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- Artist: Leroy Anderson
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- Release Date: November 18, 1997
- Total Time: 53:33
- Type: Compilation (best of)
- Genre: Easy Listening
Review
This collects 20 of Leroy Anderson's best-known recordings. Anderson produced little "orchestral miniatures": original compositions that utilized much of the trappings of classical music put in the confines of a pop single. Decca Records signed him in 1950 to conduct his music for a gigantic, 55-piece orchestra (one that Anderson often said could never be put together in a live situation), producing pieces that were quirky ("The Syncopated Clock"), offbeat ("The Typewriter"), and just plain whimsical and fun ("Fiddle Faddle" and "Plink, Plank, Plunk!"). Best known of all is the title track, composed during a July heat wave in 1948. Though his music is seldom revived today, it was enormously catchy and popular in the pre-rock & roll days of pop music and sounds wonderful collected here. ~ Cub Koda, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Blue Tango, for orchestra | Leroy Anderson | Leroy Anderson | (2:55) |
| The Syncopated Clock, for orchestra | Leroy Anderson | Leroy Anderson | (2:24) |
| Jazz Pizzicato, for string orchestra | Leroy Anderson | Leroy Anderson | (1:45) |
| Jazz Legato, for string orchestra (or standard orchestra) | Leroy Anderson | Leroy Anderson | (1:36) |
| Plink, Plank, Plunk!, for string orchestra | Leroy Anderson | Leroy Anderson | (2:26) |
| Fiddle-Faddle, for string orchestra (or standard orchestra) | Leroy Anderson | Leroy Anderson | (3:13) |
| Trumpeter's Lullaby, for orchestra | Leroy Anderson | Leroy Anderson | (2:53) |
| The Typewriter, for orchestra (with typewriters) | Leroy Anderson | Leroy Anderson | (1:37) |
| The First Day of Spring, for orchestra | Leroy Anderson | Leroy Anderson | (3:01) |
| Song of the Bells, for orchestra | Leroy Anderson | Leroy Anderson | (3:03) |
| Summer Skies, for orchestra | Leroy Anderson | Leroy Anderson | (2:36) |
| Forgotten Dreams, for orchestra | Leroy Anderson | Leroy Anderson | (2:13) |
| The Waltzing Cat, for orchestra | Leroy Anderson | Leroy Anderson | (2:44) |
| Bugler's Holiday, for orchestra | Leroy Anderson | Leroy Anderson | (2:31) |
| Sandpaper Ballet, for orchestra | Leroy Anderson | Leroy Anderson | (3:22) |
| Serenata, for orchestra | Leroy Anderson | Leroy Anderson | (3:27) |
| Sleigh Ride, for orchestra (or string orchestra) | Mitchell Parish, Leroy Anderson | Leroy Anderson | (2:50) |
| Arietta, for orchestra (or string orchestra) | Leroy Anderson | Leroy Anderson | (2:47) |
| The Golden Years, for orchestra | Leroy Anderson | Leroy Anderson | (3:24) |
| Clarinet Candy, for orchestra | Leroy Anderson | Leroy Anderson | (2:46) |
