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“If you wanna hear me sing serious, buy an album,” Dean Martin says early in this 70-minute disc, underlining his point by deliberately mangling the last word’s pronunciation. Issued to catch the wave of Steven Soderbergh’s remake of the Pack’s romp, Ocean’s 11, Live at the Sands is the second official issue of a Martin/Frank Sinatra/Sammy Davis Jr. show. This September 1963 date, though, is nimbler and funnier than the previous year’s set preserved on The Summit in Concert. Some of the same jokes are told, but this Vegas jaunt adds at least one new running gag (Dino’s brief rendition of “It’s My Party”), and Sammy also gets a few racially tinged zingers off in return for those of his partners. Oh, and lest we forget, there’s good music. Martin actually plays it straight on two Guys and Dolls duets with Sinatra, who also turns in a half-dozen strong performances on his own. Plenty of mystique is present, but Sands captures the trio hard at work as well.” –Rickey Wright

Track listing:

1 The Antonio Morelli Orchestra*– Fanfare And Introduction 0:26
2 Dean Martin– Medley: Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes/I Don’t Care If The Sun Don’t Shine/I Love Vegas (Paris) 4:58
3 Dean Martin– Monologue 1:30
4 Dean Martin– June In January 3:20
5 Dean Martin– Monologue 1:43
6 Dean Martin– Via Vinito 2:14
7 Dean Martin– Medley: Volare (Nel Blu, Dipinto Di Blu)/An Evening In Roma 2:22
8 Frank Sinatra– Ring A Ding Ding (Instrumental) 0:17
9 Frank Sinatra– I Only Have Eyes For You 2:15
10 Frank Sinatra– Call Me Irresponsible 2:11
11 Frank Sinatra– My Heart Stood Still 2:52
12 Frank Sinatra– Please Be Kind 2:36
13 Frank Sinatra– I Have Dreamed 2:56
14 Frank Sinatra– Luck Be A Lady 5:05
15 Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin– Dialogue 7:27
16 Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin– Medley (Marianne/Dance With A Dolly/You Are Too Beautiful/You Made Me Love You/Carolina In The Morning/Beautiful Dreamer/Dancing With Tears In My Eyes/Maria/Try A Little Tenderness/What Is This Thing Called Love) 8:26
17 Sammy Davis Jr.– The Lady Is A Tramp 4:01
18 Sammy Davis Jr.– All The Way (Impressions) 5:39
19 Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & Sammy Davis Jr.– Dialogue 1:51
20 Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin– Guys And Dolls 3:33
21 Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin– The Oldest Established (Permanent Floating Crap Game In New York) 2:47
22 Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & Sammy Davis Jr.– Introductions 4:11
23 Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & Sammy Davis Jr.– The Oldest Established (Permanent Floating Crap Game In New York) [Reprise] 0:29
24 Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & Sammy Davis Jr.– Closing: Ring A Ding Ding (Instrumental) 0:59

Accompanied By – The Antonio Morelli Orchestra
Conductor – Bill Miller , Ken Lane

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Label: Capitol Records – 7243 5 36615 2 6
Format: CD, Album
Released: 2001