Sinatra "A Man Alone"...sung with such feeling .....Rod McKuen who wrote it all words & music beautifully arranged by Don Costa from March 19-21st 1969, the 3 sessions ran 8-11pm each night after which he and a few invited others would go drinking until the dawn.
It is interesting to think that Sinatra who was known to support black muscians since his time touring with Bands early on in his career, often refusing to appear at venues that didn't allow the black artists such as Count Basie & his orchestra to enter the building using the same entrance as the white artists and having dressing rooms in the same corridor, chose at this time in his career to support an openly LGBT poet and music writer by recording an album entirely of his work, perhaps not incidentily Sinatra was in the fullest sense considering his retirement at this time having told Paul Anker in Dec 68 when listening to a demo of 'My Way' while filming 'Tony Rome' ..."I think i've had it with all this...a time to sit back and do other things is calling" ...and in the States then the "gay movement" was getting louder so perhaps it wasn't just the sublime lyrics and music that seemed to be written perfectly for Sinatra (which it was as McKuen freely stated) that was his total motivation in making this album.....
Well apologies i've rambled on ....However the main thing is to enjoy the music for the music and this album is one i return to often its sad and beautiful in equal measure to my ears
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