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Nat King Cole - Hittin The Ramp: The Early Years 1936-1943 [New CD] Boxed Set Artist: Nat King Cole Title: Hittin The Ramp: The Early Years 1936-1943 Condition: Format: CD Release Date: 2019 Label: Resonance Records UPC: 712758040381 Genre: Jazz Album Tracks DISC 1: 1. Honey Hush 2. Stompin' at the Panama (Skoller's Shuffle) 3. Bedtime (Sleepy Moan) 4. Thunder 5. Mutiny in the Nursery 6. F.D.R. Jones 7. The Sheik of Araby 8. The Blue Danube 9. Button, Button 10. Jingle Bells 11. Swanee River 12. With Plenty of Money and You 13. Don't Blame Me 14. Lullaby in Rhythm 15. Dark Rapture 16. The Wiggly Walk 17. Flea Hop 18. Chopsticks 19. Patty Cake, Patty Cake 20. Blue Skies 21. Liza 22. Three Blind Mice 23. Caravan 24. There's No Anesthetic for Love 25. Dixie Jamboree 26. Ta-De-Ah 27. Riffin' at the Bar-B-Q 28. Harlem Swing 29. I Lost Control of Myself DISC 2: 1. The Land of Make Believe 2. That Please-Be-Mine-Able Feeling 3. Dancing in the Street 4. You're So Different 5. I Wouldn't Have Known It 6. Let's Get Happy 7. Undecided 8. 'Taint What You Do 9. Do You Wanna Jump, Children? 10. Riffin' in F Minor 11. Ol' Man Mose Ain't Dead 12. Blue Lou 13. Honey 14. Russian Lullaby 15. Georgie Porgy 16. The Limp 17. Snug As a Bug in a Rug 18. Liebestraum 19. Fidgety Joe 20. Two Against One 21. Some Like It Hot 22. Crazy Rhythm 23. Moonglow 24. Don't Let That Moon Get Away 25. My Blue Heaven 26. I Was Doing Alright 27. I Can't Get Started 28. Old Man Moon 29. Carry Me Back to Old Virginny DISC 3: 1. Moon Song 2. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home 3. Rosetta 4. Trompin' 5. You're My Life 6. Hoy Soy 7. Take 'Em 8. Scategoria 9. Rhythm Serenade 10. Rib Town Shuffle 11. Music'll Chase Your Blues Away 12. I'll Gather Up My Memories 13. A Fool's Affair 14. Jump, Jack, Jump 15. I Knew a Time 16. Mine You'll Always Be 17. Doin' the Bow Wow 18. Lilla Mae 19. I Like to Riff 20. On the Sunny Side of the Street 21. Black Spider Stomp 22. By the River St. Marie 23. Slew Foot Joe 24. 1-2-3-4 25. Crazy 'Bout Rhythm 26. Off the Beam 27. King Cole Blues 28. Jivin' with the Notes 29. Never Mind, Baby DISC 4: 1. I'm a Perfect Fool Over You 2. Lovely Little Person 3. Love Me Sooner 4. Sentimental Blue 5. Goin' to Town with Honey 6. Syncopated Lullaby 7. Falling in and Out of Love 8. Let's Do Things 9. Jumpy Jitters 10. Nothing Ever Happens 11. What'cha Doin' to My Heart 12. Bedtime 13. Honey Hush 14. French Toast 15. Vine Street Jump 16. B Flat 17. You Send Me 18. Love Is My Alibi 19. Pogo Stick Bounce 20. Whatcha' Know, Joe? 21. Sweet Lorraine 22. Honeysuckle Rose 23. Gone with the Draft 24. This Side Up 25. Jumpin' with the Mop 26. Jam Man 27. Let's Try Again 28. Fudge Wudge 29. Smokey Joe 30. Windy City Boogie Woogie 31. Ode to a Wild Clam DISC 5: 1. Let's Try Again 2. Whatcha' Know, Joe? 3. Lazy River 4. Georgia on My Mind 5. Rockin' Chair 6. A Little Jive Is Good for You 7. You've Changed 8. Babs 9. Scotchin' with the Soda 10. Slow Down 11. Early Morning Blues 12. The Romany Room Is Jumpin' 13. This Will Make You Laugh 14. Stop! the Red Light's on 15. Hit the Ramp 16. I Like to Riff 17. Call the Police 18. Are You Fer It? 19. That Ain't Right 20. Hit That Jive, Jack 21. Indiana 22. I Can't Get Started DISC 6: 1. Tea for Two 2. Body and Soul 3. Vom, Vim, Veedle 4. All for You 5. Hip Hip Hooray 6. I Know That You Know 7. I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town 8. Pitchin' Up a Boogie 9. I'm