℗ 2020 UMG Recordings; A Motown Records Release This Compilation
| Released | November 1, 1965 |
| Duration | 35m 53s |
| Record Label | UNI/MOTOWN |
| Genre | R & B |
A Tribute To The Great Nat King Cole
Marvin Gaye
Available in 192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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1.1
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Nature Boy
Marvin Gaye |
2:49 | |||
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1.2
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Ramblin Rose
Marvin Gaye |
2:50 | |||
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1.3
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Too Young
Marvin Gaye |
3:47 | |||
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1.4
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Pretend
Marvin Gaye |
2:53 | |||
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1.5
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Straighten Up And Fly Right
Marvin Gaye |
2:22 | |||
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1.6
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Mona Lisa
Marvin Gaye |
3:01 | |||
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1.7
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Unforgettable
Marvin Gaye |
3:40 | |||
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1.8
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To The Ends Of The Earth
Marvin Gaye |
2:18 | |||
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1.9
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Sweet Lorraine
Marvin Gaye |
2:47 | |||
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1.10
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It's Only A Paper Moon
Marvin Gaye |
2:25 | |||
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1.11
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Send For Me
Marvin Gaye |
2:57 | |||
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1.12
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Calypso Blues
Marvin Gaye |
4:04 |
It was on Monday, 15 February 1965 when the popular American singer and pianist Nat King Cole fatally succumbed to lung cancer. He was just 45 years old. His passing would be commemorated later that year, on 1 November, by a tribute album from a young man – then a rising star of Motown – who himself would also perish prematurely in his mid-40s. His name was Marvin Gaye.
Gaye was 26 when he went into Motown’s Hitsville studios in Detroit to pay his musical respects to one of his singing idols. By then, the young singer had already notched up two US R&B No.1s (‘I’ll Be Doggone’ and ‘Ain’t That Peculiar’) as well as a string of other chart entries. His career was in the ascendant, and the thinking behind recording an album devoted to songs associated with Nat King Cole was not only to doff his cap to a musician whom he greatly admired, but also to show another side of his musical personality and, more importantly – at least from Motown’s perspective – gain a valuable foothold in America’s lucrative supper club market.
192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – UNI/MOTOWN Studio Masters
Tracks 1-12 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
Tracks 1-12 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.29 -0.29 to -0.29 | -14.53 -15.54 to -13.28 | -11.80 -13.00 to -10.80 | 9 9 to 10 | |
| 1 | Nature Boy | -0.29 | -14.70 | -12.0 | 9 |
| 2 | Ramblin Rose | -0.29 | -14.50 | -11.8 | 10 |
| 3 | Too Young | -0.29 | -14.41 | -11.7 | 9 |
| 4 | Pretend | -0.29 | -15.51 | -13.0 | 10 |
| 5 | Straighten Up And Fly Right | -0.29 | -14.20 | -11.0 | 10 |
| 6 | Mona Lisa | -0.29 | -14.36 | -11.3 | 9 |
| 7 | Unforgettable | -0.29 | -15.15 | -12.3 | 9 |
| 8 | To The Ends Of The Earth | -0.29 | -13.49 | -10.8 | 9 |
| 9 | Sweet Lorraine | -0.29 | -14.55 | -11.8 | 9 |
| 10 | It's Only A Paper Moon | -0.29 | -13.28 | -10.9 | 9 |
| 11 | Send For Me | -0.29 | -15.54 | -12.9 | 10 |
| 12 | Calypso Blues | -0.29 | -14.68 | -12.1 | 10 |