Frank Sinatra Nice 'n' Easy on Limited Edition 180g 33RPM LP from Mobile Fidelity: Audiophile Pressing Is Out of Print

Let Ol’ Blue Eyes Go to Your Head: Sinatra’s 1960 Ballads Album Epitomizes Romance

1/4" / 15 IPS analog master to analog console to lathe

Big-band vocal albums don’t come better than this. Neither do opportunities to hear the world’s greatest pop interpreter with a clarity, realism, sensitivity, and detail that transport you into the studio, leaving nothing but a few feet between you and the music. Yes, the sound on this numbered-edition pressing is that good. 

Recorded in the spring of 1960 for Capitol, Nice ‘N’ Easy revisits many of the standards that a young Frank Sinatra sang on his way to becoming the best singer of his or any generation. Comprised of devotional ballads and midtempo love songs, the romantic set is a showcase for the vocalist’s peerless ability to create moods and demonstrates his growth into a mature performer capable of making the impossible seem effortless. Sinatra takes the meaning of the record’s title track to heart, and instills Nice ‘N’ Easy with a relaxed, cool, suave, gentle swing that became his trademark. Has there ever been a record that goes better with a glass of wine, dimmed lights, a fine stereo, and an amorous partner?

Evidence of the Chairman’s genius abound. Never before has it sounded so natural, rich, or transparent. The openness extends to Nelson Riddle’s legendary arrangements, which benefit from astounding instrumental separation, proper balances, microtonal insight, and an unlimited ceiling. Sinatra’s definitive baritone soars above it all, and the finite characteristics that make him so timeless—phrasing, tempo, timing, control, timbre, emotion—pour from standards like “Try a Little Tenderness,” “Fools Rush In,” and “Embraceable You.”