V-Disc Recordings: A Musical Contribution By America's Best for Our Armed Forces Overseas [Box set]

Glenn Miller | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 21, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 3
• Format: Box set
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Collector's Choice
• ASIN: B000007NGC
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #620,811 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Tail End Charlie

2. St. Louis Blues March

3. In The Mood

4. Passage Interdit

5. Alice Blue Gown

6. Little Brown Jug

See all 19 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Everybody Loves My Baby (But My Baby Don't Love Nobody But Me)

2. Stompin' At The Savoy

3. Chattanooga Choo Choo

4. In The Gloaming

5. Deep Purple

6. Poinciana

See all 16 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Pennsylvania 6-5000

2. Elmer's Tune

3. Caribbean Clipper

4. American Patrol

5. Imagination

6. When You Wish Upon A Star

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Buyer beware!, February 12, 2001

By 

Alan Glasscock (Midlothian, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: V-Disc Recordings: A Musical Contribution By America's Best for Our Armed Forces Overseas (Audio CD)

If you are a fan of the great Glenn Miller, then you will love this CD. Included are many of Miller's hit recordings, as well as some of the lesser-known, but still superb, "Miller thrillers." BUT--if you are a serious collector of Miller, the title to this set in extremely misleading.

"V-Discs" were recordings made specifically for distribution to the armed forces during World War 2. Hundreds of famous singers and musicians participated in these recording sessions, many of them recording V-Discs did so for no monetary reward, strictly for the satisfaction of knowing that they, in their own musical way, were helping the war effort by supplying the servicemen and women with a touch of "home" in the battle-weary theatres of war.

Here is where this CD set is misleading: Much of the music contained herein are tunes performed by the Glenn Miller civilian band, and NOT taken from any V-Disc archive. In other words, the tunes are not taken from V-Discs at all! The tunes I am referring to are the standard, commercial issued songs that anyone could purchase at the local record store, and not from V-Disc sessions at all! And then there are several songs that were recorded by Miller's Army Air Force Orchestra, but, here again, were not from actual V-Disc recording sessions. And to add insult to injury, the sound quality varies from lousy to excellent.

I must reiterate that if you are looking for a collection of wonderful Miller music, you will enjoy this set. But if you are a serious collector of rare Miller recordings, you will find nothing new here--all of these cuts have been available in other collections many times before, and most likely with much better fidelity.

5.0 out of 5 stars Glenn Miller, March 18, 2009

By 

cnorth61 (Chicago) - See all my reviews

This review is from: V-Disc (MP3 Download)

A great collection of Glenn Miller's finest work. I appreciate the diversity of sounds from jazz to big band even to a Missouri Waltz.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars superb, November 20, 2000

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"maxgorham" (San Antonio, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: V-Disc Recordings: A Musical Contribution By America's Best for Our Armed Forces Overseas (Audio CD)

I can't express how great this C.D. really is. I'm so fortunate that I got to hear this. Anyone with any taste in music will enjoy this set like they've never experience before. Anyone reading this should definatly buy this set of C.D.'s