1968 Reader's Digest Vinyl Records 33 RPM Collector's Edition The Great Band Era

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1968 Reader's Digest Vinyl Records 33 RPM Collector's Edition The Great Band Era.
Condition is Near Mint.  

Vinyl Albums, Purchased, Opened, Never Played, Near Mint Condition.  Each record is in its own numbered sleeve inside a box type cover. Absolutely Near Mint MUST SEE! A must for the true collector of vinyl albums. Looks like nothing was ever opened like new but not sealed! 

The Great Band Era is a compilation albumfeaturing Swing music from 1936-1945. Reader's Digest releasedthe album in 1965. In 1988, the Recording Industry Association of America certified9 million sales of the album – making it one of the top selling albums everwithin the United States. The album was released as a ten LP album boxset. The album included many swing favorites, as well as new recordings.

The records contain mostly swing standards by major swing bands.It included an entire LP of "theme songs", or song sparticularlyassociated or played exceptionally often by a band. Besides previous swingrecordings, the album also contained some song versions released for the firsttime, including a version of Blues in the Night by Tommy Dorsey and JoStafford.

Tracklist

12 Great Band Theme Songs

A1          –TommyDorsey And His Orchestra          I'mGettin' Sentimental Over You             

A2          –DukeEllington And His Orchestra           TakeThe "A" Train          

A3          –Tony PastorAnd His Orchestra Blossoms            

A4          –GlennMiller Orch.*      Moonlight Serenade       

A5          –CharlieSpivak And His Orchestra            StarDreams       

A6          –Alvino ReyAnd His Orchestra    Nighty Night      

B1          –Artie ShawAnd His Orchestra   Nightmare          

B2          –Swing AndSway With Sammy Kaye*      Kaye's Melody   

B3          –BennyGoodman And His Orchestra       Goodbye             

B4          –CharlieBarnet And His Glen Island Casino Orch.*            MakeBelieve Ballroom 

B5          –LionelHampton And His Orchestra         FlyingHome      

B6          –ClaudeThornhill And His Orchestra        Snowfall             

1936

C1          –BennyGoodman And His Orchestra       ChristopherColumbus   

C2          –TommyDorsey And His Clambake Seven             TheMusic Goes Round And Round              

C3          –GuyLombardo And His Royal Canadians              WhenDid You Leave Heaven?    

C4          –"Fats"Waller & His Rhythm*     All My Life          

C5          –BennyGoodman And His Orchestra       TheseFoolish Things Remind Me Of You

C6          –EddyDuchin And His Orchestra               MoonOver Miami          

1945

D1          –TommyDorsey And His Orchestra          On TheAtchison, Topeka And Santa Fe  

D2          –VaughnMonroe And His Orchestra        There I'veSaid It Again  

D3          –Artie ShawAnd His Orchestra   Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate ThePositive   

D4          –FreddyMartin And His Orchestra            Symphony          

D5          –CharlieSpivak And His Orchestra            It'sBeen A Long Long Time         

D6          –HalMcIntyre And His Orchestra              SentimentalJourney      

1937 Part 1

E1           –BennyGoodman And His Orchestra       Bob White          

E2           –GuyLombardo And His Royal Canadians              ASailboat In The Moonlight        

E3           –BennyGoodman And His Orchestra       A Study InBrown            

E4           –EddyDuchin And His Orchestra               MoonlightAnd Shadows              

E5           –TommyDorsey And His Orchestra          Once InA While

E6           –ShepFields And His Rippling Rhythm Orch.*      GoodnightMy Love        

1944 Part 2

F1           –GlennMiller And His Orchestra               BlueRain            

F2           –EarlHines And His Orchestra     It Had To BeYou             

F3           –HalMcIntyre And His Orchestra              I'mMaking Believe         

F4           –The FourKing Sisters With Male Chorus*            MairzyDoats (And Dozy Doats)  

F5           –SammyKaye And His Orchestra               YouAlways Hurt The One You Love         

F6           –DavidRose & His Orchestra       Poinciana           

1937 Part 2

G1          –TommyDorsey And His Orchestra          DipsyDoodle     

G2          –Hal KempAnd His Orchestra      The Moon Got In MyEyes           

G3          –GuyLombardo And His Royal Canadians              SoRare

G4          –BennyGoodman And His Orchestra       Afraid ToDream              

G5          –RudyVallee And His Connecticut Yankees           Vieni,Vieni        

G6          –GuyLombardo And His Royal Canadians              ThatOld Feeling              

1944 Part 1

H1          –TommyDorsey And His Orchestra          I'll BeSeeing You             

H2          –Sammy KayeAnd His Orchestra               There GoesThat Song Again       

H3          –TonyPastor And His Orchestra Dance With ADolly        

H4          –Tommy DorseyAnd His Orchestra          I Dream Of You 

H5          –VaughnMonroe And His Orchestra        Rum AndCoca-Cola       

H6          –The FourKing Sisters*  San Fernando Valley      

1938 Part 1

I1            –TommyDorsey And His Orchestra          Music,Maestro, Please 

I2            –GuyLombardo And His Royal Canadians              BeiMir Bist Du Schon    

I3            –BennyGoodman And His Orchestra       I Let ASong Go Out Of My Heart              

