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Harry James Twenty-fifth Anniversary Album

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Harry James Twenty-fifth Anniversary Album --- 1964-03-00

Harry James's comments on each song from the liner notes: A1 Ciribiribin, "Our first recording and our theme song" A2 You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want To Do It), "Our first hit record" A3 Take The "A" Train, "A swinger from Duke Ellington" A4 Lush Life, "My favorite ballad" A5 Ultra, "A Jimmy Mundy special for listening or dancing" A6 Shiny Stockings, "Stolen from Count Basie" A7 Theme From Orfeu Negro (Manha de Carnaval), "A beautiful song we picked up during our South American tour" B1 Sunday Morning, "A meeting with Neal Hefti" B2 What A Woman Feels "A beautiful Charlie Albertine composition with great Willie Smith sax" B3 Doodlin', "Why Not!" B4 The Jazz Connoisseur, "One of the greatest of our Ernie Wilkins' charts" B5 King Porter Stomp, "I played it with Ben Pollack and Benny Goodman and still enjoy it with my own band" B6 Satin Doll, "Beautiful material" B7 Jersey Bounce, "Borrowed from The Swing Era" Recorded February 1959 and originally released on MGM E/SE 3778: A6 Recorded January 1960 and originally released on MGM K12880: B3 Recorded February 1960 and originally released on MGM E/SE 3848: A3, B5-B7 Recorded 1960 and originally released on MGM K12983: A7 (no performer credits available) Recorded January 19 & 23, 1961 and originally released on MGM E/SE 3897: B2, B4 Recorded May 1961 and originally released on MGM E/SE 3972: B1 Recorded Nov 20, 1961 and originally released on MGM E/SE 4003 and 4058: A1, A2, A4, A5 Recording dates/locations and performer/arranger credits are from the original releases. Writer and some arranger credits are from the SE 4214 label images. Listed in the New Album Releases column on p. 42 of the March 7, 1964 issue of Billboard.