'Sugar Town' effectively channel Lee's warp through Nancy's voice. Some of the outside-written material on this first half keeps the compilation from being five stars.

The second half features the duets between Nancy and Lee and these are the songs that you'll wet your pants over. Most of these duets make you feel like you're witnessing theater because the male-female vocal interplay is almost always call-and-response and conversational and the production is usually grand and sweeping. But the conversations we hear are not between two young lovers, they're between a middle-aged swashbuckler and a younger girl, with the girl's level of vulnerablility and world-weariness varying depending on the song. This is just one of the huge chances Hazlewood takes in his music.

Hazlewood's voice is a bizarre marriage of Johnny Cash and Neil Diamond and he uses it to portray rugged characters who have a 'past' while Nancy plays either the sassy tease or the angelic siren to whom Lee pleads for acceptance and love and always fails. Due to the singers' contrast in ages and Lee's outlaw persona, the interaction between the two voices/characters sometimes doesn't come off as good-natured, but uneasy with hints of an Electra complex. However, backing these unwholesome vignettes with smart pop production that was good enough to scare up some chart action makes them great art, and Hazlewood a great artist.

'Some Velvet Morning' is perhaps the crowning achievement of the Sinatra/Hazlewood partnership. Here, Nancy plays her angelic siren role as Phaedra, a pristine Tinkerbell-ish specimen from Lee's past who "gave him life and made it end," scarring him with a pain so deep that he isn't yet able to express it in words. He tells us that some velvet morning when he's straight he'll "open up our gate" and tell us, but as of now, Phaedra still haunts him with disembodied mantras about "flowers growing on a hill, dragonflies and daffodils, etc." that slither about Lee's thoughts throughout the song to the point where, at the end, they downright interrupt his train of thought in a jarring sequence of heavy-handed tape splices - a move that's completely unexpected and another huge chance taken by Hazlewood that pays off. And that song charted.

The gonzo backwards guitar solo in the middle of the folky, Shakespearean courtship tune, 'Sand,' is also a successful high-dive act by Hazlewood. 'Summer Wine' is wonderful for its innuendo and veiled brothel references. 'Lady Bird' is good, but bears a strong melodic resemblance to Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders' minor hit 'Pamela, Pamela'. 'Jackson' and 'Did You Ever?' are both well-chosen, obscure covers that fit perfectly into Sinatra and Hazlewood's iconography.

It's no exaggeration to say that Lee Hazlewood was one of the greatest artists - musical or otherwise - of the past 50 years. His work challenged the boundaries of pop music without ever ceasing to be pop music, and with Sinatra he challenged how a male-female duet could be executed in the pop market and he succeeded. It's easy to make esoteric work that nobody appreciates and be called avant garde, but being avant garde in a format that most CAN understand and that teens can whistle along to is not easy and it's rarely pulled off.

5 out of 5 stars NANCY SINATRA CAPTURES THE 60'S.......2003-07-19

THIS ALBUM REALLY CAPTURES THE 60'S.THIS GAL WAS FRANK SINATRA'S DAUGHTER BUT SHE HELD HER OWN. AFTER HER DIVORCE FROM TOMMY SANDS, NANCY TELLS US SHE WAS ORIGINALLY BEING GIVEN THE "ANNETTE FUNICELLO TREATMENT" . IT'S NO DOUBT EASY TO IMAGINE ANNETTE SINGING "THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKING" BUT NANCY MANAGED TO HAVE SEVERAL BIG HITS WITHOUT EVER BEING COMPARED TO ANYONE ELSE.NANCY HAD A DISTINCTIVE VOICE AND APPEARANCE. WHILE ANNETTE EPITOMIZED THE GOOD GIRL, NANCY HAD MORE OF THE BAD GIRL LOOK. YOU'LL LOVE ALL THE ORIGINAL AND WONDERFUL SONGS IN THIS COLLECTION. IT'S NOT THE ENGLISH INVASION NOR THE HIPPY SOUND, BUT AN ALL-AMERICAN SOUND THAT FOUGHT TO SUSTAIN THE CHARTS.YOU HAVE TO GIVE THESE GIRLS CREDIT, BECAUSE THE ENGLISH SOUND HAD CONQUERED THE WHOLE UNITED STATES!.ENGLAND BROUGHT US SANDY SHAW, CILLA BLACK AND LULU TO NAME A FEW, BUT NANCY STAYED UP THERE IN THE CHARTS.DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS COLLECTION.YOU'LL REALLY ENJOY GOING BACK TO THOSE WONDERFUL 60'S. BUY IT!!!!

