Rat Pack (Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr.) - 1962-11-26 - Northbrook, IL (SBD/FLAC)

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Rat Pack - Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr.
At Villa Venice 11/26/62 Volumes 1 & 2
Northbrook, Ill.
Released on Jazz Hour Records

SBD > ? > Original Silver CD > EAC secure mode > Flac Level 8 (align on sector boundries)

Disc One
Dean Martin
01. Parody on: When your Smiling/The Lady is a Tramp
02. Comedy Monologue
03. I Left My Heart in San Francisco
04. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
05. Medley: Volare/An Evening in Roma

Frank Sinatra
06. Goody Goody
07. Chicago
08. When Your Lover has Gone
09. Comedy Monologue
10. Please Be Kind
11. You're Nobody Until Somebody Loves You

Sammy Davis Jr.
12. What Kind of Fool am I
13. Out of This World
14. She's Funny That Way
15. Hey There

Disc Two
01. Sammy Doing Impressions
02. Comedy with All 3
03. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
04. Too Marvelous for Words
05. Pennies From Heaven
06. A Foggy Day
07. Comedy
08. Embraceable You
09. The Lady is a Tramp
10. Where or When
11. Impressions by all 3
12. Birth of the Blues
13. Nancy
14. Me and My Shadow
15. Sam's Song
16. Birth of the Blues Closing by all 3

Review taken from Sinatraguide.com
This legitimate (?) release is one of the first full concerts of the Rat Pack that ever made it to CD. A trimmed-down version was released by Artanis Entertainment, but this is the only set that contains the full, nearly 104 minute show. Currently available as part of a CD/DVD combo Live and Swingin', this pair of CD's is nonetheless an important document of the Rat Pack in action. First off, if you've never heard a show by the Rat Pack, then it's an experience where you leave feeling like you had to be there. Some of the jokes are purely physical, so that the laughs of the audience and the stars are incomprehensible to the listener. Also, the humor is very topical, from Sinatra: "Shut up, Sam, and sit in the back of the bus!" Davis: "Jewish people don't sit in the back of the bus!" Sinatra: "Jewish people own the bus!" - to Dean's trademark drunken humor, much of the time the audience is laughing only because they're drunk themselves. Nevertheless, the affection that these three friends have for one another is palpable, and even if the skits aren't as off-the-cuff as they seem, it still sounds like they're having a great time. Vocally, Sammy comes off the best, with burn-down-the-house renditions of "What Kind Of Fool Am I?" and "Birth Of The Blues" - Frank on the other hand, seems much more casual in his numbers,  almost throwing away songs like "Goody Goody" and "Please Be Kind." Not that it's a bad performance, but it sounds uninvolved. Dean is also very funny, slurring his words, and letting loose with cunning malapropisms every chance he gets. We also get to hear Sammy's infamous impersonations, although again, the sketch suffers from not being able to see his performance. If you can find these discs, I consider them superior to the Summit recording due to their completeness and perfectly clear sound.