I4            –ArtieShaw And His Orchestra   I Have Eyes        

I5            –LarryClinton And His Orchestra               HeartAnd Soul 

I6            –Hal KempAnd His Orchestra      I've Got A PocketFull Of Dreams              

1943 Part 2

J1           –Abe LymanAnd His Californians*            For MeAnd My Gal        

J2           –TommyDorsey And His Orchestra          ManhattanSerenade     

J3           –FreddyMartin And His Orchestra            All OrNothing At All       

J4           –GlennMiller And His Orchestra               APink Cocktail For A Blue Lady  

J5           –EnricMadriguera And His Orchestra      Brazil    

J6           –GlennMiller And His Orchestra               It'sAlways You 

1938 Part 2

K1           –BennyGoodman And His Orchestra       The FlatFoot Floogee    

K2           –LarryClinton And His Orchestra               IDouble Dare You           

K3           –JanSavitt And His Top Hatters  You Go To MyHead       

K4           –OzzieNelson And His Orchestra               SaysMy Heart   

K5           –LarryClinton And His Orchestra               MyReverie        

K6           –TommyDorsey And His Clambake Seven             YouMust Have Been A Beautiful Baby     

1943 Part 1

L1           –SammyKaye And His Orchestra               TakingA Chance On Love            

L2           –GlennMiller And His Orchestra               MoonlightMood             

L3           –AlvinoRey And His Orchestra    Dearly Beloved 

L4           –TeddyPowell And His Orchestra              Let'sGet Lost    

L5           –GlennMiller And His Orchestra               ThatOld Black Magic     

L6           –FreddyMartin And His Orchestra            WarsawConcerto           

1939 Part 1

M1         –TommyDorsey And His Orchestra          BlueOrchids      

M2         –Les BrownAnd His Orchestra    Don't Worry 'Bout Me   

M3         –TommyDorsey And His Orchestra          Our Love            

M4         –Freddy MartinAnd His Orchestra            Scatter-Brain     

M5         –SkinnayEnnis And His Orchestra             Wishing               

M6         –Hal KempAnd His Orchestra      Sunrise Serenade            

1942 Part 2

N1          –GlennMiller And His Orchestra               SerenadeIn Blue             

N2          –FreddyMartin And His Orchestra            Jingle,Jangle, Jingle       

N3          –TommyDorsey And His Orchestra          Blues InThe Night          

N4          –VaughnMonroe And His Orchestra        When TheLights Go On Again    

N5          –Alvino ReyAnd His Orchestra    Strip Polka         

N6          –VaughnMonroe And His Orchestra        Tangerine           

1939 Part 2

O1          –Artie ShawAnd His Orchestra   Do I Love You    

O2          –ZiggyElman & His Orchestra      And TheAngels Sing       

O3          –BunnyBerigan & His Orchestra I Cried ForYou  

O4          –TommyDorsey And His Orchestra          HeavenCan Wait            

O5          –GlennMiller And His Orchestra               TheLamp Is Low             

O6          –Sammy KayeAnd His Orchestra               TheUmbrella Man          

1942 Part 1

P1           –ArtieShaw And His Orchestra   I Don't Want ToWalk Without You          

P2           –TommyDorsey And His Orchestra          SleepyLagoon  

P3           –AlvinoRey And His Orchestra    Deep In The HeartOf Texas        

P4           –EarlHines And His Orchestra     Skylark 

P5           –FreddyMartin And His Orchestra            RoseO'Day        

P6           –GlennMiller And His Orchestra               MoonlightCocktail         

1940 Part 1

Q1          –GlennMiller And His Orchestra               BlueberryHill    

Q2          –CharlieBarnet And His Orchestra            AllThis And Heaven Too              

Q3          –BobChester And His Orchestra We Three (MyEcho, My Shadow And Me)            

Q4          –GrayGordon And His Tic-Toc Rhythm    FerryboatSerenade        

Q5          –TommyDorsey And His Orchestra          FoolsRush In (Where Angels Fear To Tread)              

Q6          –VaughnMonroe And His Orchestra        There I Go          

1941 Part 2

R1          –CharlieBarnet And His Orchestra            I HearA Rhapsody           

R2          –Sammy KayeAnd His Orchestra               Daddy   

R3          –GlennMiller And His Orchestra               ChattanoogaChoo Choo              

R4          –FreddyMartin And His Orchestra            TheHut-Sut Song            

R5          –GlennMiller And His Orchestra               IGuess I'll Have To Dream The Rest         

R6          –Hal KempAnd His Orchestra      It All Comes BackTo Me Now    

1940 Part 2

S1           –ArtieShaw And His Orchestra   Frenesi 

S2           –LarryClinton And His Orchestra               TheNearness Of You     

S3           –GlennMiller And His Orchestra               WoodpeckerSong          

S4           –TommyDorsey And His Orchestra          Imagination       

S5           –BobChester And His Orchestra With The WindAnd The Rain In Your Hair            

S6           –GlennMiller And His Orchestra               SierraSue           

1941 Part 1

T1           –GlennMiller And His Orchestra               Perfidia

T2           –TommyDorsey And His Orchestra          Dolores

T3           –ArtieShaw And His Orchestra   This Time TheDreams On Me    

T4           –JanSavitt And His Top Hatters  The Things ILove            

T5           –TommyDorsey And His Orchestra          You AndI           

T6           –XavierCugat And His Orchestra               Yours(Quiereme Mucho)