Description

Released in partnership with the Nat King Cole estate, Resonance Records’ ‘Hittin’ The Ramp: The Early Years (1936-1943)’ 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. This definitive 7CD and limited-edition 10LP collection draws upon a wide range of sources, including many newly-discovered tracks unearthed for the first time from archives located all over the world, such as ‘Trompin’ (jukebox-only release for Cinematone, 1939), ‘What’cha Know Joe’ (undocumented radio performance, 1940), ‘The Romany Room is Jumpin’ (private recording, 1941) and ‘Beautiful Moons Ago’ (longer alternate take, 1943).

Disc 1
1. Honey Hush – Nat King Cole
2. Stompin’ at the Panama (Skoller’s Shuffle) – Nat King Cole
3. Bedtime (Sleepy Moan) – Nat King Cole
4. Thunder – Nat King Cole
5. Mutiny in the Nursery – Nat King Cole
6. F.D.R. Jones – Nat King Cole
7. The Sheik of Araby – Nat King Cole
8. The Blue Danube – Nat King Cole
9. Button, Button – Nat King Cole
10. Jingle Bells – Nat King Cole
11. Swanee River – Nat King Cole
12. With Plenty of Money and You – Nat King Cole
13. Don’t Blame Me – Nat King Cole
14. Lullaby in Rhythm – Nat King Cole
15. Dark Rapture – Nat King Cole
16. The Wiggly Walk – Nat King Cole
17. Flea Hop – Nat King Cole
18. Chopsticks – Nat King Cole
19. Patty Cake, Patty Cake – Nat King Cole
20. Blue Skies – Nat King Cole
21. Three Blind Mice – Nat King Cole
22. Caravan – Nat King Cole
23. There’s No Anesthetic for Love – Nat King Cole
24. Dixie Jamboree – Nat King Cole
25. Ta-de-ah – Nat King Cole
26. Riffin’ at the Bar-b-q – Nat King Cole
27. Harlem Swing – Nat King Cole
28. I Lost Control of Myself – Nat King Cole
Disc 2
1. The Land of Make Believe – Nat King Cole
2. That Please-be-mine-able Feeling – Nat King Cole
3. Dancing in the Street – Nat King Cole
4. You’re So Different – Nat King Cole
5. I Wouldn’t Have Known It – Nat King Cole
6. Let’s Get Happy – Nat King Cole
7. Undecided – Nat King Cole
8. Taint What You Do – Nat King Cole
9. Do You Wanna Jump, Children? – Nat King Cole
10. Riffin’ in F Minor – Nat King Cole
11. Ol’ Man Mose Ain’t Dead – Nat King Cole
12. Blue Lou – Nat King Cole
13. Honey – Nat King Cole
14. Russian Lullaby – Nat King Cole
15. Georgie Porgie – Nat King Cole
16. The Limp – Nat King Cole
17. Snug As a Bug in a Rug – Nat King Cole
18. Liebestraum – Nat King Cole
19. Fidgety Joe – Nat King Cole
20. Two Against One – Nat King Cole
21. Some Like It Hot – Nat King Cole
22. Crazy Rhythm – Nat King Cole
23. Moonglow – Nat King Cole
24. Don’t Let That Moon Get Away – Nat King Cole
25. My Blue Heaven – Nat King Cole
26. I Was Doing Alright – Nat King Cole
27. I Can’t Get Started – Nat King Cole
28. Old Man Moon – Nat King Cole
29. Carry Me Back to Old Virginny – Nat King Cole
Disc 3
1. Moon Song – Nat King Cole
2. Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home – Nat King Cole
3. Rosetta – Nat King Cole
4. Trompin’ – Nat King Cole
5. You’re My Life – Nat King Cole
6. Hoy Soy – Nat King Cole
7. Take ‘Em – Nat King Cole
8. Scategoria – Nat King Cole
9. Rhythm Serenade – Nat King Cole
10. Rib Town Shuffle – Nat King Cole
11. Music’ll Chase Our Blues Away – Nat King Cole
12. I’ll Gather Up My Memories – Nat King Cole
13. A Fool’s Affair – Nat King Cole
14. Jump, Jack, Jump – Nat King Cole
15. I Knew a Time – Nat King Cole
16. Mine You’ll Always Be – Nat King Cole
17. Doin’ the Bow Wow – Nat King Cole
18. Lilla Mae – Nat King Cole
19. I Like to Riff – Nat King Cole
20. On the Sunny Side of the Street – Nat King Cole
21. Black Spider Stomp – Nat King Cole
22. By the River St. Marie – Nat King Cole
23. Slew Foot Joe – Nat King Cole
24. 1-2-3-4 – Nat King Cole
25. Crazy ‘Bout Rhythm – Nat King Cole
26. Off the Beam – Nat King Cole
27. King Cole Blues – Nat King Cole
