L-O-V-E The Complete Capitol Recordings 1960-1964
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Nat 'King' Cole
L-O-V-E The Complete Capitol Recordings 1960-1964
[ Bear Family Records / 12 CD/Book ]
Release Date: Monday 2 April 2007
Nat King Cole (1919-1965) was the most popular male singer of his generation, and, along with Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley, one of the four best known male vocalists of all time. Making Cole's story all the more remarkable, he began his career not as a pop singer but as one of the greatest of all jazz pianists. Yet by the time he had made the transition from jazz to pop, he had sold more records and racked up more hit singles than anyone in the immediate post-war era, even Frank Sinatra. He was also the first Afro-American pop music superstar - and still the greatest.
This Bear Family box contains Cole's complete recordings, all done for Capitol Records, of the years 1955-1959. The 11 CDs and 298 tracks contain a combination of Nat King Cole's most famous and most obscure work.
The set includes all the material for no less than 16 classic Nat King Cole albums: The two piano-centric albums of 1955-'56: 'The Piano Style' (with Nelson Riddle) and 'After Midnight' (with Sweets Edison, Juan Tizol, Willie and Stuff Smith) as well as the 'bonus session' for 'Penthouse Serenade.' The 1955 albums with Nelson Riddle, 'Night Lights' and the 'bonus session' for 'Two In Love.' The two classic albums with Gordon Jenkins, 'Love Is The Thing' (1956) and 'The Very Thought Of You' (1958), as well as the spiritual album with Gordon Jenkins, 'Every Time I Feel The Spirit' (1958). Nat's great jazz-ballad album with Billy May, 'Just One Of Those Things.' King Meets Count! Nat King Cole's classic meeting with the Count Basie Orchestra, 'Welcome To The Club' (1958), and another great album of swinging standards from the same year arranged by Dave Cavanaugh, 'Tell Me All About Yourself.' Two best-selling albums recorded for the Latin-American market of classic Latin songs sung in Spanish,
'Cole Espanol' (1958) and 'A Mis Amigos' (1959). Two masterpiece albums with Nelson Riddle, 'To Whom It May Concern' and his magnificent album of W. C. Handy classics, 'St. Louis Blues,' both from 1958. The rock-inspired material that was later collected in the 'Looking Back' compilation LP, issued here for the first time without the dreadful overdubbed rhythm sections that were added after Nat King Cole died in 1965.
In addition to these classic albums, the box contains nearly a hundred singles, which range from major hits like Ballerina, Looking Back and Non Dimenticar to some of the rarest recordings in his career, including many selections previously only heard as singles and EPs. All selections are presented without the overdubs that were often artificially imposed in the mid-'60s.
The 208-page hardcover book contains the most complete discography by Russ Wapensky, Jordan Taylor, Michel Ruppli & Richard Weize ever done of Nat King Cole's Capitol recordings in this period, along with hundreds of rare photographs of recording sessions from the Capitol archive, and reproductions of album and EP covers, and other Cole memorabilia and paraphernalia. The comprehensive liner notes are the work of Will Friedwald, that well-known Famous Author Dude.
Tracks:
CD 1
1 Ballerina
2 Funny (Not Much)
3 The Continental
4 I Wish You Love
5 You Leave Me Breathless
6 Thou Swell
7 My Kinda Love
8 The Surrey With The Fringe On Top
9 Where Or When (instrumental)
10 Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable To Lunch ...)
