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The Best of Glenn Miller
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Track Listing
- In The Mood
- American Patrol
- String Of Pearls
- Tuxedo Junction
- Take The 'A' Train
- King Pavior Stomp
- Sun Valley Jump
- Old Black Magic
- Rhapsody In Blue
- I Got Rhythm
- Brown's Little Jug
- Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree
- I've Got A Girl In Katamazoo
- Pennsylvania 6 5000
- Chattanooga Choo Choo
- Beat Me Daddy Eight To The Bar
- St Louis Blues
- Georgia On My Mind
- In A Sentimental Mood
- Moonlight Serenade
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1496 in Music
- Released on: 2003-02-05
- Number of discs: 1
- Dimensions: .20 pounds
Customer Reviews
A Big Disappointment
I have loved the Glenn Miller 'sound' since first hearing it over fifty years ago. As my only recordings were on two 45rpm EPs - I recently bought this particular CD from the many that are available.
Big mistake.
Although the twenty tracks include the most memorable Glenn Miller numbers, the audio quality leaves much to be desired.
In fact, the tracks on the CD sound as though they have been recorded directly from a vinyl LP! This is particularly evident on String of Pearls, Tuxedo Junction and Little Brown Jug - where the background 'hiss' is very noticable.
I am now in the process of looking at other CDs, in the hope that I will be able to find one that will do justice to the Miller Sound.
We Are Still Of The Age.
Glenn Miller was a wartime orchestra leader who died in a mysterious airoplane crash, which is explained in the DVD documentary 'Glenn Miller's Last Flight' (*recommended). So, born in 51 as I was, his genre of music was more in tune with my parent's generation, but it overspilled, and we heard quite a lot of it via 78's and the wonderfully drawling James Stewart playing his role in 'The Glenn Miller Story' which seemed to be on TV back then quite often (now also on DVD!)
So, even though the music was cringeworthy as far as our peer's were concerned, (we wouldn't have been 'Hip' in the mid-60's if they knew we held a light for Glenn Miller!), but in all honesty, some of his music gave you the old adrenaline rush / backbone shiver, nevertheless.
Then we went to see a band named The Rat Pack recently at our local live venue, and along with Rat Pack songs, they played a selection of Glenn Miller's music, too. Call it getting older, call it nostalgia, call it what you like, and these days, if my freinds and family see a Glenn Miller CD in my rack, well, I'll own up to it. I ENJOY his music, I don't care, it's a bit different to what I listen to usually, and a change is as good as a rest as they say. And coupled with the nostalgia, the music seems to time-slip you back to the days when you listened to it with Mum & Dad there in your youth, and it was only being petulant that made us say we didn't enjoy it back then, because in actual fact, we did!
Glen Miller at his best
I downloaded this album. It worked very easily and the (double) album has all the Glen Miller hits and much more. I recommend this album for anyone who likes Glen's music.
