Woody Herman – Greatest Hits (Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Columbia CL 2491, US, 1965)
Electronically Re-channeled for Stereo – A tribute to Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey
Tracklist
Side A
A1. Woodchopper’s Ball
A2. Apple Honey
A3. Bijou
A4. The Good Earth
A5. Your Father’s Moustache
A6. Blue Flame
Side B
B1. Summer Sequence
B2. Caldonia
B3. Northwest Passage
B4. Four Brothers
B5. Wild Root
This Columbia compilation gathers Herman’s most iconic big band recordings from the 1940s and early 1950s, reprocessed for stereo to suit mid-60s listening trends. The cover’s forest imagery and axe motif nod to “Woodchopper’s Ball,” his breakout hit.