Dressing like that during a recording session has to put you in a certain frame of mind, focused and ready. I wonder if pop musicians nowadays that wear PJs in the studio would get better takes if they wore clothes that they would perform in? I wonder what Liberace wore when he recorded?
Sinatra also recorded live in front of a full orchestra and invited friends to the sessions to serve as an audience. The excitement of that atmosphere, and the courage and commitment of Sinatra as a performer to put it all on the line that way, can clearly be heard in the recordings.
Dressing like that during a recording session has to put you in a certain frame of mind, focused and ready. I wonder if pop musicians nowadays that wear PJs in the studio would get better takes if they wore clothes that they would perform in? I wonder what Liberace wore when he recorded?
Sinatra also recorded live in front of a full orchestra and invited friends to the sessions to serve as an audience. The excitement of that atmosphere, and the courage and commitment of Sinatra as a performer to put it all on the line that way, can clearly be heard in the recordings.