4 out of 5 stars Five Stars For Content; Three For Mastering.......2003-07-02

This is easily the most comprehensive single-cd retrospective of Nancy's work to emerge yet, running her full gamut of musical styles. They're all covered: The gleeful verbal spankings of "Boots" and "Sorry 'bout That," the surprisingly bluesy "Friday's Child," the catchy country of "Jackson" and "Hooks and Ladder," and the haunting beauty of "Summer Wine" and "Some Velvet Morning"--both with Lee Hazlewood. The latter of those is the epitome of a haunting, atmospheric, ethereal ballad that roams your head for awhile after you hear it: I loved it when it came out in the winter of 1968, and it still blows me away to this day! I was a bit disappointed, however, in some of the mastering: Particularly during the section highlighting Nancy & Lee's duets, tape hiss is quite noticeable--even between the songs (like someone threw on a second-generation reel-to-reel tape and just let it roll.) An older mix of "Summer Wine" is used, with the vocals all the way to one stereo channel and the song faded out where the old 45 was faded. The far superior mix, also running almost a half-minute longer, can be found on "Fairy Tales & Fantasies." (I had hoped to be able to sell that cd--given that ten of its fifteen tracks are included here--but after hearing the above example and the mediocre mastering on the other N&L tracks, believe I'd be wise to hold onto it.) But hey, don't let me talk you out of buying this cd if you want a great Nancy comp: This far eclipses Rhino's best-of from several years back--which only had 18 tracks while this boasts 26 (with only one stinker in the bunch, "Drummer Man." And certainly, "You Only Live Twice" stands shoulder-to-shoulder with "Goldfinger" as the crown jewels of the Bond movie themes. Finally, the price is quite reasonable for an import with the amount of music contained here. So by all means, buy this cd--but you also might want to get "Fairy Tales & Fantasies" to get the best available sound on the N&L duets.

5 out of 5 stars Her Greatest Hits........2003-06-12

Ever since her career launched off in 1965, Nancy became a national icon with the release of "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'", one of many songs that mentor Lee Hazlewood was able to formulate. Overshadowed by a very famous close relative (you know who.. here's a hint - his eyes are blue) - Nancy was shown as a one hit wonder who tried to gain success from her father's name. The one hit wonder title, however, is only a misled assumption. This CD captures 26 of Nancy's greatest songs that had been recorded over six years. With her several LP releases, Nancy's popularity spread like how a cold would with the song "Boots" that became a national phenomenom. Songs on this CD contain songs which involve duets with her mentor Lee Hazlewood and dearest father. For me, the highlights of this CD are "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'," "Lightning's Girl," "You Only Live Twice," "This Town," "Jackon," "Summer Wine," "Some Velvet Morning," and "100 Years," - Most of which were written by Lee Hazlewood. Nancy and Lee made a great team together - their chemisty was undeniable. Although these songs may be favorites of mine, there are many other songs that are just delightful to listen to.

