Triplicate
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Revised 07 January, 2024.
3CD releases: Columbia 88985413492 (USA/Europe),
31 Mar 2017. 3LP releases: Columbia 88985413501 (USA/Europe), 31 Mar 2017 - there will also be a limited 3LP Deluxe Vinyl Edition, Columbia 88985413511, sourced from the USA only, and packaged in a numbered case. 3CD release: Sony Music SICP 5302-4 (Japan), 31 Mar 2017. The vinyl releases to be sold in Japan will be imported from the EU. This triple album (3CD/3LP/download) contains 30 more Frank Sinatra standards continuing the theme of the previous albums Shadows In The Night and Fallen Angels. The title could be a homage to Frank's 1980 Reprise 3LP set Trilogy: Past Present Future shown on the right, each album of which has a separate title like the three albums of Bob's set. However, Andreas Volkert has researched the playing cards depicted on the cover of Fallen Angels and discovered they were made by the famous playing card manufacturer Andrew Dougherty and called "Chinese Dragon Back No. 81". Andreas has now discovered that Andrew Dougherty also created in 1876 a set of playing cards in which a miniature card was placed in the top left and bottom right corners of the cards called... "Triplicate"! The original 1876 "Triplicate" cards were reissued in 2014. It's very possible this could be another source of inspiration for Bob's album title. |
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1876 "Triplicate" playing cards, picture from https://www.wopc.co.uk/usa/dougherty/index |
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Disc 1 - 'Til The Sun Goes Down:
1 I Guess I’ll Have To Change My Plans (Howard
Dietz/Arthur Schwartz)
2 September of My Years
(Jimmy van Heusen/Sammy Cahn)
3 I Could Have Told You (Carl Sigman/Arthur Williams) - performed live in 2016
(see songwriter comment below)
4 Once Upon a Time (Charles Strouse/Lee Adams) - performed for the Tony Bennett
90th Birthday Tribute in 2016 (R-2000, see Online Performances (Other)
)
5 Stormy Weather (Harold Arlen/Ted Koehler) - recorded in 2014 in the
Shadows In The Night sessions
6 This Nearly Was Mine (Oscar Hammerstein II/Richard Rodgers) - from "South
Pacific"
7 That Old Feeling (Sammy
Fain/Lew Brown)
8 It Gets Lonely Early (Jimmy
van Heusen/Sammy Cahn)
9 My One And Only Love (Guy
Wood/Robert Mellin)
10 Trade Winds (Charles Tobias/Cliff
Friend)
Disc 2 - Devil Dolls:
1 Braggin’ (Henry
Manners/Jimmy Shirl/Robert Marko) - no recording by Frank yet found!
It was recorded by Tony Pastor and his Orchestra in 1941.
2 As Time Goes By (Herman Hupfeld) from "Casablanca"
3 Imagination
(Johnny Burke/Jimmy van Heusen)
4 How Deep Is The Ocean? (Irving Berlin)
5 P.S. I Love You (Gordon Jenkins/Johnny Mercer - not the Beatles song!)
6 The Best Is Yet To Come (Carolyn Leigh/Cy Coleman)
7 But Beautiful
(Johnny Burke/Jimmy van Heusen)
8 Here’s That Rainy Day
(Johnny Burke/Jimmy van Heusen)
9 Where Is The One? (Edwin
Finckel/Alec Wilder)
10 There’s A Flaw In My Flue (Johnny Burke/Jimmy van Heusen)
Disc 3 - Comin' Home Late
1 Day In, Day Out (Johnny
Mercer/Rube Bloom)
2 I Couldn’t Sleep A Wink Last Night (Jimmy
McHugh/Harold Adamson)
3 Sentimental Journey (Les
Brown/Ben Homer/Bud Green)
4 Somewhere Along The Way
(Sammy Gallop/Kurt Adams) "Kurt Adams" is a pseudonym of Jimmy van Heusen!
