Hittin' The Ramp: The Early Years (1936 – 1943)

by Nat King Cole

Release Details

Year: 2019
Format: Box Set — Limited Edition, Numbered
Country: US
Label: Resonance Records
Catalog #: HLP 9042
Tracks: 183

Genres

Jazz

Styles

Swing

Tracklist

1-A1Honey Hush
2:52
1-A2Stompin' At The Panama (Skoller's Shuffle)
2:59
1-A3Bedtime (Sleepy Moan)
2:54
1-A4Thunder
2:50
1-A5Mutiny In The Nursery
2:52
1-A6F.D.R. Jones
3:10
1-A7The Sheik Of Araby
2:17
1-A8The Blue Danube
2:50
1-A9Button, Button
2:52
1-B1Jingle Bells
2:35
1-B10Patty Cake, Patty Cake
2:43
1-B2Swanee River
2:28
1-B3With Plenty Of Money And You
2:15
1-B4Don't Blame Me
2:26
1-B5Lullaby In Rhythm
2:48
1-B6Dark Rapture
3:13
1-B7The Wiggly Walk
2:52
1-B8Flea Hop
2:43
1-B9Chopsticks
2:44
10-A1Honey Hush
2:47
10-A10Gone With The Draft
2:41
10-A2By The River St. Marie
2:12
10-A3I Like To Riff
2:33
10-A4Black Spider Stomp
2:54
10-A5Sweet Lorraine
3:23
10-A6Early Morning Blues
2:53
10-A7Gone With The Draft
2:22
10-A8Trompin'
1:48
10-A9Sweet Lorraine
2:57
10-B1Scotchin' With The Soda
2:25
10-B10Straighten Up And Fly Right
2:52
10-B2Gone With The Draft
2:28
10-B3The Romany Room Is Jumpin'
2:33
10-B4Hit That Jive, Jack
2:16
10-B5Beautiful Moons Ago
3:36
10-B6Honeysuckle Rose
3:20
10-B7I Know That You Know
2:53
10-B8Solid Potato Salad
2:14
10-B9My Lips Remember Your Kisses
3:07
2-A1Blue Skies
2:09
2-A10I Lost Control Of Myself
3:16
2-A2Liza
2:58
2-A3Three Blind Mice
2:08
2-A4Caravan
2:17
2-A5There's No Anesthetic For Love
3:15
2-A6Dixie Jamboree
3:04
2-A7Ta-De-Ah
2:39
2-A8Riffin' At The Bar-B-Q
2:05
2-A9Harlem Swing
2:30
2-B1The Land Of Make Believe
2:52
2-B10Riffin' In F Minor
2:06
2-B2That Please-Be-Mineable Feeling
2:15
2-B3Dancing In The Street
3:09
2-B4You're So Different
3:02
2-B5I Wouldn't Have Known It
2:33
2-B6Let's Get Happy
2:18
2-B7Undecided
2:26
2-B8'Taint What You Do
2:53
2-B9Do You Wanna Jump, Children
2:46
3-A1Ol' Man Mose Ain't Dead
3:30
3-A2Blue Lou
3:01
3-A3Honey
2:11
3-A4Russian Lullaby
2:07
3-A5Georgie Porgie
2:23
3-A6The Limp
2:52
3-A7Snug As A Bug In A Rug
2:35
3-A8Liebstraum
3:23
3-A9Fidgety Joe
2:57
3-B1Two Against One
3:00
3-B10Carry Me Back To Old Virginny
2:14
3-B2Some Like It Hot
3:09
3-B3Crazy Rhythm
2:00
3-B4Moonglow
2:57
3-B5Don't Let That Moon Get Away
2:45
3-B6My Blue Heaven
1:36
3-B7I Was Doing All Right
2:17
3-B8I Can't Get Started
2:41
3-B9Old Man Moon
2:16
4-A1Moon Song
3:09
4-A10Rib Town Shuffle
2:46
4-A2Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
2:20
4-A3Rosetta
2:11
4-A4Trompin'
2:46
4-A5You're My Life
2:54
4-A6Hoy Soy
2:33
4-A7Take 'Em
2:24
4-A8Scategoria
2:32
4-A9Rhythm Serenade
2:35
4-B1Music'll Chase Your Blues Away
2:01
4-B2I'll Gather Up My Memories
3:34
4-B3A Fool's Affair
3:34
4-B4Jump, Jack, Jump
2:47
4-B5I Knew A Time
3:05
4-B6Mine You'll Always Be
3:19
4-B7Doin' The Bow Wow
2:44
4-B8Lilla Mae
2:18
