What was Sinatra's first commercially released live album?

Sinatra’s first commercially released live album was Sinatra at the Sands.

Released by Reprise in July 1966, Sinatra at the Sands documents performances recorded earlier that year in the Copa Room of the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Sinatra is backed by Count Basie and his orchestra, with Quincy Jones arranging and conducting. The result is a landmark meeting of Sinatra’s vocal style and Basie’s swinging big-band sound.

The album includes standards such as “Come Fly with Me,” “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” “It Was a Very Good Year,” and “My Kind of Town.” It also preserves spoken material, including Sinatra’s comic “Tea Break,” which gives the record the atmosphere of a complete nightclub performance rather than a studio recreation.

A common mistake is choosing The Main Event – Live, which was released in 1974. Sinatra at the Sands came eight years earlier and is specifically identified as his first live album released commercially. It was later certified gold by the RIAA.