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At the time of its initial appearance in 1989, this three-CD set was a significant improvement over any of the compact disc editions of Glenn Miller's music to have made it out before. Not only did its 60 songs offer the proper scope and range to allow one to fully appreciate the depth of Miller's popularity and talent, but this was also part of the CD era's second wave of compilations and remasterings -- in contrast to the boomtown recklessness and corporate ineptitude that had characterized CD reissues in the mid-'80s, producers were now aware that there were gradations in the sound quality of digital masters and room for improvement in the technology. The late Joe Lopes engineered this set to last in the ears of the listener, and producer John Snyder oversaw what was, at the time, one of the finest and most comprehensive CD reissues ever accorded a big-band leader. The brass has bite and the horns and reeds have body, and the entire band is in sharp relief as they hadn't been heard since the early '40s and their last civilian concerts. It has since been supplanted, itself, by other, more recent remastered editions utilizing still better technology, including The Essential Glenn Miller (1995), Platinum Glenn Miller (2003), and The Centennial Collection (2004) -- reducing the noise in the masters even further, among other differences -- but holds up as perhaps the best authorized, large-scale survey of Miller's work other than the 13-disc complete set from BMG. These 60 songs represent a compromise between that set's completeness and the superficiality of 1988's Pure Gold, with its ten songs and minimal annotation.
© Bruce Eder & William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Mitchell Parish, Composer, Lyricist - Joe Lopes, Re-Mastering Engineer - Jay Newland, Re-Mastering Engineer - John Snyder, Producer - Glenn Miller, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) Recorded prior to 1972. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Joe Lopes, Re-Mastering Engineer - Jelly Roll Morton, Composer - John Snyder, Reissue Producer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernardo Cosachev, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally Recorded 1938. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Johnny Mercer, Composer, Lyricist - Joe Lopes, Re-Mastering Engineer - John Snyder, Reissue Producer - Ray Eberle, Vocal - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ziggy Elman, Composer, Lyricist - Bernardo Cosachev, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally Recorded 1939. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Lane, Composer, Lyricist - Loesser, Composer, Lyricist - Tex Beneke, Vocal - Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) Recorded Prior To 1972. All Rights Reserved By BMG Music
Bill Finegan, Arranger - Joe Lopes, Re-Mastering Engineer - John Snyder, Reissue Producer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - J.E. Winner, Composer - Bernardo Cosachev, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally Recorded 1939. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Mack David, Composer, Lyricist - Joe Lopes, Re-Mastering Engineer - Jerry Livingston, Composer, Lyricist - John Snyder, Reissue Producer - Marion Hutton, Vocal - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernardo Cosachev, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally Recorded 1939. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Bill Finegan, Arranger - Mitchell Parish, Composer, Lyricist - Frank Signorelli, Composer, Lyricist - Matt Malneck, Composer, Lyricist - Paul Williams, Reissue Producer - Ray Eberle, MainArtist, Vocal - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Jim Crotty, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally Recorded 1939. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Alan Freed, Composer - NACIO HERB BROWN, Composer - Joe Lopes, Re-Mastering Engineer - John Snyder, Reissue Producer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernardo Cosachev, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally Recorded 1939. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Harold Arlen, Composer, Lyricist - Joe Lopes, Re-Mastering Engineer - John Snyder, Reissue Producer - Ray Eberle, Vocal - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - E.Y. Harbourg, Composer, Lyricist - Bernardo Cosachev, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally Recorded 1939. All rights reserved by BMG Music
AL DUBIN, Composer - Jimmy McHugh, Lyricist - Marion Hutton, MainArtist, Vocal - Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
1939, All Rights Reserved
Joe Lopes, Re-Mastering Engineer - John Snyder, Reissue Producer - Eddie Durham, Composer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernardo Cosachev, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally Recorded 1939. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Chet Forrest, Composer, Lyricist - Bob Wright, Composer, Lyricist - Ray Eberle, Vocal - Glenn Miller, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) Recorded Prior To 1972. All Rights Reserved By BMG Music
Bert Kalmar, Composer, Lyricist - Harry Ruby, Composer, Lyricist - Marion Hutton, Vocal - Ray Eberle, Vocal - Tex Beneke, Vocal - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) Recorded prior to 1972. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music
J. Grey, Composer, Lyricist - Arthur Harrington Gibbs, Composer, Lyricist - Glenn Miller, Conductor, MainArtist - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, AssociatedPerformer - Leo Wood, Composer, Lyricist
