FRANK WAS THE MAN

Surrounded, by ring-a-ding-ding!






For those who believe sincerely Frank Sinatra peaked in the 50s, I direct you to Sinatra at the Sands, circa 1966.

And I especially urge you to seek out-if you can find it-the original DVD-Audio 5.1 Surround Sound Edition of this incredible recording.

The combination of Sinatra, and the big-really big-sounds of Count Basie's band, was/is fabulous.

And-unless you were there at the Sands 45 years ago-the best way
to experience fully the performances of two virtuoso's, is via DVD-A.

If you are one of the lucky few that have a first-gen DVD-A player
or its equivalent, you can rnjoy the 70 minute concert via high rez stereo at an incredible sample rate of 192kHz/24 bit that will blow your (audio) doors off.

DVD-A surround players can also muster a healthy 94kHz/24 bit sampling from this disc, and that is impressive.

But even if you are just playing this disc on a regular Dolby Digital AC-3 Surround Sound format, prepare to wowed.

The head room and width and breadth of this recording is on full display in the 6 channel format, and the bass and percussion is window-rattling good.

It is unfortunate that the DVD-A format did not really catch on, but if you can somehow get this multi-format DVD and play it on your home theatre system, I'm sure you will not be disappointed.

And that's the real smack, Jack!