The Complete Capitol Recordings

The Complete Capitol Recordings

ASIN: B000005GVR

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All of Art Tatum's solo recordings are spectacular, and the 20 tunes he recorded for Capitol in 1949 are no exception. Each piece is subjected to Tatum's unique powers, with sudden rhythmic shifts, florid embellishments of the original melody, and cascading arpeggios that reach for, and achieve, new harmonic possibilities. Whether it's "Goin' Home," by Antonin Dvorak, or "Aunt Hagar's Blues," Tatum recasts his material into a complex, rhapsodic marvel. The final eight tracks are by a 1952 trio. While Tatum's momentum could carry a rhythm section, there's a special appeal to his group playing, a heightened sense of detail and a superbly relaxed swing. Everett Barksdale's light rhythm guitar keeps things sparking and Slam Stewart turns in some of his patented bowed bass work with accompanying humming, creating the illusion of a low-pitched kazoo. --Stuart Broomer

Tracks:

Glamour Girl
Strollin' With Bone
The Sun Went Down
You Don't Love Me
Travelin' Blues
The Hustle Is On (78 RPM Version)
Baby Broke My Heart (78 RPM Version)
Evil Hearted Woman (Alt. Take)
I Walked Away
No Reason
Look Me In The Eye (78 RPM Version)
Too Lazy (Alt. Take)
Alimony Blues
LIfe Is Too Short
You Don't Understand
Welcome Blues (Say Pretty Baby)
I Get So Weary
You Just Wanted To Use Me
Tell Me What's The Reason
I'm About To Lose My Mind
Cold, Cold Feeling
News For My Baby
Get These Blues Off Me
I Got The Blues Again
Through With Women
Street Walking Woman

Tracks:

Blues Is A Woman
I Got The Blues
Here In The Dark
Blue Mood
Every Time
I Miss You Baby
Lollie Lou
Party Girl
Love Is Just A Gamble
High Society
Long Distance Blues
Got No Use For You
I'm Still In Love With You
Railroad Station Blues
Vida Lee
My Baby Is Now On My Mind
Doin' Time
Bye Bye Baby
When The Sun Goes Down
Pony Tail
Wanderin' Heart
I'll Always Be In Love With You
I'll Understand
Hard Way
Teen Age Baby
Strugglin' Blues

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A founding father of electric blues in general and Texas blues in particular, guitarist T-Bone Walker influenced countless blues players and, by extension, countless rock & rollers as well. The Complete Imperial Recordings date from the early to mid-1950s, when the idea of electric blues was really taking hold, and the two-disc set is a wealth of classic songs exquisitely performed. While definitely blues, there's more difference between this and the acoustic blues that predated Walker than amplification can account for; there's jazz and swing mixed in as well, as on tracks like "I Walked Away" and "Strollin' with Bone," and something of that feel has remained in electric blues ever since. From B.B. King to Buddy Guy to Stevie Ray Vaughan and beyond, Walker's influence is felt in the blues up through the present day. --Genevieve Williams

Customer Reviews:

Excellent Blues Master.......2007-07-05

TBone is the best in my book. I like the smoothness of his music. I heard the Allman Brothers state on a live album many yrs ago that "Stormy Monday" was an old "Tbone Walker song." I guess I got curious and bought a casette tape by TBone at the time.... This was when I decided that he is my favorite of all Blues Musicians. These CD's include some of his best work. Glad to find it on CD.

FATHER OF ELECTRIC BLUES.......2006-09-29

T-Bone not only invented the electric blues but he still remains it's most towering stylist and symbol of pure cool. T-Bone's smokey after hours blues is still one of the most vital parts of the genre. Smooth is the key word here. T-Bone's singing and playing never lacked the smooth quality that was T-Bone Walker. He could sing songs of misery and hurt with incredibly deep soul but still manage to keep it cool. This set is a fantastic value! Each track stands on it's own merit. I don't have a favorite here because all are top notch.
You won't be disappointed.

I have nothing but pure admiration for "Bone..." .......2006-05-06

The late "T-Bone" Walker, a pioneering mastre of the electric blues guitar and a close friend/ certainly unremitting influence on my Uncle "Pee Wee" Crayton another "axe-handler" during the immediate postwar era. However, avoiding comparisons, Uncle "Pee Wee" Crayton brought enough "heat" and daring innovation to his playing to avoid being labeled as a mere "T-Bone" copy-"kat."

As a young teen in the early 70's, I was extremely fortunate to experience the greatness of his "vibes" up close and personal...on many occasions, I would soak-up like a sponge and weld to memory those rare meetings when the "Texas 3" (1) Uncle "Pee Wee" (2) "T-Bone" Walker and (3) "Big Joe" Turner (another pioneering mastre blues singer, even though he was born in Kansas City, MO., he sang like he was from the state of Texas...) would get together at "Pee Wee's" house in West Los Angeles, California, and rehearse all day on Saturdays or Sunday afternoons up until the late evenings, just before going to there "gig" at the Perisan Room (a defunct legendary popular "night-spot" during the 1960's - late '80's located on the southwest corner of La Brea Avenue & Washington Blvd., of which now sits a U.S. Postal Station). These Complete Imperial Recordings: 1950-1954 are nothing but short from shear enjoyment fo' da soul...buy the CD you won't be disappointed!

Those were exhilarating times to say the least!

--"Big Dave" Burleigh, 'AmeriCanadian' Record Producre.

you will be jumpin' and swinging in no time.......2005-12-10

T-Bone sweet T-Bone - he is the founder of modern blues - and I think he does not get enough credit for his influence on jazz guitar. Kenny Burrell, in fact, has mentioned that T-Bone was one of his early influences. He certainly has a sweet tone, and he has a nice voice too. Pair this with a hot horn section, and this cd is a steal at 10 bucks. T-Bone is a classic.

Fine collection of Walker's Imperial sides.......2004-01-22

Not quite as seminal as "The Complete Capitol/Black & White Recordings", this is nervetheless an excellent collection of T-Bone Walker's 52 sides recorded for Lew Chudd's Imperial Records.

Unlike the Capitol and Black & White-waxings, this double-disc set features almost no alternate takes, just the masters and a couple of 78 versions (the only exceptions being a few alternates that have been chosen over the original masters).
And there is plenty of great stuff here...no "Mean Old World" or "Stormy Monday", sure, but a lot of excellent songs like "Glamour Girl", "The Hustle Is On", "Tell Me What's The Reason", "I'm About To Lose My Mind", "Cold, Cold Feeling," and the classic instrumental "Strollin' With Bones".

This music is not meant to be listened to in one long sitting, obviously...even lead guitar innovator Walker's smoky, jazz-flavoured blues isn't quite varied enough for that, and if you're just looking for a place to start, you should go for Rhino's "Blues Masters: The Very Best Of T-Bone Walker", or the excellent "T-Bone Blues" album from Atlantic.
But these 136 minutes of music is a very fine collection for the fan who wants more, and a great tribute to the most influential electric guitar player of all time, the idiom's first true lead guitarist, and still one of its best.