Originally Recorded 1939. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Mack David, Composer, Lyricist - Joe Lopes, Re-Mastering Engineer - John Snyder, Reissue Producer - MACK DAVIS, Composer, Lyricist - Ray Eberle, Vocal - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andre Kostelanetz, Composer, Lyricist - Bernardo Cosachev, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally Recorded 1939. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Leon Roppollo, Composer, Lyricist - Joe Lopes, Re-Mastering Engineer - John Snyder, Reissue Producer - Elmer Schoebel, Composer, Lyricist - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Mares, Composer, Lyricist - Bernardo Cosachev, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally Recorded 1939. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Joe Lopes, Re-Mastering Engineer - Gordon Jenkins, Composer, Lyricist - John Snyder, Reissue Producer - Joe Bishop, Composer, Lyricist - Ray Eberle, Vocal - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernardo Cosachev, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally Recorded 1939. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Leo Robin, Lyricist - Ralph Rainger, Composer - Marion Hutton, MainArtist, Vocal - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) Recorded Prior to 1972. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music
Joe Lopes, Re-Mastering Engineer - Frankie Carle, Composer - John Snyder, Reissue Producer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernardo Cosachev, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally Recorded 1939. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Joe Lopes, Re-Mastering Engineer - Johnny Burke, Composer, Lyricist - Jimmy Van Heusen, Composer, Lyricist - John Snyder, Reissue Producer - Ray Eberle, Vocal - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernardo Cosachev, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally Recorded 1939. All rights reserved by BMG Music
DISC 2
Andy Razaf, Composer, Lyricist - Joseph Garland, Composer, Lyricist - Glenn Miller, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
Originally Recorded 1939. All rights reserved by BMG Music
VICTOR HERBERT, Composer, Lyricist - AL DUBIN, Composer, Lyricist - Joe Lopes, Re-Mastering Engineer - John Snyder, Reissue Producer - Ray Eberle, Vocal - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernardo Cosachev, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally Recorded 1939. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Johnny Mercer, Composer, Lyricist - HOAGY CARMICHAEL, Composer, Lyricist - Joe Lopes, Re-Mastering Engineer - John Snyder, Reissue Producer - Marion Hutton, Vocal - Tex Beneke, Vocal - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernardo Cosachev, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally Recorded 1940. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Mitchell Parish, Composer - HOAGY CARMICHAEL, Composer - Joe Lopes, Re-Mastering Engineer - John Snyder, Reissue Producer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernardo Cosachev, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally Recorded 1940. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Johnny Burke, Lyricist - Jimmy Van Heusen, Composer - Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
Recorded Prior to 1972. All Rights Reserved by BMG Entertainment.
Glenn Miller, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erskine Hawkins, Composer - Julian Dash, Composer - William Johnson, Composer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) Recorded Prior to 1972. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music
Joe Lopes, Re-Mastering Engineer - Johnny Burke, Composer, Lyricist - John Snyder, Reissue Producer - Ray Eberle, Vocal - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James V. Monaco, Composer, Lyricist - Bernardo Cosachev, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally Recorded 1940. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Joe Lopes, Re-Mastering Engineer - John Snyder, Reissue Producer - Glenn Miller, Arranger - Chummy MacGregor, Arranger - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Fred E. Weatherly, Composer - Bernardo Cosachev, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally Recorded 1940. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Edgar William Battle, Composer, Lyricist - Joe Lopes, Re-Mastering Engineer - John Snyder, Reissue Producer - Louis Prima, Composer, Lyricist - Marion Hutton, Vocal - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - HENRY NEMO, Composer, Lyricist - Bernardo Cosachev, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally Recorded 1940. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Ned Washington, Composer, Lyricist - HOAGY CARMICHAEL, Composer, Lyricist - Joe Lopes, Re-Mastering Engineer - John Snyder, Reissue Producer - Ray Eberle, Vocal - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernardo Cosachev, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally Recorded 1940. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Walter Donaldson, Composer, Lyricist - Joe Lopes, Re-Mastering Engineer - John Snyder, Reissue Producer - George Whiting, Composer, Lyricist - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernardo Cosachev, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally Recorded 1940. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Johnny Burke, Lyricist - Jimmy Van Heusen, Composer - Ray Eberle, MainArtist, Vocal - Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
Recorded Prior to 1972. All Rights Reserved by BMG Entertainment.
