FRANK SINATRA: LONG AGO, FAR AWAY

Frank Sinatra’s live recordings from 1943 to 1951 span the years when he was performing between stays at Twin Palms, his home in Palm Springs. Les Yeux led creative direction, art direction, and design, and named the release Long Ago, Far Away. The title shaped the concept: “long ago” for the era of the recordings, “far away” for Twin Palms and the desert. The cover is an original painting style from Shazmin Hussein’s series The Muse, taking the view from the estate’s piano-shaped pool, with a soft blue palette that carries the desert sky. The edition is a five-record vinyl book with bound sleeves, a nod to the album format of the 1940s.

Client: Frank Sinatra
Location: Seattle, USA
Creative Direction: Les Yeux
Art Direction & Design: Shazmin Hussein
Artwork: Shazmin Hussein
Project Direction: Jeremy Holiday
Producer: Charles L. Granata
Disc Transfers: Andreas Meyer, Charles L. Granata
Photography: Charles L. Granata Archives, Andreas Meyer
Audio Restoration & Mastering: Nancy Conforti at Swan Studios, H Bomb Mastering