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Trilogy

(Reprise Records, 1980)
3 LPs / 2 CDs
Produced by Sonny Burke
The Past: Arranged and conducted by Billy May
The Present: Arranged and conducted by Don Costa
The Future: Arranged and conducted by Gordon Jenkins
26 tracks / running time: 108.14 / Stereo

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The Past:
Collectibles of the Early Years
Recorded September, 1979, in Hollywood

1. The Song is You
(Oscar Hammerstein II/Jerome Kern)

2. But Not for Me
(Ira & George Gershwin)

3. I Had the Craziest Dream
(Mack Gordon/Harry Warren)

4. It Had to Be You
(Gus Kahn/Isham Jones)

5. Let's Face the Music and Dance
(Irving Berlin)

6. Street of Dreams
(Sam M. Lewis/Victor Young)

7. My Shining Hour
(Johnny Mercer/Harold Arlen)

8. All of You
(Cole Porter)

9. More Than You Know
(Billy Rose/Edward Eliscu/Vincent Youmans)

10. They All Laughed
(Ira & George Gershwin)

The Present:
Some Very Good Years
Recorded August, 1979, in New York

1. You and Me (We Wanted It All)
(Carole Bayer Sager/Peter Allen)

2. Just the Way You Are
(Billy Joel)

3. Something
(George Harrison)

4. McArthur Park
(Jimmy Webb)

5. Theme From New York, New York
(Fred Ebb/John Kander)

6. Summer Me, Winter Me
(Marilyn & Alan Bergman/Michel Legrand)

7. Song Sung Blue
(Neil Diamond)

8. For the Good Times
(Kris Kristofferson)
Duet: Frank Sinatra and Eileen Farrell

9. Love Me Tender
(Elvis Presley/Vera Matson)

10. That's What God Looks Like to Me
(Stan Irwin/Lan O'Kun)

CD #2 (time: 39.16)

The Future:
Reflections on the Future
in Three Tenses
Recorded December, 1979, in Los Angeles

A Musical Fantasy in three tenses
for Frank Sinatra,
Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
and Mixed Chorus
composed, arranged and conducted
by Gordon Jenkins

1. What Time Does the Next Miracle Leave?

2. World War None!

3. The Future

4. The Future (contined)*
"I've Been There!"

5. The Future (conclusion)
"Song Without Words"

6. Finale: Before the Music Ends

* Loulie Jean Norman, wife of Gordon Jenkins, sings on this track.  She's best known for providing the wordless vocal for the original Star Trek TV series theme.  She told author Will Friedwald:  "Frank sort of liked this kind of thing because he felt it gave him wider scope.  But I couldn't make head or tails of it."

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