Nature Boy

[mirage]

I guess you know that Nature Boy was initially recorded as an orchestrated version, but as happened with other songs from ANDHC album, they thought it didn't sound great and played a piano only instead. Don't you have curiosity about how this song would be with more music, with a full orquestra?

 

If it sounds the same as "Prayer" (as Jorge Calandrelli, the man who played the piano on Nature Boy appears credited as the orquestra arranger and conductor on this song) it has to be glorious

 

I saw this posted in another thread by Javito. I never knew this story, so I did some searching and I think I found the orchestra version...

Jorge Calandrelli has an website

 

Now my mind is playing with me, still not sure... but hear for yourself...

 

http://www.jorgecalandrelli.com/

 

menu --> music --> nr 14

 

it's not the whole song, but maybe we can get it by emailing him or something... anybody knows how to get this version as mp3? i only can play it on the site...

 

Nature boy was recorded for the first time by Nat King Cole , Celine says. It closes my album A New Day Has Come. It is Eddy Marnay, my accomplice, who spoke to me about it. I recorded it for voice and piano, accompanied by Jorge Calandrelli, who worked with Frank Sinatra and Barbra Streisand."

"This is the one I had the most kick out of in the studios, Dion says. I could hear the pedal of the piano and the touch of the keys while I was singing. We were following each other. It's the real thing."

" In the listening, we preferred not to add the symphonic orchestration nevertheless very beautiful which was originally foreseen. The original duet gets closer to the purity. I find it magic."

Edited January 21, 2010 at 11:40 AM by mirage

[Titom]

Interesting stuff. But I prefer the album version.

[Frida]

Aw, that's beautiful Thanks for sharing, I had no idea

[Javito]

Mirage!! Thank you so very much for this finding!!

 

I LOOOVE it! The orquestra strings sound so good, I knew it! I didn't even took the time to look for this version because I thought it wasn't anywhere available, but thanks to you that looked for this website, now we know how this sounds, after 8 years!!

 

I will try to contact him, if he has uploaded half the song (2.30 minutes are there!) its possible he doesn't have any inconvenience to give the full version

 

wow its amazing to keep discovering new things about this album, 8 years later. This made my day, thank you again!

[Bumble]

Nice! A bit differenet, not really better though. I prefer the stripped down version.

[Davey84]

I'll listen it asap at home!! I can't stand why they didn't put this version on that Québec Jazz cd last year!!! Sony never ever throws with rare Céline songs!

[luciusbright]

thank you!

didn't know it

this version is nice, but have to say that they made the right decision~

[Javito]

Well I just find the strings section glorious. This played with EQ sound has to be heaven

[davidjag79]

Thanks for posting!! I will check this out ASAP when i get home! =)

 

J'adore Celine!

[mirage]

Mirage!! Thank you so very much for this finding!!

 

I LOOOVE it! The orquestra strings sound so good, I knew it! I didn't even took the time to look for this version because I thought it wasn't anywhere available, but thanks to you that looked for this website, now we know how this sounds, after 8 years!!

 

I will try to contact him, if he has uploaded half the song (2.30 minutes are there!) its possible he doesn't have any inconvenience to give the full version

 

wow its amazing to keep discovering new things about this album, 8 years later. This made my day, thank you again!

 

lol you're welcome, if you didnt post it i never would bothered to look. I never knew this story so a little googling, and there it was!

 

i like both versions, for me the orchestra version gives an whole new feeling to the song. Sweeter, butterflies, birds, sunset...

the piano version for me is a little 'darker'

 

davey you're right they never to such things with rare celine songs :-(

after 8 years... lol and there is so much more out there ;-)

 

I hope he will put the whole orchestra version on it, anyone an idea to have this short clip save as in mp3?

Edited January 21, 2010 at 12:59 PM by mirage

[Fran]

Wow! Sounds good! Can you imagine ANDHC lilke that... Edited January 21, 2010 at 01:09 PM by Fran

[maceta_biloxi]

it doesn't take away the charm of the song, the orchestral arrangement doesn't interfere with the piano at all, sounds very good to me.

