Point Of No Return:
Sinatra on Capitol

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This was the final album Sinatra recorded for Capitol Records over two sessions in September 1961. Strangely enough, tracks 13 to 16 were recorded on April 2, 1953, which was his first session for Capitol. This album was produced by Dave Cavanaugh while #13-16 were produced by Voyle Gilmore.

Coincidentally enough on each of the two sets of recordings included in the album Sinatra was assisted by the gifted arranger-conductor Axel Stordahl. They had worked together since early 1940 when Frank joined the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, replacing Jack Leonard as featured male vocalist and Stordahl was one of several orchestrators Dorsey employed. When Sinatra signed with Columbia Records in June 1943, Axel Stordahl was assigned the musical direction of his recordings. Pete Welding said of the album, Point Of No Return is one of the enduringly great Sinatra albums, a marvelous program of songs which the singer graced with some of his most deeply sincere and affectingly expressive artistry. And popular music just doesn't get any better than this.

TRACKS:

• 1. When The World Was Young (Phillipe G. Bloch-Angele M. Vannier-Johnny Mercer)



• 2. I'll Remember April (Don Raye-Gene DePaul-Patricia Johnston)



• 3. September Song (Kurt Weill-Maxwell Anderson)



• 4. A Million Dreams Ago (Lew Quadling-Eddy Howard-Dick Jurgens)



• 5. I'll See You Again (Noel Coward)



• 6. There Will Never Be Another You (Harry Warren-Mack Gordon)



• 7. Somewhere Along The Way (Sammy Gallop-Kurt Adams)



• 8. It's A Blue World (George Forrest-Robert Wright)



• 9. These Foolish Things (Eric Maschwitz-Jack Strachey-Harry Link)



• 10. As Time Goes By (Herman Hupfeld)



• 11. I'll Be Seeing You (Irving Kahal-Sammy Fain)



• 12. Memories Of You (Eubie Blake-Andy Razaf)



• 13. Day In-Day Out (Rube Bloom-Johnny Mercer)



• 14. Don't Make A Beggar Of Me (Al Sherman)



• 15. Lean Baby (Billy May-Roy Alfred)



• 16. I'm Walking Behind You (Billy Reid)