These Were Our Songs - The Early '40s

These Were Our Songs The Early 40s Readers Digest Collectors Ed 8 LP Record set

a Readers Digest Boxed Collectors Edition 7 LP 33RPM Vinyl records

Vintage Reader's Digest 1985 Box set release

This Reader's Digest Collector's Edition THESE WERE OUR SONGS THE EARLY '40s features seven stunning LP records, all in excellent condition featuring fabulous recordings by:
Glenn Miller And His Orchestra, Skip Nelson and The Modernaires, Bing Crosby with Dick McIntire And His Harmony Hawaiians, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter And His Orchestra, Bing Crosby with Trudy Erwin and The Sportsmen Glee Club, The Ink Spots, Jan Savitt, Bob Crosby And The Bob Cats, Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra (with Frank Sinatra on Lead Vocals),  Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra (with Bob Eberly on Lead Vocals), The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen And His Orchestra, Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra, Wayne King And His Orchestra, Tony Pastor And His Orchestra, Woody Herman And His Orchestra, Judy Garland With Orchestra Directed By Bobby Sherwood, The Four King Sisters with The Rhythm Reys, Tony Martin with Orchestra Under The Direction Of David Rose, Johnny Mercer and His Orchestra, Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra, Freddie Slack And His Orchestra with Ella Mae Morse, Dinah Shore, Sammy Kaye And His Orchestra, Woody Herman And His Orchestra, Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees, Dick Haymes with The Song Spinners, Dick Haymes and Helen Forrest with Victor Young And His Orchestra,Vaughn Monroe with Marilyn Duke, Vaughn Monroe And His Orchestra, Betty Hutton, Jo Stafford, Russ Morgan And His Orchestra, Ella Mae Morse, Mary Martin With Orchestra Conducted By Camarata, Andy Russell, The Mills Brothers, Perry Como, Evelyn Knight With Orchestra Directed By Camarata, Russ Morgan And His Orchestra, Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians, Kate Smith, Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five, Stan Kenton And His Orchestra, and The Merry Macs! Featuring sixtyeight wonderful songs, all painstakingly restored from original recording masters, this volume contains a wealth of wonderfull music! All records are in fantastic looking condition but are not tested, each in a its own plastic lined sleeve, all housed in the Readers Digest/RCA slipcover case.

TRACK LIST:

RECORD 1 Side One 
A1 Glenn Miller And His Orchestra – Blueberry Hill
Lead Vocals – Ray Eberle
A2 The Ink Spots – When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano
A3 Jan Savitt And His Top Hatters – Make Believe Island
Vocals – Frank Sinatra
A4 Bob Crosby And The Bob Cats – Down Argentina Way
A5 Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra – Our Love Affair
Lead Vocals – Frank Sinatra
A6 The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen And His Orchestra – Ferry-Boat Serenade

RECORD 1 Side Two 
B1 Glenn Miller And His Orchestra – Call Of The Canyon
Lead Vocals – Ray Eberle
B2 The Ink Spots – Whispering Grass (Don't Tell The Trees)
B3 Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra– We Three
Lead Vocals – Frank Sinatra
B4 Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra – Where Was I?
Lead Vocals – Mary Ann McCall
B5 Bing Crosby with Dick McIntire And His Harmony Hawaiians – Trade Winds
B6 Erskine Hawkins And His Orchestra – Dolemite

RECORD 2 Side One
C1 Wayne King And His Orchestra – Intermezzo
C2 Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra– My Sister And I
Lead Vocals – Ray Eberle
C3 Tony Pastor And His Orchestra – Maria Elena
Lead Vocals – Dorsey Anderson
C4 Woody Herman And His Orchestra – G'bye Now
Lead Vocals – Muriel Lane
C5 Glenn Miller And His Orchestra – Ev'rything I Love
Lead Vocals – Ray Eberle
C6 Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra – Let's Get Away From It All
Vocals – Connie Haines, Frank Sinatra, The Pied Pipers

RECORD 2 SIDE Two
D1 Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra – The Things I Love
D2 The Four King Sisters with The Rhythm Reys – The Hut-Sut Song
D3 Glenn Miller And His Orchestra – You and I
Lead Vocals – Ray Eberle
D4 Tony Martin with Orchestra Under The Direction Of David Rose – Tonight We Love
Directed By – David Rose
D5 The Ink Spots– I Don't Want To Set the World on Fire
D6 Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra – Two In Love
Lead Vocals – Frank Sinatra

RECORD 3 Side One
E1 Glenn Miller And His Orchestra / Skip Nelson and The Modernaires – Moonlight Becomes You
E2 Johnny Mercer and His Orchestra – Strip Polka
E3 Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra – My Devotion
Lead Vocals – Bob Eberly
E4 Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter And His Orchestra – I Don't Want To Walk Without You
E5 Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra – One Dozen Roses
Lead Vocals – Pee Wee Hunt
E6 Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra – Just As Though You Were Here
Lead Vocals – Frank Sinatra

RECORD 3 Side 2 
F1 Freddie Slack And His Orchestra with Ella Mae Morse – Mister Five by Five
F2 Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra – I Remember You
Lead Vocals – Bob Eberly
F3 Dinah Shore – Miss You
F4 Glenn Miller And His Orchestra – Dearly Beloved
Lead Vocals – Skip Nelson
F5 Sammy Kaye And His Orchestra – I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen
Lead Vocals – Don Cornell
F6 Woody Herman And His Orchestra – Amen
Lead Vocals – Woody Herman

