Natalie Cole

Natalie Cole at the Java Jazz Festival in 2014, one of her last performances.

 On a Facebook group I help run, we had a request for Natalie Coles 1985 album Dangerous, released on Stevie Nicks's solo label Modern Records. It was overlooked at the time, and both ladies were dealing with addiction at the time. While the label is still a legal entity for its founders own work, it's unclear if the album is owned by the label, Warner Music Group (who would later sign Cole at Elektra), or her estate. There are other albums that have yet to be reissued, even though they sold more copies and had hit singles in the charts like "Pink Cadillac" and "Miss You Like Crazy". While the albums predecessor I'm Ready was reissued before she passed, its successors Everlasting and Good to Be Back haven't since the original Elektra releases were acquired by Craft Recordings at indie powerhouse Concord, which took over other former Warner masters, which I mentioned in the post on Coles former Elektra stablemate Anita Baker. That label bought those two late '80s albums, which were from a brief return to Coles fathers old label Capitol through subsidiaries Manhattan and EMI USA respectively. It may have been because of the parent companies purchase of Chrysalis and Virgin that Elektra got those. They were included in the 5 CD budget boxed set collection Original Album Series with Unforgettable with Love, Take a Look and Stardust, which is now out of print. However, I did look on Amazon Music, and Craft have those two albums from 1987-89, while Dangerous is an anomaly they could look into. Natalie Cole is missed dearly by fans around the world.