After Midnight (Nat King Cole album)

After Midnight
Studio album by Nat King Cole
Released	1957 (1957)
Recorded	August–September, 1956
Studio	Capitol, Hollywood[1]
Genre	Jazz
Length	43:41
Label	Capitol
Nat King Cole chronology
This Is Nat King Cole (1957) After Midnight (1957) Just One Of Those Things (1957)

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Source	Rating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

After Midnight is a 1957

1. "Just You, Just Me" (Greer, Klages) – 3:00
2. "Sweet Lorraine" (Burwell, Parish) – 4:33
3. "Sometimes I'm Happy" (Caesar, Youmans) – 4:11
4. "
   Caravan" (Ellington, Mills, Tizol
   ) – 2:45
5. "
   Harburg, Rose
   ) – 3:06
6. "You're Looking at Me" (Troup) – 4:12

LP side B:

1. "Lonely One" (Hambro, Heller) – 3:45
2. "Don't Let It Go to Your Head" (Hadamik, LaVere, Nast) – 3:11
3. "I Know That You Know" (Caldwell, Youmans) – 2:28
4. "Blame It on My Youth" (Levant, Heyman) – 4:06
5. "When I Grow Too Old to Dream" (Hammerstein, Romberg) – 4:33
6. "
   (Get Your Kicks on) Route 66
   " (Troup) – 3:41

At least one source seems to indicate the initial release did not contain "Sometimes I'm Happy (Sometimes I'm Blue)" and "When I Grow Too Old to Dream"^[6][7]

Four 7 inch 45rpm discs release

Disc 1^[8]

A1. "Sometimes I'm Happy (Sometimes I'm Blue)"

B1. "Just You, Just Me"

B2. "When I Grow Too Old to Dream"

Disc 2

C1. "Lonely One"

C2. "I Know That You Know"

D1. "Sweet Lorraine"

Disc 3

E1. "You're Looking At Me"

F1. "Caravan"

F2. "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66"

Disc 4

G1. "It's Only a Paper Moon"

G2. "Don't Let It Go To Your Head"

H1. "Blame It On My Youth"

1987 CD release, The Complete After Midnight Sessions

1. "Just You, Just Me
2. "Sweet Lorraine"
3. "Sometimes I'm Happy (Sometimes I'm Blue)"
4. "Caravan"
5. "It's Only a Paper Moon"
6. "You're Looking at Me"
7. "Lonely One"
8. "Don't Let It Go to Your Head"
9. "I Know That You Know"
10. "Blame It on My Youth"
11. "When I Grow Too Old to Dream"
12. "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66"

Bonus tracks (taken from the same 1956 recording sessions):

13. "I Was a Little Too Lonely (And You Were a Little Too Late)" (Evans, Livingston) – 3:02
14. "You Can Depend on Me" (Carpenter, Dunlap, Hines) – 3:55
15. "What Is There to Say?" (Duke, Harburg) – 3:37
16. "Two Loves Have I" (Murray, Scotto, Trivers) – 2:47
17. "
    Kramer, Whitney
    ) – 3:54

• Nat King Cole – piano, vocals
• John Collins – guitar
• Charlie Harris – bass
• drums
• Willie Smith – alto saxophone on "Just You, Just Me," "You're Looking at Me," "Don't Let it Go to Your Head" and "I Was a Little Too Lonely"
• Harry Edison – trumpet
  on "Sweet Lorraine," "It's Only a Paper Moon," "Route 66," "You Can Depend on Me" and "Candy"
• Juan Tizol – trombone on "Caravan," "Lonely One," "Blame It on My Youth" and "What is There to Say"
• Stuff Smith – violin on "Sometimes I'm Happy," "I Know That You Know," "When I Grow Too Old to Dream" and "Two Loves Have I"
• bongos
  on "Caravan" and "Lonely One"

Release information

• Capitol Records W-782 (33rpm LP)
• Capitol Records EAP-782 (album of four 7 inch 45rpm discs)
• Capitol Records CDP 7 48328 2 (1987 Compact Disc, The Complete After Midnight Sessions)
• Blue Note 20087 (1999 Compact Disc, After Midnight, the Complete Session)
• Analogue Productions CAPP 782 SA (2010 hybrid mono SACD, After Midnight)
• Analogue Productions AAPP 782–45 (2010 45rpm 12 inch LPs (x3), After Midnight)

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