Original album of eight tracks released 1952. Extended LP originally released in 1955, which added tracks 9 to 12.
Remastered with seven bonus tracks, of which tracks 14, 16, 17, and 19 are not previously issued.
Artist on spine: Nat King Cole
2CD. A compilation pulling together 10 years' worth of Cole's and May's collaborative recordings.
The first 14 tracks are mono, the rest are stereo. Disc 1 tracks 15, 16, 19 to 21 and Disc Two tracks 1 to 7 originally released as the album [r1617219] in 1957. Disc Two tracks 8 to 19 originally released as the album [r1548489] in 1964. Disc 1 tracks 10, 12, 14, 17, and 18 are previously unissued. The rest of the tracks appeared on various singles. Notably missing from this collection are the two tracks May arranged for Nat King Cole and [a10533].
©?1993 Capitol Records, Inc.
1-1 to 1-4: recorded September 4, 1951
1-5 to 1-7: recorded January 14, 1953
1-8 to 1-9: recorded October 18, 1954
1-10 to 1-14 recorded May 14, 1957
1-15 to 1-18 recorded July 10, 1957
1-19 to 1-21 recorded July 19, 1957
2-1 to 2-4 recorded July 31, 1957
2-5 to 2-7 recorded August 7, 1957
2-8 to 2-11 recorded November 20, 1961
2-12 to 2-15 recorded November 21, 1961
2-16 to 2-19 recorded November 22, 1961
Tracce dalla 1 alla 12 registrate dal vivo al Sands, Las Vegas il 14 gennaio 1960. È stata una performance speciale after-hours (da 2:30 alle 5:00) per amici e intrattenitori che non hanno potuto vedere i suoi spettacoli regolari a causa degli impegni di Las Vegas.
Album originally released in 1962 as Capitol SW 1675.
Tracks 13 to 15 are unreleased selections from the original recording sessions.
All songs recorded December 19-22, 1961.
? ©1991 Capitol Records, Inc.
Tracks 1 to 11 originally released, with a different track order, as Welcome To The Club in 1959, and again in 1962 under the title The Swingin' Side Of Nat King Cole. Track 12 is an outtake from those sessions. Tracks 13 to 17 were released on various singles.
Album originally released in 1955 on Capitol as W-514. All tracks recorded 1945-1953.
Previously unissued on CD. A collection of (at the time) unreleased masters from the Cole catalog.
Tracks 3 and 8 are mistakenly credited to Nat King Cole on the artwork. Track 16 is mistakenly credited to The King Cole Trio. Corrections appear below.
(P)©2007 EMI Music Special Markets.
All tracks 24-Bit Digitally Remastered
2000 Capitol Records, Inc.
Digipak with 6 page liner notes
1 to 6: New York, June 8, 1944.
7 to 13: Los Angeles, February 16, 1946.
Tracks 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, and 11 are previously unissued master/alternate takes.