The Main Event – Live Explained

The Main Event – Live
Type:	live
Artist:	Frank Sinatra
Cover:	Themaineventlive.jpg
Released:	1974
Recorded:	October 1974
Genre:	Traditional pop
Length:	50:42
Label:	Reprise
Prev Title:	Some Nice Things I've Missed
Prev Year:	1974
Next Title:	Portrait of Sinatra – Forty Songs from the Life of a Man
Next Year:	1977

The Main Event – Live is a 1974 live album and television special by American singer Frank Sinatra.

Track listing

1. Overture: "It Was a Very Good Year"/"All the Way"/"My Kind of Town" (Ervin Drake)/(Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)/(Cahn, Van Heusen) – 3:12 (introduction by Howard Cosell)
2. "The Lady Is a Tramp" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:02
3. "I Get a Kick Out of You" (Cole Porter) – 4:37
4. "Let Me Try Again (Laisse Moi le Temps)" (Paul Anka, Cahn, Michel Jourdon, Caravelli) – 3:26
5. "Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) – 2:45
6. "I've Got You Under My Skin" (Porter) – 4:44
7. "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" (Jim Croce) – 2:49
8. "Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) – 8:32
9. "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" (Stevie Wonder) – 2:49
10. "The House I Live In (That's America to Me)" (Lewis Allan, Earl Robinson) – 6:41
11. "My Kind of Town" – 3:01
12. "My Way" (Anka, Claude François, Jacques Revaux, Gilles Thibault) – 4:57

• Tracks 10 and 12 recorded in Boston Garden, October 2, 1974
• Tracks 6 and 8 recorded at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, October 4, 1974
• Track 5 recorded in Madison Square Garden, October 12, 1974
• Tracks 1–4, 7, 9, and 11 recorded in Madison Square Garden, October 13, 1974

Personnel

• Frank Sinatra – Vocals
• Bill Miller - Pianist and Musical Director
• Al Viola - Guitar
• Gene Cherico - Bass
• Irv Cottler - Drums

Woody Herman and his Thundering Herd

Woody Herman was not present at the concerts

• Alto Saxophone: Jerry Dodgian, Frank Tiberi
• Tenor Saxophone: Gary M. Anderson, Gregory Herbert
• Baritone Saxophone: John Oslawski
• Trumpet: Gary Pack, Nelson Hiatt, Dave Stahl, Buddy Powers, Bill Byrne
• Trombone: Urbie Green, Dale Kirkland, Jim Pugh, Vaughn Weister
• Piano: Andy LaVerne
• Bass: Ron Paley
• Drums: David Carey

String section

• Violin: Joe Malin (lead violin), Peter Dimitriades, Dave Kunstler, Avram Weiss, Harry Urbont, Stan Karpienia, Max Hollander, Carmel Malin, Julius Brand, Peter Buonconsiglio, Max Cahn, Julius Schachter
• Viola: Vinnie Liota, Maurice Pollock, George Brown, Mike Spivakowsky
• Cello: Anthony Sophos, Alan Shulman, Gloria Lanzarone, Julius Ehrenworth
• Pedal Harp: Margaret Ross

Recording

• Engineered by: Ed Green^[2]
• Record Plant NY White Truck

See also

• (2009): features Frank Sinatra performing at Madison Square Garden from October 12, 1974.

Notes and References

1. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 275,276.
2. Web site: The Main Event: Live - Frank Sinatra | Credits | AllMusic. AllMusic.