Nat "King" Cole – Love Is The Thing
Жанр: Jazz,Vocal
Год записи: 1957
Год выпуска диска: 2010
Производитель диска: Capitol Records
Аудио кодек: DST 2.0/3.0
Тип рипа: image ISO
Треклист:
01. When I Fall In Love
02. Stardust
03. Stay As Sweet As You Are
04. Where Can I Go Without You?
05. Maybe It’s Because I Love You Too Much (mono only)*
06. Love Letters (mono only)*
07. Ain’t Misbehavin’
08. I Thought About Marie (studio chatter, false start on 45 RPM LP only)
09. At Last
10. It’s All In The Game
11. When Sunny Gets Blue
12. Love Is The Thing
* только 2.0
О диске
Love Is the Thing is a 1957 album released by American jazz vocalist Nat King Cole. It is the first of four collaborations between Cole and influential arranger Gordon Jenkins.] Launching the charting single “Stardust”, which peaked at #79,] the album reached #1 on Billboard’s ”Pop Albums” chart and tied at #1 on the UK Charts with the soundtrack for the 1956 film The King and I.] According to the records of the RIAA, the album achieved gold status in 1960 and broke platinum in 1992.
If you love the singing of the great balladeers of the USA, this disc is for you, and then, there are the luscious arrangements by Gordon Jenkins…
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By Mr. F. J. Coop (Woodbridge, Suffolk United Kingdom) – See all my reviews
As my previous review (of ‘The Very Thought of You’) outlines – the new Analogue Productions Nat King Cole Hybrid SACD releases are a true revelation.
Compared to all other CD releases of this title, including the much reveared DCC Gold CD version (also mastered by Steve Hoffman)this new AP version of ‘Love is the Thing’ clearly surpasses them all.
The strings within the Orchestration are now far sweeter to the ear, the stereo image vastly wider & deeper whilst the intricate detail of all the instruments within the sophisticated arrangements scored by Gordon Jenkins can now be easily recognised.
As for the vocals! well, it’s like being next to Nat in the vocal booth during the recording Session!…(as an example, you can clearly hear him set off the microphone limiter on track 8 at around 2’40″ singing ‘being’).
As with the AP ‘The Very Thought of You’ release, this is a Hybrid SACD disc – so if you’re lucky enough to own the requisite hardware, you’ll be able to unlock the amazing aural detail of the 10 tracks that are contained within the SACD layer and experience Nat King Cole as if you were attending a master tape playback in the Studio….yes, it really is that good.
In fact the only way to get a CD that could possibly equal this release on sonic terms, is to buy another Nat King Cole Hybrid SACD Title from Analogue Productions….I certainly will be!
Very Highly Recommended!
SA-CD.net:
Review by gonzostick June 24, 2010
Double WOW!!! Can this be possible? For the second week in a row, the wizards at Analogue Productions have made me float 6 inches above the floor! I am about as jaded as most people in our time, but this SACD and the previous one, “The Very Thought of You,” have completely made my Summer!
Again, having had this LP in its original incarnation on Capitol when I was a kid (new copies since then) and its succeeding releases on RBCD, I was delighted, with this disc playing wide open through my system, today. The performances are beautiful, subtle, lush, and EVERY nuance of the singer’s velvety voice has been extracted from the tapes.
This disc also includes, on the STEREO section of the SACD layer, the MONO recording of “Love Letters”, worth the hassle to reset your SACD player, just to hear the sonic restoration miracle that these magicians have realized. This particular cut is worth the price of the whole disc. It is arguably the best recording that gem of a song has ever had. Many are the hearts that have been filled and broken to this recording in jukeboxes across the USA.
It’s funny, that this album, the NKC one that preceded it, and Miles Davis’ “Kind of Blue”, were the best make-out-and-snuggle LP’s of their time, with a few Johnny Mathis discs thrown in. YES, I am showing my age, but this disc put me in a delicious time warp.
Again, I encourage anyone who loves these recordings to support this restoration effort. These recordings are THE SACD release of the year!
If you love the singing of the great balladeers of the USA, this disc is for you, and then, there are the luscious arrangements by Gordon Jenkins…
Пояснение
В 2-х канальном варианте 24 трека. 1-12 стерео(кроме 5,6), 13-24 оригинальное моно.
В многоканале 10 треков. Front+Center
Рип снят с помощью PS3.
Оригинальный риппер ManWhoCan. Thanks!
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