This was released in 2002 - it was about time they finally released a CD which contained all of Nancy's best. But as a big fan of Nancy, I have most of her CDs and there are many great songs that are of absence. Overall, this CD contains many great Nancy Sinatra hits which you may never grow tired of listening to. Nancy Sinatra captures what was the 60s era where great, fun music was out there and more people were being introduced to great music.
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      Lightning's Girl
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • Solid Collection From Nancy S.!
      • Great!!!
      • The best compilation of Nancy
      		 Lightning's Girl
      Nancy Sinatra
      Manufacturer: Raven
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      ASIN: B000003IWG
      Release Date: 1997-02-11

      Tracks:

      1. Lightning's Girl
      2. These Boots Are Made For Walkin'
      3. How Does That Grab You Darlin'?
      4. Good Time Girl
      5. You Only Live Twice
      6. The Last Of The Secret Agents
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      24. Hook And Ladder

      Album Details

      Super Australian Collection of the Perennial Sex Symbol's Best Recordings from her Heyday in the 1960's. Includes her Hits 'these Boots Are Made for Walking' and 'sugar Town', as Well as Duets with Lee Hazlewood ('jackson', 'summer Wine') and her Most Famous Duet with Superstar Dad Frank, the Original 'something Stupid'.

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Solid Collection From Nancy S.!.......2004-10-29

      This Audio-CD version of Nancy Sinatra's "Lightning's Girl" album oozes some nice toe-tappin' Nancy ditties, including some of my favorites from the famous boot-wearing singer.

      Some of the songs included in this collection of 24 tracks are: "Jackson", "Sugar Town", "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'", "Some Velvet Morning", "Friday's Child", "Good Time Girl", and the duet with her father, "Something Stupid".

      Some Fast Nancy Facts ......................................

      >> Nancy Sinatra was born on June 8, 1940, in Jersey City, New Jersey. Papa Frank Sinatra was just 24 years old when Nancy was born.

      >> Nancy's TV debut, at age 17, was on her father's television series, "The Frank Sinatra Show", on November 1, 1957. She would often pop up on TV's "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" as well, among a few other shows of the era.

      >> In 1967, Nancy starred in her own one-hour NBC-TV special, called "Movin' With Nancy", which further solidified her as one of the most popular female vocalists of the 1960s. Looking back now at the well-polished "Movin' With Nancy" special is like entering a "1960s time machine". The sounds, colors, clothing styles, make-up, hair-dos, and location settings just scream "The '60s"! That '67 Nancy special is available on DVD and VHS video as well, and is well worth the asking price.

      >> Nancy's first (of very few) feature films was 1964's "For Those Who Think Young", in which she played the role of "Karen Cross" (opposite star James Darren). Other familiar names dotting the cast list of that film include the likes of: Tina Louise, Bob Denver, Paul Lynde, Robert Middleton, and a 31-year-old Ellen Burstyn. That was Burstyn's motion-picture debut as well.

      "Lightning's Girl" contains 71+ minutes of music with Nancy, Lee Hazlewood, and daddy Frank Sinatra. If you're a fan of Nancy's, it's worth a listen -- and a purchase.

      5 out of 5 stars Great!!!.......2002-09-04

      I really like Nancy Sinatra, and this CD has all the reasons why on it. What a voice! What a talent! From Jackson to Dover this Lady-Bird really soars. My personal favorite is "Some Velvet Morning" (don't ask me to explain its meaning), but, just like her father, Nancy manages to inject greatness into everything she sings. Do your ears a favor and get this one.

      5 out of 5 stars The best compilation of Nancy.......2001-10-03

      Just great stuff - spanning her hit years of the mid 60s to early 70s, with just about every hit and classic duets with Lee Hazlewood (the baroque splendour of "Some Velvet Morning") and Frank Sinatra ("Somethin' Stupid"). Unless you're an absolute fanatic this contains everything you could want from Ms Sinatra.
      Nancy Sinatra - Greatest Hits: Lightning's Girl
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • An upgraded collection of Nancy Sinatra hits
      		 Nancy Sinatra - Greatest Hits: Lightning's Girl
      Nancy Sinatra
      Manufacturer: 404 Music Group
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      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars An upgraded collection of Nancy Sinatra hits.......2003-11-08

