The Extraordinary Nat King Cole

 
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Nat King Cole
The Extraordinary Nat King Cole

[ Universal Music / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 13 June 2014

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This sparkling new Nat King Cole collection celebrates the classic crooner with a heaped helping of his most swinging performances, rare unreleased tracks and a pair of duets with Dean Martin.

Decades since his heyday, Nat King Cole remains one of popular music's most beloved and influential voices, as well as an iconic pop-culture presence whose smooth, confident persona continues to endear him to new generations of fans.

The swinging side of Cole's massive musical legacy takes the spotlight on The Extraordinary Nat King Cole, a compelling new collection that demonstrates the legendary artist's confident musical mastery with such icons as "L-O-V-E," "Almost Like Being In Love," as well as several soon to be classic unreleased tracks, "The Magic Window," "Little Fingers," and the alternate take of "Sleeping Beauty." These tracks were found in amazing condition and unearthed recently for this release. The set also features a pair of historic duets with Nat's Capitol labelmate and fellow icon of cool Dean Martin, along with the previously unreleased number "You're Wrong All Wrong."

Originally lost and unissued, the rare tracks were finally rediscovered by Alex Luke, former EVP of A&R at Capitol Records. Luke, a big Nat King Cole fan, spent two years working tirelessly in the Capitol vaults attempting to physically locate missing master tapes, searching every variation of Nat Cole's name, combing through photos, union records, paperwork and tapes. It began as an effort to solve the mystery of a specific week-long lost Cole session from Chicago. That search uncovered the tracks here.

This standard single-disc edition contains 22 classic Cole performances.

Tracks:

1.L-O-V-E
2.Walkin'
3.(I Would Do) Anything For You
4.The Song Is Ended (But The Melody Lingers On)
5.Unforgettable
6.Walkin' My Baby Back Home
7.I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself A Letter)
8.Midnight Flyer
9.Send For Me
10.Open Up The Doghouse (Two Cats Are Coming In -with Dean Martin)
11.(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66
12.Love
13.Papa Loves Mambo
14.You've Got The Indian Sign On Me
15.Mona Lisa
16.Let's Face The Music And Dance
17.Almost Like Being In Love
18.Don't Get Around Much Anymore
19.Orange Colored Sky
20.Long, Long Ago (with Dean Martin)
21.Breezin' Along With The Breeze
22.You're Wrong All Wrong (Previously Unreleased)