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Great collection, but too clean
From the Cotton Patch to the Big City
From a man who loves the blues:
An Overlooked Founding Father.
Blues as personal as a hushed conversation

The Complete Aladdin Recordings
Lightnin' Hopkins
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ASIN: B00000DRD0
Release Date: 1991-11-19

Tracks:

Katie May
Feel So Bad
Blues (That Mean Old Twister)
I Can't Stay Here In Your Town
Can't Do Like You Used To
West Coast Blues
Short Haired Woman
L.A. Blues
Big Mama Jump
Down Baby
Let Me Play With Your Poodle
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Woman Woman
Picture On The Wall
You're Not Goin' To Worry My Life Anymore
You're Gonna Miss Me
Sugar On My Mind
Nightmare Blues
Someday Baby
Come Back Baby

Tracks:

Lightnin's Boogie
Baby You're Not Going To Make A Fool Out Of Me
Daddy Will Be Home One Day
Moon Rise Blues
Howling Wolf
Morning Blues
Have To Let You Go
Mama's Baby Child
Mistreated Blues
My California
Honey Babe
So Long
See See Rider
Unpredictable Woman
I Just Don't Care
Drinkin' Woman
Abilene
Shotgun
Rollin' And Rollin'
Tell It Like It Is
Miss Loretta

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Forty-three tracks of the seminal bluesman's recordings for Aladdin in the 1940s, The Complete Aladdin Recordings is a must-hear. Performing alone with his guitar or with sparse accompaniment--usually pianist Wilson "Thunder" Smith--Lightnin' dishes out the best of Texas country-blues. Starting off with "Katie May," Hopkins's first recording for Aladdin, the two-CD set winds its way through the guitarist's years with the label, showcasing what he was up to before his decline in popularity and eventual revival with the folk boom of the 1960s. Those expecting the almost-rock & roll of the latter period won't here any of that here, but they will hear its germination in such rollicking tunes as "Big Mama Jump" and "Let Me Play with Your Poodle." Definitely required, not only to hear the best of early Lightnin', but to hear the best of Texas country-blues. --Genevieve Williams

Customer Reviews:

Great collection, but too clean.......2007-01-31

I love the assembly of songs, but to me they all seem too clean, too tame, and too "studio" ...versions of songs which he did better on other recordings. I have it and I'll keep it, but there are better sessions out there.

From the Cotton Patch to the Big City.......2001-12-08

Learning at the knee of legendary Bluesman Mance Lipscomb, Sam "Lightnin" Hopkins blazed an incendiary trail through the urban Texas landscape.

These early tracks show the base upon which he built through the 60's and 70's. His concerts were often legendary, including one unforgettable night when he played at the University of Houston, on the same night as Abbie Hoffman was giving a speech across town at Rice University, at a far more ballyhooed event.

I know for a fact, because I saw them, and I was one, that most campus politicos chose to attend to Lightnin' instead of Abbie. Us Texans do know our roots.

Unforgettable moments of his concerts included such nicities as his swigging from a half-pint of Bourbon, and playing for as long as the tips came in. Late in the evening, his foot would become loose and begin pounding out the rhythm of the bass lines which his drop-thumb played. And a sly grin would sneak across his life-worn face. This was when he would impart his greatest wisdom to us.
He's a legend who has been missed.

From a man who loves the blues:.......2001-09-03

Many bluesmen have come and gone, but certain ones seem to have been around forever. Their music predates the fancy new singers, and while those new guys rise and fall, the old bluesmen stay the same, unchanged by time and just as beautiful and appealing as ever before.

Lightnin' Hopkins is one of those classic blues singers. Like Robert Johnson, John Lee Hooker, and all the rest, Hopkins is one of the founders of the blues - whoever plays the blues today is merely standing on the shoulders of these legends.

This collection of Lightnin' Hopkins recordings is truly worth investing in. The quality of the music cannot be contested, and the enjoyment of listening to them cannot be underestimated. And you can't beat the price! Where else can you get over 40 classic blues tunes for this price?

If you enjoy classic blues: get this album, sit back, and watch the world around you slow down for a while.

An Overlooked Founding Father........2001-07-20

There is a lot of John Lee Hooker here, and a lot of other stuff as well...

There early stuff has the wonderful gritty feel of Hooker's early pieces like "Teachin the Blues," but then the two start to part company.

Lightnin' has an endearing high pitch vocal style that immediately seems wrong for a classic blues musician, but grows on the listener until you cannot imagine the music any other way.

The later recordings make use of fun upright piano and slightly rocky tempos.

Not as earthy as Hooker, not as blue as Muddy, not as orchestrated as B.B., Lightnin has nicely balanced sound that may not always stictly qualify as blues.

Please note: this is a two-disc set! For $12! Ka-Ching.

Blues as personal as a hushed conversation.......2000-05-12

Sam Hopkins was a throwback - a vanishing breed, the troubador, the street musician...and his music was/is intensely personal. Lightning's lyrics and delivery combined with his guitar licks and irregular measures are unique. It's not music to boogie to although I have; it's music to reflect on, to enjoy Lightning's wry humour and observations. Rough around the edges but that's part of its appeal. Most fans will tell you that he was like no other.

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Art Tatum The Complete Capital Recordings
Some of the best Art Tatum.
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Musically Awesome
Beautiful stuff from Tatum

The Complete Capitol Recordings
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Release Date: 1997-11-25

Tracks:

Willow Weep For Me
I Cover The Waterfront
Aunt Hagar's Blues
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Someone To Watch Over Me
Dardanella
Time On My Hands
Sweet Lorraine
Somebody Loves Me
Don't Blame Me
My Heart Stood Still
You Took Advantage Of Me
I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
How High The Moon
Promotional Interview With Art Tatum, Paul Weston And You

Tracks:

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Goin' Home
Blue Skies
It's The Talk Of The Town
Dancing In The Dark
Tenderly
September Song
Melody In F, Opus 3, No. 1
Tea For Two
Out Of Nowhere
Just One Of Those Things
Indiana
Would You Like To Take A Little Walk
Lover

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All of Art Tatum's solo recordings are spectacular, and the 20 tunes he recorded for Capitol in 1949 are no exception. Each piece is subjected to Tatum's unique powers, with sudden rhythmic shifts, florid embellishments of the original melody, and cascading arpeggios that reach for, and achieve, new harmonic possibilities. Whether it's "Goin' Home," by Antonin Dvorak, or "Aunt Hagar's Blues," Tatum recasts his material into a complex, rhapsodic marvel. The final eight tracks are by a 1952 trio. While Tatum's momentum could carry a rhythm section, there's a special appeal to his group playing, a heightened sense of detail and a superbly relaxed swing. Everett Barksdale's light rhythm guitar keeps things sparking and Slam Stewart turns in some of his patented bowed bass work with accompanying humming, creating the illusion of a low-pitched kazoo. --Stuart Broomer

Customer Reviews:

Art Tatum The Complete Capital Recordings.......2006-11-23

While there is no doubt of this gentleman's talent, he can twinkle the keys faster than anyone I have ever heard, but after the first couple of songs I long for him to SLOW DOWN. Every gem on this album is played at lightning speed, which while impressive, becomes annoying after awhile. If you want to hear someone play all the old standards at triple speed, you will love this collection. I prefer them played at the speed they were written for.

