Nat King Cole - Live At The Blue Note Chicago - LP

180 Gram 2LP, Record Store Day 2024, Gatefold

Incredibly rare, never-before-heard live performances from Nat King Cole's 1953 residency at the Blue Note in Chicago, featuring his small-group combo in a setting never before released. Includes spectacular versions of Unforgettable, It's Only a Paper Moon and Route 66, with meticulously restored audio from the original tapes that places the listener right inside the club. Cole's piano playing throughout is truly remarkable.

Features

• 180g vinyl, 2 discs
• Record Store Day 2024 release; double-gatefold tip-on Stoughton jacket with six-page booklet
• Audio meticulously restored from the original 1953 tapes; pressed at RTI
• Label: Iconic Artists Group

Track Listing

Disc One:

1. Frank Holzfeind Introduction
2. Little Girl
3. Unforgettable
4. It's Only a Paper Moon
5. Love Is Here to Stay
6. Too Marvelous for Words
7. What Does It Take?
8. You Stepped Out of a Dream
9. Exactly Like You
10. Sweet Lorraine
11. Can't I?
12. Band Intro
13. Calypso Blues

Disc Two:

1. Frank Holzfeind Introduction #2
2. Walkin' My Baby Back Home
3. Mona Lisa / Too Young
4. Blue Gardenia
5. Straighten Up and Fly Right
6. Funny (Not Much)
7. Somewhere Along the Way
8. Nature Boy
9. Pretend
10. A Fool Was I
11. If Love Is Good to Me
12. I Am in Love
13. This Can't Be Love
14. Route 66