Friday, 1 July 2011

Big Bands/Big Hits (Readers Digest 1972)

With the stardust boxset came this rather nice free bonus LP with some decent versions of sixties hits big band style.Some good tracks on here with an excellent version of spanish flea by duke ellington (with some nice trumpet work from cootie williams) and a great version of music to watch girls by from charlie barnet

TRACKS
  1. Walk Right In - Tex Beneke & His Orchestra
  2. A Man And A Woman - Harry James & His orchestra
  3. Hello Dolly - Tex Beneke & His Orchestra
  4. Georgy Girl - Bob Crosby & His Orchestra
  5. People - Jo Stafford With Paul Weston & His Orchestra
  6. The Windmills Of Your Mind - Freddy Martin & His Orchestra
  7. Last Train To Clarksville - Les Brown & His Band Of Renown
  8. A Walk In The Black Forest - Freddy Martin & His Orchestra
  9. There's A Kind Of Hush - Joe Stafford & Warren Covington With Paul Weston & His Orchestra
  10. Aquarius - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
  11. It Must Be Him - Helen forrest With Harry James & His Orchestra
  12. Spanish Flea - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
  13. Music To Watch Girls By - Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra
  14. I Want To Hold Your Hand - Les Brown & His Band Of Renown
Big Bands/Big Hits

SAMPLE
track 12 - Spanish Flea

3 comments:

Any middle-aged German Witch in Amerika said...

Wow, this is incredible! I don't know what to say - I can't believe they gave that away as Bonus!

(Not meaning that you are lying, of course, I mean, this is so good, it is unbelievable. Ah, you know what I mean...)

The whole set is wonderful!!!

CAPPY said...

Manyu thanks for all your work on this series of albums.

Anonymous said...

Wow thank you for this, I was looking for "It Must Be Him" everywhere and here I found it!