The Best of the Columbia Years: 1943–1952

The Best of the Columbia Years: 1943-1952
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ReleasedOctober 31, 1995
Recorded1943–1952
GenreTraditional pop
Length297:29
LabelLegacy
Frank Sinatra chronology
The Very Best of Frank Sinatra
(1997)
The Best of the Columbia Years: 1943-1952
(1995)
Frank Sinatra & the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
(1998)
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The Best of the Columbia Years: 1943–1952 is a four-disc box set by the American singer Frank Sinatra, released on Legacy Records in 1995, catalogue C4K-64681. Initial release was in a book-style edition; a later edition was reissued in 1998 with a standard jewel case package and given a different catalogue number, C4K-65620. All but twelve tracks were originally released on 78 rpm records, and as an overview of Sinatra's recordings on Columbia this set replaces the previous catalogue item The Voice: The Columbia Years (1943-1952), released in 1986 on vinyl and later also on compact disc. The box set contains highlights of his career with Columbia Records; the complete recordings from these years were released in 1993 on The Columbia Years 1943-1952: The Complete Recordings.