Some of the best Art Tatum........2006-07-02

Art Tatum is one of the all time greats.

Review of Art Tatum's Complete Capitol Recordings.......2006-03-22

For sheer piano virtuosity, it is unlikely you will hear anything more impressive than Art Tatum. Every piece on this 2-disc set will at some point leave you slack-jawed, amazed that someone could play so fast and yet so crisply. You should be aware that although Tatum was a jazz pianist, these pieces are not funky, improvised jam sessions you can dance to, but are instead fully arranged, classic standards, written by the likes of W.C. Handy, George Gershwin, and Irving Berlin - it's not like your parents are going to be shouting, "turn down that noise." All pieces are Tatum unaccompanied, except for the last eight, which also feature a bassist and guitarist. My only criticism is that sometimes it appears Tatum believed he was getting paid by the note. It's worth noting that a Washington Post music critic considers this one of the best jazz albums of all time.

Musically Awesome.......2005-09-26

The remastering of this Album is faultless. Tatum's performances, especially with guitarist Everett Barksdale and bassist Slam Stewart, re-enforce the long held opinion that he is the greatest jazz piano virtuoso ever. I am personally thrilled since this double CD replaces my worn and scratchy LP's from the 50's.

Beautiful stuff from Tatum.......2002-10-28

Art Tatum began recording in 1932, when he was only 22; though he often worked in groups, the core of his oeuvre is his solo performances. It's deeply unfortunate that his recorded legacy is sometimes hampered by indifferent sound & indifferent pianos, since Tatum had not simply a phenomenally fast technique but, more importantly, a gorgeous sound on the piano; so for me much of the attraction of this set is that it's among the few occasions where Tatum got a great piano & excellent studio sound. Twenty tracks here are piano solos, dating from 1949. These include a rare instance of Tatum's playing the blues, on WC Handy's "Aunt Hagar's Blues"; this is a well-known track among many jazz musicians because it's one of the few Tatum solos to present few obstacles to transcription & reproduction! (See the transcription in John Mehegan's well-known theory books.) Tatum played many of these tunes over & over again--there are countless recordings of "Sweet Lorraine" for instance--& while it's true that he basically stuck to a set arrangement & development for such tunes, no two versions are exactly alike. These recordings don't, I think, quite find Tatum at his best--the 1930s recordings have an extra ounce of razor-sharp precision (a fast piece like "How High the Moon" on here--admittedly a previously unreleased title--comes off as inevitably impressive but a bit sloppy by Tatum's standards). Yet it's hard not to be charmed by his readings of a mostly fairly straightforward pick of standards (only "Dardanella" & "Goin' Home" are unusual choices here), including the gorgeous minor-key essays on "Willow Weep for Me" & "Blue Skies". (Incidentally there's a closing figure on "Blue Skies" which is directly related to the ending phrase of Monk's "In Walked Bud"....which is based on "Blue Skies" of course. So does this mean Monk picked it up from Tatum? -- Elsewhere on this recording there are passages which seem to me to have clearly been studied by Bud Powell.)

To my mind Tatum's at his best at a fairly relaxed tempo, getting deep into a groove despite the abrupt interpolations of cadenzas. This perhaps explains why I'm not very keen on the final 7 tracks here, which date from 1952 & feature Tatum's working trio (Everett Barksdale on guitar, & Slam Stewart on bass). Tatum never felt he had to scale down his style for a group situation, & I've usually found that this leads to clashing floods of notes in the interaction with the guitar especially. But also, the music gets perilously close to mere novelty music in the music-box speed & archness with which all of the tunes are treated (the worst instance being, predictably enough, the jazzing of the light-classical piece "Melody in F" by Rubenstein). Tatum could have perhaps taken a page from Nat King Cole's trio of this period, which used the same format to deliver some incomparably minimalist, cooled-out jive.

Despite this, & despite one other flaw (an irritating background whistle that afflicts a couple tracks on CD 1) this is an essential & enjoyable set of CDs. I rather wish they'd jettisoned the stilted & unrevealing promotional interview at the end of CD 1 (which does little more than name the titles on the disc & give Art an opportunity to plug Steinway), & squeezed this down to a single CD--both CDs just barely crack the 40-minute mark--but the twofer is priced reasonably & this is music that's both immediately pleasurable & worth studying closely.

Fats Navarro and Tadd Dameron: The Complete Blue Note and Capitol Recordings
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The stuff legends are made of...

Tremendous as well as underrated

Delights

a bop classic

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ASIN: B000005H0W
Release Date: 1995-09-26

Tracks:

The Chase (Alternate Take)
The Chase
The Squirrel (Alternate Take)
The Squirrel
Our Delight (Alternate Take)
Our Delight
Dameronia (Alternate Take)
Dameronia
Jahbero (Alternate Take)
Jahbero
Lady Bird
Lady Bird (Alternate Take)
Symphonette
Symphonette (Alternate Take)
I Think I'll Go Away
Sid's Delight
Casbah
John's Delight
What's New
Heaven's Doors Are Wide Open
Focus

Tracks:

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Boperation - The Howard McGhee-Fats Navarro Sextet
Boperation (Alternate Take) - The Howard McGhee-Fats Navarro Sextet
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Bouncing With Bud (Alternate #2) - Bud Powell
Bouncing With Bud - Bud Powell
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Wail - Bud Powell
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Dance Of The Infidels - Bud Powell
52nd Street Theme - Bud Powell
Stealin' Apples - Benny Goodman

Customer Reviews:

Eternally Ours.......2006-11-02

I've owned this set for about five years and have listened to it dozens of times. And each time I have, it has been with renewed delight. For the awe-inspiring artistry of a virtual Who's Who of bebop's (no, these folks are beyond genre pigeonholes, so make that jazz's) greatest players under the direction of the peerless arranger/composer Tadd Dameron, but also in the recognition that though every one of the contributors is gone (most for decades) their genius endures in the glorious music captured in this two-disc Blue Note compilation.

Of the many giants represented on this disc, I would personally single out for special mention Fats Navarro, Ernie Henry and John Collins.

Although I can't claim a infallible ear when it comes to blind I-D'ing one marquee musician from another, I don't believe I have never mistaken Fats Navarro for any other trumpet player. It is not in disrespect to any of those mentioned in earlier reviews, all of whom are represented in my own library, that I consider Navarro the most effortless player I have ever heard. To be sure, in their collaboration McGhee comes close to him for sheer instumental fluency (another case of the greatest players making great players even greater?), but in my opinion over the course of his too brief career no one has ever matched Navarro's always smoothly flowing, never strained style. And this on an intrument that seems to this ear notably sensitive to forced tempi, particularly in the upper registers. Over the course of these two discs, his brilliance is abundantly evident, never more so than when he trades breaks with McGhee on the two takes each of "Boperation" and "Double Talk."