5 When The World Was Young (Johnny
Mercer/Angele Marie Therese Vannier/M. Philippe-Gerard)
6 These Foolish Things (Jack
Strachey/Eric Maschwitz)
7 You Go To My Head (J.
Fred Coots/Haven Gillespie)
8 Stardust (Hoagy
Carmichael/Michael Parish)
9 It’s Funny To Everyone But Me (Jack Lawrence)
10 Why Was I Born? (Oscar
Hammerstein II/Jerome Kern)
29 of these 30 songs were probably recorded at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA, in Feb 2016, see the album page for Fallen Angels.
Frank Sinatra/Harry James - 1939 (Columbia)
Frank Sinatra/Tommy Dorsey - 1940-42 (RCA Victor)
Trade Winds (Charles Tobias/Cliff Friend) was recorded by Frank with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, released on a Victor single in 1940, and later appeared on the 6LP set The Dorsey/Sinatra Sessions 1940-1942 (RCA Victor, 1978). The same material has now been released on CD in several sets. Imagination (Johnny Burke/Jimmy van Heusen) was another song recorded by Frank with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra in 1940, which later appeared on The Dorsey/Sinatra Sessions 1940-1942 in 1978 (see above) and as a new recording on I Remember Tommy... (Reprise, 1961). Stardust (Hoagy Carmichael/Michael Parish) was recorded by Frank with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra for a Victor single in 1941 and included on The Dorsey/Sinatra Sessions 1940-1942 in 1978 (see above).
Columbia - 1943-52
Capitol - 1953-61
Songs For Young Lovers, Frank's first Capitol album from 1953, contains his version of My One And Only Love (Guy Wood/Robert Mellin). |
No One Cares also contains Stormy Weather (see above) and Here's That Rainy Day (Johnny Burke/Jimmy van Heusen). There is a mystery about the song writing credits for I Could Have Told You - it is credited in the Japanese booklet below to Carl Sigman (lyrics) and Jimmy van Heusen (music), but to Carl Sigman (lyrics) and Arthur Williams (music) on Frank's 1954 single. On the 1991 Sinatra No One Cares CD, where it appears as a bonus track, it's credited as in the Japanese booklet to Carl Sigman and Jimmy van Heusen. According to Derek Barker, Bob's people credited the song writers of all Bob's Triplicate cover versions on MCPS in the UK in late March, but they only gave credit for this song to Carl Sigman (who definitely wrote the lyrics).
Nice 'N' Easy (Capitol, Jul 1960) contains Frank's versions of That Old Feeling (Sammy Fain/Lew Brown) and You Go To My Head (J. Fred Coots/Haven Gillespie). It also includes She's Funny That Way, recorded by Bob in 2018 as He's Funny That Way for the LGBT-supporting Columbia/Legacy EP Universal Love - Wedding Songs Reimagined, see 2018. | |
Sentimental Journey (Les Brown/Ben Homer/Bud Green) first appeared on Come Swing With Me (Capitol, Jul 1961) | |
Point Of No Return, Frank's last Capitol album from 1962, contains Frank's versions of As Time Goes By (Herman Hupfeld, from "Casablanca"), Somewhere Along The Way (Sammy Gallop/Kurt Adams) and When The World Was Young (Johnny Mercer/Angele Marie Therese Vannier/M. Philippe-Gerard). |
Reprise - 1961-81
The Concert Sinatra (Reprise, 1963) contains Frank's version of This Nearly Was Mine (Oscar Hammerstein II/Richard Rodgers) from the musical "South Pacific" as was Some Enchanted Evening, from a 1949 Columbia single and later on Frank Sinatra Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein, recorded by Bob for Shadows In The Night. | ||
The Best Is Yet to Come (Carolyn Leigh/Cy Coleman) comes from It Might As Well Be Swing (Reprise, 1964) by Frank Sinatra, Count Basie and Quincy Jones. |