[Javito]

Mirage!! Thank you so very much for this finding!!

 

I LOOOVE it! The orquestra strings sound so good, I knew it! I didn't even took the time to look for this version because I thought it wasn't anywhere available, but thanks to you that looked for this website, now we know how this sounds, after 8 years!!

 

I will try to contact him, if he has uploaded half the song (2.30 minutes are there!) its possible he doesn't have any inconvenience to give the full version

 

wow its amazing to keep discovering new things about this album, 8 years later. This made my day, thank you again!

 

after 8 years... lol and there is so much more out there ;-)

 

I hope he will put the whole orchestra version on it, anyone an idea to have this short clip save as in mp3?

 

I'm pretty sure there's much more Someday we will have "Love Still Exists" and "¿Sabes Cómo Es El Amor?" (and maybe some other songs we don't know, hopefully!)

 

I'll do a mp3 in the afternoon

 

it doesn't take away the charm of the song, the orchestral arrangement doesn't interfere with the piano at all, sounds very good to me.

 

Agree with that. They are very different, but any is better than the other. The orchestra doesn't interfere at all with the piano, but gives it a superior feeling, grandious.

 

The album version with only Céline's voice and the piano was a very appropriate for closing the album, but I think this orchestral version sounds better now

[fred]

This was really fun. NB is a true masterpiece, and I love the emotional effect the ANDHC version has on me, mystical yet pure and warm, nostalgic in a way.

 

The orchestra version (no it sounds nowhere like Prayer, but more a a dinner album kind a way a la Streisand's movie album) is nice, but it doesn't sound in sync with Céline. If they were to use it she should had been in the studio together wih most parts of the orchestra to get the real emotion, it feels pasted on, as it is.

 

As much as I'd for her to do an album with all orchestra this track is better the way they ended up choosing - the ANDHC version.

 

When I first started listening to Céline in the 90ies, I was frustrated about how much cheap sounding instruments she was surrounded by. The electric piano seemed to follow her as a shadow. And I couldn't really see why, to me that was an abuse and a mockery to her own genuine instrument. So it is always nice to hear her along with real traditional instruments. Orchestra would do that, but the stripped down version on ANDHC does so too and I have to admit, in this case, in a better way.

 

Thanks for the detective work Robin! Now go fetch LAEE English version and HYEBIL Spanish version, for us please.

 

/fred

[Chin]

I like the version on ANDHC album more

[brunodias_111]

I didn't know about that! Thanks for sharing the information!

 

That's a very beautiful version too.

[Davey84]

it's a very interesting version... but that arragement makes the song very 'busy'.... I love the calmness and real emotion of the ANDHC version... I think they made the right decision! though, this version should have been on that Jazz cd!!

[Timster]

Wow, it's certainly very good, but I have to say I prefer the album version, as Celine's voice + piano = heaven!

[celinesounds]

I like this version too

[anewdayhascome]

I believe that ANDHC, as the album, has stilll many mysteries to discover. This album has been a blockbuster but I think that we haven't listened to the WHOLE material that was underrated! This version of NB is more vivid, the album version is more melancholic. Fingers crossed for the mp3 from this man:)

[SuperLove4Celine]

First, I want to say THANK YOU to the OP for finding this information! Great job!

 

With that said...I would have to say I like both versions equally, but for different reasons. I believe the version on A New Day Has Come fits better with the "flow" of the album. I think an orchestral version would have sounded a bit random and out of place.

 

Perhaps one day the "Orchestral Mix" will surface onto maybe an edition of The Collector's Series series?

 

...Joe...

[neilg]

I am amazed!

 

That was an absolutely wonderful version of the song, and I cannot believe that it's not available!

 

It's so atmospheric.

 

When I hear her singing that song, I can visualize her singing in a 1940s theater.

[Javito]

Thanks for the detective work Robin! Now go fetch LAEE English version and HYEBIL Spanish version, for us please.