Two tunes, by the way, to which altoist Ernie Henry made the solo contributions that led me to seek out as much more of his recorded output as I could find, further leading me to the opinion that his early death (like Fats a combination of TB and smack) robbed us certainly of a superb instrumentalist and on the evidence of music penned for his few albums as a leader ("Meet Ernie Henry", "Last Chorus") almost as certainly of a potentially fine composer as well.

Finally there's John Collins, a largely uncelebrated but excellent (I believe mostly west coast) studio player and sideman who shared stages or recorded with many of the greatest artists of the swing and bop eras and whose hallmark for me is the understated elegance of his playing, always a complement to whoever he supports. "John's Delight" offers a rare opportunity for him to display his soloing talents front and center. With the very "delightful" results composer Dameron doubtless anticipated when (I believe) writing the piece expressly for him.

The additional presences of Bud Powell, Milt Jackson, JJ Johnson, Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray, Sonny Rollins and drummers Roy Haines and Kenny Clarke, not to mention a young, yet to evolve Miles Davis (especially on one of my favorite Dameron compositions, "Focus"), contribute to creating two-plus hours of the most consistently absorbing and timelessly fresh music it is possible to hear. Unreservedly recommended.

The stuff legends are made of... .......2005-10-02

Tadd Dameron and Fats Navarro were very important figures in bebop, and these tracks demonstrate why...

Dameron came up with a lot of interesting chord progressions, and he was a fine melodist and small group arranger. Thelonius Monk gets more attention as the great composer to come out of the beboppers, but Damerson certainly could hold his own. Check out Heavens Doors Are Open Wide.. Like Gil Evans, he was great at arranging for a small group taking a few horns voicing them to sound much larger.

Fats plays does some great (if short - many of the tracks run under 3:00) soloing on this, and you also get a snapshot of Sonny Rollins early style too. Fats Navarro was the link between Dizzy Gillespie and Clifford Brown. While he had great technique and was harmonically advanced, he was also a very melodic player.

If you're a bebop fan, you'll want this.

Shawn

Tremendous as well as underrated.......2001-10-27

The world seems to know Dizzy Gillespie, Clifford Brown, and Miles Davis as the ultimate bebop trumpet players, but Fats Navarro truly deserves a spot in that hall-of-fame also. The recordings represented here, mostly recorded from 1947 to 1949, show how Fats represents a link between Diz and Brownie. Though he died far too young at age 26 (tuberculosis complicated by a heroin addiction) his work still sounds fresh and exciting to this day.

Since this is a Blue Note release, you know the sound quality is first-rate. This 36 song collection (23 songs, 13 alternate takes) would make an excellent companion to the circa '46-'47 collection Goin' To Minton's. Overall, if you can only have one CD release of Fats Navarro's greatness, make it this one.

Delights.......2001-01-17

A wonderful two-disc set including performances by the legendary Tadd Dameron, Bud Powell, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Rollins, and Miles Davis corresponding with the lesser known Charlie Rouse (Monks tenor of choice), the ill-fated alto-saxophonist Ernie Henry, trombonists J.J. Johnson and Kai Winding, and transcendental RoyEldridge/DizzyGillespie hybrid Howard Mcghee. And, ofcourse, the illimitable Fats Navarro featured on 32 of the 36 tracks. A fine collection in every aspect highlighted by Dameron and Powell originals, however, the first six songs on the second disc are all-solid Mcghee-Navarro collaborations. Lots of Fats through and through and through...a classic record. P.S.....intrestingly the four tunes minus Navarro include a young Miles Davis as the ninth piece in Damerons' band.

a bop classic.......2000-11-21

was tadd dameron one of the greatest jazz composers of all time? one run through this wonderful blue note compilation serves as heavy evidence that he was. several of his standards are here played by the composer with some great icons of the be-bop era. a 22 year old miles davis appears on the last four tracks of disc 1 and a young sonny rollins appears on the navarro tracks with bud powell (disc 2, tracks 7-14). the music is a glimpse of the revolution happening on 52nd street and at minton's playhouse in the 1940s as jazz suddenly had swing infused with bop. mr. navarro may not be all that familiar to audiences today (he died in the late 40s), but his influence has been heard through jazz from the trumpet voices of clifford brown, miles davis,lee morgan, and younger voices like roy hargrove. mr. navarro was a follower of dizzy gillespie, but soon developed his own sound. listen to the tracks with bud powell and you will know that jazz lost a great innovator just as he was coming into his prime. this is a great set, especially for those wanting to hear bebop in its purest form.

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Stardust: The Complete Capitol Recordings 1955-1959
Complete Capitol Collection
Rare Monro
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ASIN: B000ICL3EC
Release Date: 2006-11-13

Tracks:

Ballerina
Funny (Not Much)
Contienetal
I Wish You Love
You Leave Me Breathles
Thou Swell
My Kinda Love
Surrey With The Fringe On Top
Where Or When (Instrumental)
Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable To Lunch)
Joe Turner's Blues
Mr. Cole Won't Rock And Roll
Introduction
Wild Is Love
Wild Is Love
Hundreds And Thousands Of Girls
It's A Beautiful Evening
Tell Her In The Morning
Are You Disenchanted?
Pick-Up
Beggar For The Blues
World Of No Return
In Love Again
Stay With It
Wouldn't You Know
He Who Hesitates
Wild Is Love (Reprise)
Steady
My Love-1
Magic Night
Is It Better To Have Loved And Lost?
Someone To Tell It Too
Baby Blue
When It's Summer
You Are Mine
Away In A Manger
I Saw Three Ships
Silent Night
First Noel
Joy To The World
Deck The Halls
Hark The Herald Angels Sing
Adeste Fideles 1
Adeste Fideles 2
O Tannenbaum
Cradle In Bethlehem
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Caroling, Caroling/O Holy Night
O Little Town Of Bethlehem
Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)
Buon Natale Means (Merry Christmas To You)
Happiest Christmas Tree
Toys For Tots (Marine Corps Release)
If I Knew
I Remember You
Sunday, Monday Or Always
Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
My Need For You
Poinciana
Touch Of Your Lips
You're Mine, You!
Illusion
Funny (Not Much)
Not So Long Ago
Only Forever
Lights Out
It's Only A Paper Moon
Sweet Lorraine
(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66
Straighten Up And Fly Right
(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
Embraceable You
Answer Me My Love
Darling Je Vous Aime Beaucoup
Smile
Pretend
Sand And The Sea
Blossom Fell
Nature Boy
Too Young
Somewhere Along The Way
Unforgettable
Mona Lisa
Send For Me
If I May-1
Looking Back
Goodnight Little Leaguer
Take A Fool's Advice
First Baseball Game
Because You Love Me
Make It Last
Capuccina
Let True Love Begin (Let's Begin Again)
Let True Love Begin (Let's Begin Again (With Chorus)
Love
I Heard You Cried Last Night
Orange Colored Sky
To The Ends Of The Earth
Non Dimenticar
Blue Gardenia
Night Lights
Calypso Blues
I Am In Love
Lush Life
Walkin' My Baby Back Home
Ballerina (Dance, Ballerina, Dance)
Ebony Rhapsody
Day In, Day Out
Too Little, Too Late
When My Sugar Walks Down The Street
Cold, Cold Heart
Let's Face The Music And Dance
Something Makes Me Want To Dance With You
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself
Rules Of The Road
Warm And Willing
Bidin' My Time
Moon Love
Azure-Te
Beautiful Friendship
Everything Happens To Me
Pick Yourself Up
September Song
Let There Be Love
I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
Serenata
Game Of Love
Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)
Guess I'll Go Back Home
I'm Lost
Don't Go
There's A Lull In My Life
Lost April
Step Right Up
Magic Moment
Right Things To Say
Look No Further
Feria De Las Flores
Guadalajara
Golondrina (The Swallow)
Tres Palabras (Withut You)
Piel Canela
Solamente Una Vez (You Belong To My Heart)
Chiapanecas (While There's Music,...)
Vaya Con Dios (May God Be With You)
Adios Mariquita Linda (Adios And Farewell...)
No Me Platiques
Aqui Se Habla En Amor (Love Is Spoken Here)
Media Luz
Dear Lonely Hearts
Ramblin' Rose
Nothing Goes Up Without Coming Down
Good Times
Who's Next In Line?
When You're Smiling
Wolverton Mountain
One Has My Name, The Other Has My Heart
Skip To My Lou
Sing Another Song (And We'll All Go Home)
Your Cheatin' Heart
Goodnight, Irene, Goodnight
I Don't Want It That Way
Twilight On The Trail
He'll Have To Go
Farewell To Arms
Happy New Year
When The World Was Young
Spring Is Here
No, I Don't Want Her
Say It Isn't So
Am I Blue?
Laughing On The Outside
I Keep Going Back To Joe's
End Of A Love Affair
That's All There Is
Someone To Tell It To
If Love Ain't There
Where Did Everyone Go?
Miss You
Oh How I Miss You Tonight
All Over The World
Lonesome And Sorry
My First And Only Lover
Near You
Why Should I Cry Over You?
Yearning
All By Myself
It's A Lonesome Old Town
Misery Loves Company
In The Cool Of The Day
Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days Of
Felicia
You'll See
Mr. Wishing Well
On The Sidewalks Of New York
Get Out And Get Under The Moon
After The Ball Is Over
There Is A Tavern In The Town
On A Bicycle Built For Two
In The Good Old Summertime
That Sunday, That Summer
Our Old Home Town
Don't Forget
You Tell Me Your Dream
That's What They Meant
Wouldn't It Be Loverly?
I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face
I Could Have Danced All Night
With A Little Bit Of Luck
You Did It
Show Me
I'm An Ordinary Man
Hymn To Him
Get Me To The Church On Time
Rain In Spain
On The Street Where You Live
Silver Bird
My True Carrie Love
I Don't Want To Be Hurt Anymore
Rag, A Bone, A Hank Of Hair
People
Let Me Tell You, Babe
Brush Those Tears From Your Eyes
You're Crying On My Shoulder
Was That The Human Thing To Do?
Only Yesterday
Road To Nowhere
Go, If You're Going
I'm Alone Because I Love You
Don't You Remember?
I'm All Cried Out
I Don't Want To See Tomorrow
You're My Everything
L-O-V-E
Wanderlust
Marnie
More And More Of Your Amore
Ballad Of Cat Ballou
They Can't Make Her Cry
How I'd Love To Love You
Coquette (Little Coquette)
More
Your Love
My Kind Of Girl
Thanks To You
There's Love
Swiss Retreat
Girl From Ipanema
Three Little Words
No Other Heart
Je Ne Repartirai Pas (French Version)
Feuilles Mortes (French Version)
Bonheur C'est Quand On S'aime (French)
Crois-Moi Ca Durera (French Version)
Passing By (French Version)
L-O-V-E (Italian Version)
Tu Sei Cosi Amabile (Italian Version)
Amor (Spanish Version)
Tu Eres Tan Amable (Spanish Version)
Muetterlein (German Version)
L-O-V-E (German Version)
I Don't Want To Be Hurt Anymore (Japanese Version)
L-O-V-E (Japanese Version)
Kareha (Japanese Version)
Magic Night
Is It Better To Have Loved And Lost?
Baby Blue
When It's Summer
You Are Mine
If I Knew
Looking Back
Take A Fool's Advice
Because You Love Me
Make It Last
Capuccina
Let True Love Begin (Let's Begin Again)
Magic Moment
Farewell To Arms
Happy New Year
Felicia
You'll See
Mr. Wishing Well
Silver Bird
People
Let Me Tell You, Babe
Marnie
No Other Heart
Unforgettable
Felicia
Rag, A Bone, A Hank Of Hair
I Don't Want To See Tomorrow
Song Of Raintree Country

Album Description

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 new 11-CD set is the first complete collection of all of Nat Cole's recordings from the final half-decade of his career, a total of 292 masters. The set includes all of the following albums, in many cases including rare 'bonus' material from the same sessions. Cole's only in-concert recording, "Live At The Sands" (1960) - universally regarded as one of the great live albums of all time. 'Wild Is Love' - Cole's only original-story concept album, containing the classic title song, and his last collaboration with the great arranger Nelson Riddle (1960).

Album Details

The Second and Final Box Anthology from the Bear Family Label Chronicling the Late Great Crooner's Years Recording for Capitol Records. The Set Includes 11 CDs with a Hardcover Book Filled with Liner Notes and Photos. (LP Size)

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The last 5 years of a great career..........2007-05-14

This is the second of two deluxe sets covering the last ten years of Nat King Cole's career (the first is STARDUST, which covers 1955-1959). They are both outstanding productions, and each has a full-sized hardcover book filled with rare black and white and color illustrations, and an outstanding essays on each album by Nat King Cole expert Will Friedwald. Friedwald writes with insight and with wit, and for a Nat King Cole fan it's priceless to hear what he has to say about each song.

Nat King Cole was in his own way a rather restless artist, who often wanted to try something new. But he also sang classics, and revisited songs that earlier had brought him success.

There are 292 songs on this set, and many of them are excellent, and so keep that in mind if you are deciding whether this set is worth the money. If you are a Nat King Cole fan, you must buy this set, even if it means sacrificing a bit in some other area of your life.

