Good to Go [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

Benny Goodman | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 13, 1999)
• Original Release Date: July 13, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Buddha
• ASIN: B00000JIL8
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #239,365 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Makin' Whoopee

2. Poor Butterfly

3. Ballad in Blue

4. Changes

5. (I Would Do) Anything for You

6. Sophisticated Lady/Mood Indigo

7. I Can't Give You Anything But Love

8. Yes, We Have No Bananas

9. Rose Room

10. I Never Knew I Could Love Anybody (Like I'm Loving You)

11. Love Dropped in for Tea

12. Farewell Blues

13. Pardon My Love

14. I Was Lucky

15. If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)

16. Darktown Strutters' Ball

17. St. Louis Blues

18. (Back Home Again In) Indiana

19. I Surrender, Dear

20. Bugle Call Rag

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Half of a classic session! Another label has it all!, March 29, 2000

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T. Givens (Virginia , USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Good to Go (Audio CD)

The first half of a 50 side marathon radio transcription session Benny did in June 1935 (Buddha never released the second volume, although it is promised in these liner notes. ) No second takes were done, so this has some of the feeling of a 'live' recording. Excellent mastering, and the liner notes are well done ( except for a minor typo listing Harry Goodman on drums instead of bass ). This is a good CD, but I can't recommend it unless you're happy to never see the other half.

I have the whole session on a two CD set from another label (the Swedish TAX label, 1990).

(March 2005 addition) This entire session just became available as a two CD set on the British label, Jasmine, titled "50 Tracks In One Day", and is very well done.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A terrific find for BG fans. Grab this one while you can, March 9, 2004

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Scott MacGillivray (Massachusetts, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Good to Go (Audio CD)

This CD contains half of a marathon recording session by Benny Goodman's first-rate 1935 band. Benny's boys knocked off 25 tunes intended for broadcast -- with only one take each. Listeners who expect hurriedness or sloppiness will be disappointed, because virtually all the renditions are well up to Goodman's high standard. Fans who know Goodman's Victor records will be especially interested in this session, because there are some departures from the usual renditions: no vocals (so you can hear familiar Goodman arrangements with additional solos replacing the lyrics); "Bugle Call Rag" follows the seldom-heard, original melody more closely; "Changes" uses staccato horns instead of the familiar overlapping "bell-tone" brass. There are also a few rarely revived cuts ("Pardon My Love," "Yes, We Have No Bananas"). Swing fans can't miss with this one; grab it while it's still available.