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| Artist: Glenn Miller
Label: Proper Box UK
Category: Music
List Price: $28.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 49371
Format: Box Set, Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 4
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 5 x 2
UPC: 604988992328
EAN: 0604988992328
ASIN: B00005K3N2
Release Date: May 28, 2001
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Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: BRAND NEW Factory Sealed - Ready to be shipped within 24 hrs from California - Average 5 workdays delivery time - Excellent customer service - Buy with confidence!
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Disc 1
| • | King Porter Stomp - Glenn Miller, Morton, Jelly Roll | | • | And the Angels Sing - Glenn Miller, Elman, Ziggy | | • | Moonlight Serenade - Glenn Miller, Miller, Glenn [1] | | • | The Lady's in Love With You - Glenn Miller, Lane, Burton | | • | Wishing (Will Make It So) - Glenn Miller, DeSylva, Buddy | | • | Sunrise Serenade - Glenn Miller, Carle, Frankie | | • | Little Brown Jug - Glenn Miller, Finegan, Bill | | • | But It Didn't Mean a Thing - Glenn Miller, David, Mack | | • | Pavanne - Glenn Miller, Gould, Morton | | • | Runnin' Wild - Glenn Miller, Gibbs, Arthur | | • | Stairway to the Stars - Glenn Miller, Parish, Mitchell | | • | Blue Evening - Glenn Miller, Bishop, Joe | | • | We Can Live on Love (We Haven't Got a Pot to Cook In) - Glenn Miller, Dubin, Al | | • | Moon Love - Glenn Miller, David, Mack | | • | Sliphorn Jive - Glenn Miller, Durham, Eddie | | • | Oh! You Crazy Moon - Glenn Miller, Burke, Johnny | | • | Ain't Cha Comin' Out? - Glenn Miller, Kalmar, Bert | | • | Wanna Hat With Cherries - Glenn Miller, Carringer, Jo | | • | Pagan Love Song - Glenn Miller, Brown, Nacio Herb | | • | Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead - Glenn Miller, Arlen, Harold | | • | Over the Rainbow - Glenn Miller, Arlen, Harold | | • | The Man With the Mandolin - Glenn Miller, Cavanaugh, James | | • | Blue Orchids - Glenn Miller, Carmichael, Hoagy | | • | Glen Island Special - Glenn Miller, Durham, Eddie | | • | Farewell Blues - Glenn Miller, Mares, Paul |
Disc 2
| • | In the Mood - Glenn Miller, Garland, Joe | | • | My Isle of Golden Dreams - Glenn Miller, Blaufuss, Walter | | • | My Prayer - Glenn Miller, Kennedy, Jimmy | | • | Blue Moonlight - Glenn Miller, Suesse, Dana | | • | Bluebirds in the Moonlight - Glenn Miller, Rainger, Ralph | | • | Indian Summer - Glenn Miller, Dubin, Al | | • | Johnson Rag - Glenn Miller, Hall, Guy | | • | Careless - Glenn Miller, Quadling, Lou | | • | It's a Blue World - Glenn Miller, Forrest, George | | • | When You Wish Upon a Star - Glenn Miller, Harline, Leigh | | • | The Rhumba Jumps! - Glenn Miller, Carmichael, Hoagy | | • | Stardust - Glenn Miller, Carmichael, Hoagy | | • | Rug Cutter's Swing - Glenn Miller, Henderson, Horace | | • | The Woodpecker Song - Glenn Miller, Adamson, Harold | | • | Tuxedo Junction - Glenn Miller, Johnson, Buddy | | • | Danny Boy (Londonderry Air) - Glenn Miller, Weatherly, Frederic | | • | Imagination - Glenn Miller, Burke, Johnny | | • | Shake Down the Stars - Glenn Miller, DeLange, Eddie | | • | Polka Dots and Moonbeams - Glenn Miller, Burke, Johnny | | • | Say It - Glenn Miller, Loesser, Frank | | • | April Played the Fiddle - Glenn Miller, Burke, Johnny | | • | Fools Rush In - Glenn Miller, Bloom, Rube | | • | Slow Freight - Glenn Miller, Ram, Buck | | • | Pennsylvania 6-5000 - Glenn Miller, Finegan, Bill | | • | Bugle Call Rag - Glenn Miller, Meyers, Billy |
Disc 3
| • | The Nearness of You - Glenn Miller, Carmichael, Hoagy | | • | Mister Meadowlark - Glenn Miller, Donaldson, Walter | | • | My Blue Heaven - Glenn Miller, Donaldson, Walter | | • | When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano - Glenn Miller, Rene, Leon | | • | Blueberry Hill - Glenn Miller, Lewis, Al [1] | | • | Be Happy - Glenn Miller, Battle, Edgar | | • | Five O'Clock Whistle - Glenn Miller, Gannon, Kim | | • | Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar - Glenn Miller, Prince, Hughie | | • | Make Believe Ballroom Time - Glenn Miller, Block, Martin | | • | A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square - Glenn Miller, Maschwitz, Eric | | • | Along the Santa Fe Trail - Glenn Miller, Coolidge, Edwina | | • | Yes, My Darling Daughter - Glenn Miller, Lawrence, Jack | | • | Anvil Chorus, Pts. 1 & 2 - Glenn Miller, Verdi, Guiseppe | | • | Frenesi - Glenn Miller, Dominguez, Alberto | | • | Ida! Sweet as Apple Cider - Glenn Miller, Leonard, Eddie | | • | Song of the Volga Boatmen - Glenn Miller, Traditional | | • | You Stepped Out of a Dream - Glenn Miller, Brown, Nacio Herb | | • | I Dreamt I Dwelt in Harlem - Glenn Miller, Gray, Jerry | | • | Sun Valley Jump - Glenn Miller, Gray, Jerry | | • | The Spirit Is Willing - Glenn Miller, Gray, Jerry | | • | Perfidia - Glenn Miller, Dominguez, Alberto | | • | It's Always You - Glenn Miller, Burke, Johnny | | • | Spring Will Be So Sad (When She Comes This Year) - Glenn Miller, Bonds, Margaret | | • | Boulder Buff - Glenn Miller, Norman, Fred |
Disc 4
| • | Chattanooga Choo Choo - Glenn Miller, Gordon, Mack | | • | The Booglie Wooglie Piggy - Glenn Miller, Jacobs, Roy | | • | I Know Why (And So Do You) - Glenn Miller, Gordon, Mack | | • | You and I - Glenn Miller, Willson, Meredith | | • | Adios - Glenn Miller, Madriguera, Enric | | • | The Kiss Polka - Glenn Miller, Gordon, Mack | | • | Elmer's Tune - Glenn Miller, Albrecht, Elmer | | • | A String of Pearls - Glenn Miller, DeLange, Eddie | | • | Moonlight Sonata - Glenn Miller, Beethoven, Ludwig v | | • | Slumber Song - Glenn Miller, MAcGregor, J.C. | | • | (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover - Glenn Miller, Burton, Nat | | • | Moonlight Cocktail - Glenn Miller, Gannon, Kim | | • | Skylark - Glenn Miller, Mercer, Johnny | | • | When the Roses Bloom Again - Glenn Miller, Burton, Nat | | • | Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me) - Glenn Miller, Brown, Lew | | • | When Johnny Comes Marching Home - Glenn Miller, Gilmore, Patrick S. | | • | American Patrol - Glenn Miller, Meacham, F.W. | | • | (I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo - Glenn Miller, Gordon, Mack | | • | Serenade in Blue - Glenn Miller, Gordon, Mack | | • | At Last - Glenn Miller, Gordon, Mack | | • | Caribbean Clipper - Glenn Miller, Gallop, Sammy | | • | That Old Black Magic - Glenn Miller, Mercer, Johnny | | • | Moonlight Becomes You - Glenn Miller, Burke, Johnny | | • | Juke Box Saturday Night - Glenn Miller, Stillman, Al |
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Album Description
UK budget-priced 4 CD compilation for the big band legend. Featuring 98 tracks including all his most popular tunes of the period. Includes 44 page booklet with his story, discography, session details & many rare photos. The CDs are Moonlight Serenade, In The Mood, Blueberry Hill & Chattanooga Choo Choo. Standard jewel cases houdes in a slip-box. 2001 release.
Album Details
Between 1938 and 1942 Glenn Miller led what was probably the most popular big band of the era. This 4 CD compilation features 98 tracks including Miller' most popular songs and a 44 page booklet with an extensive biography, discography, session details and rare photos.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
Excellent sound quality and great selections November 1, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I've only recently "discovered" that I like Big Band music. We Boomers grew up loving our rock 'n roll and mostly thought of the Glenn Miller Band and others like it as relics of our parents' days in the Depression and World War II. After rap came to the forefront of popular "music", I listened to Classical music exclusively and got very comfortable with the music of Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn, and many others.
Through a series of odd coincidences I tuned in several times to an AM radio station here in Colorado Springs that plays a lot of orchestral and band music from the 30's through the early 60's. To my surprise, I found myself listening to all this stuff from Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, and others.
Lo and behold, I was completely captivated by this delightful music. It's so, well, civilized! It's joyous, lovely, whole-hearted American music from a time when we were truly at our best as a nation. Moreover, it's masterfully constructed, and, in this collection, performed as well as I could have hoped for.
The search began for a good GM collection that "had it all", and I spent a lot of time here on Amazon browsing literally dozens of offerings, listening to samples for hours, and reading many fine, informative reviews. I knew that there was a great variance of opinion about the quality of the audio transfers, and not a few people were very upset about the noise of scratches, pops, and thin, "tinny" reproduction along with an overall loss of full fidelity.
This research by a complete neophyte in the subject material led me to the conclusion that I definitely wanted a collection that had the 18 songs I wanted most, including many of those the band is so well known for. This 4-CD set was the only one that had them, except for one much larger set that costs quite a lot. I got mine through MovieMars, one of the Amazon dealers, and everything was perfect.
This set is ideal in every way. It has superb audio quality with none of the distractions that evidently exist in some other collections. Here, the sound envelope is fully reproduced: you can hear the bass viols clearly without any "muddiness"; the reed instruments are sharp and bright without being shrill and tinny; the brass is clear and mellow, but also bold; the vocals are warm and round with the singers' resonance.
Well, that's the recommendation of an admitted newcomer to all this. Don't wait too long to decide on this collection because I've seen that the availabilities and prices for it fluctuate quite a lot.
Best yet May 14, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is the best collection of Glenn Miller! It doesn't sound "tinny" like so many remastered CDs. The only one you need.
I love this stuff! March 22, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I think I was born in the wrong time! I love this old stuff.
 A wonderful musical document March 12, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This box-set is an wonderful musical document, and an exceptional value for the money. The 40-page booklet of bio, session & discography info makes for pleasant reading while listening. I'm going to enjoy this for a long time. The only minor disappointment was that the compiler was unable to find room for "St. Louis Blues March", a personal favorite & memorable selection from Hollywood's The Glenn Miller Story (1953) -- an excellent film, the DVD of which is also available here on Amazon.
Greatest Collection Ever! March 12, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
If you love Big Band, This set is a must have.! Definitely worth the money!
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