Big Bands: Music From the War Years

~ Release by The BBC Big Band Orchestra (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

3 Jewel Cases (+ separate booklet?) in a metal tin.

Cat# / Barcode (CD 1): TC2 52516 / 628261251629
Cat# / Barcode (CD 2): TC2 52517 / 628261251728
Cat# / Barcode (CD 3): TC2 52518 / 628261251827

Note: There are at least 2 more Metal Tin editions - 1 housing a regular Digipak, and 1 housing a kind of eco-friendly Digipak. While the set cat# + barcode is the same for these 3 editions, the individual Digipak data might differ.

Annotation last modified on 2025-10-28 22:00 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Music From the War Years, Volume 1
2▶CD: Music From the War Years, Volume 2
3▼CD: Music From the War Years, Volume 3
#TitleRatingLength
1Moonlight Serenade
recording of:
Moonlight Serenade (original instrumental version)
composer and arranger:
Glenn Miller (jazz band leader)
publisher:
Big 3 Music Ltd., EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label)
4:04
2After You've Gone
recording of:
After You’ve Gone
lyricist:
Henry Creamer (Lyricist) (in 1918)
composer:
Turner Layton (in 1918)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Morley Music Corp.
part of:
For Me and My Gal (1942 movie)
2:33
3American Patrol
orchestra and performer:
The BBC Big Band
conductor:
Barry Forgie
recording of:
American Patrol (swing version)
composer:
F. W. Meacham (in 1885)
arranger:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor) (in 1942)
publisher:
Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited (not for release label use! post-2008 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment)
arrangement of:
American Patrol
3:25
4Sophisticated Lady
recording of:
Sophisticated Lady
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish and Irving Mills (in 1932)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1932)
publisher:
Duke Ellington Music (ended), Mills Music, Inc. (ended), EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody) (until 2007-05) and Sony/ATV Harmony (from 2007-05 to present)
part of:
Sophisticated Ladies (1981 musical)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
4:07
5I Can't Get Started
recording of:
I Can’t Get Started
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
Vernon Duke
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell’s • Sydney, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
3:21
6Jersey Bounce
conductor:
Roland Shaw (composer)
performer:
The BBC Big Band
recording of:
Jersey Bounce
lyricist:
Robert B. Wright
composer:
Tiny Bradshaw, Edward Johnson (US songwriter) and Bobby Plater
2:49
7I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
recording of:
I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster (in 1941)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1941)
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), Robbins Music Corp., Sony/ATV Harmony and Webster Music Co.
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
2:38
8Caravan
conductor:
Roland Shaw (composer)
performer:
The BBC Big Band
recording of:
Caravan
lyricist:
Irving Mills (in 1937)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1936) and Juan Tizol (in 1936)
publisher:
American Academy of Music, Inc., Duke Ellington Music, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Mills Music, Inc., Sony/ATV Harmony and Lafleur Music Ltd. (from 1995-12-12 to present)
2:33
9Oh Lady Be Good
recording of:
Overture to Lady Be Good
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
3:33
10St. Louis Blues
orchestra and performer:
The BBC Big Band
conductor:
Barry Forgie
instrumental recording of:
St. Louis Blues
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
publisher:
Handy Bros. Music Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
Reuter & Reuter Förlags AB
recording of:
St. Louis Blues
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
publisher:
Handy Bros. Music Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
Reuter & Reuter Förlags AB
recording of:
St. Louis Blues March
composer:
William Christopher Handy
arranger:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor)
arrangement of:
St. Louis Blues
3:29
11The Very Thought of You
conductor:
Roland Shaw (composer)
performer:
The BBC Big Band
recording of:
The Very Thought of You
lyricist and composer:
Ray Noble
publisher:
Quartet Music Inc., Range Road Music, Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
3:40
12What Is This Thing Called Love
cover recording of:
What Is This Thing Called Love? (Wake Up and Dream musical revue)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1929)
publisher:
Harms, Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
part of:
Wake Up and Dream (1929 revue)
recording of:
What Is This Thing Called Love? (Wake Up and Dream musical revue)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1929)
publisher:
Harms, Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
part of:
Wake Up and Dream (1929 revue)
2:56

Credits

Release

ASIN:US: B000JMK68A [info]