Hittin' The Ramp - Nat King Cole
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Released in partnership with the Nat King Cole estate, Resonance Records’ ''Hittin’ The Ramp: The Early Years (1936-1943)'' is the first large-scale collectionof the pivotal early recordings of Nat’s 29-year recording career. Most tracks are receiving their first official release in this meticulously restored set of original live-to-disk recordings. This definitive 7CD and limited-edition 10LP collection draws upon a wide range of sources, including many newly-discovered tracks unearthed for thefirst time from archives located all over the world, such as “Trompin” (jukeboxonly release for Cinematone, 1939), “What’cha Know Joe” (undocumentedradio performance, 1940 - now the earliest known recording of Nat “on the air”), “The Romany Room is Jumpin’” (private recording, 1941) and “Beautiful Moons Ago” (longer alternate take, 1943). Also boasting an extensive 60+ page booklet with rare photographs; essays by acclaimed author Will Friedwald and guitarist Nick Rossi (with a special focus on Oscar Moore); plus interviews and testimonials from Johnny Mathis, Tony Bennett, Quincy Jones, Harry Belafonte, John Pizzarelli, Freddy Cole, Michael Feinstein and many others.