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Harry James And His Orchestra - Strictly Instrumental / When You're A Long, Long Way From Home

Harry James And His Orchestra - Strictly Instrumental / When You're A Long, Long Way From Home

Musician: Harry James And His Orchestra
Album title: Strictly Instrumental / When You're A Long, Long Way From Home
Style: Vocal, Big Band
Released: 1942
Country: US
Size MP3 version: 1476 mb
Size APE version: 1191 mb
Size WMA version: 1921 mb
Rating ✫: 4.7
Votes: 407
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Genre: Jazz / Pop

Harry James And His Orchestra - Strictly Instrumental / When You're A Long, Long Way From Home


Tracklist Hide Credits

A Strictly Instrumental
Written-By – Benjamin*, Seiler*, Battle*, Marcus*
B When You're A Long, Long Way From Home
Vocals [Vocal Chorus] – Jimmy SaundersWritten-By – Meyer*, Lewis*

Credits

  • Alto Saxophone [Uncredited] – Claude Lakey, Sam Marowitz
  • Baritone Saxophone [Uncredited] – Clint Davis
  • Bass [Uncredited] – Thurman Teague
  • Cello [Uncredited] – Elias Friede
  • Drums [Uncredited] – Mickey Scrima
  • Guitar [Uncredited] – Ben Heller
  • Piano [Uncredited] – Al Lerner
  • Tenor Saxophone [Uncredited] – Gene Corcoran* (tracks: B), Dave Matthews (tracks: A)
  • Trombone [Uncredited] – Dalton Rizzotto, Harry Rodgers, Hoyt Bohannon
  • Trumpet [Uncredited] – Alexander Cuozzo* (tracks: B), Claude Bowen, Nick Buono
  • Trumpet, Directed By [Uncredited] – Harry James
  • Viola [Uncredited] – Bill Spears
  • Violin [Uncredited] – Alex Pevsner (tracks: A), John De Voogdt (tracks: B), Leo Zorn, Samuel Caplan* (tracks: B), Sindel Kopp (tracks: A)

Notes

Side A recorded in New York City, NY December 30, 1941.
Side B recorded in New York City, NY March 19, 1942.

Reviewed in Billboard Jun. 6, 1942, p. 66.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, Runout): CO 32073 1-16
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, Runout): CO 32617 1-24
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, Label): CO 32073
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, Label): CO 32617

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
O-31 891 Harry James And His Orchestra Strictly Instrumental / When You're A Long, Long Way From Home ‎(Shellac, 10") Odeon O-31 891 Germany Unknown
C653 Harry James And His Orchestra Strictly Instrumental / When You're A Long, Long Way From Home ‎(Shellac, 10") Columbia C653 Canada 1942
R. 2888 Harry James And His Orchestra When You're A Long, Long Way From Home / Strictly Instrumental ‎(Shellac, 10") Parlophone R. 2888 UK 1943



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Tojahn
Are we sticklers for tracklist orders? Always a vague area when none is indicated on the release, but several Billboard magazine issues from 1942 advertise or chart "Strictly Instrumental", but not the reverse. Maybe the track order of all of these versions is flipped.