Pre-order link (import):
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004IOP1VC/?tag=imwan-20Tracklisting:
DISC 1
1. SOPHISTICATED LADY (SHE'S A DIFFERENT LADY)
2. QUE SERA, SERA (WHATEVER WILL BE, WILL BE)
3. LOVERS
4. I'M CATCHING HELL (LIVING HERE ALONE)
5. MR. MELODY
6. THIS WILL BE (AN EVERLASTING LOVE)
7. PARTY LIGHTS
8. I'VE GOT LOVE ON MY MIND
DISC 2
9. LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS
10. INSEPARABLE
11. CRY BABY
12. CAN WE GET TOGETHER AGAIN
13. I CAN'T SAY NO
14.SOMETHING'S GOT A HOLD ON ME
15. BE THANKFUL
16. INTRODUCTION/ OUR LOVE
Cover artwork:
* Natalie Cole was riding the crest of a wave as a hitmaker by the time Capitol Records released NATALIE...LIVE! in 1978. The daughter of the legendary Nat King Cole had racked up four best-selling albums and scored four No. 1 R&B hits in the U.S., two of which (“This Will Be” and “I’ve Got Love On My Mind”) were also Top 5 pop hits in the U.S.
* Recorded in two segments, one in August 1977 at the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles, the other in March 1978 at the Latin Casino in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, NATALIE...LIVE! demonstrates Cole’s dynamic and powerful live presence. While she was not raised in gospel music, her marriage to producer and preacher Marvin Yancy had a direct influence on Cole’s approach to music at the time. Tracks like her own “I’m Catching Hell” and “I’ve Got Love On My Mind” became stomp-down sanctified testimonies close in spirit to the recordings of Aretha Franklin, whom Cole identified as a major musical influence.
* In addition to standouts from her own Capitol catalogue (including “Mr. Melody,” “Inseparable,” “Sophisticated Lady” and “I Can’t Say No”), Cole created her own distinctive versions of Doris Day’s “Que Sera Sera,” the Garnet Mimms/Janis Joplin classic “Cry Baby” and Etta James’ “Something’s Got A Hold On Me”. One of the highlight of this 2-CD set is Cole’s rendition of The Beatles’ psychedelic “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds,” given an almost-eight minute soul-ified treatment by the singer.
* NATALIE...LIVE! which featured Cole’s road band (whose line-up included keyboardist and artist in his own right Michael Wycoff) was a Top 10 R&B album in 1978.
* Notes by Soul Music.com founder David Nathan
* NATALIE...LIVE! has been out of print for several years on CD and is much in demand from Cole’s many fans worldwide.
