Nat King Cole: "Hittin' the Ramp" - early-period set from Resonance, rel. Nov. 1, 2019*

Appreciate your opinion but im asking if anyone has heard both and can give some input to wheter or not the vinyl has sonic advanteges worth the extra cost

 

Going back within the thread, some people did give their opinion.

 

Shipping was free and no extra tax because Spain and the Netherlands are both in the EU

 

I won't be buying this as I stopped buying CDs over a decade ago, but I have some nice old 78s and a 1958 UK Brunswick lp of him in 1940, so I'm about to give that a blast on an Ortofon 2m mono plug and play someone has kindly loaned me. I already have a 78 stylus for that I can check out also on those nice clean shellacs. I am prepared to stand corrected, but I suspect he invented the Jazz Piano trio (even though he has guitar instead of drums in these early years?. I have a ton of early solo piano, some duets and bands but no trios, not even Ellington this early (I will check the Japanese RCA box sets).
Edit: lovely sound to the Brunswick lp. Surprising presence to the guitar. Hats off to the long gone transfer engineer who did this. I took a pic, but tinypic closed down so I had no hosting for it.

 

Thats great! One of the benefits of being a part of EU i guess.
Boxset shipped from Holland to Norway im guessing will cost about 35-50euros.
For me that will be 250 + 23% tax =307euros
+ 15-20 i customs fee.
Still less than the 400euros it cost here but at least if i suppprt my local shop it wont be such a hassle if there are any defects

 

Import tax / customs feee is an issue for sure, but in my experience Amazon's international shipping costs are often much lower than typical private shipping costs.
So, if I were you, I'd just fill the shopping basket and complete the checkout process until the final page where you can see the shipping costs (and sometimes
also the add-on costs) ... and then decide whether to order or not

 

Slowly working my way through the LP box this week. Great job, all involved!

And thank you for doing the whole thing on LP rather than an abridged version.

 

NPR reviews the best reissues and archival releases of the year, and guess which set "hits the ramp" at the top of the list?

You guessed it:
The Best Reissues And Archival Albums Of 2019

 

And quite deservedly so.

 

Was there EVER any doubt????? Congrats to all involved. I just love love LOVE mine!!!!!!!

 

Plugging this in here just for the wonderful things the reviewer has to say about @MLutthans.

 

@MLutthans paid the guy off!!!!

 

Pulled the trigger on the LP boxset. Resonance has a 10% sale on Hittin the ramp

 

You will not regret it!

 

Except regret not getting it sooner.

 

Good things come to those who wait.

 

Looking forward to exploring this set. Just recently started listening to Nat and so far only familiar with the Capitol stuff

 

Joe Marchese reviews the set for his website, theseconddisc:

Holiday Gift Guide Review: Nat King Cole, “Hittin’ the Ramp: The Early Years (1936-1943)” - The Second Disc

Aside from a small error getting the number of compact discs right (he says 8 CDs in the first paragraph but later points out that the last digipak has only a lone 7th disc) he has high praise for @MLutthans work ("remarkably fine sound") and for the package as a whole.

 

Just picked up my LP set from my local shop. Looking forward to listening to some tomorrow.

 

Hittin The Ramp. Lovin it. Wish my Mosaic Box sounded this good.

 

Saw the LP box today at Amoeba Hollywood. That is a HUGE piece of of box set! So pretty "in person".

 

It is one of the best box sets of the year.

 

I'm halfway through my set (CD) now - the sound is fantastic. Many, many thanks to Matt and all who have been involved!!!

 

I smell a Grammy Nomination....and win!