Missing Chapters Vol.4 (The Red Cavalry March) - Glenn Miller

Advantages: great big band music
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...the Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band. After the liberation of France, the band was due to fly to Paris on the 16th December, but he wanted to get there early to make preparations for the concerts. On the 15th December 1944, Glenn Miller, and Norman Baesell, together with their pilot, took off to Paris from an airfield near Bedford. They were never seen again. Five days later, an official bulletin was issued to say that Major Glenn Miller was "missing in flight, presumed to be lost". On Christmas Eve that year the world learned that Glenn Miller was dead. The band continued with the tour and played their last concert in Le Havre. So what songs does the Glenn Miller Orchestra play? Some of the songs that they play, used from the original score that Glenn Miller used himself include: A string of pearls American patrol Chattanooga... Read review

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Advantages: sees Sabbath beginning to experiment successfully with new textures
Disadvantages: lots of instrumental

...BLACK SABBATH VOL.4 1: Wheels of Confusion/The Straightener (8:14) 2: Tomorrow's Dream (3:12) 3: Changes (4:46) 4: FX (1:43) 5: Supernaut (4:45) 6: Snowblind (5:31) 7: Cornucopia (3:54) 8: Laguna Sunrise (2:52) 9: St. Vitus Dance (2:29) 10: Under the Sun/Every Day Comes and Goes (5:50) Yet another groundbreaking powerhouse recording featuring some excellent guitar work. This includes great classics like Tomorrow's Dream, Changes, Supernaut, Snowblind, and Laguna Sunrise Black Sabbath VOL. 4 is a must have addition to any Black Sabbath collection released: early september 1972 the album features some of Sabbaths most memorble tracks and sees Sabbath beginning to experiment successfully with new textures such as strings, piano, orchestration and multi-part songs.. Yet the classic Sabbath sound is still very much in evidence... Read review

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...Forget that this music is now 60 years old and that it's something that your Nan & Grandad would get up and dance to. This has class. This has style. This has cool before we even knew what cool was. This is in my top ten albums of all time, THAT'S how great the music on here is. The Glenn Miller Story was the name of the biographical film, starring James Stewart and June Allyson, and this has some excellent examples of his phenomenal contribution to the music world. It starts off with "Moonlight Seranade", a marvellous tune to smooch to. Cheek to cheek, a slow shuffle and you too can feel you've got gravy browning on your legs with a pencilled in seam. If you ever really want to, of course... Next is the well-known "Tuxedo Junction". Played by many swing bands over the years you can't match this track for sheer longevity... Read review

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