      When my father was stationed in Japan in the late Sixties we joined him well before all of our belongings. With a new home and a new school in a new country, the only sense of place was Armed Forces radio. Every time "Some Velvet Morning" played I would feel better. To this day, listening to Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood sing that song takes me back to that time and how I felt. Besides, my mom was a big Frank Sinatra fan so I could cause trouble by saying at least there was one person in that family who could sing and it was not old blue eyes (Mea culpa. I was young. It was the Sixties. She made me wear a crew cut). My father made reel-to-reel tapes of all of Nancy's albums but they are long gone. Now, all of those albums are available on CD. But for many of you having one Nancy Sinatra CD is going to be enough and in that case "Lightning's Girl: Greatest Hits 1965-1971" is the one you should pick up. This has everything that was on "Nancy Sinatra: The Hit Years" but another eight songs, so this is an easy call to make. However, I have to admit I never thought of "Lightning's Girl" as being a definitive Nancy Sinatra song. That would have to be "These Boots Were Made for Walkin,'" right? Let's see a show of hands.

      "Lightning's Girl" has all of your favorite Nancy Sinatra songs and probably one or two songs that might be new to you but that you should enjoy as well. "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'," "The Last of the Secret Agents," "Sugar Town," and "You Only Live Twice," are included. In addition to "Some Velvet Morning" there are nine other duets with Lee Hazelwood, the best of which are "Summer Wine," "Jackson" and "Lady Bird." Of course, there is also "Somethin' Stupid," sung with daddy (in only two takes). The liner notes are wrong the lady herself and, of course, the cover provides the obligatory shot of Nancy in white go-go boots. I think these songs hold up a lot better than a lot of the other stuff I listened to back then in Japan, as does Nancy herself as we all found out a few years ago in a revealing pictorial in a noted gentleman's publication. If this hit collection turns out to be insufficient to fulfill your longing for Nancy's music, be aware that all of her original albums are currently available on CD, as well as a recent collection, "Sheet Music," with several unreleased tracks.
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        		Lightning's Girl
        Nancy Sinatra
        Manufacturer: Phantom Sound & Vision
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        GeneralGeneral | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music
        ASIN: B000A2PMQU
        Release Date: 2001-12-05

        Album Description

        Aussie exclusive compilation for the sex-kitten superstar. Featuring 26 tracks and over 75 minutes of music. 'Greatest Hits 1965-1971 - Lightning's Girl' is the most comprehensive and appealing career overview to date of 1960s pop sensation Nancy Sinatra. Contains all of Nancy's timeless hits including duets with Lee Hazlewood & Frank Sinatra. Highlights include, 'These Boots Are Made For Walkin', 'Something Stupid', 'Jackson', 'Summer Wine', 'Some Velvet Morning' plus songs from films, 'You Only Live Twice', 'Last Of The Secret Agents' & 'The Cool Ones'. This edition comes with a full color 16 page booklet, text from the lady herself, & and Album & EP Sleeve reproductions! 2002 Raven Records release.
        Lightning's Girl
        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
        • Best compilation of Nancy's music
        • A new and improved Nancy Sinatra hits collection on CD
        		 Lightning's Girl
        Nancy Sinatra
        Manufacturer: Raven
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        Psychedelic RockPsychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music
        Baroque PopBaroque Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music
        ASIN: B000059LBJ
        Release Date: 1997-02-11

        Tracks:

        1. Lightning's Girl
        2. These Boots Are Made for Walkin'
        3. How Does That Grab You, Darlin'?
        4. Good Time Girl
        5. You Only Live Twice
        6. Last of the Secret Agents
        7. So Long, Babe
        8. Sugar Town
        9. Friday's Child
        10. Jackson
        11. Did You Ever?
        12. Summer Wine
        13. Lady Bird
        14. Some Velvet Morning
        15. Sand
        16. Love Eyes
        17. Drummer Man
        18. Somethin' Stupid
        19. I've Been Down for So Long (It Looks Like up to Me)
        20. Sundown, Sundown
        21. Down from Dover
        22. 100 Years
        23. Paris Summer
        24. Hook and Ladder

        Album Description

        Aussie exclusive compilation for the sex-kitten superstar. Featuring 26 tracks and over 75 minutes of music. 'Greatest Hits 1965-1971 - Lightning's Girl' is the most comprehensive and appealing career overview to date of 1960s pop sensation Nancy Sinatra.