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Thanks to Fred Muller for news that Bob recorded a video to mark Tony Bennett's 90th birthday at the WorkPlay Theater, Birmingham, AL, on Friday 28 Oct 2016. The video was part of an NBC TV special, "Tony Bennett Celebrates 90: The Best Is Yet to Come" broadcast on 20 Dec 2016, which also included performances by Aretha Franklin, Lady Gaga, Elton John, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder and others. Bob couldn't attend the actual celebration, which was filmed at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, on 15 Sep 2016, but wished to be included, so he performed and filmed an unidentified song with his band at WorkPlay, with a technical crew and gear brought in for the occasion. The song turned out to be Once Upon A Time. Once Upon A Time, written by Charles Strouse and Lee Adams, was recorded by Frank Sinatra for his 1965 Reprise album September Of My Years. Once Upon A Time will also be released on Triplicate, as will two more tracks from September Of My Years, It Gets Lonely Early (Jimmy van Heusen/Sammy Cahn) and the title track of the album (Jimmy van Heusen/Sammy Cahn). The WorkPlay Theater version of Once Upon A Time (R-1905) has been added to Online Performances (Other). | ||
Thanks to Aaron Derfel for information about this 2017 2CD release from Japan, Oldays Records ODR 6396-97, which is a compilation of Sinatra recordings with the title Love In Triplicate in the same typeface as Bob's Triplicate album. The forty songs on the two CDs are all ones that have been covered by Bob on Triplicate (some have more than one version)! There is also a 2018 European 2LP set, Vinyl Passion VP 80774, called The Standards Bob Sang! These Sinatra recordings are presumably out of copyright. |
Thanks to "Sonny Boy McFitzson", Éamonn Ó Catháin and Derek Barker for information. Song writers and details of all Sinatra recordings found with thanks at sinatra.wikia.com.
Vinyl Releases
"Triplicate" - 3LP Deluxe Vinyl Edition, Columbia 88985413511 (USA), 31 Mar 2017:
Columbia 88985413511 (USA) - front with stickers (my copy) |
This set comes in a very dark maroon 12" book style sleeve made of laminated hard card with the records in 12" 78-style card pockets with cut-outs, all attached at the centre. As mentioned above, the packaging of the Dylan 3LP Deluxe set is designed to copy the design of the 1940s sets of 78 rpm records. All copies sold worldwide have been sourced from the USA and the records were mastered at Sterling Sound, Edgewater, NJ. My copy bought in France as shown is number 14597. |
Columbia 88985413511 (USA) - front sticker 1 |
Columbia 88985413511 (USA) - front sticker 2 (French) |
Columbia 88985413511 (USA) - rear |
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Columbia 88985413511 (USA) - front of download voucher |
Columbia 88985413511 (USA) - picture from www.amazon.co.uk |
Columbia 88985413511 (USA) - opened inside with front of 12" booklet and LP1 in card sleeve |
Columbia 88985413511 (USA) - rear of download voucher (code removed) |
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Columbia 88985413511 (USA) - Side 1 (Record 1, Side 1) |
Columbia 88985413511 (USA) - Side 2 (Record 1, Side 2) |
Columbia 88985413511 (USA) - Side 3 (Record 2, Side 1) |
Columbia 88985413511 (USA) - Side 4 (Record 2, Side 2) |
Columbia 88985413511 (USA) - Side 5 (Record 3, Side 1) |
Columbia 88985413511 (USA) - Side 6 (Record 3, Side 2) |
Columbia 88985413511 (USA) - detail of rear
Columbia 88985413511 (USA) - spine
The records have original US Columbia "Magic Notes" style labels in dark red with gold text. "BOB DYLAN" is missing from the labels. Inside the card pockets they are housed in dark brown paper inner sleeves, also with cut-outs. There is a fold-out 12" booklet glued to the reverse of the front sleeve. For some bizarre reason, none of the song composers listed above are credited in the booklet! There is also a voucher with a code to download the 30 tracks - the code in the rear panel has been obscured.
