New Analogue Productions Nat King Cole vinyl: "Mixing directly to 45 RPM lacquer" adventures!

I was sitting in the KUMON lobby today (waiting for my six year old to do his Kumon work) and this big dude was sitting in there also waiting for his kid. He was reading Stereophile which was an unusual mag to be reading in a waiting room (guess he brought it in himself) and we started talking about what looked good in there. Another lady in the waiting room was leaving and she simply said to me: "Good bye, Steve!"

The guy put down the mag, looked at me and said: "Ah, I place you now. How's it coming with the Nat King Cole?"

Heh, I guess he recognized me. So weird to be cornered about a project in such an unlikely place, totally out of context. I told him that we were working on them feverishly for first quarter release.

It's true, we are. Even Michael Fremer is working on some notes for the vinyl versions.

Point of this bump, I should have some final track listings for you in a few days.

Forum members and Nat Cole experts Jordan Taylor and Chris Hall (Apileocole) are also working on notes for the projects.

Don't fret, Nat lovers! Should be well worth the wait.

 

Yes, I understand. Money is tight right now.

These would have made great stocking stuffers though (the digital versions; the vinyl wouldn't fit)..

 

This is pretty much the final track listing. Could change a tiny bit but I doubt it at this point.
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Acoustic Sounds/Analogue Productions NAT “KING” COLE projects complete song list: Digital disks will include: Three channel SACD/Two channel SACD/Two channel CD plus 45 RPM vinyl sets.

List prepared by SH 10/08/09:

Capitol LP W-782 AFTER MIDNIGHT- MONAURAL
King Cole Trio plus guests

Just You, Just Me
Sweet Lorraine
Sometimes I’m Happy
Caravan
It’s Only A Paper Moon
You’re Looking At Me
Lonely One
Don’t Let It Go To Your Head
I Know That You Know
Blame It On My Youth
When I Grow Too Old To Dream
(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66

Bonus tracks, songs left off original 1956 12" LP:

CANDY
WHAT IS THERE TO SAY?
I WAS A LITTLE TOO LONELY (And You Were A Little Too Late)
YOU CAN DEPEND ON ME
TWO LOVES HAVE I
JUST YOU, JUST ME, take 2
It's Only A Paper Moon flub, intro only

Capitol LP SW-824 LOVE IS THE THING, Gordon Jenkins orch. Three-channel, two-channel mix and vintage mono mix for SACD-CD, stereo only for 45 RPM:

When I Fall In Love
Stardust
Stay As Sweet As You Are
Where Can I Go Without You?
Maybe It’s Because I Love You Too Much (mono recording only)
Love Letters (mono recording only)
Ain’t Misbehavin’
I Thought About Marie (studio chatter, false start on 45 RPM LP only)
At Last
It’s All In The Game
When Sunny Gets Blue
Love Is The Thing

Capitol LP SW-903 JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS, Billy May orch. Three-channel, two-channel mix and vintage mono mix for SACD-CD, stereo mix for 45 RPM:

When Your Lover Has Gone
A Cottage For Sale
Who’s Sorry Now?
Once In A While
These Foolish Things Remind Me Of You
Just For The Fun Of It
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
I Understand
Just One Of Those Things
The Song Is Ended
I Should Care
The Party’s Over

Bonus Tracks:
You’ll Never Know
Just For The Fun Of It MONO (take 1 on DSD and CD layer only, not 45 RPM vinyl)

Capitol LP SW-993 NAT “KING” COLE SINGS SONGS FROM ‘ST. LOUIS BLUES’, Nelson Riddle orch., Three-channel, two-channel and vintage mono mixes for SACD-CD, stereo mix for 45 RPM:

Overture, complete restored (introducing “Love Theme” and “Hesitation Blues”)
Harlem Blues
Chantez Les Bas
Friendless Blues
Stay
Joe Turner’s Blues
Beale Street Blues
Careless Love
Morning Star
Memphis Blues
Yellow Dog Blues
St. Louis Blues

Capitol LP SW-1084 THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU, Gordon Jenkins orch., Three-channel and two-channel mixes and mono mixes:

The Very Thought Of You
But Beautiful
Impossible
I Wish I Knew
I Found A Million Dollar Baby
Magnificent Obsession
My Heart Tells Me
Paradise
This Is All I Ask
Cherie, I Love You
Making Believe You’re Here
Cherchez La Femme
For All We Know
The More I See You

Bonus tracks:
Don’t Blame Me
There Is No Greater Love

Capitol LP SW-1859 WHERE DID EVERYONE GO?, Gordon Jenkins orch., Three-channel and two-channel mixes:

Where Did Everyone Go?
Say It Isn’t So
If Love Ain’t There
(Ah, The Apple Trees) When The World Was Young
Am I Blue?
Someone To Tell It To
The End Of A Love Affair
I Keep Goin’ Back To Joe’s
Laughing On The Outside (Crying On The Inside)
No, I Don’t Want Her
Spring Is Here
That’s All There Is

Bonus tracks:
A Farewell To Arms
Happy New Year

Capitol 1613, THE NAT “KING” COLE STORY, Three-channel and two-channel mixes:

Straighten Up And Fly Right
Sweet Lorraine
It's Only A Paper Moon
(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66
(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)
Nature Boy
Lush Life
Calypso Blues
Mona Lisa
Orange Colored Sky (no three channel DSD, song recorded live to two-track)
Too Young
Unforgettable
Somewhere Along The Way
Walkin’ My Baby Back Home
Pretend
Blue Gardenia
I Am In Love
Answer Me, My Love
Smile
Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup
The Sand And The Sea
If I May
A Blossom Fell
To The Ends Of The Earth
Night Lights
Ballerina
Stardust
Send For Me
St. Louis Blues
Looking Back
Non Dimenticar (Don’t Forget) hit version
Paradise
Oh, Mary, Don’t You Weep (no three channel DSD, song recorded live to two track)
Ay, Cosita Linda (no three channel DSD, song recorded live to two track)
Wild Is Love (Music intro, spoken intro and song)

Bonus tracks:
Ramblin’ Rose
Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer