The Golden Age Of Swing

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5CD 4 Cassette 8 LP
Released 1990
Cat No.: W90001WW3/1-5  (W90001WW2/1-4) (W90001WW1/1-8)
RD Code : SWI 276

At a time when most countries and music companies had dropped vinyl, the ever-progressive RD European Office were still programming for LP. So this 8LP set was produced and offered to other editions, ready licensed from BMG and in Cassette and CD versions as well. This not only explained the odd catalogue numbering, but the, by then, very uncomfortable split 'pleasure programming' of the CDs below. The UK picked up this set and issued it 'as was'. Unsurprisingly it wasn't a great success, although musically it contained most jazz-swing standards that anyone could really want. But as it was entirely licensed from a single company, the recordings were not always the best ones, and some ommisions were glaring! The US produced a 4CD set in 2002 of the same name which used many of the same tracks, again licensed from BMG, but with a different running order.

1 - Remembering Those Golden Hits

1 - 1   Goody - Goody - Benny Goodman And His Orchestra (2:27)

1 - 2   Opus No. 1 - Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra (2:57)

1 - 3   Jumpin' At The Woodside - Count Basie Orchestra (3:06)

1 - 4   Hey Ba - Ba - Re - Bop - Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra (3:20)

1 - 5   Muskrat Ramble - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra (2:41)

1 - 6   I Can't Get Started - Bunny Berigan & His Orchestra (4:43)

1 - 7   It Don't Mean A Thing  (If It Sin't Got That Swing) - Duke Ellington And His Orchestra (3:08)

1 - 8   In The Mood - Glenn Miller And His Orchestra (3:32)

1 - 9   Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - The Andrews Sisters (2:43)

1 - 10   Swingin' On A Star - Bing Crosby & John Scott Trotter And His Orchestra (2:30)

1 - 11   Bonaparte's Retreat - Gene Krupa And His Orchestra (3:14)

1 - 12   Body And Soul - Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra (2:59)

1 - 13   Takes Two To Tango - Louis Armstrong (2:56)

1 - 14   12th Street Rag - Sidney Bechet And His New Orleans Feetwarmers (2:59)

2 - The Big Bands' Theme Songs

1 - 15   Take The 'a' Train - Duke Ellington And His Orchestra (2:52)

1 - 16   Blue Flame - Woody Herman And His Orchestra (3:15)

1 - 17   Nightmare - Artie Shaw And His Orchestra (2:47)

1 - 18   Flying Home - Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra (3:12)

1 - 19   Stardreams - Charlie Spivak And His Orchestra (2:57)

1 - 20   I'm Getting Sentimental Over You - Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra (3:32)

1 - 21   Moonlight Serenade - Glenn Miller And His Orchestra (3:20)

1 - 22   One O' Clock Jump - Count Basie Orchestra (3:00)

2 - 1   Let's Dance - Benny Goodman And His Orchestra (2:20)

2 - 2   Cherokee - Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra (3:17)

2 - 3   The Big Dipper - Larry Clinton And His Orchestra (2:57)

2 - 4   Until The Real Thing Comes Along - Andy Kirk And His Clouds Of Joy (3:01)

2 - 5   Snowfall - Claude Thornhill And His Orchestra (2:59)

2 - 6   Until Tomorrow - Sammy Kaye And His Orchestra (3:06)

  

3 - Hear These Great Singers

2 - 7   Gone Fishin' - Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong (2:28)

2 - 8   Tiger Rag - The Mills Brothers (1:45)

2 - 9   On The Sunny Side Of The Street - Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra (3:13)

2 - 10   Lulu's Back In Town - Fats Waller & His Rhythm (2:38)

2 - 11   Chattanooga Choo Choo - Glenn Miller And His Orchestra (3:20)

2 - 12   Blue Champagne - Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra (3:04)

2 - 13   Beat Me, Daddy, Eight To The Bar - The Andrews Sisters (2:49)

2 - 14   Rag Mop - The Ames Brothers (2:38)

2 - 15   I'll Never Smile Again - Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra, Frank Sinatra & The Pied Pipers (3:10)

2 - 16   Skylark - Earl Hines And His Orchestra (3:06)

2 - 17   Shoo - Shoo Baby - The Andrews Sisters (2:50)

2 - 18   The Honeydripper - Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra (2:42)

2 - 19   Amapola - Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra (3:22)

2 - 20   Marie - Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra (3:15)

2 - 21   The Flat Foot Flogee - Louis Armstrong & The Miller Brothers  (3) (2:59)

  

4 - Swingin' The Blues

2 - 22   Blues In The Night - Woody Herman And His Orchestra (3:14)

2 - 23   C - Jam Blues - Duke Ellington And His Orchestra (2:35)

2 - 24   Blow Top Blues - Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra (3:21)

2 - 25   West End Blues - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra (3:07)

3 - 1   St. Louis Blues - The Benny Goodman Quartet (3:24)

3 - 2   Now Or Never - Billie Holiday (3:14)

3 - 3   Blue Again - Duke Ellington And His Orchestra (3:12)

3 - 4   When It's Sleepy Time Down South - Louis Armstrong (3:14)

3 - 5   Basin Street Blues - The Mills Brothers (2:37)