 

/fred

 

We shouldn't give up with those, though I think these remain really unreleased and well locked in somewhere

 

it's a very interesting version... but that arragement makes the song very 'busy'.... I love the calmness and real emotion of the ANDHC version... I think they made the right decision! though, this version should have been on that Jazz cd!!

 

Yes Davey, or as b-sides on her ANDHC cd singles, coz that's what they are for (instead of including the ANDHC Christian B Mix or Blue Christmas) But Sony seems to ignore this

[Davey84]

I believe that ANDHC, as the album, has stilll many mysteries to discover.

 

Yup! If I remember well... when I first read about ANDHC they said Céline recorded about 32 songs! Now some have found their way on OH (I believe) but where are the other ones??

 

it's a very interesting version... but that arragement makes the song very 'busy'.... I love the calmness and real emotion of the ANDHC version... I think they made the right decision! though, this version should have been on that Jazz cd!!

 

Yes Davey, or as b-sides on her ANDHC cd singles, coz that's what they are for (instead of including the ANDHC Christian B Mix or Blue Christmas) But Sony seems to ignore this

 

 

yup! but sony rahter waits 15 years to release a special edition with demos

[Javito]

I believe that ANDHC, as the album, has stilll many mysteries to discover.

 

Yup! If I remember well... when I first read about ANDHC they said Céline recorded about 32 songs! Now some have found their way on OH (I believe) but where are the other ones??

 

 

Yep! Count 19 songs including Coulda Woulda Shoulda and All Because Of You. So at least 10 more keep unreleased, if they are not in One Heart

 

But Love Still Exists and ¿Sabes Cómo Es El Amor? would count in that 32 list, or are just versions?

[mirage]

wich songs on OH are for sure left overs off ANDHC?

also found out today that the special edition i have of ANDHC with dvd etc is from Legacy Recordings, the company who also released the special edition of D'eux.

however they did a good job on ANDHC now I think they should included NB ;-)

 

for TC there werent many songs supposed to be on the disc but now somewhere in a vault or something ?

[Javito]

wich songs on OH are for sure left overs off ANDHC?

also found out today that the special edition i have of ANDHC with dvd etc is from Legacy Recordings, the company who also released the special edition of D'eux.

however they did a good job on ANDHC now I think they should included NB ;-)

 

for TC there werent many songs supposed to be on the disc but now somewhere in a vault or something ?

 

We don't know for sure if they used leftovers of ANDHC for One Heart, but still today we have never seen behind the sceness footage of her recoding this album, except for IDAN

Also, some of the recording studios in the credits match with the ones used in ANDHC. This added to the fact that they recycled HYEBIL and SFL for this abum, makes much to think and suspect... like they ran out of new songs or didn't have time to record a new album because Céline was focused on the Las Vegas project... Well after all it looks like the only new song she recorded for this album is IDAN, needing to find a matching song to promote the Chrysler cars? I'm just speculating here of course, but it was all done very weird.

 

The collectors edition of ANDHC released in 2008 could have been much better than what they did. They could have included the 2 new songs of the special edition, and new pictures from the big photoshoot she did for this album, but they didn't do anything about this (they didn't even include Superlove again, after 6 years, and they called this a "collectors edition" ).

 

TC has also unreleased songs, which were supposed to have been released on a special edition of the album in 2008, but again, same story as always

Edited January 21, 2010 at 09:44 PM by Javito

[fred]

wich songs on OH are for sure left overs off ANDHC?

also found out today that the special edition i have of ANDHC with dvd etc is from Legacy Recordings, the company who also released the special edition of D'eux.

however they did a good job on ANDHC now I think they should included NB ;-)

 

for TC there werent many songs supposed to be on the disc but now somewhere in a vault or something ?

Well the ones we know for sure are Sorry For Love (remember someone said they had problems which version they were gonna sue for ANDHC) and Coulda Woulda Shoulda.

 

I do have a strong gut feeling that Forget Me Not, is a ANDHC left over too, since it has the RC-hype over it.

