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List Price: $18.98 | | Label: Concord Records
Salesrank: 2956
Released: May 5, 2009 |
| Our Price: $10.38 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Live at the Meadowlands Track Listing:
1. Overture
2. Without A Song
3. Where Or When
4. For Once In My Life
5. Nice N' Easy
6. My Heart Stood Still
7. Change Partners
8. It Was A Very Good Year
9. You Make Me Feel So Young
10. The Gal That Got Away
11. New York, New York
12. Monologue
13. Come Rain Or Come Shine
14. Bewitched
15. Moonlight In Vermont
16. L.A. Is My Lady
17. I've Got You Under My Skin
18. Someone To Watch Over Me
19. One More For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
20. Mack The Knife
21. NY Bows
Editorial Review:
Recorded live in concert at the legendary Meadowlands Arena in New Jersey, this is the most sought after Sinatra concert recording. Housed in a striking package and presented with a 24 page collectors' book of rare photos and extensive notes by long-time Sinatra associate Hank Cattaneo, this previously unreleased recording features 21 digitally remastered songs on one compact disc.
Live at the Meadowlands Reviews:
Only if it fills a hole in your collection 
2009-12-07 - Great sound quality and nice liner notes. Good to round out your collection but I would not buy it unless, like the rest of us, you have everything else.
Frank Sinatra---Live 
2009-11-01 - Great live performance recorded late in Mr. Sinatra's career. Even in this large venue, he still has IT!
It's Over And Tough To Let Go
2009-08-14 - I am a Sinatraphile and this CD is a disappointment. However, given that it was his last recorded-live concert it perhaps should be considered a must. Most of the arrangements are new and refreshing. Frank, sad to say, did these past-his-prime appearances because he loved doing them. Period. But the pipes are long gone and he sings with quite limited range. The appeal of the man and the memories of his great musicianship are what filled the arena on this night. He's having fun, knows he really can't deliver like yesteryear, but makes the most of every musical minute. What a guy! Sixty years of giving us the best music America has to offer and it landed in every global village on earth. Hail!
A sadly disappointing performance . . . 
2009-07-29 - Anyone who can remember the great Willie Mays trying to catch fly balls for the Mets in the '71 World Series, or an aging Muhammed Ali trying to resurrect his skills against Larry Holmes, or "Mr. Colt" Johnny Unitas playing long after he should've hung up his shoulder pads, will understand why listening to "Live At The Meadowlands" was such a sad and shocking disappointment to this inveterate Frank Sinatra fan. There comes a time when the lights need be turned off because the party's over - sadly Frank missed the cue on this one and stayed too long. It reminds me of his other great fiasco, his "'Ol Blue Eyes is Back" album, recorded after being in retirement for 6 years and admittedly after he'd not vocalized for that entire 6 year period. On "Live At The Meadowlands", Frank's voice is harsh, badly worn and not tuneful in the least. His timing, once the envy of the recording industry, is off the beat and too often forced. He just never gets into "the pocket" where he lived for so many decades. Saddest of all is the fact that he was completely out of sync with his rather raucous audience, who seemed not to understand the proper time to cheer and when to keep silent. Frank's efforts at humor were stale and his banter confusing - a sort of mishmash of his then 50 year career that was disconnected from his audience and missing the mark consistently. My recommendation is to skip this performance entirely and buy "Live at the Sands" with the Count Basie Orchestra with arrangements by Quincy Jones. I had to listen to "Sands" several times to wash the awful "Meadowlands" sound from my memory.
Skntra stars again!+
2009-06-28 - Great album!! Those who say Michael Jackson was the greatest singer of the last century are guilty of BLASPHAMY! He's not even in the same league as Frank!