RECORD 4 Side One 
G1 Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees – As Time Goes By
G2 Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra – Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Lead Vocals – Kenny Sargent
Vocals – The Le Brun Sisters
G3 Bing Crosby with Trudy Erwin and The Sportsmen Glee Club – People Will Say We're in Love
G4 Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra – They're Either Too Young Or Too Old
Lead Vocals – Kitty Kallen
G5 Dinah Shore – They're Either Too Young Or Too Old
G6 The Song Spinners – Johnny Zero

RECORD 4 Side Two 
H1 Glenn Miller And His Orchestra – That Old Black Magic
Vocals – Skip Nelson, The Modernaires
H2 Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra – It Started All Over Again
Lead Vocals – Frank Sinatra
H3 Dick Haymes with The Song Spinners – Put Your Arms Around Me Honey
H4 Dinah Shore – You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
H5 Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra – It's Always You
Lead Vocals – Frank Sinatra
H6 Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen And His Orchestra – Pistol Packin' Mama

RECORD 5 Side Two

I1 Vaughn Monroe with Marilyn Duke – The Trolley Song
I2 Betty Hutton – The Rocking Horse Ran Away
I3 Woody Herman And His Orchestra – Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
Lead Vocals – Woody Herman
I4 Jo Stafford – I Love You
I5 Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen And His Orchestra – Don't Fence Me In
I6 Russ Morgan And His Orchestra – Goodnight, Wherever You Are
Lead Vocals – Russ Morgan

RECORD 5 Side Two
J1 Ella Mae Morse – Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet
J2 Mary Martin With Orchestra Conducted By Camarata – I'll Walk Alone
J3 Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter And His Orchestra – Amor
J4 Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra – When They Ask About You
Lead Vocals – Kitty Kallen
J5 Andy Russell – I Dream Of You
J6 Dick Haymes and Helen Forrest with Victor Young And His Orchestra – It Had To Be You

RECORD 6 Side One 
K1 The Mills Brothers – You Always Hurt The One You Love
K2 Perry Como – Long Ago (and Far Away)
K3 Bing Crosby with Trudy Erwin and The Sportsmen Glee Club – Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin'
K4 Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra – Daybreak
Lead Vocals – Frank Sinatra
K5 Dick Haymes with The Song Spinners – In My Arms
K6 Vaughn Monroe And His Orchestra – When The Light Go On Again (All Over The World)

RECORD 6 Side Two 
L1 Jo Stafford – It Could Happen To You
L2 Ella Mae Morse – No Love, No Nothin'
L3 Evelyn Knight With Orchestra Directed By Camarata – Dance With a Dolly (With a Hole in Her Stockin')
L4 Dinah Shore – I Hear a Rhapsody
L5 Judy Garland With Orchestra Directed By Bobby Sherwood – I'm Nobody's Baby
L6 Kate Smith – God Bless America

RECORD 7 Side One
M1 Russ Morgan And His Orchestra – There Goes That Song Again
Lead Vocals – Russ Morgan
M2 Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra – Take Me
Lead Vocals – Frank Sinatra
M3 Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians – The Band Played On
Vocals – Kenny Gardner, Lombardo Trio
M4 Stan Kenton And His Orchestra – How Many Hearts Have You Broken?
Lead Vocals – Gene Howard
M5 Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra – Blue Champagne
Lead Vocals – Bob Eberly
M6 Glenn Miller And His Orchestra – Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me)
Lead Vocals – Marion Hutton, Tex Beneke
Vocals – The Modernaires

RECORD 7 Side Two 
N1 Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five – G.I. Jive
Lead Vocals – Louis Jordan
N2 The Merry Macs – Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition
N3 Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter And His Orchestra – 'Til Reveille
N4 Glenn Miller And His Orchestra – The White Cliffs of Dover
Lead Vocals – Ray Eberle
N5 Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians – Johnny Doughboy Found a Rose in Ireland
Lead Vocals – Kenny Gardner
N6 Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra– I'll Be Seeing You
Lead Vocals – Frank Sinatra

Record 1: S1RS-5561 / S1RS-5562
Record 2: S1RS-5563 / S1RS-5564
Record 3: S1RS-5565 / S1RS-5566
Record 4: S1RS-5567 / S1RS-5568
Record 5: S1RS-5569 / S1RS-5570
Record 6: S1RS-5571 / S1RS-5572
Record 7: S1RS-5573 / S1RS-5574
Record 8: S1RS-5575 / S1RS-5576

Please refer to all photos as they are part of the description and stated condition.
Sale is for described item only. Props seen in photos are not included. If uncertain, please ask before ordering.

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The Vinyl Records are EXCELLENT without scratches or significant scuffs and appear as if barely listened to (or taken very good care of). The box has some wear shows age as seen in photos.

Data sheet

Type
Box Set
Features
Compilation
Original Cover
Original Inner Sleeve
Material
Vinyl
Style
Big Band & Swing
Easy Listening
Vocal
Artist
Various
Format
Record
Language
English
Case Type
Cardboard Sleeve
Genre
Classical
Jazz
Record Label
Reader's Digest
Release Year
1985
Release Title
These Were Our Songs The Early '40s
Edition
Collector's Edition
Compilation
Era
1940s
Record Size
12"
Speed
33 RPM
Record Grading
Excellent (EX)
Catalog Number
RBA-084/A
Number of Audio Channels
Stereo
Sleeve Grading
Good Plus (G+)
Inlay Condition
Very Good Plus (VG+)

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