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- NOTE: Product was used in a photoshoot so the front cover is glued on top of the jewel case. (See cover scans, above).
- There is no booklet with this set

This 4 CD set from Reader's Digest music features nearly 90 songs from more than 15 band leaders and 50 live radio broadcasts – all recorded in the glory days of Big Band music.

See Complete Track Listing Below...

Collected here are some of the most popular big band orchestras of the '30s and '40s, hands down. Digitally re-mastered - with care - to remove surface noise, pops and cracks from the original recordings.

Performers include Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Les Brown, Woody Herman, Artie Shaw, Guy Lombardo and more.

A unique and fun collection, includes radio broadcast elements - like show openings, commentary by announcers and musicians. It's like going back in time to listen to these widely popular radio programs.

Classic songs include: In the Mood, Tuxedo Junction, Night & Day, Woodchopper's Ball, Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition, My Blue Heaven, In the Light of the Silvery Moon, Deep Purple and many more. (See complete track listing below)

This collection was only available by mail-order and is hard-to-find and long out-of-print. Quality produced by Reader's Digest.

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THE BIG BANDS LIVE
A Collector's Edition of Original Broadcast Performances
Reader's Digest Music - 1994
Track Listing

CD #1

01. Glenn Miller / Moonlight Serenade 1:48
02. Glenn Miller / Pennsylvania 6-5000 3:00
03. Glenn Miller / The Lady's iIn Love With You 3:01
04. Glenn Miller / In The Mood 4:48
05. Glenn Miller / Song Of The Volga Boatmen 3:58
06. Glenn Miller / Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood Mama) 4:11
07. Glenn Miller / Tuxedo Junction 5:28
08. Glenn Miller / Farewell Blues 4:34
09. Glenn Miller / Slumber Song 3:01
10. Tommy Dorsey / I'm Getting Sentimental Over You 2:16
11. Tommy Dorsey / Song Of India 2:36
12. Tommy Dorsey / Marie 2:27
13. Tommy Dorsey / I Found A New Baby 5:21
14. Tommy Dorsey / Boogie Woogie 2:40
15. Tommy Dorsey / I'm Getting Sentimental Over You 1:08
16. Jimmy Dorsey / Contrasts 1:14
17. Jimmy Dorsey / This Can't Be Love 3:32
18. Jimmy Dorsey / Amapola 4:29
19. Jimmy Dorsey / Maria Elena 3:11
20. Jimmy Dorsey / Blue Champagne 3:43
21. Jimmy Dorsey / Contrasts


CD #2

01. Harry James / Program Openning 0:33
02. Harry James / I'm Beginning To See The Light 3:22
03. Harry James / Night And Day 3:19
04. Harry James / King Porter Stomp 3:47
05. Harry James / Blueberry Hill 3:14
06. Harry James / Cherry 3:02
07. Harry James / Ciribiribin 1:41
08. Les Brown / Blue Devil Jazz 0:37
09. Les Brown / I Won't Tell A Soul 2:12
10. Les Brown / I Must See Annie Tonight 2:23
11. Les Brown / Is That The Way To Treat A Sweetheart? 2:09
12. Les Brown / All Ashore 2:15
13. Les Brown / Program Cloe 0:40
14. Woody Herman / Blue Flame 1:16
15. Woody Herman / Woodchopper's Ball 5:06
16. Woody Herman / Blue Evening 2:58
17. Woody Herman / Blues On Parade 4:35
18. Woody Herman / Blues In The Night 3:25
19. Woody Herman / Blue Flame 2:09
20. Benny Goodman Sextet / I've Got Rythem 3:20
21. Benny Goodman Sextet / Flying Home 3:15
22. Benny Goodman Sextet / Memories Of You


CD 3

01. Artie Shaw / Nightmare (opening) 1:04
02. Artie Shaw / Star Dust 3:52
03. Artie Shaw / Begin the Beguine 3:41
04. Artie Shaw / Back Bay Shuffle 4:14
05. Arite Shaw / Nightmare (closing) 0:42
06. Russ Morgan / Does Your Heart Beat for Me? 1:02
07. Russ Morgan / Baby Me 2:53
08. Russ Morgan / I've Got a Pocket Full of Dreams 2:53
09. Russ Morgan / The Sheik of Araby 2:05
10. Russ Morgan / You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby 2:37
11. Russ Morgan / You Look Good to Me 2:11
12. Russ Morgan / Billy 2:12
13. Russ Morgan / Does Your Heart Beat for Me? 1:48
14. Bob Crosby / My Blue Heaven 3:05
15. Bob Crosby / You Can't Brush Me Off 2:57
16. Bob Crosby / Sugar Foot Stomp 2:25
17. Bob Crosby / Mairzy Doats 3:06
18. Bob Crosby / South Rampart Street Parade 2:43
19. Bob Crosby / Summertime 1:01
20. Freddie Martin / Bye-Lo-Bye Baby 1:07
21. Freddie Martin / Music, Maestro, Please 2:23
22. Freddie Martin / I Met Her on Monday 2:54
23. Freddie Martin / You Go to My Head 3:45
24. Freddie Martin / Clair De Lune 1:48
25. Freddie Martin / A Touch of Texes 2:58
26. Freddie Martin / Program Closing

CD 4

01. Sammy Kaye - Kaye's Medley 1:09
02. Sammy Kaye - I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen 2:55
03. Sammy Kaye - By The Light Of The Silvery Moon 3:32
04. Sammy Kaye - Why Don't You Fall In Love With Me? 3:07
05. Sammy Kaye - When The Lights Go On Again (All Over The World) 4:07
06. Sammy Kaye - Kaye's Medley 0:58
07. Xavier Cugat - Program Opening 0:26
08. Xavier Cugat - La Rhumba 1:39
09. Xavier Cugat - Perfidia 2:05
10. Xavier Cugat - Talking by Xavier Cugat 0:32
11. Xavier Cugat - Yours (Quiereme Mucho) 2:45
12. Xavier Cugat - Thrill Of A New Romance 2:46
13. Xavier Cugat - Say "SI SI" (Para Vigo Me Voy) 2:36
14. Xavier Cugat - Night Must Fall 0:39
15. Larry Clinton - The Dipsy Doodle 0:41
16. Larry Clinton - Temptation 2:49
17. Larry Clinton - Deep Purple 3:41
18. Larry Clinton - The Big Dipper 3:21
19. Larry Clinton - Cry, Baby, Cry 2:47
20. Larry Clinton - A Study In Brown 2:01
21. Guy Lombardo - Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition 2:52
22. Guy Lombardo - Idaho 2:45
23. Guy Lombardo - Better Not Roll Those Blue, Blue Eyes (At Somebody Else) 2:14
24. Guy Lombardo - Waiting For The Robert E. Lee 2:34
25. Guy Lombardo - Soft Lights & Sweet Music, Goodnight/Sweetheart (Medley) 1:52
26. Guy Lombardo - Auld Lang Syne


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