The New Tommy Dorsey Orchestra - without Tommy Dorsey?!?!

One thing about collecting vinyl is that you don't have to buy new all the time. Like anything else new is still a safe bet, but there are tons of places that sell used vinyl from back in the day instead of the more expensive usually 180gram pressing reissues that are being put on the market these days. A lot of that older stuff can be purchased for a pretty fair price. Take this record for example, now at the time of purchase I didn't realize it was more of a tribute record instead an actual Tommy Dorsey record, but in my effort to hear new things I figured it couldn't hurt for a dollar purchase.

Tommy Dorsey, considered one of the big four giants of Swing, a small an elite group consisting of Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw & Benny Goodman. Is said to have kept his group playing the longest out of the four whose sounds are considered fresh and memorable, decades after they're released even as musical tastes have changed.

This album released by RCA Victor consists of one 33 1/3 record recorded live, which I might add sounds awesome with people's comments and applause.

Side A:

1. Introduction: Im gettin' Sentimental Over You
2. A Lot of Livin' to do (with Jeannie Thomas)
3. The Best things in Life Are Free (featuring Charlie Shavers)
4. A Song in India (with Larry O'Brien)
5. On The Sunny Side of the Street (featuring The Pied Pipers)
6. Body and Soul

Side B:

1. Marie (with Larry O'Brien)
2. Just One of Those Things (featuring  Helen Forrest)
3. That Lonesome Road (featuring Helen Forrest)
4. I Wish I could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate (featuring Helen Forrest)
5. My Melancholy Baby (featuring Helen Forrest)
6. Well, Get It

Helen Forrest, featured on the B side of this album, has an amazing voice, very WWII era sound and I would not complain about listening to more records that included her lead vocals.