Straighten Up And Fly Right
Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 2:13 am
I've been struggling to find really good sounding releases of this song, especially the original Nat King Cole version. Does anyone have any recommendations?
Cheers Russell. Love the "Girls from Mars" CD - super cool modern small group swing - just downloaded the whole albumrussell wrote:Good Nat King Cole version on this collection:
http://www.amazon.com/Definitive-Nat-Ki ... 189&sr=1-1
I like the version by Girls From Mars:
http://www.amazon.com/Planet-Swing-Girl ... 373&sr=1-1
Also like "cool" version by Australian jazz singer Vince Jones:
http://www.amazon.com/All-Colours-Vince ... ep_wlb_dpt
Sounds nice, but it's the later version. I'm really hunting the more energetic original (recorded in 1943 I think). This one is 2m 37secs, the original is 2m 27.Balboa Chris wrote:Re a Nat King Cole version...
I downloaded the version from the album "It's Only A Paper Moon" from Amazon, but that's no longer available by the looks of things
However, this sample sounds nice and clean...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Straighten-Righ ... 228&sr=1-2
Good album.julius wrote:If you aren't super picky, give a listen to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/With_Respect_to_Nat
This is the only album (that I know of) where Oscar Peterson sings. Apparently he didn't do it very often because his voice sounds EXACTLY like Nat King Cole, and I am not exaggerating one bit.
Along the same lines . . .Haydn wrote:Cheers Russell. Love the "Girls from Mars" CD - super cool modern small group swing - just downloaded the whole album