Ramsey Lewis - Hot Dawgit - The Anthology: The Columbia Years

RE-PRESS: CD ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN 2016

• Luxurious 2CD set by the legendary Ramsey Lewis, spanning the award-winning musician, producer and composer’s 17-year tenure with Columbia Records.

• Featuring 37 tracks including all of Ramsey’s charted hits for the label, selected key singles and notable LP cuts drawn from among the eighteen albums he recorded for the label.

This stellar anthology, compiled by SoulMusic Records’ David Nathan with superb notes by reknowed UK writer Charles Waring including extensive quotes from Ramsey himself, with top grade remastering by Nick Robbins, features production work from a range of producers including Ramsey, Larry Dunn, Tom Tom Washington and Bert DeCoteaux. Also included are three tracks from Ramsey’s initial 1984 pairing with song stylist supreme Nancy Wilson as well as full length versions of some of Ramsey’s charted hits including ‘Kufanya Mapenzi’ and ‘Brazilica’.