28. Jivin’ With the Notes – Nat King Cole
29. Never Mind, Baby – Nat King Cole
Disc 4
1. I’m a Perfect Fool Over You – Nat King Cole
2. Lovely Little Person – Nat King Cole
3. Love Me Sooner – Nat King Cole
4. Sentimental Blue – Nat King Cole
5. Goin’ to Town With Honey – Nat King Cole
6. Syncopated Lullaby – Nat King Cole
7. Falling in and Out of Love – Nat King Cole
8. Let’s Do Things – Nat King Cole
9. Jumpy Jitters – Nat King Cole
10. Nothing Ever Happens – Nat King Cole
11. What’cha Doin’ to My Heart – Nat King Cole
12. Bedtime – Nat King Cole
13. Honey Hush – Nat King Cole
14. French Toast – Nat King Cole
15. Vine Street Jump – Nat King Cole
16. B Flat – Nat King Cole
17. You Send Me – Nat King Cole
18. Love Is My Alibi – Nat King Cole
19. Pogo Stick Bounce – Nat King Cole
20. What’cha Know Joe – Nat King Cole
21. Sweet Lorraine – Nat King Cole
22. Honeysuckle Rose – Nat King Cole
23. Gone With the Draft – Nat King Cole
24. This Side Up – Nat King Cole
25. Jumpin’ With the Mop – Nat King Cole
26. Jam Man – Nat King Cole
27. Let’s Try Again – Nat King Cole
28. Fudge Wudge – Nat King Cole
29. Smokey Joe – Nat King Cole
30. Windy City Boogie Woogie – Nat King Cole
31. Ode to a Wild Clam – Nat King Cole
Disc 5
1. Let’s Try Again – Nat King Cole
2. What’cha Know Joe – Nat King Cole
3. Lazy River – Nat King Cole
4. Georgia On My Mind – Nat King Cole
5. Rockin’ Chair – Nat King Cole
6. A Little Jive Is Good for You – Nat King Cole
7. You’ve Changed – Nat King Cole
8. Babs – Nat King Cole
9. Scotchin’ With the Soda – Nat King Cole
10. Slow Down – Nat King Cole
11. Early Morning Blues – Nat King Cole
12. The Romany Room Is Jumpin’ – Nat King Cole
13. This Will Make You Laugh – Nat King Cole
14. Stop! The Red Light’s On – Nat King Cole
15. Hit the Ramp – Nat King Cole
16. I Like to Riff – Nat King Cole
17. Call the Police – Nat King Cole
18. Are You Fer It? – Nat King Cole
19. That Ain’t Right – Nat King Cole
20. Hit That Jive, Jack – Nat King Cole
21. Indiana – Nat King Cole
22. I Can’t Get Started – Nat King Cole
Disc 6
1. Tea for Two – Nat King Cole
2. Body and Soul – Nat King Cole
3. Vom, Vim, Veedle – Nat King Cole
4. All for You – Nat King Cole
5. Hip Hip Hooray – Nat King Cole
6. I Know That You Know – Nat King Cole
7. I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town – Nat King Cole
8. Pitchin’ Up a Boogie – Nat King Cole
9. I’m Lost – Nat King Cole
10. Beautiful Moons Ago – Nat King Cole
11. Let’s Spring One – Nat King Cole
12. Slender, Tender and Tall – Nat King Cole
13. I’ve Found a New Baby – Nat King Cole
14. Rosetta – Nat King Cole
15. Sweet Lorraine – Nat King Cole
16. I Blowed and Gone – Nat King Cole
17. Solid Potato Salad – Nat King Cole
18. F.S.T. (Fine, Sweet and Tasty) – Nat King Cole
19. Got a Penny – Nat King Cole
20. Let’s Pretend – Nat King Cole
21. My Lips Remember Your Kisses – Nat King Cole
22. I’m an Errand Boy for Rhythm – Nat King Cole
23. Straighten Up and Fly Right – Nat King Cole
Disc 7
1. Honey Hush – Nat King Cole
2. By the River St. Marie – Nat King Cole
3. I Like to Riff – Nat King Cole
4. Black Spider Stomp – Nat King Cole
5. Sweet Lorraine – Nat King Cole
6. Early Morning Blues – Nat King Cole
7. Gone With the Draft – Nat King Cole
8. Trompin’ – Nat King Cole
9. Sweet Lorraine – Nat King Cole
10. Gone With the Draft – Nat King Cole
11. Scotchin’ With the Soda – Nat King Cole
12. Gone With the Draft – Nat King Cole
13. The Romany Room Is Jumpin’ – Nat King Cole
14. Hit That Jive, Jack – Nat King Cole
15. Beautiful Moons Ago – Nat King Cole
16. Honeysuckle Rose – Nat King Cole
17. I Know That You Know – Nat King Cole
18. Solid Potato Salad – Nat King Cole
19. My Lips Remember Your Kisses – Nat King Cole
20. Straighten Up and Fly Right – Nat King Cole