The Brian Setzer Orchestra (album)

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The Brian Setzer Orchestra
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ReleasedMarch 22, 1994
StudioCapitol Studios, Hollywood, California
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Label Hollywood
Producer Brian Setzer
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(1994)
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(1996)
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The Brian Setzer Orchestra is the first studio album from the American swing revival band The Brian Setzer Orchestra, released in 1994. [3]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Lady Luck" (Brian Setzer)
  2. "Ball and Chain" (Brian Setzer)
  3. "Sittin' On It All the Time" (Henry Bernard, Sydney Mann)
  4. "Good Rockin' Daddy" (Richard Berry, Joe Josea)
  5. "September Skies" (Bill Carter, Ruth Ellsworth Carter, Christine Schmidt, Brian Setzer)
  6. "Brand New Cadillac" (Vince Taylor)
  7. "There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder" (Dave Dreyer, Al Jolson, Billy Rose)
  8. "Route 66" (Bobby Troup)
  9. "Your True Love" (Carl Lee Perkins)
  10. "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin)
  11. "Straight Up" (Dave Lambert, O. O. Merritt, Brian Setzer)
  12. "Drink That Bottle Down" (Jim Phantom, Lee Rocker, Brian Setzer)

"Sittin' On It All the Time" includes re-recorded elements from "Monk's Dream" (Thelonious Monk) and "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn)
"Brand New Cadillac" includes re-recorded elements from "Peter Gunn Theme" (Henry Mancini)
"Route 66" includes re-recorded elements from "Route 66 Television Theme" (Nelson Riddle)

Personnel

Technical

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References

  1. 1 2 Boissoneau, Ross. The Brian Setzer Orchestra: The Brian Setzer Orchestra at AllMusic. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  2. Ruhlmann, William. "Guitar Slinger Review". AllMusic . Retrieved 2022-01-27. Brian Setzer extends the genre exercise in jump blues he first tackled on The Brian Setzer Orchestra album
  3. "Discography".