Author: Frank Sinatra
Title: Sinatra Jobim
Category: Jazz, Pop
Style: Bossa Nova, Vocal
Year: 1969
Notes: Looking to recreate the magic of the first session, some of Sinatra's less mainstream efforts made after the success of that first Sinatra-Jobim release simply didn't perform well, and anxieties drove the creation of this second hybrid. Jobim's charts were slightly more complex this time around & new arranger Eumir Deodato lent a different touch. On top of this, Sinatra's album sales had slumped & his commercial dynasty was slipping, eventually leading to his retirement in 1971. In short, the ten songs that made up this ill-fated second Sinatra-Jobim effort never actually saw release. The recordings were shelved. The project aborted.

To give more context, the Sinatra-Jobim album was of course finalised right down to the mixing & mastering & even the cover art was chosen. The scheduled photo for the album was a shot of Frank leaning on the back of a Greyhound bus, taken from the same mid-February '69 photo session which produced the artwork for the albums My Way and A Man Alone. The LP reached the acetate stage & a limited number of 8-track tape editions were quickly fixed up & Date of released to market. This recording was never commercially Date of released in any other Type.
For what ever reason, a recall was issued by Warner in the form of a memo ordering the destruction of all 3,500 of the 8-track cassettes that had been manufactured for release. Warner sent this memo to all retailers and distributors of the unsold copies, and even the sold ones! There are fewer than FIVE copies of the 8-track release known to still exist, and an auction way back in 2006 achieved a record sum of $4550 for one surviving copy.

Acetates or test pressings for the proposed LP are reportedly so scarce that the owner of one such rarity told Goldmine Magazine in a 1991 article that he wouldn't part with his for less than $5,000 even then. As far as we are aware, no examples of the acetate have ever surfaced at online auction.
Seven tracks from this aborted session eventually made their way onto side one of the Sinatra & Company album in 1971. Three of the Jobim songs which Frank was reportedly unhappy with, "Off Key“, "Song Of The Sabia“, and "Bonita“, remained unDate of released. Fans had to wait until 1995 & 'The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings' for all ten songs from the second Sinatra-Jobim session to finally be made available one way or another, & even then these have since slipped out of print. Rating: 4.8
Format: VOX DTS AU APE AUD AHX AIFF FLAC MP3
MP3 album RAR size: 1708 mb | FLAC album RAR size: 1795 mb

Tracklist

Sabia

Bonita

Drinking Water (Aqua De Beber)

One Note Samba (Samba De Uma Nota So)

Don't Ever Go Away (Por Causa De Voce)

Someone To Light Up My Life

Triste

Wave (Part 1)

Wave (Part 2)

This Happy Madness (Estrada Branca)

Off Key (Desafinado)

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
8FH 1028	Frank Sinatra With Antonio Carlos Jobim	Frank Sinatra With Antonio Carlos Jobim - Sinatra Jobim ‎(8-Trk, Album)	Reprise Records	8FH 1028	US	1969
FS1028	Frank Sinatra With Antonio Carlos Jobim	Frank Sinatra With Antonio Carlos Jobim - Sinatra Jobim ‎(Acetate, LP)	Reprise Records, Stereomaster	FS1028	US	1969