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The Best of Glenn Miller

by: Glenn Miller

Release Date February 05, 2003
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. ... Read More:

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The Golden Years: 1938-1942

by: Glenn Miller

Release Date May 21, 2001
When you're tired of just "the best of" and don't want to go to the trouble to collect the complete Glenn Miller, this is about the best collection on the market. I'm still surprised to find items like the childish "Booglie-Wooglie Piggy" or "the Kiss Polka" included in the set ("Sweeter than the Sweetest" and "At the President's Birthday Ball" come to mind as musically better alternatives), but all in all there's a good balance between the swinging Mr. Miller and the more commercial things he waxed.
I still find it incomprehensible that Miller employed such mediocre singers (Marion Hutton and Ray Eberle), who are only palatable when they are singing together with The Modernaires, and therefore I find it a pity that the 1937-1938 Decca and Brunswick ... Read More:

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In the Mood - The Definitive Glenn Miller Collection

by: Glenn Miller

Release Date October 06, 2003
On what grounds this collection should be labelled the definitive GM collection is a mystery to me. Between 1935 and 1944 Miller and his various bands waxed some 300 titles, more than enough to fill some fifteen cd's. A lot of Miller's recorded output belongs on the dungheap of musical history, but there are also enough titles well worth hearing that strangely enough seldom find their way to cd-reissues.
So what we get here is the same redundant collection of "greatest hits" plus some inexplicable choices to fill the gaps: the childish "Booglie-Wooglie Piggy"; the insipid "Woodpecker Song" sung by the always out of tune Marion Hutton; the worst thinkable versions of "Imagination" and "I'll Never Smile Again" by any band; "The Nearness of You" where 'singer' ... Read More:

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The Greatest Hits of Glenn Miller

by: Glenn Miller

Release Date February 13, 2006
This CD is without doubt the worst CD I have bought. The volume level goes up and down and its obviously recorded from a record as you can hear the clicks and hiss on the recording. Don't buy this CD if you want a quality recoding. I have returned the one I bought

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All Time Greatest Hits

by: Glenn Miller

Release Date August 29, 2006
This CD is without doubt the worst CD I have bought. The volume level goes up and down and its obviously recorded from a record as you can hear the clicks and hiss on the recording. Don't buy this CD if you want a quality recoding. I have returned the one I bought

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In the Mood

by: Glenn Miller

Release Date March 03, 2008
In contrast to the previous reviewer on this page, unfortunately I have to say how disappointed I was with this collection. Before I launch into my reasons, firstly I must just say that I am writing this review as a general music fan with my own observations regarding this recording, rather than pretending to be an authority on the legend that is Glenn Miller.
My suspicions with this recording were raised within the opening few bars of the first track 'In The Mood', which is obviously in stereo. Since the cream of Miller's recordings were made around 1940 (some 15 years before stereo recordings were being introduced) I have to start here by questioning the authenticity of at least some of the recordings on this CD. And if track 1 doesn't make you suspicious, ... Read More:

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RCA Original Masters The Best Of Glenn Miller (1938-1942)

by: Glenn Miller

Release Date June 02, 2008
On the back of this box set is says "RCA Original Masters is the only record label that can deliver the best possible sound recordings of the legendary Glenn Miller", unfortunately they don't do it here.

This is a good value set of 60 of Miller's best tunes but the sound is not all that great, in fact RCA had a far better sounding collection called Glenn Miller Platinum out a few years ago, although it doesn't seem to be available at present. There was also a single disc on Nimbus produced by the legendary sound engineer Robert Parker which had incredible sound on some tracks, but this is also difficult to track down at the moment.

If you don't have any Glenn Miller then this isn't a bad collection to start off with, but if you've already got ... Read More:

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Glenn Miller Vol.3: Glen Island Special - the Great Instrumentals/Original 1938-1942 Recordings

by: Glenn Miller

Release Date March 01, 2004
On the back of this box set is says "RCA Original Masters is the only record label that can deliver the best possible sound recordings of the legendary Glenn Miller", unfortunately they don't do it here.

This is a good value set of 60 of Miller's best tunes but the sound is not all that great, in fact RCA had a far better sounding collection called Glenn Miller Platinum out a few years ago, although it doesn't seem to be available at present. There was also a single disc on Nimbus produced by the legendary sound engineer Robert Parker which had incredible sound on some tracks, but this is also difficult to track down at the moment.

If you don't have any Glenn Miller then this isn't a bad collection to start off with, but if you've already got ... Read More:

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The Best of Glenn Miller and His Orchestra

by: Glenn Miller

Release Date April 01, 1996
The umpteenth collection of "the best of". I wonder why people still buy this kind of cynically thrown together products at all (because they don't care or don't know?); If you want to know what Miller was really about (warts and all) buy "the Golden Years": four discs with a generous helping of Miller's "best of" with a lot that's even better (and sometimes worse) thrown in for good measure.

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In the Swinging Christmas Mood

by: Glenn Miller

Release Date January 02, 2006
The umpteenth collection of "the best of". I wonder why people still buy this kind of cynically thrown together products at all (because they don't care or don't know?); If you want to know what Miller was really about (warts and all) buy "the Golden Years": four discs with a generous helping of Miller's "best of" with a lot that's even better (and sometimes worse) thrown in for good measure.