The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection: Live & Swingin (CD & DVD) [Enhanced] [Live]

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Live and Swingin’ is undoubtedly for those who already own some of the guys’ worthier recordings. Oh, but the guys? Frank, Dean, and Sammy (or, as Jackie Mason had it on The Simpsons, "the Candy Man!") For most anyone who cares, though, this is a must-buy item: a slightly edited version of the 1962 Villa Venice tapes along with a DVD that preserves a rarely seen, full-length serious/funny/anarchic Rat Pack performance from ’65. (For sentimentalists’ sake, it was taped on Tina Sinatra’s 17th birthday; she makes a brief appearance onstage with the fellas.) All kidding aside, the trio makes with the serious singing – though perhaps those who came to hear Sammy get through an entire mini-set without interruption will want to go elsewhere, as his partners’ shtick barely allows him to finish a line, much less a song. Sinatra aficionados will find the DVD indispensable, as he paws his way through a mellow version of "My Kind of Town" (benefit location "St. Louis"!) and "Fly Me to the Moon." --Rickey Wright

The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection: Live & Swingin (CD & DVD), Music, The Rat Pack, Pop, Pop Vocals, Popular Music, Traditional Pop, Vocal, Vocal Jazz

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The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection: Live & Swingin (CD & DVD)
The Rat Pack
Manufacturer: Reprise Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Jazz | Styles | Music
Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music
Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music
General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music
Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music
Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
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Medley: Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes/When You're Smiling/The Lady I
I Left My Heart in San Francisco
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
Medley: Volare/On an Evening in Roma
Goody Goody
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When Your Lover Has Gone
Monologue
Please Be Kind
You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You
What Kind of Fool Am I
Out of This World
She's Funny That Way
Hey There
Comedy
Medley: Brazil/You Are Too Beautiful...
Medley: I Can't Give You Anything But Love...
Impressions
Birth of the Blues
Danny Thomas Introduction
Nancy (With the Laughing Face)
Me and My Shadow
Sam's Song
Birth of the Blues (Reprise)

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Live and Swingin' is undoubtedly for those who already own some of the guys' worthier recordings. Oh, but the guys? Frank, Dean, and Sammy (or, as Jackie Mason had it on The Simpsons, "the Candy Man!") For most anyone who cares, though, this is a must-buy item: a slightly edited version of the 1962 Villa Venice tapes along with a DVD that preserves a rarely seen, full-length serious/funny/anarchic Rat Pack performance from '65. (For sentimentalists' sake, it was taped on Tina Sinatra's 17th birthday; she makes a brief appearance onstage with the fellas.) All kidding aside, the trio makes with the serious singing - though perhaps those who came to hear Sammy get through an entire mini-set without interruption will want to go elsewhere, as his partners' shtick barely allows him to finish a line, much less a song. Sinatra aficionados will find the DVD indispensable, as he paws his way through a mellow version of "My Kind of Town" (benefit location "St. Louis"!) and "Fly Me to the Moon." --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

very very good.......2007-07-05

I actually haven't heard it but it was bought as present for my father and his review of it was it's very good some of the banter between the three of them is priceless and a must for any fan of the rat pack.

Classic.......2007-06-27

By far the best deal you can get if you're a fan of the Rat Pack (Sinatra, Martin, and Davis). The boys sing well and though the jokes are repeated and scripted, (Martin was the only true comic of the group) they never get old. Carson fills in admirably for Bishop on the DVD and even manages to sing an entertaining part in the unofficial theme song of the group, Birth of the Blues.

As a fan who never saw them in person, this is as close to them as I can get and it's almost enough.

Rat Pack.......2007-05-20

Having grown up in a household where Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr were my father's favorite entertainers we recently went and saw the production Rat Pack Live at the Sands. The show was great and I decided to see if there were any recordings of the real Rat Pack available. I stumbled upon this package and I was not disappointed and I am sure you will not be either. It is filled with many classic songs and skits, although Sammy isn't really given the opportunity to perform seriously, but from what I have heard that was the case during their shows.

It doesn't get any better than these guys.......2007-05-13

I was born a generation too late. They were the best! True entertainers

Fabulous.......2007-01-18

If you are a fan of Frank Dean & sammy Then this is a must buy!!!

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