"Triplicate" - 3LP Standard Edition, Columbia 88985413501 (USA), 31 Mar 2017:
Thanks to Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
"Triplicate" - 3LP Standard Edition, Columbia/Sony Music 88985413501 (Europe), 31 Mar 2017:
Columbia/Sony Music 88985413501
(Europe) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel (Sony Music logo on left, Germany
address, "Made in the EU")
This set
comes in a regular wide sleeve, also made in the EU, which holds all three 180gm LPs and a four page
12" insert. There is also a voucher with
a code to download the 30 tracks - the code in the rear panel has been obscured.
The European voucher has two differences from the US voucher above: the validity
date on the rear is shown as "31.3.2018" (European style) and the catalogue
number at the bottom is "88985413501-I1".
The records come in plain black cut-out inner
sleeves to show the labels. The records of the copy shown have handwritten
matrix numbers: Side 1 -
Thanks to Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
CD Releases
"Triplicate" - promo CD sampler, Columbia 88985423452 (USA), Mar 2017.
"Triplicate" - 3CD set, Columbia 88985413492 (USA/Canada), 31 Mar 2017.
Columbia 88985413492 (USA), 31 Mar 2017:
Columbia 88985413492 (USA) - detail of rear of
digipak, scan by Gerd Rundel
Columbia 88985413492 (Canada), 31 Mar 2017:
Thanks to Brian Stanley, Jack from Canada and Gerd Rundel for information and pictures.
"Triplicate" - 3CD set, Columbia/Sony Music 88985413492 (Europe), 31 Mar 2017.
Columbia/Sony Music 88985413492 (Europe)
- outside of unfolded digipak
Columbia/Sony Music 88985413492 (Europe)
- inside of unfolded digipak with booklet on left and CDs
Columbia/Sony Music 88985413492 (Europe)
- detail of rear of digipak ("Sony Music" logo on left, Gütersloh,
Germany, address in centre, "Made in the EU")
Columbia/Sony Music 88985413492 (Europe)
- spine of digipak
"Triplicate" - 3CD set, Sony Music SICP 5302~4 (Japan), 31 Mar 2017
The Japanese 3CD release has a wrap-around obi with release date: "17.3.31" (31 Mar 2017) and price ¥4,000 plus tax = ¥4,320. The sticker with "Nobel Laureate in Literature" in gold has been attached to all new Japanese releases since The Real Royal Albert Hall 1966 Concert!. The purple text on the obi says: "The answer? I'm gonna keep on singing." The digipak is a glossy reddish purple just like the 3LP sleeve, but looks much darker in scans. The attached booklet on the reverse of Bob's portrait has Tom Piazza's essay on Triplicate, only in Japanese, strangely not also in English. A 74-page Japanese booklet is placed on CD1. It has English lyrics and the translations, plus liner notes in two parts; the first by Heckel Sugano is about Bob and the rumour that Bob was creating something new with Daniel Lanois in Dec 2016. The second liner notes by Kenta Hagiwara are about the specific versions of the songs Bob has recorded on Triplicate. He has in-depth knowledge about old-time Americana music like Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams or Buddy Holly. The CD1, 2 and 3 header design on lyrics page is unique - this is a parody of "360 SOUND" in a straight shape which can't be seen elsewhere.
All the song writers are credited in the Japanese booklet, unlike the vinyl and US/European releases, where they are not credited. I Could Have Told You is credited to Carl Sigman and Jimmy van Heusen in the booklet, but is credited to Carl Sigman and Arthur Williams on Frank Sinatra's original 1953 single above. See above for comments.
Sony Music SICP 5302~4 (Japan)
- detail of rear of digipak, scan by Sonny Boy McFitzson
Sony Music SICP 5302~4 (Japan)
- spine of digipak, scan by Sonny Boy McFitzson
Thanks to "Sonny Boy McFitzson" for information and scans.
"Triplicate" - 3CD set, Columbia/Sony Music 88985413492 (Brazil), 31 Mar 2017.
Columbia/Sony Music 88985413492 (Brazil) - detail
of rear of digipak, scan by Izidio Filho
Thanks to Izidio Filho for information and scans.
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