Gold

This is the best Nat King Cole 2-cd set to own. It is far better than Capitol's overrated and illogical VERY BEST OF NAT KING COLE.The VERY BEST OF NAT KING COLE wastes space withX "Penthouse Serenade," a time-wasting instrumentalX the silly "Candy"X the international versions of "Autumn Leaves" and "L-O-V-E," of little use to most listenersX the out-of-place live version of "I Wish You Love"X "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter," a tune too closely associated with Fats Waller.Additionally, THE VERY BEST totally ignores Cole's wonderful and high-charting late-career hits from 1962-64. VERY BEST was put together in an illogical and haphazard way. VERY BEST does NOT include the following, which the wonderful NAT KING COLE GOLD does--1. "Too Young," a #1 hit2. "Pretend," a #2 hit and usually paired with "Smile"3. "Answer Me, My Love," a top-ten hit4. "Ramblin' Rose," a top-ten, late-career hit5. "Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer," a top-ten, late-career hit6. "Night Lights," a fascinating track which charted higher than "Unforgettable"7. "The Very Thought of You," one of his very best covers8. The English versions of "Autumn Leaves" and "Stardust," his best and most famous covers9. "Non Dimenticar," a melodic gem10. "Dear Lonely Heart," a touching, high-charting, late-career hitCole's career parallels that of Frank Sinatra, and they were the 1950s' best crooners:1. Sinatra's greatest period was on Capitol in the 1950s, and the vast majority of Cole's releases and hits were on Capitol in the 1950s.2. Sinatra's last Capitol album was in 1962, and Cole's last Capitol album was in 1965.This 2-cd, 40 song, NAT KING COLE GOLD should be paired with the 2-cd, 40 song, SINATRA 80TH..Here are the tracks on NAT KING COLE GOLD:Disc 11. Straighten Up and Fly Right2. (Get Your Kicks on) Route 663. You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love)4. (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons5. Nature Boy6. Mona Lisa7. Orange Colored Sky8. Jet9. Too Young10. Red Sails in the Sunset11. Unforgettable12. Walkin' My Baby Back Home13. Somewhere Along the Way14. Pretend15. Blue Gardenia16. Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup17. Answer Me, My Love18. Smile19. My One Sin (in Life)20. The Sand and the SeaDisc Two1. A Blossom Fell2. If I May3. Autumn Leaves4. Night Lights5. To the End of the Earth6. Ballerina7. Stardust8. When I Fall in Love9. Send for Me10. St. Louis Blues11. Looking Back12. The Very Thought of You13. Non Dimenticar (Don't Forget)14. Ramblin' Rose15. Dear Lonely Hearts16. All over the World17. Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer18. That Sunday, That Summer19. L-O-V-E20. The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)

Ordered on 3/1 & rcvd on 3/6 using USPS from AMAZON North Las Vegas "with no cracks" in the plastic CD case & "they even used a large bubble plastic envelope" - AMAZING ! ! ! Bought this CD for these songs -> "Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days Of Summer", "That Sunday, That Summer", "L-O-V-E", "Non Dimenticar (Don't Forget)", "The Very Thought Of You", "When I Fall In Love", "Stardust", "Smile", "Unforgettable", "Mona Lisa", "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons", (Get You Kicks On) Route 66". I have "Ramblin' Rose" on other popular 60s Hit CDs. Don't forget "The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) ! ALL ARE GREAT SONGS I REMEMBER !

The "Gold" series has always been great for doing an excellent job remastering the artist's recordings. When I saw this available I knew it would sound great, but I didn't know it would have almost every great track Nat recorded. I was tempted to get The Extraordinary Blu-ray Audio release, but when I sampled it to find that one track had his kids singing off key and at first that option was off the table. If you want a great Nat King Cole collection ... look no further and buy it now.Update: If you love and want more look for Nat King Cole The Extraordinary on Blu-ray Audio which has 36 tracks. I decided to take a chance and other than the one "odd" song with his kids only a few of those tracks are repeats and of those they are alternate versions. The amazing thing is they are both produced by Universal ... kudos!

I love this CD...if you want a little taste of what the "KING" has to offer, then this is the disc to have. It contains a good mix of old favorites and classics that I remembered and some I had forgotten. I just truly started getting into his music...who doesn't have THE CHRISTMAS SONG in their collection...and enjoy the smooth sounds of his songs. This collection has been re-mastered to really pull the clarity and control of his voice...there has been no other artist to match his style...he can pretty much sing the phonebook and make you swoon...some of the songs on the second disc, I've never heard...at least not from him...were enjoyable...you will find more upbeat tempo songs there. I recommend that you invest in this CD for your classic jazz collection...you WILL NOT be disappointed!!!

All his best and most popular songs are in a his collection. I’m very pleased to have it!

Had this cd a long time ago. I misplaced it and it was better than I remembered. I knew the songs by heart and singing along again is priceless. 💗

While the overall packaging of this product seemed legit I noticed when the CD was placed in my automobile's CD player that no information regarding the CD was displayed. No Artist name, No CD Title and no track title. Could be that this CD is a bootleg copy.

This cd had a song that was childhood favorite..love it. thank you

It was a gift for my mum she is made up with thank

I only wanted two or three songs. Ramblin' rose was very good, Mona Lisa was OK but Red Sails was not so great. The rest were not to my liking at all. However, glad to get two good ones.

If you're a Nat King Cole fan these are the hits. Hard to go wrong.

I am a big fan of Nat king Cole. I would highly recommend this cd to any NatKing Cole fan.

A great 2 disc album for the price, well preserved copy of Nat's songs.