The Frank Sinatra of 1969 was a different man from the bobby-sox days of “The Voice,” the 1950s Capitol Records peak, and even the Rat Packer of a mere six years prior. Coming off 1968’s big-band session with Duke Ellington (Francis A.), the oddly folk music-filled (1968), the odder-still contempo pop of , and the strangely poetic , he was uncertain where to go next stylistically.