Jack Pettis, Composer, Lyricist - Joe Lopes, Re-Mastering Engineer - John Snyder, Reissue Producer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Meyers, Composer, Lyricist - Elmar Schoebel, Composer, Lyricist - Bernardo Cosachev, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally Recorded 1940. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Bill Finegan, Arranger - Ernie Caceres, Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone - Wilbur Schwartz, Alto Saxophone - Paul Tanner, Trombone - Eric Maschwitz, Composer, Lyricist - Manning Sherwin, Composer, Lyricist - Jack Lathrop, Guitar - Ray Eberle, Vocal - Tex Beneke, Tenor Saxophone - Glenn Miller, Trombone - Chummy MacGregor, Piano - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Al Klink, Tenor Saxophone - Hal McIntyre, Alto Saxophone - Johnny Best, Trumpet - Herman "Trigger" Alpert, Bass - Dale McMickle, Trumpet - Jim Priddy, Trombone - Maurice Purtill, Drums - Frank J. D'Annolfo, Trombone - Zeke Zarchy, Trumpet - Charles Frankhauser, Trumpet
Originally Recorded 1940. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music
Carl Sigman, Composer - Jerry Gray, Composer - Glenn Miller, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) Recorded Prior to 1972. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music
Jack Lawrence, Composer, Lyricist - Joe Lopes, Re-Mastering Engineer - John Snyder, Reissue Producer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernardo Cosachev, Re-Mastering Engineer - Marion Hutton and Band Members, Vocal
Originally Recorded 1940. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Joe Lopes, Re-Mastering Engineer - Jerry Gray, Arranger - John Snyder, Reissue Producer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernardo Cosachev, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally Recorded 1940. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Paula Kelly, Vocal - Harry Warren, Composer, Lyricist - Mack Gordon, Composer, Lyricist - Joe Lopes, Re-Mastering Engineer - John Snyder, Reissue Producer - The Modernaires, Vocal - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernardo Cosachev, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally Recorded 1941. All rights reserved by BMG Music
NACIO HERB BROWN, Composer, Lyricist - Gus Kahn, Composer, Lyricist - Joe Lopes, Re-Mastering Engineer - John Snyder, Reissue Producer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernardo Cosachev, Re-Mastering Engineer - Ray Eberle and The Modernaires, Vocal
Originally Recorded 1941. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Ben Smith, Composer, Lyricist - Jerry Gray, Composer, Lyricist - BUDDY FEYNE, Composer, Lyricist - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Ware, Composer, Lyricist
(P) Recorded Prior To 1972. All Rights Reserved By BMG Music
DISC 3
Jerry Gray, Composer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
Originally Recorded 1941. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Dorothy Claire, MainArtist, Vocal - Alberto Domínguez, Composer - Paul Williams, Reissue Producer - Milton Leeds, Lyricist - The Modernaires, MainArtist, Vocal - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Mike Lipskin, Producer - Jim Crotty, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally Recorded 1941. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Joe Lopes, Re-Mastering Engineer - Jerry Gray, Composer, Lyricist - John Snyder, Reissue Producer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernardo Cosachev, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally Recorded 1941. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Saul Tepper, Composer, Lyricist - Joe Lopes, Re-Mastering Engineer - John Snyder, Reissue Producer - The Modernaires, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - J.c. Macgregor, Composer, Lyricist - Bernardo Cosachev, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally Recorded 1971. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Joe Lopes, Re-Mastering Engineer - Jerry Gray, Composer, Lyricist - John Snyder, Reissue Producer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernardo Cosachev, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally Recorded 1941. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Joe Lopes, Re-Mastering Engineer - John Snyder, Reissue Producer - Sammy Gallop, Composer, Lyricist - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dick Jurgens, Composer, Lyricist - Elmer Albrecht, Composer, Lyricist - Bernardo Cosachev, Re-Mastering Engineer - Ray Eberle and The Modernaires, AssociatedPerformer
Originally Recorded 1941. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Eddie Woods, Composer - Joe Lopes, Re-Mastering Engineer - John Snyder, Reissue Producer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Enric Madriguera, Composer - Bernardo Cosachev, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally Recorded 1941. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Luckeyth Roberts, Composer - KIM GANNON, Lyricist - Jerry Gray, Arranger - Ray Eberle, MainArtist, Vocal - The Modernaires, MainArtist, Vocal - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
Originally Recorded 1941. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Bill Finegan, Arranger - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Joe Lopes, Re-Mastering Engineer - John Snyder, Reissue Producer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernardo Cosachev, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally Recorded 1941. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Paula Kelly, MainArtist, Vocal - Harry Warren, Composer, Lyricist - Mack Gordon, Composer, Lyricist - Jerry Gray, Arranger - Paul Williams, Reissue Producer - Tex Beneke, MainArtist, Vocal - The Modernaires, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Crotty, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally Recorded 1941. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Album review
At the time of its initial appearance in 1989, this three-CD set was a significant improvement over any of the compact disc editions of Glenn Miller's music to have made it out before. Not only did its 60 songs offer the proper scope and range to allow one to fully appreciate the depth of Miller's popularity and talent, but this was also part of the CD era's second wave of compilations and remasterings -- in contrast to the boomtown recklessness and corporate ineptitude that had characterized CD reissues in the mid-'80s, producers were now aware that there were gradations in the sound quality of digital masters and room for improvement in the technology. The late Joe Lopes engineered this set to last in the ears of the listener, and producer John Snyder oversaw what was, at the time, one of the finest and most comprehensive CD reissues ever accorded a big-band leader. The brass has bite and the horns and reeds have body, and the entire band is in sharp relief as they hadn't been heard since the early '40s and their last civilian concerts. It has since been supplanted, itself, by other, more recent remastered editions utilizing still better technology, including The Essential Glenn Miller (1995), Platinum Glenn Miller (2003), and The Centennial Collection (2004) -- reducing the noise in the masters even further, among other differences -- but holds up as perhaps the best authorized, large-scale survey of Miller's work other than the 13-disc complete set from BMG. These 60 songs represent a compromise between that set's completeness and the superficiality of 1988's Pure Gold, with its ten songs and minimal annotation.
© Bruce Eder & William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 3 disc(s) - 60 track(s)
- Total length: 03:08:28
- Main artists: Glenn Miller
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: RCA Classics
- Genre: Classical
(P) 1989 BMG Music
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