Nat King Cole Hittin' the Ramp: The Early Years (7 CD)

For a sustaining donation of $15 per month or $180 for the year, you'll receive a limited 7 CD set of Nat King Cole Hittin' the Ramp: The Early Years (1936-1943).

Released in partnership with the Nat King Cole estate, this package is the first large-scale collection of the pivotal early recordings (1936-1943) 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.

Disc 1:
1. Honey Hush
2. Stompin' at the Panama (Skoller's Shuffle)
3. Bedtime (Sleepy Moan)
4. Thunder
5. Mutiny in the Nursery
6. F.D.R. Jones
7. The Sheik of Araby
8. The Blue Danube
9. Button, Button
10. Jingle Bells
11. Swanee River
12. With Plenty of Money and You
13. Don't Blame Me
14. Lullaby in Rhythm
5. Dark Rapture
16. The Wiggly Walk
17. Flea Hop
18. Chopsticks
19. Patty Cake, Patty Cake
20. Blue Skies
21. Liza
22. Three Blind Mice
23. Caravan
24. There's No Anesthetic for Love
25. Dixie Jamboree
26. Ta-De-Ah
27. Riffin' at the Bar-B-Q
28. Harlem Swing
29. I Lost Control of Myself

Disc 2:
1. The Land of Make Believe
2. That Please-Be-Mine-Able Feeling
3. Dancing in the Street
4. You're So Different
5. I Wouldn't Have Known It
6. Let's Get Happy
7. Undecided
8. 'Taint What You Do
9. Do You Wanna Jump, Children?
10. Riffin' in F Minor
11. Ol' Man Mose Ain't Dead
12. Blue Lou
13. Honey
14. Russian Lullaby
15. Georgie Porgie
16. The Limp
17. Snug as a Bug in a Rug
18. Liebestraum
19. Fidgety Joe
20. Two Against One
21. Some Like it Hot
22. Crazy Rhythm
23. Moonglow
24. Don't Let That Moon Get Away
25. My Blue Heaven
26. I Was Doing Alright
27. I Can't Get Started
28. Old Man Moon
29. Carry Me Back to Old Virginny

Disc 3:
1. Moon Song
2. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
3. Rosetta
4. Trompin'
5. You're My Life
6. Hoy Soy
7. Take 'Em
8. Scategoria
9. Rhythm Serenade
10. Rib Town Shuffle
11. Music'll Chase Your Blues Away
12. I'll Gather Up My Memories
13. A Fool's Affair
14. Jump, Jack, Jump
15. I Knew a Time
16. Mine You'll Always Be
17. Doin' the Bow Wow
18. Lilla Mae
19. I Like to Riff
20. On the Sunny Side of the Street
21. Black Spider Stomp
22. By the River St. Marie
23. Slew Foot Joe
24. 1-2-3-4
25. Crazy 'Bout Rhythm
26. Off the Beam
27. King Cole Blues
28. Jivin' with the Notes
29. Never Mind, Baby

Disc 4:
1. I'm a Perfect Fool Over You
2. Lovely Little Person
3. Love Me Sooner
4. Sentimental Blue
5. Goin' to Town with Honey
6. Syncopated Lullaby
7. Falling in and Out of Love
8. Let's Do Things
9. Jumpy Jitters
10. Nothing Ever Happens
11. What'cha Doin' to My Heart
12. Bedtime
13. Honey Hush
14. French Toast
15. Vine Street Jump
16. B Flat
17. You Send Me
18. Love Is My Alibi
19. Pogo Stick Bounce
20. Whatc