NAT KING COLE in special Vintage MONO MIXES from Analogue Productions on SACD/CD!

AP is working on the typesetting stuff now I think. Of course everything has to be approved by the licensor and that usually (always) slows things down. That is why it's impossible to predict a release date on a reissue like this.

 

If I hear about a release date I'm sure it will be because it's posted here.. I'm usually the last to know..

 

That's for sure.

 

No idea. Give them a call..

 

Chris, Jordan, Dale, benjaminhuf et al:

The mono "Hold" version of "You'll Never Know" sounds wonderful. There is a beautiful unissued version of "Just For The Fun Of It" on the reel that I'm going to try and use. I believe this is the only complete surviving outtake from the 1957 JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS sessions and of course it only survives because it's on the same reel as the "Hold" track.

What I have found (from listening to this one reel) is that they usually have the song nailed by take 1! The high take count on these songs usually has to do with getting the band to lock in the groove in the first two bars or simply fine tuning the tempo. And I mean very slight adjustments in tempo.

The 14 takes of "You'll Never Know" are mainly the first "playback" take (they play it back in the studio and control room so Nat, etc. can hear it and make slight changes.) The rest of the take numbers are basically false starts (marked FS or LFS "Long False Start"). Essentially take one of "You'll Never Know" sounds finished. It's an interesting process.

On "Just For The Fun Of It" after the take 1 run through, Nat Cole was unhappy with the tempo. He thought it was a shade too fast. Next take you can hear them slow it down a bit and Nat falls into the groove naturally.

A window into the past that I hope to share with you on our upcoming SACD/CD release of JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS..

 

Jordan,

I have not heard either of those disks. There is actually a take 3 on this reel that can be used (with a bit of 4/5/6/7 digitally edited in there to make a perfect take) so they probably did.

I want to use take 1 (which is actually take 2 because take 1 was not slated as such and just used as a playback take). It was never used for anything in the past and is really great..

Make sense?

Jordan,

The muted horn solo in the middle and phrasing of Nat at the start of each take is totally different so one should be able to tell easily...

 

Well,

I just went to Amazon to give a listen. The "alt" is the same as the issued take but I figure that is a mistake in the computer playback. So you are saying it is not? There is a usable take 3 but Nat's intro is different and so is the horn solo.... With digital editing it could be used (and should have been)..

Very confusing... Bear Family is the same? Exact same take twice, the issued LP take? Can someone confirm?

 

I can't believe they goofed like that. Doesn't make sense unless the A&R administrator didn't know the song that well and the mastering engineer didn't either. The alt's (take "1" and take 3) are totally unique sounding, tempo, phrasing, etc. I'm really scratching my head.. No one at BEAR FAMILY noticed either?

Let me just say that this reel looks like it has not been played since 1957. It's missing some of the modern bar code stickers that every other Nat reel has, meaning that until this week it was never checked out of the Mountain before..

 

The alt. version on Amazon was the stereo dry remix of take 12. The real outtakes only exist in MONO and have much more reverb. As far as I know there are no three-track "hold" reels for this project, unless they are misfiled or mislabeled..

Baffling..

 

Hopefully we will be allowed to put it on there. Fingers crossed..

 

Jordan,

We are just pains in the butt to them sometimes..

I listened to the stereo mix I did of "YOU'LL NEVER KNOW" today just to make sure I had the right mono take and Lee slated it (I left the slate on there) as "Take Nine" which totally threw me off. I guess the intro of take 9 is used and then the rest of the song was "pieced" from the last take. I know it's the last because the drums are a bit off in spots, same on the mono final take... Actually earlier takes in mono of "YOU'LL NEVER KNOW" are better than the final approved take. If I use one of those I'll probably screw up discographies everywhere..

 

From Analogue Productions/Acoustic Sounds. Issued on a multi-layer disk with a three channel DSD layer, two channel DSD layer and CD layer:

AFTER MIDNIGHT (mono with six bonus tracks, one prev. unissued anywhere)
LOVE IS THE THING
JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS with bonus tracks
ST. LOUIS BLUES with unedited overture
THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU with two bonus tracks
THE NAT "KING" COLE STORY with two bonus tracks
WHERE DID EVERYONE GO? with two bonus tracks

The mono versions of LOVE IS THE THING/JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS/ST. LOUIS BLUES and THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU including bonus tracks will be included.

There will be 45 RPM vinyl of all the above titles as well featuring unique mixes cut directly onto lacquer from three-track tapes. Bonus tracks will be included.

THE PIANO STYLE OF NAT "KING" COLE is to be issued on Pure Pleasure Records, Ltd. on 33 1/3 RPM vinyl.

All above mastered by Hoffman/Gray.