Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Sweet Lorraine
2. Honeysuckle Rose
3. Scotchin' With the Soda
4. Slow Down
5. Early Morning Blues
6. This Will Make You Laugh - Irene Higginbotham
7. That Ain't Right
8. Hit That Jive, Jack!
9. Little Joe from Chicago
10. All for You
11. I'm Lost
12. Fine, Sweet & Tasty
13. Got a Penny
14. Straighten up and Fly Right
15. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You
16. Jumpin' at Capitol
17. If You Can't Smile and Say Yes (Please Don't Cry and Say No)
18. Embraceable You
19. It's Only a Paper Moon
20. I Just Can't See for Lookin'
21. Man I Love
22. Body and Soul
23. Prelude in C Sharp Minor
24. What Is This Thing Called Love?
25. Easy Listening Blues
26. I'm a Shy Guy

Disc 2:

1. Sweet Georgia Brown
2. (I Call My Papa) Fla-Ga-La-Pa
3. It's Better to Be by Yourself
4. Come to Baby, Do!
5. Frim Fram Sauce
6. I'm an Errand Boy for Rhythm
7. This Way Out
8. How Does It Feel?
9. I'm in the Mood for Love
10. I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)
11. Route 66
12. Everyone Is Sayin' Hello Again (Why Must We Say Goodbye)
13. I've Got the World on a String
14. Could Ja'
15. Baby, Baby All the Time
16. How High the Moon
17. But She's My Buddy's Chick
18. You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love)
19. Christmas Song
20. Best Man
21. (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
22. In the Cool of Evening
23. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
24. You're the Cream in My Coffee
25. You Don't Learn That in School

Disc 3:

1. Meet Me at No Special Place (And I'll Be There at No Particular Time)
2. Naughty Angeline
3. That's What
4. When I Take My Sugar to Tea
5. What'll I Do?
6. This Is My Night to Dream
7. Makin' Whoopee
8. There I've Said It Again
9. I'll String Along With You
10. (It's Easy to See) The Trouble With Me
11. Too Marvelous for Words
12. Cole Capers
13. Blues in My Shower
14. Kee-Mo Ky-Mo (The Magic Song)
15. Save the Bones for Henry Jones
16. Harmony
17. Nature Boy
18. Lament in Chords
19. Those Things Money Can't Buy
20. Love Nest
21. Dream a Little Dream of Me
22. Then I'll Be Tired of You
23. Little Girl
24. No Moon at All
25. I Feel So Smoochie
26. You've Changed
27. Confess

Disc 4:

1. Flo and Joe
2. Blue and Sentimental
3. Lost April
4. Lillette
5. Lulubelle
6. Portrait of Jennie
7. Laugh! Cool Clown
8. Bop-Kick
9. For All We Know
10. Lush Life
11. Lillian
12. 'Tis Autumn
13. Yes Sir, That's My Baby
14. Etymology (The Language of Love)
15. My Mother Told Me
16. Exactly Like You
17. Top Hat Bop
18. Calypso Blues
19. My Baby Just Cares for Me
20. For You My Love
21. I Almost Lost My Mind
22. I'll Never Say "Never Again" Again
23. Ooh Kickeroonie
24. 'Deed I Do
25. Mona Lisa
26. Orange Colored Sky

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #106193 in Music
• Released on: 2005-09-19
• Number of discs: 4
• Formats: Box set, Import
• Dimensions: .49 pounds

Album Description
This magnificent celebration of Nat King Cole is comprised of 104 tracks over 4 CD's & a 48 page booklet which includes the full story, track information & rare photographs. 2001.

Customer Reviews

One of the best Trio collections out there
I must have at least four different box sets of King Cole Trio material, but I feel this import, which covers a ten year span (1940-50) is arguably the best one to own, other than the huge COMPLETE CAPITOL RECORDINGS OF THE NAT KING COLE TRIO. Songs that aren't on previous collections, such as "In the Cool of the Evening", "Could Ja", "Lament In Chords". "Flo and Joe", "Exactly Like You" and "I Almost Lost My Mind" are featured here, plus the rare R&B rocker "For You, My Love", recorded with fellow Capitol artist Nellie Lutcher, is blazing with pure soul. Of course you have the Trio standbys: "Sweet Lorraine", "Straighten Up and Fly Right", "Route 66", "I'm An Errand Boy For Rhythm", etc., but also included are Nat's early solo hit songs, such as "Nature Boy", "Portrait of Jennie", "Lost April", "Mona Lisa" and "Lush Life". Plus with this excellent collection is a booklet which includes photos, a complete discography with group members, recording dates and places and the story of the Trio, and Nat's eventual rise to solo stardom. As good as it can get, and for a great price, too! Even if you own other box sets like I do, you'll want to have this one as well, and believe me, you won't be disappointed.

Impressive Compilation of the King Cole Trio
This four-CD boxed set collection of delightful tunes by the King Cole Trio surpassed all of my expectations; instead of simply hop-scotching its way through Nat "King" Cole's early days with thirty or so "hits," this set presents five magnificent hours of pure jazz at its best. One hundred and four grand tracks from the Trio, recorded from 1941-1950 (arguably the glory days of jazz), this is probably the best we'll get when it comes to collecting the essentials of a group that were truly the perfectors of the jazz era. No tricks here; just pure jazz in all its glory.

A remarkable value
For the money, this is as good of a box set as you are going to find. All of the trio's hits are here - - more to the point, the collection is a document of Cole at the height of his powers. It's stylish, urbane and superbly performed.

This is an import for Amazon, and it appears from the Penguin Jazz Record Guide that it is going out of print. So if you are thinking about buying it, I'd buy it as soon as possible. You won't regret it.