3 - 6   Limehouse Blues - Duke Ellington And His Orchestra (3:11)

3 - 7   Sobbin' Blues - Bunny Berigan & His Orchestra (3:24)

3 - 8   Stormy Monday Blues - Earl Hines And His Orchestra (3:15)

3 - 9   Blue Prelude - Woody Herman And His Orchestra (3:14)

3 - 10   Blue And Sentimental - Count Basie Orchestra (3:06)

  

5 - At The Woodchopper's Ball

3 - 11   At The Woodchopper's Ball - Woody Herman And His Orchestra (3:14)

3 - 12   I'm In A Dancing Mood - Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra (2:47)

3 - 13   Perfidia - Glenn Miller And His Orchestra, Dorothy Claire & The Modernaires (3:18)

3 - 14   Tea For Two  (Cha Cha) - Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra (2:56)

3 - 15   Redskin Rhumba - Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra (2:36)

3 - 16   Bei Mir Bist Du Schon - Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians (2:11)

3 - 17   For Dancers Only - Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra (2:41)

3 - 18   One O' Clock Boogie - Count Basie Orchestra (3:25)

3 - 19   Boogie Woogie Cocktail - Andy Kirk And His Clouds Of Joy (2:09)

3 - 20   Stompin' At The Savoy - Benny Goodman And His Orchestra (3:14)

3 - 21   The Hucklebuck - Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra (2:55)

3 - 22   Blueberry Hill - Glenn Miller And His Orchestra (2:51)

3 - 23   I Got Rhythm - Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra (3:04)

3 - 24   Boogie Woogie - Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra (3:04)

  

6 - In A Sentimental Mood

4 - 1   Serenade In Blue - Glenn Miller And His Orchestra, Ray Eberle & The Modernaires (3:25)

4 - 2   Mood Indigo - Duke Ellington And His Cotton Club Orchestra (3:02)

4 - 3   Stardust - Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra (3:07)

4 - 4   Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra (3:08)

4 - 5   Poinciana  (Song Of The Tree) - David Rose & His Orchestra (3:07)

4 - 6   's Wonderful - Artie Shaw And His Orchestra (3:02)

4 - 7   I'm In The Mood For Love - Louis Armstrong (3:13)

4 - 8   In A Sentimental Mood - Benny Goodman And His Orchestra (3:34)

4 - 9   In The Blue Of Evening - Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra (2:55)

4 - 10   A String Of Pearls - Glenn Miller And His Orchestra (3:10)

4 - 11   It's All Right With Me - The Jonah Jones Quartet (4:30)

4 - 12   Sleepy Serenade - Woody Herman And His Orchestra (3:17)

4 - 13   Goodnight, My Love - Benny Goodman And His Orchestra (3:05)

4 - 14   Auld Lang Syne - Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians (2:07)

  

7 - The Great Hits Of The Swinging '30s

4 - 15   Sing, Sing, Sing  (With A Swing) - Benny Goodman And His Orchestra8:40)

4 - 16   Wizzin' The Wiz - Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra (2:23)

4 - 17   Honeysuckle Rose - R.C.A. Victor All - Stars (3:05)

4 - 18   When The Saints Go Marching In - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra (2:42)

4 - 19   Begin The Beguine - Artie Shaw And His Orchestra (3:12)

4 - 20   Stop Beatin' Round The Mulberry Bush - Count Basie Orchestra (3:02)

5 - 1   South Of The Border - Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians (2:57)

5 - 2   Lullaby Of Broadway - The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (2:45)

5 - 3   The Lady Is A Tramp - Tommy Dorsey And His Clambake Seven (2:54)

5 - 4   King Porter Stomp - Benny Goodman And His Orchestra (3:05)

5 - 5   Rhythm Is Our Business - Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra (3:13)

5 - 6   Oh Lady Be Good - Artie Shaw And His Orchestra (3:05)

5 - 7   Little Brown Jug - Glenn Miller And His Orchestra (2:48)

  

8 - The Great Hits Of The Swinging '40s

5 - 8    (I've Got A Gal In) Kalamazoo - Glenn Miller And His Orchestra, Marion Hutton & The Modernaires (3:12)

5 - 9   Managua, Nicaragua - Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians (3:03)

5 - 10   Day By Day - Bing Crosby, Mel Tormé & The Mel - Tones (2:42)

5 - 11   Paper Doll - The Mills Brothers (2:50)

5 - 12   There Are Such Things - Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra, Frank Sinatra & The Pied Pipers (2:39)

5 - 13   Open The Door, Richard - Count Basie Orchestra (2:40)

5 - 14   Don't Get Around Much Anymore  (Never No Lament) - Duke Ellington And His Orchestra (3:17)

5 - 15   St. James' Infirmary - Artie Shaw And His Orchestra6:19)

5 - 16   Dolores - Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra (2:52)

5 - 17   Where Was I - Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra (3:16)

5 - 18   Bumble Boogie - Freddy Martin And His Orchestra (2:50)

5 - 19   Rhumboogie - The Andrews Sisters (2:35)

5 - 20   Yes Indeed - Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra (3:29)

5 - 21   Amen - Woody Herman And His Orchestra (3:11)