11 Joe Turner's Blues
12 Mr. Cole Won't Rock And Roll
13 Introduction
14 Wild Is Love
15 Wild Is Love
16 Hundreds And Thousands Of Girls
17 It's A Beautiful Evening
18 Tell Her In The Morning
19 Are You Disenchanted?
20 Pick-Up
21 Beggar For The Blues
22 World Of No Return
23 In Love Again
24 Stay With It
25 Wouldn't You Know
26 He Who Hesitates
27 Wild Is Love (reprise)
CD 2
1 Steady
2 My Love-1
3 Magic Night
4 Is It Better To Have Loved And Lost?
5 Someone To Tell It Too
6 Baby Blue
7 When It's Summer
8 You Are Mine
9 Away In A Manger
10 I Saw Three Ships
11 Silent Night
12 The First Noel
13 Joy To The World
14 Deck The Halls
15 Hark The Herald Angels Sing
16 Adeste Fideles 1
17 Adeste Fideles 2
18 O Tannenbaum
19 A Cradle In Bethlehem
20 God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
21 Caroling, Caroling/O Holy Night
22 O Little Town Of Bethlehem
23 The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)
24 Buon Natale Means (Merry Christmas To You)
25 The Happiest Christmas Tree
26 Toys For Tots (Marine Corps Release)
CD 3
1 If I Knew
2 I Remember You
3 Sunday, Monday Or Always
4 A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
5 My Need For You
6 Poinciana
7 The Touch Of Your Lips
8 You're Mine, You!
9 Illusion
10 Funny (Not Much)
11 Not So Long Ago
12 Only Forever
13 Lights Out
14 It's Only A Paper Moon
15 Sweet Lorraine
16 (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66
17 Straighten Up And Fly Right
18 (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
19 Embraceable You
20 Answer Me My Love
21 Darling Je Vous Aime Beaucoup
22 Smile
23 Pretend
CD 4
1 The Sand And The Sea
2 A Blossom Fell
3 Nature Boy
4 Too Young
5 Somewhere Along The Way
6 Unforgettable
7 Mona Lisa
8 Send For Me
9 If I May-1
10 Looking Back
11 Goodnight Little Leaguer
12 Take A Fool's Advice
13 The First Baseball Game
14 Because You Love Me
15 Make It Last
16 Capuccina
17 Let True Love Begin (Let's Begin Again)
18 Let True Love Begin (Let's Begin Again) (with chorus)
19 Love
20 I Heard You Cried Last Night
21 Orange Colored Sky
22 To The Ends Of The Earth
23 Non Dimenticar
24 Blue Gardenia
25 Night Lights
26 Calypso Blues
27 I Am In Love
28 Lush Life
29 Walkin' My Baby Back Home
30 Ballerina (Dance, Ballerina, Dance)
CD 5
1 Ebony Rhapsody
2 Day In, Day Out
3 Too Little, Too Late
4 When My Sugar Walks Down The Street
5 Cold, Cold Heart
6 Let's Face The Music And Dance
7 Something Makes Me Want To Dance With You
8 I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself...
9 The Rules Of The Road
10 Warm And Willing
11 Bidin' My Time
12 Moon Love
13 Azure-Te
14 A Beautiful Friendship
15 Everything Happens To Me
16 Pick Yourself Up
17 September Song
18 Let There Be Love
19 I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
20 Serenata
21 The Game Of Love
22 Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)