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars Best compilation of Nancy's music.......2004-09-30

        This is the Australian edition of the compilation - it has the same title and tracks as the American edition but different artwork.

        Nancy made many excellent records, as this compilation shows. All the essential tracks are here, including These boots are made for walking, an international number one hit, How does that grab you darling and Sugar town. Among Nancy's other solo tracks are a couple of James Bond songs, You only live twice and The last of the secret agents.

        Nancy also had several big hits via duets with Lee Hazelwood. Did you ever was a British hit, while Summer wine, Jackson and Some velvet morning were American hits. Ladybird was a hit in both countries. Among their other duets, Down from Dover is a cover of an early Dolly Parton song, which Dolly herself re-recorded for her Little sparrow album.

        Nancy's most famous duet is the one she did with her father, Something stupid. Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman recently revived this song in the Moulin Rouge soundtrack, bringing the song to a whole new generation of listeners.

        This is a great introduction to her music, but does not display the full range of her talent - for example, she did a superb country album (Country my way) which is not represented on this collection. Even so, if you only ever buy one Nancy Sinatra collection, this is the one to choose.

        5 out of 5 stars A new and improved Nancy Sinatra hits collection on CD.......2002-10-29

        When my father was stationed in Japan in the late Sixties we joined him well before all of our belongings. With a new home and a new school in a new country, the only sense of place was Armed Forces radio. Every time "Some Velvet Morning" played I would feel better. To this day, listening to Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood sing that song takes me back to that time and how I felt. Besides, my mom was a big Frank Sinatra fan so I could cause trouble by saying at least there was one person in that family who could sing and it was not old blue eyes (Mea culpa. I was young. It was the Sixties. She made me wear a crew cut). My father made reel-to-reel tapes of all of Nancy's albums but they are long gone. Now, all of those albums are available on CD. But for many of you having one Nancy Sinatra CD is going to be enough and in that case "Lightning's Girl: Greatest Hits 1965-1971" is the one you should pick up. This has everything that was on "Nancy Sinatra: The Hit Years" but another eight songs, so this is an easy call to make. However, I have never thought of "Lightning's Girl" as being a definitive Nancy Sinatra song.

        "Lightning's Girl" has all of your favorite Nancy Sinatra songs and probably one or two songs that might be new to you but that you may well enjoy. "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'," "The Last of the Secret Agents," "Sugar Town," and "You Only Live Twice," are included. In addition to "Some Velvet Morning" there are nine other duets with Lee Hazelwood, the best of which are "Summer Wine," "Jackson" and "Lady Bird." Of course, there is also "Somethin' Stupid," sung with daddy (in only two takes). The liner notes are wrong the lady herself and, of course, the cover provides the obligatory shot of Nancy in white go-go boots. I think these songs hold up a lot better than a lot of the other stuff I listened to back then in Japan, as does Nancy herself as we all found out a few years ago in a revealing pictorial in a noted gentleman's publication.
        Lightning's Girl
        Average customer rating: Not rated
          		Lightning's Girl
          Nancy Sinatra
          Manufacturer: Musicrama/Koch
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD
          ASIN: B00000DZU4
          Release Date: 1997-12-24

          Music:

          1. Love Album
          2. Love Dances
          3. Michael Ball
          4. Nature Boy [Import]
          5. Nina's Back [Import]
          6. One [Import] [Limited Edition]
          7. Original Standards [Import]
          8. Party Animals [Explicit Lyrics]
          9. Petula Clark - Greatest Hits
          10. Point of View

          Music

          Music