 

EDIT:

Looked at when the tracks were copyrighted, and following were copyrighted BEFORE 2003 when the majority of tracks were copyrighted:

One Heart 2002

Stand By Your Side 2002

Sorry For Love "2003" version 2001

Have You Ever Been In Love 2002

Coulda Woulda Shoulda 2002

Je T'Aime Encore 2002

 

Doesn't mean much, but could give a hint that they were meant for ANDHC (well HYBIL was for sure, and CWS since it was bonus features for single releases or special edition of ANDHC - don't remember).

 

/fred

Edited January 21, 2010 at 10:05 PM by fred

[Davey84]

Yeah fred, I was looking that that too, but EJTAE is copyrighted 2002, but we all know that was recorded after ANDHC was released... I looked at the places where the songs were recorded and I think, over all, there are many new songs! I think all the songs from Echo Beach Studios, Florida are from the same sessions... SBYSI am not sure... it could have been recorded after ANDHC, but it's weird it was recorded in England, which I am not sure of... All the ANHDC songs (give or take) were recorded in Piccolo, Montreal (Quebec), so FMN is definatly a leftover from ANDHC! Like of course SFL, CWS, HYEBIL

 

IDAN

Recorded at Masterplan Studios, Stockholm, Sweden;

Echo Beach Studios, Florida

 

LIAWN

Vocals Recorded at Echo Beach Studios, Florida

© 2003 Maratone AB, admin. by Zomba Music Publishers Ltd.

 

F

Vocals Recorded at Echo Beach Studios, Florida

© 2003 Maratone AB, admin. by Zomba Music Publishers Ltd

 

IHT

Vocals Recorded at Echo Beach Studios, Florida

© 2003 Maratone AB, admin. by Zomba Music Publishers Ltd

 

OH

Recorded at Murlyn Music Studios, Stockholm,

Sweden; Echo Beach Studios, Florida

Vocals recorded by Humberto Gatica

© 2003 EMI Music Publishing Scandinavia AB. All rights for EMI Music

 

SBYS

Recorded at Metrophonic Studios, England ?

© 2002 Seven Peaks Music (ASCAP).

 

N

Recorded at Murlyn Music Studios, Stockholm,

Sweden; Echo Beach Studios, Florida

© 2003 EMI Music Publishing Scandinavia AB. All rights for EMI Music

 

SFL 2003

Vocals Recorded by Humberto Gatica at Piccolo

Studio, Montreal

© 2001 K'Stuff Publishing (BMI) / EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and

 

HYEBIL

Vocals Recorded by Humberto Gatica at Paradise

Sound Studios, FL

© 2002 EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and EMI Music Publishing Scandinavia

 

 

R

Vocal Recorded by Humberto Gatica at Digital Insight, Las Vegas, NV

© 2003 EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Son Of Reverend Bill Music,

 

 

CWS

ead Vocal Recorded at Studio Piccolo,

Montreal, Canada

© 2002 WB Music Corp., Andreas Carlsson Publishing AB (STIM),

and Kristian Lundin Publishing AB (STIM). All rights administered by

WB Music Corp. (ASCAP).

 

FMN

Recorded at Bananaboat Studios, Burbank, CA; Piccolo, Montreal (Quebec); Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA

© 2003 BMG Songs, Inc. and Manuiti L.A. All rights on behalf of Manuiti L.A.

 

IKWLI

Lead Vocals Recorded by Humberto Gatica at

Digital Insight, Las Vegas, NV

Production Coordinator: Marc Russell

© 2003 WB Music Corp., Make It Rock Music, Romanesque Music, and

Annotation Music. All rights administered by WB Music Corp. (ASCAP).

 

EJTAE

Recorded at Studio "Le Bateau-Lune" Paris

© 2002 I.R.G. / Music Addict / Les Editions Musicales Hush-Tone S.E.C.

[mirage]

TC has also unreleased songs, which were supposed to have been released on a special edition of the album in 2008, but again, same story as always

 

didnt knew about that, do you know wich songs to?

 

 

Now go fetch LAEE English version and HYEBIL Spanish version

 

wish it would be just as easy as looking for NB... and I wasnt supposed to really look for that version, just came across his website and clicked some songs haha, even had to search for the orginal because I didnt believe it