78 RPM - Nat "King" Cole - The Greatest Inventor (Of Them All) / Mona Lisa - Capitol - USA

78 RPM Record

Artist:	Nat "King" Cole
Label:	Capitol
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	1010
Date:	15 May 1950
Format:	10"
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	13 Own, 2 Want
Price Guide:	$63
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PRICE GUIDE

$63

Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	Nat "King" Cole	The Greatest Inventor (Of Them All)	Ruby Raksin, Dok Stanford	Rate
B	Nat "King" Cole	Mona Lisa	Jay Livingston, Ray Evans	Rate

Notes

A: Nat "King" Cole And His Trio with The Les Baxter Chorus.
B: Nat "King" Cole with Orchestra Conducted by Les Baxter. From the Paramount Picture "Capt. Carey U.S.A.".

A mx: 5665, take 4.
B mx: 5664, take 2.
Recorded at the Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, CA, March 11, 1950.

Gus Levene, Nelson Riddle and Les Baxter were listed as arrangers for the session, but there is some confusion as to who arranged what. Possibly produced by Lou Busch.

Billboard, May 20, 1950, page 34: Record Reviews.

"Mona Lisa" debuted on the Billboard charts on June 10, 1950. Peaked at #1.

Also issued on 45 RPM as F1010.

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Comments and Reviews


xiphophilos 29th Aug 2021		A side: B side:



fredhoyt 28th Apr 2020		Added commercial record label scans that (almost) match the promo scans -- one small difference is that the "B" Track ("Mona Lisa") went from a "Vocal Group" to "Vocal" I wonder if "Mona.." was already getting more recognition?



W.B.lbl 12th Feb 2013		And of course "Mona Lisa" became one of Nat "King" Cole's signature hits . . . whereas only die-hard Cole fans seem to wax nostalgic over "The Greatest Inventor (Of Them All)."



fixbutte 12th Feb 2013		It's interesting to know that Capitol Records designated their A-sides "Y" and their B-sides "Z" in these years (mid-1947 to Oct 1951), so "Mona Lisa" (with the Orchestra) actually was the B-side whereas "The Greatest Inventor" (with the familiar Trio) was the A-side. This one was also reviewed in the first place in the Billboard review of May 20, 1950 ("Mona Lisa" got slightly better ratings though: 87 of 100, compared to 86 of 100 for the A-side).