5-A1I Like To Riff
2:49
5-A10Jivin' With The Notes
2:01
5-A11Never Mind, Baby
1:45
5-A2On The Sunny Side Of The Street
2:55
5-A3Black Spider Stomp
2:40
5-A4By The River St. Marie
2:25
5-A5Slew Foot Joe
2:14
5-A61-2-3-4
2:09
5-A7Crazy 'Bout Rhythm
2:04
5-A8Off The Beam
2:18
5-A9King Cole Blues
2:07
5-B1I'm A Perfect Fool Over You
2:38
5-B10Nothing Ever Happens
2:35
5-B11What'cha Doin' To My Heart
1:37
5-B2Lovely Little Person
2:23
5-B3Love Me Sooner
2:32
5-B4Sentimental Blue
2:44
5-B5Goin' To Town With Honey
2:21
5-B6Syncopated Lullaby
1:51
5-B7Falling In And Out Of Love
1:50
5-B8Let's Do Things
2:01
5-B9Jumpy Jitters
1:51
6-A1Bedtime
2:45
6-A10Sweet Lorraine
2:57
6-A2Honey Hush
2:18
6-A3French Toast
2:15
6-A4Vine Street Jump
2:43
6-A5B Flat
2:32
6-A6You Send Me
2:11
6-A7Love Is My Alibi
3:13
6-A8Pogo Stick Bounce
2:19
6-A9Whatcha' Know, Joe?
2:36
6-B1Honeysuckle Rose
2:34
6-B10Ode To A Wild Clam
2:26
6-B2Gone With The Draft
2:44
6-B3This Side Up
2:49
6-B4Jumpin' With The Mop
2:26
6-B5Jam Man
2:05
6-B6Let's Try Again
3:05
6-B7Fudge Wudge
3:51
6-B8Smokey Joe
1:58
6-B9Windy City Boogie Woogie
2:26
7-A1Let's Try Again
3:10
7-A2Whatcha' Know, Joe?
2:12
7-A3Lazy River
1:46
7-A4Georgia On My Mind
2:45
7-A5Rockin' Chair
3:13
7-A6A Little Jive Is Good For You
3:41
7-A7You've Changed
3:05
7-B1Babs
2:27
7-B2Scotchin' With The Soda
2:35
7-B3Slow Down
3:09
7-B4Early Morning Blues
2:46
7-B5The Romany Room Is Jumpin'
2:30
7-B6This Will Make You Laugh
3:14
7-B7Stop! The Red Light's On
2:39
7-B8Hit The Ramp
3:21
7-B9I Like To Riff
2:48
8-A1Call The Police
3:05
8-A2Are You Fer It?
3:08
8-A3That Ain't Right
3:14
8-A4Hit That Jive, Jack
2:59
8-A5Indiana
4:53
8-A6I Can't Get Started
4:55
8-B1Tea For Two
4:47
8-B2Body And Soul
5:13
8-B3Vom, Vim, Veedle
3:02
8-B4All For You
3:28
8-B5Hip Hop Hurray
2:24
8-B6I Know That You Know
2:10
8-B7I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
3:44
9-A1Pitchin' Up A Boogie
3:14
9-A2I'm Lost
3:19
9-A3Beautiful Moons Ago
2:27
9-A4Let's Spring One
2:43
9-A5Slender, Tender, And Tall
2:06
9-A6I've Found A New Baby
4:44
9-A7Rosetta
5:10
9-B1Sweet Lorraine
4:56
9-B2I Blowed And Gone
4:47
9-B3Solid Potato Salad
2:07
9-B4F.S.T. (Fine, Sweet & Tasty)
3:07
9-B5Got A Penny
2:37
9-B6Let's Pretend
3:18
9-B7My Lips Remember Your Kisses
3:11
9-B8I'm An Errand Boy For Rhythm
1:51
9-B9Straighten Up And Fly Right
2:45

Notes

*Released in partnership with the Nat King Cole estate. *Large-scale collection of the pivotal early recordings (1936-1943) of Nat’s 29-year recording career. *10-LP 180g, limited edition box set of hand numbered 3000 copies. *Features new remastering from original source disks transferred for this set from a number of personal collections and from archives of various institutions and universities. *Most tracks are receiving their first official release in this meticulously restored set of orig