Here are some of the great albums on this set:

First is Nat King Cole at the Sands, an outstanding live set recorded in the wee hours of the morning. Songs like The Continental just have such joy and beauty in them that they really need to be heard. And don't miss the hilarious song Mr. Cole Won't Rock and Roll where he parodies rock and roll and himself at the same time. You will almost certainly laugh out loud while hearing this 8 minute epic.

Second is NKC's experimental album Wild is Love. I've never fully warmed up to this rather strange lp, but I do enjoy that he was stretching himself. And it is interesting!

Third is The Christmas Song, which is obviously a great classic for the holidays.

Fourth is The Touch of Your Lips, a great collection of romantic ballads that just make you feel good.

Fifth is the giant three album collection called The Nat King Cole Story, which features stereo remakes of many of the greatest hits from this star of popular music from earlier in his career, including Mona Lisa, Smile, Unforgettable, etc. There are 36 classics on this album. Outstanding!

Sixth is the jazzy fast-paced Let's Face the Music and Dance...

Seventh album, eighth, 9th, 10th, etc., etc. plus singles. To find out about them you'll just have to buy the set yourself. And don't forget you'll get that great large-format 182 page coffee table hardcover book by Nat King Cole expert Will Friedwald.

Bottom line: buy this set if you are a Nat King Cole fan. You won't regret it! In fact, buy Stardust too while you're at it!

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Collins Straight Up
They Called Him "Razor Blade" 'Cuz He Cut So Deep

The Complete Imperial Recordings
Albert Collins
Manufacturer: Capitol
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Ice Pickin'
Frostbite
All Your Love I Miss Loving: Live at The Wise Fools Pub Chicago [Live]
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ASIN: B000002UYH
Release Date: 1991-08-13

Tracks:

Do The Sissy
Collins' Mix
Let's Get It Together
Got A Good Thing Goin'
All About My Girl (Left Overs)
Stump Poker
Let's Get It Together Again
Ain't Got Time
Turnin' On
Whatcha Say (I Don't Know)
Pushin'
Doin' My Thing
Harris County Line-Up
Conversation With Collins
Jawing
Grapeland Gossip
Chatterbox
Trash Talkin'

Tracks:

Baby What You Want Me To Do/Rock Me Baby
Lip Service
Things That I Used To Do (Talking Slim Blues)
Back-Yard Back-Talk
Tounge Lashing
And Then It Started Raining
Soul Food
Jam It Up
Do What You Want To Do
Black Bottom Bayou
Junkey Monkey
69 Underpass Roadside In
I Need You So
Bitsey
Cool 'N Collarards
Blend Down And Jam
Sweet N' Sour
Swamp Sauce

Customer Reviews:

Collins Straight Up.......2001-12-31

This is Albert Collins from 1969 and 1970, in the studio because Bob Hite from Canned Heat told the folks at Imperial about his incredible talent. This was the break he needed. He began opening for groups such as the Allman Brothers and started to gain the national exposure he deserved. We don't get any information about the band backing him, in spite of the excellent notes by Pete Welding. What we hear is a tight horn section that probably got that way from playing with Collins on the many club dates he had in Houston, Texas. Disc One is mainly funky instrumentals with little of the blues he came back to when he joined Alligator Records in 1977. By the time we get to Disc Two Collins is singing and playing more of the blues that he does best. He seems to have become more confident in his singing ability. (This confidence grows to the point where he sings on most of his songs by the time he is signed to Alligator, when he really shines.) This 2-CD box is not his best work but a valuable collection for his fans. Digitally re-mastered for the Master of the Telecaster!

They Called Him "Razor Blade" 'Cuz He Cut So Deep.......2001-11-27

The late Albert Collins was one of the very best guitarists America ever produced. His idiosyncrasies probably hurt his recording career, because he didn't fit neatly into a marketable category. He incorporated elements of blues, R&B, rock & had a very funky sound. If you ever heard him play, you would recognize his style within 3 notes, a block away. He tuned his Telecaster to a D-minor open chord & always had a capo halfway up the neck. He used his thumbnail instead of a pick, and didn't really pick, strum or pluck -- he attacked the strings in an incredibly percussive way. His style was so unusual that you might overlook the fact that the guy could flat-out play.

Unless you saw him live. Albert was a showman, and you couldn't take your eyes off him. He had crazy-looking eyes, a perpetually impish look about him, and he was really, really funny. It's a cliche to talk about a guitarist making it sing, scream or cry. Albert made his guitar swear during his nightly diatribes at his woman.

Although there are great tracks on his live efforts, some of the cuts really worked a lot better where you could actually see him. For those who never saw him live, there are three studio CDs that give a good overview of his work.

THe 2-CD Complete Imperial Recordings set is a revelation to those who are only familiar with Albert's work after his Alligator releases finally raised his profile in the late 70's. Not yet the pyrotechnic showman, this compilation of 3 60's albums shows a surprising kinship with the solid, fundamental funk of the Meters. At times, he sounds like he was from New Orleans, not Texas. Understated, soulful, classy and as always, cool. Most cuts are the Albert Collins equivalent of lean, powerful Booker T & the MGs instrumental workouts. The 36 songs are good enough to stand on their own, and he didn't try to overpower anyone with his technical prowess.

Like a number of unjustly neglected blues acts, Albert got a boost from Alligator Records in the 70's. His breakthrough came with 1978's Ice Pickin.' It features two of the live-wire instrumentals he was famous for ("Ice Pick," "Avalanche") and a generous helping of his world-weary grievances with women, including the classic "Conversation With Collins" (more fun live, but still fun on disc) where his guitar not only spouts obscenities, it takes on the multiple roles of a complaining husband, and a wife both seductive & defiant. Some shuffles, a couple slow burners.

In 1991, Albert served up Iceman, practically a straight-up funk revue. If you play it for people who aren't familiar with electric blues, they'll adamantly deny that it is blues at all. Well, it is & it isn't. Albert is backed by the fullest band sound he ever had, with a full 4-man horn section, bass, organ & keyboards (yes, 2 different guys), plenty of rhythm guitarists, a solid rock-steady drummer, and 2 female background singers cooing "Mr. Collins, Mr. Collins!" on the tracks that start & end the CD.

Tracks:

Ticket Agent Blues - Lil' Son Jackson
True Love Blues - Lil' Son Jackson
Evening Blues - Lil' Son Jackson
Spending Money Blues - Lil' Son Jackson
Tough Luck Blues - Lil' Son Jackson
Peace Breaking people
Rockin' And Rollin' - Lil' Son Jackson
Two Timin' Woman
Rocky Road
Disgusted
Travelin' Alone
New Year's Resolution
Young Women's Blue
Mr. Blues
Time Changes Things
Wondering Blues
Restless Blues
All Alone
Everybody's Blues
Travelin' Blues
Stop For The Red Light
Aching Heart
Upstairs Boogie
All My Life
My Little Girl
Big Gun Blues
Get High Everybody

Tracks:

Let Me Down Easy - Lil' Son Jackson
My Younger Day - Lil' Son Jackson
I Wish To Go Home - Lil' Son Jackson
Black and Brown - Lil' Son Jackson
Journey Back Home - Lil' Son Jackson
Sad Letter Blues
Rockin' And Rollin' #2
Lonely Blues
Freight Train Blues
How Long
Good Ole Wagon
Blues By The Hour
Pulp Wood Boogie
Losin' My Woman
Trouble Don't Last Always
Movin' To The Country
Thrill Me Baby
Confession
Doctor, Doctor
Piggly Wiggly
Dirty Work
Little Girl
Big Rat
Sugar Mama
Messin' Up
Prison Bound
Rollin' Mill
Can't Keep A Good Man Down

Keeper of the Flame: The Complete Capitol Recordings

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Four Brothers Band: An essential moment in Jazz history
the third herd at its finest!

