Nat King Cole The Capitol Years Jazz Vinyl Box Set 20LP Very Rare
A$
350
$
232
Favourite Auctions
To save auctions to your favourites, please login
If you don't have an account, please register
Description
Nat King Cole
The Capitol Years
Condition
Records:NM+ to MINT
Cover - Box: MINT
Booklet: MINT
All the records appear to have never played.
UK 20 LP Box Set With Illustrated Booklet. Black And Gold Outer Box Has A Deep Grain Simulated Leather Finish.
LPs Are, "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer,"
Stereo; "Where Did Everyone Go," Stereo; "The Unreleased Nat King Cole," Mono;
"Let's Face The Music," Stereo; "After Midnight," Mono; "The Very Thought Of You," Stereo;
"Tell Me All About Yourself," Stereo; "Just One Of Those Things," Stereo; "At The Sands," Stereo;
"Unforgettable," Mono; "Sings For Two In Love," Mono; "The Touch Of Your Lips," Stereo;
"Love Is The Thing," Stereo; "Welcome To The Club," Stereo; "Ballads Of The Day," Mono;
"Nat King Cole Sings / George Shearing Plays," Stereo; "Ramblin' Rose," Stereo;
"The Piano Styles Of Nat King Cole," Mono; "To Whom It May Concern," Stereo; "Love," Stereo.
Cole's first mainstream vocal hit was his 1943 recording of one of his compositions, "Straighten Up and Fly Right", based on a black folk tale that his father had used as a theme for a sermon. Johnny Mercer invited him to record it for his fledglingCapitol Records label. It sold over 500,000 copies, proving that folk-based material could appeal to a wide audience. Although Cole would never be considered a rocker, the song can be seen as anticipating the first rock and roll records. Indeed, Bo Diddley, who performed similar transformations of folk material, counted Cole as an influence.
"King Cole Trio Time" onNBC in 1947 with Cole, Oscar Moore and Johnny Miller.In 1946, the Cole trio paid to have their own 15-minute radio program on the air, called "King Cole Trio Time." It became the first radio program sponsored by a black performing artist. During those years, the trio recorded many "transcription" recordings, which were recordings made in the radio studio for the broadcast. Later they were used for commercial records.
Beginning in the late 1940s, Cole began recording and performing pop-oriented material for mainstream audiences, in which he was often accompanied by a string orchestra. His stature as a popular icon was cemented during this period by hits such as "The Christmas Song" (Cole recorded the song four times: on June 14, 1946, as a Trio recording, on August 19, 1946, with an added string section, on August 24, 1953, and in 1961 for the double album The Nat King Cole Story; this final version, recorded in stereo, is the one most often heard today), "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" (1946), "Nature Boy" (1948), "Mona Lisa" (1950), "Too Young" (the #1 song in 1951),[11] and his signature tune "Unforgettable" (1951) (Gainer 1). While this shift to pop music led some jazz critics and fans to accuse Cole of selling out, he never completely abandoned his jazz roots; as late as 1956 he recorded an all-jazz album After Midnight. Cole had one of his last major hits in 1963, two years before his death, with "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer", which reached #6 on the Pop chart. "Unforgettable” was made famous again in 1991 by Cole's daughter Natalie when modern recording technology was used to reunite father and daughter in a duet. The duet version rose to the top of the Pop charts, almost forty years after its original popularity.[12]
price rating
