Nancy Sinatra - Movin' With Nancy [Purple]

Movin' With Nancy is Nancy Sinatra's 1967 television special in record form, and this remastered reissue spins on purple vinyl in a gatefold jacket with a booklet and bonus tracks.

The special itself was ahead of its time, filmed outdoors on location with Nancy singing on the highway, in the countryside and even aloft in a hot-air balloon, in vignettes that look a lot like early music videos. Her father Frank, Dean Martin and Lee Hazlewood all dropped in, and the soundtrack album, produced by Hazlewood with arrangements by Billy Strange, captures that same breezy, star-studded spirit.

The crown jewel is Some Velvet Morning, the haunting, shape-shifting duet with Hazlewood that still sounds like a half-remembered dream. Jackson is pure fun, a sparring country-pop romp with the same partner, while Frank steps in on Younger Than Springtime and Dean Martin joins Nancy for a playful Things. Hazlewood also wrote a handful of the songs here, and his dry, slightly wicked sensibility gives the whole set its cool edge, balancing showtunes and pop covers with something stranger.

For anyone who loves late-1960s pop with a psychedelic glint, this is Nancy at the height of her powers. The bonus material adds a few fresh corners to an already wonderful set.