SH Spotlight Nat King Cole "The Very Thought Of You" -New multi-channel SACD question for Steve H.

Today was my first listen to The Very Thought of You—specifically, the 1987 Capital CD. Ten seconds into the first song, “sounding pretty good” was my first thought. Honest. This beautiful album is on repeat tonight.

 

This was the first Nat CD I ever owned - a gift from my parents. I used to listen to it with the lights off so there were no distractions. Good times.

 

Yep, I'm a fan of Love Is The Thing, too! I own both the CD and the LP.

 

It took me a while to get (back) all of the AP SACDs (long story short- had them all at one time). WHERE DID EVERYONE GO was the last one and took
almost 2 years (talk about a rarity in the wild!).

Thanks for all of the hard work you put into these @Steve Hoffman. They're a joy sonically and historically.

 

Understood - how difficult is that to get 'right' Steve? Didn't you add plate echo to the 3 track masters during the creation of both mixes (SACD and Vinyl) for the AP release of 'The Nat King Cole Story'?

 

Steve, I loved all three albums you remixed featuring Nat and Gordon Jenkins. Where Did Everyone Go was an underrated jewel of torch ballads.

 

Listening to a stereo pressing from, I’m guessing, the mid-early 60s going off of the original sleeve. Very nice sounding, and of course Nat is always a joy. I need to keep an eye out for the AP version done by our host here. That and Love Is The Thing. Love Is The Thing is my favorite of the two, but both are beautiful albums in their own rights.