Keeper of the Flame: The Complete Capitol Recordings
Woody Herman
Manufacturer: Blue Note Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Blowin' the Blues Away
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Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers

ASIN: B000002V0O
Release Date: 1992-05-19

Tracks:

That's Right
Lemon Drop
I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
I Ain't Gettin' Any Younger
Early Autumn
More Than You Know
Keeper Of The Flame
The Crickets
More Moon
Detour Ahead
Jamaica Rhumba
Not Really The Blues
Tenderly
Lollipop
I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You
You've Got A Date With The Blues
Rhapsody In Wood
The Great Lie
In The Beginning

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Four Brothers Band: An essential moment in Jazz history.......2000-08-15

This is beautiful, entertaining and exciting jazz, and for 1947, years ahead of its time; sounds like something from the early 60's. The sound is great, too. This disc is what a lot of people are looking for in the modern jazz of the post-war era. I thought this was the 2nd Herd for the record, as it states in liner notes (1st Herd, the Thundering Herd, having had recorded for Columbia), but I like this better than that period, although I may be in a minority.

"Early Autumn" featuring solo work by one the "Four Brothers" on saxophone, Stan Getz is an all-time classic. I really want to give this 4 1/2 stars, though 1/2 increments not formatted here. The listening value of these recordings will appreciate in time for you, here, although even this is not quite Woody at his absolute tops. For that, I would go to, or wish for a CD re-issue of "Woody Winners", recorded live at the Basin Street West in San Francisco in 1965 for Columbia, which might lend evidence to the compliment reputedly given by Count Basie that Woody's band was the only band capable of "cutting" his band ("Winners" was briefly re-issued on CD overseas from Sony/France a few years ago, and maybe you can find it at a used site or auction, but why anyone in their right mind would give that up I don't know). In the meantime, compensate by starting your Woody collection here if you haven't already. Satisfying. I'm glad to have this in in mine in a big way. Woody's creativity in the 40's and even later on astounds me, the way he help jazz move along by leaps and bounds.

the third herd at its finest!.......1999-03-26

absolutely my favorite Woody Herman CD. I bought all these records on the old 45rpm format way back then. If you were a big band jazz fan during the 40's and 50's ........ well then this CD will bring back a hundred and one memories.

Jumpin' with Joe: The Complete Aladdin & Imperial Recordings

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Jumpin' with Joe: The Complete Aladdin & Imperial Recordings
Big Joe Turner
Manufacturer: Capitol
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000DRDZ
Release Date: 1994-01-11

Tracks:

Battle Of the Blues, Part I (Alternate Take)
Battle Of The Blues, Part 2
Going Home
Blues
Roll 'Em Pete
Ice Man Blues
Morning Glory
Nobody In Mind
Low Down Dog
Back Breaking Blues
Empty Pocket Blues
Story To Tell
Jumpin' Tonight (Midnight Rockin')
Lucille
Love My Baby (Little Bitty Baby)
Blues Jump The Rabbit
The Sun Is Shining
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Stardust: The Complete Capitol Recordings 1955-1959

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Nat Really Bops!!
Outstanding boxed set of one of the greatest singers of all time!

Stardust: The Complete Capitol Recordings 1955-1959
Nat King Cole
Manufacturer: Bear Family
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Amazon.com Exclusive Astaire & Rogers Partial Ultimate Collector's Edition (Flying Down to Rio / The Gay Divorcee / Roberta / Carefree / The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle)

ASIN: B000E6UKQE
Release Date: 2006-03-27

Tracks:

I'd Rather Have the Blues
I Hear Music
My Heart Stood Still (1)
My Heart Stood Still (2)
I Never Knew
Tea for Two
Nothing Ever Changes My Love for You
Breezin' Along with the Breeze
Someone You Love
What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry
Takin' a Chance on Love
Don't Blame Me
It Could Happen to You
I Surrender Dear (1)
I Surrender Dear (2)
Little Girl
Imagination
April in Paris
Love Walked In
I See Your Face Before Me
Stella by Starlight
I Don't Know What Time It Was
If I Could Be with You (One Hour Tonight)
Autumn Leaves [English Version]
I Get a Kick out of You
Intro to: We Are Americans Too
We Are Americans Too

Tracks:

There Will Never Be Another You
My Dream Sonata
Let's Fall in Love
Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
Ask Me
Just One of Those Things
I Want to Be Happy
You Are My Sunshine
Up Pops Love
Take Me Back to Toyland
Love Me as Though There Were No Tomorrow
Too Young to Go Steady
Dreams Can Tell a Lie
Back in My Arms
Mr. Juke Box
Dame Crazy
I Just Found out About Love
I Got Love
My Personal Possession
Stay
Believe
That's All There Is to That
Night Lights
Shadows
To the Ends of the Earth
I Promise You
Way I Love You
Never Let Me Go [From Scarlet Hour]

Tracks:

Unfair
Make Me
Sometimes I Wonder
Once Before
I'm Willing to Share This with You
I Need a Plan
Story's Old
You Can Depend on Me
Candy
Sweet Lorraine
It's Only a Paper Moon
(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66
Don't Let It Go to Your Head
You're Looking at Me
You're Looking at Me [Alternate Take]
Just You, Just Me
I Was a Little Too Lonely (And You Were a Little Too Late)
How Little We Know
Should I?
Ballerina
Caravan
Lonely One
Blame It on My Youth
What Is There to Say

Tracks:

Sometimes I'm Happy
I Know That You Know
When I Grow Too Old to Dream
Two Loves Have I
True Blue Lou
Like Someone in Love
I'm Shooting High
Tangerine
One Sun
You Are My First Love
Maybe It's Because I Love You Too Much
Love Letters
I Thought About Marie
Where Can I Go Without You?
Stardust
Love Is the Thing
It's All in the Game
When I Fall in Love
Ain't Misbehavin'
When Sunny Gets Blue
At Last
I Was a Little Too Longley
When Rock and Roll Come to Trinidad
China Gate
Blue Moon
With You on My Mind
Don't Try

Tracks:

Send for Me
Let's Make More Love (I Want Your Love)
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Song Is Ended (But the Melody Lingers On)
You'll Never Know
Just for the Fun of It [Alternate Take]
Song of Raintree County
Who's Sorry Now? [Mono Version]
Who's Sorry Now? [Stereo]
These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)
Once in a While
Just for the Fun of It
Just One of Those Things
I Should Care
Party's Over
Cottage for Sale
I Understand
When Your Lover Has Gone [Mono Version]
When Your Lover Has Gone [Stereo]
There's a Gold Mine in the Sky
Around the World
Affair to Remember (Our Love Affair)
Fascination
How Did I Change?
It's None of My Affair
Angel Smile
Nothin' in the World

Tracks:

Overture: Love Theme/Hesitating Blues
Harlem Blues
Chantez Les Bas
Friendless Blues
Stay
Joe Turner's Blues
Beale Street Blues
Carless Love
Morning Star
Memphis Blues
Yellow Dog Blues
St. Louis Blues
Make It Last
Thank You, Pretty Baby
Looking Back
Just as Much as Ever
Do I Like It?
I Wish I Knew the Way to Your Heart
This Is All I Ask
More I See You
I Found a Million Dollar Baby (In a Five and Ten Cent Store)
Making Believe You're Here
My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?)
Don't Blame Me
Cherchez La Femme
Very Thought of You
Paradise

Tracks:

Cachito
Noche de Ronda
Maria Elena
Lisbon Antigua [English]
Acercate Mas (Come Closer to Me) [English]
Tu Mi Delirio (You Are My Obsession) [Instrumental]
Bodeguero (Grocer's Cha Cha)
Come to the Mardi Gras
Come to the Mardi Gras
Te Quiero Dijiste (Mucho, Mucho) (Magic Is the Moonlight)
Arrivederci Roma (Goodbye to Rome)
Quizos, Quizos, Quizos (Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps)
Mananitas
Adelita
Acercate Mas (Come Closer to Me) [Spanish]
There Is No Greater Love
Magnificent Obsession
Cherie I Love You
Impossible
But Beautiful
For All We Know
Too Much
Lovesville
Can't Help It
I Got Love
She's Funny That Way
Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere
I Want a Little Girl
Mood Indigo

Tracks:

Blues Don't Care
Avalon
Baby, Won't You Please Come Home?
Late, Late Show
Welcome to the Club
Look out for Love
Wee Baby Blues
Madrid
To Whom It May Concern
Love-Wise
In the Heart of Jane Doe
My Heart's Treasure
You're Bringing out the Dreamer in Me
Give Me Your Love
Coo Coo Roo Coo Coo Paloma
Non Dimenticar (Don't Forget)
Bend a Little My Way
This Morning It Was Summer
Thousand Thoughts of You
For You
Crazy She Calls Me
Until the Real Thing Comes Along
You Are My Love

Tracks:

Ain't Gonna Study War No More
Everytime I Feel the Spirit
Standin' in the Need of Prayer
Go Down, Moses
Steal Away
I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray
I Want to Be Ready
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
In the Sweet By and By
Sweet Hour of Prayer
Oh Mary, Don't You Weep
I Found the Answer
Best Thing for You Would Be Me
Dedicated to You
(I Would Do) Anything for You
This Is Always
I Had the Craziest Dream
I Wish I Knew
Be Still My Heart
As Far as I'm Concerned
Lorelei
This Holy Love
Peace of Mind
You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)
Tell Me All About Yourself
When You Walked By
You've Got the Indian Sighn on Me
My Life
If You Said No
That's You
Something Happens to Me
Sweethearts on Parade
When You Belong to Me

Tracks:

Unfair
You're My Thrill
Laughable
For the Want of a Kiss
Again [Mono Version]
Again
I Must Be Dreaming
Night of the Quarter Moon
Midnight Flyer
Sweet Bird of Youth
World in My Arms
Time and the River
Whatcha' Gonna Do
In a Mellow Tone
Perfidia
Nadie Me Ame
Aquellos Ojos Verdes
Fantastico
Choclo
Suas Maos
Capullito de Aleli
Nao Tenho Lagrimas (Come to the Mardi Gras)
Cabocio Do Rio
Ay Cosita Linda
Ansiedad
Yo Vendo Unos Ojos Negros
Brazilian Love Song
Ninguem Ma Ama [Portugese]

Tracks:

Back in My Arms
Unfair
One Sun
There's a Gold Mine in the Sky
Around the World
Affair to Remember (Our Love Affair)
Fascination
Nothin' in the World
Thank You, Pretty Baby
Just as Much as Ever
Bend a Little My Way
I Had the Craziest Dream
I Wish I Knew

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Box of Cole's Complete Recordings for Capitol Records from 1955-1959. The 11cds with 293 Tracks for Over 800 Minutes of Music Include a Combination of 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 Harry "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 Jenkins, "Every Time I Feel the Spirit" (1958) and Finally Cole's Great Jazz-ballad Album with Billy May, "Just One of Those Things".

Customer Reviews:

Nat Really Bops!!.......2006-08-01

I usually think folks go overboard when they give a product 5 stars, but in this case, it deserves every one! The mastering of the CDs is excellent (I'm guessing, but CDs 1-4 appear to be all mono and CDs 5-11 are a mix of mono and binaural). However, in this time period, mono recording was at its peak and most people wouldn't even know that they aren't binaural recordings unless you brought it to their attention.

Nat was a world-wide singer/performer, unlike some of his peers who only had a fan base in the United States and/or Europe. There's quite a bit of Spanish language material in this set which gives the box an "international" flavor.

The large, thick book that comes with the set is well-written and has many, many excellent color and b&w photos of Nat from the period.

According to the publisher, many of the tracks are presented for the first time without the overdubbing on the original releases. Regardless, Nat's voice is pure and sweet and he knows how to play that piano!

Expensive? A bit, but if you are going to ever treat yourself to an extravagance, this is it. If you have the means, I highly suggest you procure this set! By the way, this appears to be the first of a two-box set collection. I can't wait for the second!

Outstanding boxed set of one of the greatest singers of all time!.......2006-04-21

I just got this yesterday, and since it's an 11 cd set with a more than 200 page coffee-table sized book, I've only just begun to enjoy it. So, this is a very preliminary review, which I'll perhaps update later.

So far, however, I'm glad I spent the money on this set, and I think any Nat King Cole fan out there would feel the same way. It's a lot of money, true, but a lot of the albums and songs on this set are out of print, including such classic albums as St. Louis Blues, where Nat King Cole and the legendary Nelson Riddle recorded what--for me--are some of the definitive versions of these songs. There are 290 songs on this set, among them some of the greatest Nat King Cole ever recorded, including Autumn Leaves, Let's Fall in Love, Just You Just Me, Caravan, Stardust, and on and on. His voice and piano playing are worth this kind of deluxe treatment.

And the book by Will Friedwald is lavishly illustrated and beautifully written.

The sound quality on the first disc is outstanding, and I'm sure the other discs will be the same.

As I said, I just got it, but so far it's nothing short of fantastic for a Nat King Cole fan.

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