75 GLENN MILLER Masterpieces - GLENN MILLER and HIS ORCHESTRA SEPIA 1165

CD 1

1. SLUMBER SONG / PERFIDIA 
2. IT MUST BE JELLY 
3. BLUES IN THE NIGHT 
4. MEDLEY: MY GAL SAL / YOU'RE A LUCKY GUY / WHEN SUMMER IS GONE / WABASH BLUES 
5. SWEET AND LOW 
6. MEDLEY: I NEVER KNEW / LET'S ALL SING TOGETHER / THINKING OF YOU / ALICE BLUE GOWN 
7. HALLELUJAH! 
8. SARONG 
9. THE NICKEL SERENADE 
10. MEDLEY: WHISPERING / OOH! WHAT YOU SAID / THE DIPSY DOODLE / THE BIRTH OF THE BLUES 
11. ROCKIN' CHAIR 
12. MEDLEY: SWEET LEILANI / YESTERTHOUGHTS / SMOKE RINGS 
13. TAIN'T NO USE AT ALL 
14. MEDLEY: GOODNIGHT, SWEETHEART / I'M STEPPING OUT WITH A MEMORY TONIGHT / WHEN MY BABY SMILES AT ME / A BLUES SERENADE 
15. SILVER THREADS AMONG THE GOLD 
16. A LOVE SONG HASN'T BEEN SUNG 
17. MEDLEY: SOME OF THESE DAYS / MEMPHIS BLUES 
18. MEDLEY: MOONLIGHT SERENADE/ MY MELANCHOLY BABY / MOON LOVE / STOMPIN' AT THE SAVOY / BLUE MOON 
19. CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO 
20. FRESH AS A DAISY 
21. OH SO GOOD 

CD 2

1. INTRODUCTION TO A WALTZ 
2. GEORGIA ON MY MIND 
3. DIG IT 
4. WALKING BY THE RIVER 
5. MEDLEY: WHEN IRISH EYES ARE SMILING / CONFUCIUS SAY / ROSE ROOM / THE WANG WANG BLUES 
6. ONE DOZEN ROSES 
7. SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT 
8. CONVERSATION PIECE 
9. MEDLEY: IF I HAD MY WAY / ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE / OH, JOHNNY! OH, JOHNNY! OH! / BLUE (AND BROKENHEARTED) 
10. BLUE AFTERGLOW 
11. MEDLEY: IF YOU WERE THE ONLY GIRL IN THE WORLD / SWEET POTATO PIPER / SONG OF THE ISLANDS / BYE BYE BLUES 
12. SOLID AS A STONEWALL, JACKSON 
13. GABBY GOOSE 
14. I HEAR A RHAPSODY 
15. MEDLEY: I CRIED FOR YOU / THIS CHANGING WORLD / MARIE / BLUE SKIES 
16. SOLITUDE 
17. A-TISKET A-TASKET 
18. MEDLEY: MOONLIGHT SERENADE / JAPANESE SANDMAN / WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH ME / LET'S DANCE / THE BLUE ROOM 
19. OH, LADY BE GOOD 
20. DON'T SIT UNDER THE APPLE TREE (WITH ANYONE ELSE BUT ME) 
21. FAREWELL BLUES

In August 1959, RCA Victor released a Glenn Miller album - the landmark set "For the Very First Time: 50 Never Before Released Performances by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra". The Miller keepsake was cloth-bound and, besides the beautiful cover artwork, contained three 12" monaural LPs, three full-color illustrations, nine pages of text, a two-page "story behind the records," and a depiction of a letter from Miller's widow, Helen:

"I am amazed and delighted that at this late date [Miller Estate attorney] Mr. [David] Mackay has been able to locate and supply recordings of so many of Glenn's tunes to be released for the very first time on phonograph records," she wrote. "I have every confidence that the album will become a real collector's item." 

All of the music on "For the Very First Time" was originally broadcast over CBS radio in 1940-42 during Miller's "Chesterfield Show." Most of the source programs originated in New York City, but a few were aired from Washington, DC or Chicago or Hollywood. 

"For the Very First Time" contained previously-unreleased broadcast versions of 57 different songs, some in abbreviated form as part of the popular "something old, new, borrowed, and blue" medleys. Besides the vocalists Ray Eberle, Marion Hutton, and The Modernaires, featured soloists included Clyde Hurley and Johnny Best, trumpets; Ernie Caceres, alto saxophone; "Tex" Beneke, tenor sax; "Chummy" MacGregor, piano; and "Moe" Purtill, drums.

Making the original set even better, two more medleys and ten full-length songs or instrumentals (including several of Miller's biggest hits, such as Perfidia, Chattanooga Choo Choo, and Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree) have now been added, along with a listing of the complete personnel of the Glenn Miller Orchestra for all of these performances.

The performances, which were initially released more than 50 years ago, and here are re-titled "75 Glenn Miller Masterpieces," remain a significant document of Miller's music.