This 4-CD set features the big hits you would have heard topping the charts of the Hit Parade or playing on the malt shop jukebox during the 1940s and ‘50s. Magnificent musical memories that can transport you back to a simpler, more innocent time. These are the swing bands and emerging star vocalists that ruled the airwaves and even found the spotlight in Broadway and Hollywood productions.

CONDITION: Gently Used
CDs and jewel case are in very good shape.
Booklet is in fine condition (See scans above).

Collected here are the crooners, the kings of swing, the first ladies of jazz and pop, and the early rock 'n' rollers. Put on any of these four discs and it will indeed seem like old times as you travel through a sonic time-machine courtesy of Reader's Digest.

Songs include familiar favorites like: Blue Skies, In the Mood, Stardust, It Had to Be You, Stormy Weather, As Time Goes By, Sentimental Journey, The Twelfth of Never, and the iconic Seems Like Old Times. But there are also several hidden gems like a never-released duet called “Ain’t a Hankerin’” by Bob Hope and Rosemary Clooney. (See complete tracklist on the scan above).

- 76 tracks in total, performed by the original artists.
- Big Bands and the leaders who may them famous plus the vocalist that blew audiences away.
- Comes with a 32-page Listener’s Guide - with detailed notes on the performers and each song.

Produced by the editors at Reader’s Digest in a special deal with BMG Special Products, this box set was originally available only by mail-order - and was priced over $50. Pick it up here at a bargain price.

Seems Like Old Times – Timeless Hits from the ‘40s and ‘50s
4 CD – 76 timeless / nostalgic hits
Reader’s Digest Music - 2004


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