Lost 10. Beautiful Moons Ago 11. Let's Spring One 12. Slender, Tender, and Tall 13. I've Found a New Baby 14. Rosetta 15. Sweet Lorraine 16. I Blowed and Gone 17. Solid Potato Salad 18. F.S.T. (Fine, Sweet & Tasty) 19. Got a Penny 20. Let's Pretend 21. My Lips Remember Your Kisses 22. I'm An Errand Boy for Rhythm 23. Straighten Up and Fly Right DISC 7: 1. Honey Hush 2. By the River St. Marie 3. I Like to Riff 4. Black Spider Stomp 5. Sweet Lorraine 6. Early Morning Blues 7. Gone with the Draft 8. Trompin' 9. Sweet Lorraine 10. Gone with the Draft 11. Scotchin' with the Soda 12. Gone with the Draft 13. The Romany Room Is Jumpin' 14. Hit That Jive, Jack 15. Beautiful Moons Ago 16. Honeysuckle Rose 17. I Know That You Know 18. Solid Potato Salad 19. My Lips Remember Your Kisses 20. Straighten Up and Fly Right Released in partnership with the Nat King Cole estate, Resonance Records’ HITTIN' THE RAMP: THE EARLY YEARS (1936-1943) is the first large-scale collection of the pivotal early recordings (1936-1943) of Nat’s 29-year recording career. Most tracks are receiving their first official release in this meticulously restored set of original live-to-disk recordings. This definitive 7CD and limited-edition draws upon a wide range of sources, including many newly-discovered tracks unearthed for the first time from archives located all over the world, such as “Trompin” (jukebox-only release for Cinematone, 1939), “What’cha Know Joe" (undocumented radio performance, 1940 -- now the earliest known recording of Nat "on the air"), “The Romany Room is Jumpin’” (private recording, 1941) and “Beautiful Moons Ago” (longer alternate take, 1943). Sessions include Nat at age 17, playing piano in his brother’s band in Chicago, 1936; the first King Cole Trio recordings from 1938, made for radio broadcast only, for Standard Transcriptions; further radio transcription sessions for Standard, Davis & Schwegler, Keystone, plus his first (uncredited) session for MacGregor, with vocalist Anita Boyer; the Ammor Records Session (Spring 1940 - the first commercial-release sessions for the trio), the Decca Recordings (1940-41), the small-label sessions for Excelsior and Premier labels (1943), many previously-uncirculated Armed Forces Radio performances, and, with producer Norman Granz at the helm, early jazz sessions with Lester Young (Granz historic, first session as a producer) and Dexter Gordon, originally released on Philo and Mercury, respectively. Boasting an extensive 60+ page booklet with rare photographs; essays by acclaimed author Will Friedwald and guitarist Nick Rossi (with a special focus on Oscar Moore); plus interviews and testimonials from Johnny Mathis, Tony Bennett, Quincy Jones, Harry Belafonte, John Pizzarelli, Freddy Cole, Michael Feinstein and many others. Hittin' the Ramp features new remastering from original source disks transferred for this set from a number of personal collections and from the archives at University of California - Santa Barbara, The Institute for Jazz Studies at Rutgers University, the CU Boulder American Music Research Center, and the Library of Congress. Celebrate Nat King Cole's centennial in 2019 with this definitive early years multi-disc box set. This is the origin story of a great artist just as he was just “hittin’ the ramp,” launching a distinctive style that would quickly become famous the world over. Hittin The Ramp: The Early Years 1936-1943 (7 CDs) Copyright DirectToU LLC. 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