23 Guess I'll Go Back Home
24 I'm Lost
25 Don't Go
26 There's A Lull In My Life
27 Lost April
CD 6
1 Step Right Up
2 Magic Moment
3 The Right Things To Say
4 Look No Further
5 La Feria De Las Flores
6 Guadalajara
7 La Golondrina (The Swallow)
8 Tres Palabras (Withut You)
9 Piel Canela
10 Solamente Una Vez (You Belong To My Heart)
11 Las Chiapanecas (While There's Music, ...)
12 Vaya Con Dios (May God Be With You)
13 Adios Mariquita Linda (Adios And Farewell...)
14 No Me Platiques
15 Aqui Se Habla En Amor (Love Is Spoken Here)
16 A Media Luz
17 Dear Lonely Hearts
18 Ramblin' Rose
19 Nothing Goes Up Without Coming Down
20 The Good Times
21 Who's Next In Line?
22 When You're Smiling
23 Wolverton Mountain
24 One Has My Name, The Other Has My Heart
25 Skip To My Lou
26 Sing Another Song (And We'll All Go Home)
27 Your Cheatin' Heart
28 Goodnight, Irene, Goodnight
29 I Don't Want It That Way
30 Twilight On The Trail
31 He'll Have To Go
CD 7
1 Farewell To Arms
2 Happy New Year
3 When The World Was Young
4 Spring Is Here
5 No, I Don't Want Her
6 Say It Isn't So
7 Am I Blue?
8 Laughing On The Outside
9 I Keep Going Back To Joe's
10 The End Of A Love Affair
11 That's All There Is
12 Someone To Tell It To
13 If Love Ain't There
14 Where Did Everyone Go?
15 Miss You
16 Oh How I Miss You Tonight
17 All Over The World
18 Lonesome And Sorry
19 My First And Only Lover
20 Near You
21 Why Should I Cry Over You?
22 Yearning
23 All By Myself
24 It's A Lonesome Old Town
25 Misery Loves Company
CD 8
1 In The Cool Of The Day
2 Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days Of Summer
3 Felicia
4 You'll See
5 Mr. Wishing Well
6 On The Sidewalks Of New York
7 Get Out And Get Under The Moon
8 After The Ball Is Over
9 There Is A Tavern In The Town
10 On A Bicycle Built For Two
11 In The Good Old Summertime
12 That Sunday, That Summer
13 Our Old Home Town
14 Don't Forget
15 You Tell Me Your Dream
16 That's What They Meant
17 Wouldn't It Be Loverly?
18 I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face
19 I Could Have Danced All Night
20 With A Little Bit Of Luck
21 You Did It
22 Show Me
23 I'm An Ordinary Man
24 Hymn To Him
25 Get Me To The Church On Time
26 The Rain In Spain
27 On The Street Where You Live In
CD 9
1 Silver Bird
2 My True Carrie Love
3 I Don't Want To Be Hurt Anymore
4 A Rag, A Bone, A Hank Of Hair
5 People
6 Let Me Tell You, Babe
7 Brush Those Tears From Your Eyes
8 You're Crying On My Shoulder
9 Was That The Human Thing To Do?
10 Only Yesterday
11 Road To Nowhere
12 Go, If You're Going
13 I'm Alone Because I Love You
14 Don't You Remember?
15 I'm All Cried Out
16 I Don't Want To See Tomorrow
17 You're My Everything
18 L-O-V-E
19 Wanderlust
20 Marnie
21 More And More Of Your Amore
22 The Ballad Of Cat Ballou
23 They Can't Make Her Cry
24 How I'd Love To Love You
25 Coquette (Little Coquette)
CD 10
1 More
2 Your Love
3 My Kind Of Girl
4 Thanks To You
5 There's Love
6 Swiss Retreat
7 The Girl From Ipanema
8 Three Little Words
9 No Other Heart
10 Je Ne Repartirai Pas (french version)
11 Les Feuilles Mortes (french version)
12 Le Bonheur C'est Quand On S'aime (french)
13 Crois-Moi Ca Durera (french version)
14 Passing By (french version)
15 L-O-V-E (italian version)
16 Tu Sei Cosi Amabile (italian version)
17 Amor (spanish version)
18 Tu Eres Tan Amable (spanish version)
19 Muetterlein (german version)
20 L-O-V-E (german version)
21 I Don't Want To Be Hurt Anymore (japanese)
22 L-O-V-E (japanese version)
23 Kareha (japanese version)
CD 11
1 Magic Night
2 Is It Better To Have Loved And Lost?
3 Baby Blue
4 When It's Summer
5 You Are Mine
6 If I Knew
7 Looking Back
8 Take A Fool's Advice
9 Because You Love Me
10 Make It Last
11 Capuccina
12 Let True Love Begin (Let's Begin Again)
13 Magic Moment
14 Farewell To Arms
15 Happy New Year
16 Felicia
17 You'll See
18 Mr. Wishing Well
19 Silver Bird
20 People
21 Let Me Tell You, Babe
22 Marnie
23 No Other Heart
24 Unforgettable
25 Felicia
26 A Rag, A Bone, A Hank Of Hair
27 I Don't Want To See Tomorrow
28 Song Of Raintree Country
