Various Artists

DELUXE 6 CDs BOX SET

This time a collection of film soundtracks which will transform that ordinary day into one worthy itself of a film just by the sheer brilliance of the sound spilling from your speakers.

The cast of artists covered in these biopics are the golden boys, the cream of the crop - those game changing artists who left a lasting impression on our musical and cultural landscape, players like GENE KRUPA, RED NICHOLS, W.C. HANDY, BENNY GOODMAN, BIX BEIDERBECKE, EDDIE DUCHIN and actor JAMES DEAN.

But the film making process also gave opportunity for other legends to be capture in their glory, so add to this glorious mix - LOUIS ARMSTRONG, NAT KING COLE, NELSON RIDDLE, DANNY KAYE, MAHALIA JACKSON, EARTHA KIT, ELLA FITZGERALD..

The soundtracks were recorded in the hay day of studios from 1950 - 1959, safekeeping for posterity craftsmen and women at the top of their game, all captured at their natural best through vintage equipment and no pro tools in sight.

Sit back, and soak up the cool of this Moochin About box set and let what it contains within transport you to heaven - CERYS MATTHEWS, from the liner notes.

CD 1 :

- THE GENE KRUPA STORY (1959)
Birector: DON WEIS

01. The gene Krupa story - Main Title
02. I love my baby
03. Royal garden blues
04. (Back home again in) Indiana
05. Spiritual jazz
06. Cherokee
07. (Back home again in) Indiana II
08. Memories of you
09. Way down in New Orleans
10. Song of India
11. Finale

- THE JAMES DEAN STORY - JOHHNY MANDEL & BILL HOLMAN Version (1957)
Director: GEORGE W. GEORGE & ROBERT ALTMAN

12. Jimmy's theme
13. The search
14. Lost love
15. People
16. The movie star
17. Fairmont, Indiana
18. Rebel at work
19. Success and then what
20. Let me be loved
21. Hollywood
22. Let me be loved (Vocal)

CD 2:

- THE FIVE PENNIES (1959)
Director: MELVILLE SHAVELSON

01. Main title
02. The five pennies
03. After you'Gone
04. Bill Bailey, won't you please come home
05. Indiana radio montage
06. Back home again in Indiana
07. Goodnight, sleep tight
08. Lullaby in ragtime
09. Battle hymn of the republic
10. The five pennies saints
11. Follow the leader
12. Goodnight, sleep tight
13. Just the blues
14. Carnival of Venice
15. The music goes 'round and 'round
16. Wail of the winds
17. Jingle bells
18. 'The five pennies' finale and 'Battle hymn of the republic' Finale

- ST LOUIS BLUES (1958)
Director: ALLEN REISNER

19. Medley: Overture, Love theme / Hesitating blues
20. Harlem blues
21. Chantez les bas
22. Friendless blues
23. Stay
24. Joe Turner blues
25. Beale street blues
26. Careless love
27. Morning star
28. Memphis blues
29. Yellow dog blues
30. St. Louis blues
Cole, Nat King

CD 3:

- THE EDDY DUCHIN STORY (1956)
Director: GEORGE SIDNEY

01. To love again
02. Manhattan
03. Shine on, harvest moon
04. It must be true
05. Whispering
06. Dizzy fingers
07. You're my everything
08. Chopsticks
09. On the sunny side of the street
10. Brazil
11. La vie en rose
12. To love again

- THE GLENN MILLER STORY (1954)
Director: ANTHONY MANN

13. Moonlight serenade
14. Tuxedo junction
15. Little brown jug
16. St. Louis Blues-March
17. Basin street blues
18. In the mood
19. A string of pearls
20. Pennsylvania 6-5000
21. American patrol
22. Otchi-tchor-ni-ya

CD 4:

- YOUNG MAN WITH A HORN (1950)
Director: MICHEAL CURTIZ

01. I may be wrong (but I think you're wonderful)
02. The man I love
03. The very thought of you
04. Pretty baby
05. Melancholy rhapsody
06. Would I love you
07. Too marvelous for words
08. Get happy
09. I only have eyes for you
10. Limehouse blues
11. With a song in my heart
12. Lullaby of broadway
13. Moanin' low

- PETE KELLY'S BLUES (1955)
Director: JACK WEBB

14. Opening naration
15. Smiles
16. I'm gonna get my sweetie now
17. What can I say after I say I'm sorry
18. Breezin' along with the blues
19. Oh, didn't he ramble
20. Sugar
21. I never knew
22. Somebody loves me
23. Hard hearted man
24. Bye bye blackbird
25. Pete Kellys blues

CD 5:

- THE JAMES DEAN STORY (1957)
ORIGINAL LEITH STEVENS SCORE (Refer to CD 1 notes)

01. Prelude
02. Boyhood
03. Who am I
04. Thinking of home
05. Rebel at work
06. Finding his power
07. Hollywood
08. The movie star
09. Lost love
10. Success and then what
11. Testing the limits of life
12. Return home (End title (Theme)) 'Let me be loved'

CD 6:

- THE BENNY GOODMAN STORY (1956)
Director: Valentine Davies

01. Let's dance
02. Down south camp meetin
03. King Porter stomp
04. It´s Been So Long
05. Roll 'em
06. Bugle call rag
07. Don't be that way
08. You turned the tables on me
09. Goody goody
10. Slipped disc
11. Stompin' at the savoy
12. One o'clock jump
13. Memories of you
14. China boy
15. Moonglow
16. Avalon
17. And the angels sing
18. Jersey bounce
19. Sometimes I'm happy
20. Shine
21. Sing sing sing (with a swing)