Nat King Cole Love Is The Thing + Very Thought of You ( 2LP )

Release date: 30-09-2018 (Originally released in 1957/1958 )

2018 EU reissue 2LP (from Two Original Albums + Bonus Tracks  )

Love is the Thing for twelve ballads of heavenly strings orchestrated by the distinctive Gordon Jenkins, sympathetically backing the intimately expressive and supremely musical voice of the incomparable Nat "King" Cole. Featuring such legendary classics as "Stardust" and "When I Fall In Love," Love Is The Thing topped the charts upon its release, is among its era's finest, most stylistically defining recordings of popular music and continues to enchant listeners to this day.

Nat "King" Cole and arranger Gordon Jenkins followed their hit album Love Is The Thing with The Very Thought Of You, foraging further into romantic and sensual bliss and creating the audio equivalent of a distillation of romantic ardor in a bottle. The sixteen ballads of The Very Thought Of You, each with their own euphoric tinge, include the title track "The Very Thought of You," "For All We Know," "Paradise," and "But Beautiful." Again orchestrated with the heavenly strings of the distinctive Gordon Jenkins, sympathetically backing the intimately expressive and supremely musical voice of the incomparable Nat "King" Cole, the result again stands among its era's finest, most stylistically defining recordings of popular music and continues to enchant listeners to this day.

Tracks:
LP1: ( Love is the Thing )
A1 When I Fall In Love 3:09
A2 Stardust 3:13
A3 Stay As Sweet As You Are 2:58
A4 Where Can I Go Without You 2:57
A5 Maybe It's Because I Love You Too Much 2:49
A6 Love Letters 2:47
B1 Ain't Misbehavin' 3:16
B2 I Thought About Marie 3:03
B3 At Last 2:58
B4 It's All In The Game 3:05
B5 When Sunny Get's Blue 2:46
B6 Love Is The Thing 3:03
B7 An Affair To Remember (bonus track) 3:02
B8 Fascination (bonus track) 2:30

LP2:( The Very Thought Of You )
C1 The Very Thought Of You 3:49
C2 But Beautiful 3:27
C3 Impossible 3:09
C4 "I Wish I Knew 3:14
C5 I Found A Million Dollar Baby (In A Five & Ten Cent Store) 2:51
C6 Magnificent Obsession 3:54
C7 My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart) 4:13
D1 Paradise 3:14
D2 This Is All I Ask 4:30
D3 Cherie, I Love You 3:30
D4 Making Believe You're Here 3:39
D5 Cherchez La Femme 2:40
D6 For All We Know 3:16
D7 The More I See You 3:26
D8 Morning Star (bonus track) 2:14