On the Air 1937-1938 (1937)

About this title: This two-CD set was originally issued as a deluxe multi-disc set in Columbia's Masterwork series and was intended as a companion piece to Goodman's best-selling Live at Carnegie Hall, a record so successful that it was parceled out by Columbia in as many piecemeal configurations and vinyl speed formats as is imaginable. Mainly pulled from Goodman's appearances on the Camel Caravan radio show, these capture the swing band of the era in its defining moment, blowing audiences away on a night to night basis in a variety of locales. Carefully edited (radio broadcasts could often have announcer's ... read more

Tracks:

1. Introduction/Let's Dance [Baldridge/Stone/Bon]
2. Ridin' High [Porter]
3. Moten Swing [Moten]
4. Nice Work If You Can Get It [Gershwin/Gershwin]
5. Vibraphone Blues [Hampton/Goodman]
6. The Sheik of Araby [Smith/Wheeler/Snyde]
7. Peckin' [James/Pollack]
8. Sunny Disposish [Gershwin/Charig]
9. Nagasaki [Dixon/Warren]
10. Whispers in the Dark [Hollander/Robin]
11. St. Louis Blues [Handy]
12. Life Goes to a Party [Goodman/James]
13. Sugar Foot Stomp [Armstrong/King Oliv]
14. Moonglow [Hudson/DeLange/Mill]
15. I'm a Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas) [Baxter]
16. I Hadn't Anyone Till You [Noble]
17. Bumble Bee Stomp [Henderson/Woode]
18. Down South Camp Meeting [Henderson/Mills]
19. That Naughty Waltz [Levy/Stanley]
20. Sweet Leilani [Owens]
21. Vieni, Vieni [Scotto/Koger/Varna/]
22. Sometimes I'm Happy [Caesar/Youmans]
23. Roll 'Em [Williams]
24. King Porter Stomp [Morton]
25. Have You Met Miss Jones? [Rodgers/Hart]
26. Limehouse Blues [Furber/Braham]
27. Shine [Dabney/Mack/Brown]
28. Always [Berlin]
29. When Buddha Smiles [Brown/Freed/King Za]
30. Minnie the Moocher's Wedding Day [Koehler/Arlen]
31. Laughing at Life [Kenny/Kenny/Todd/To]
32. Runnin' Wild [Gibbs/Grey/Wood]
33. You Turned the Tables on Me [Mitchell/Alter]
34. Darktown Strutters' Ball [Brooks]
35. My Gal Sal [Dresser]
36. Bugle Call Rag [Pettis/Meyers/Schoe]
37. Mama, That Moon Is Here Again [Robin/Rainger]
38. Clarinet Marmalade [Sheilds/Ragas]
39. Time on My Hands [Adamson/Gordon/Youm]
40. Stardust [Parish/Carmichael]
41. In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree [Williams/VanAlstyne]
42. Benny Sent Me [Basie/Goodman]
43. Everybody Loves My Baby [Palmer/Williams]
44. Moonlight on the Highway [Burke/Leslie/Sherma]
45. Josephine [King/Bivens/Kahn]
46. Killer Diller [Goodman/Mundy]
47. Someday, Sweetheart [Spikes/Spikes]
48. Caravan [Ellington/Tizol/Mil]
49. Goodbye [Jenkins]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.