Dave Brubeck, Early Fantasies

Label: Book Of The Month Records
Year: 1980
Released on LP: Yes
Released on CD: No

Tracks

Side One: The Dave Brubeck Octet

The Way You Look Tonight
Love Walked In
What Is This Thing Called Love
September In The Rain
Prelude
Fugue On Bop Teams
Let’s Fall In Love
IPCA
Closing Theme

Side Two: The Dave Brubeck Trio

Indiana
Blue Moon
T For Two
Laura
That Old Black Magic
Sweet Georgia Brown
Let’s Fall In Love

Side Three: The Dave Brubeck Trio

Avalon
Singin’ In The Rain
Squeeze Me
Always
Wonderful
Body And Soul
Too Marvellous For Words

Side Four: The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Give A Little Whistle
You Go To My Head
Over The Rainbow
This Can’t Be Love


Side Five: The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Lulu’s Back In Town
A Foggy Day
Star Dust
The Trolley Song
Look For The Silver Lining


Side Six: Dave Brubeck Solo Piano

Sweet Cleo Brown
I’m Old Fashioned
Imagination
They Say It’s Wonderful

Notes

The box set, consisting of 3 LP’s, was issued as a “Book Of The Month, Records Club Selection” in 1980.

The tracks and their sequence were selected by Dave. The box set includes a wonderful 14 page booklet, outlining the tracks selected, great photographs, a biography of Dave and six very detailed pages of notes written by Dave titled ‘How It All Happened’.

Unfortunately this release has never been issued on CD.

Personnel

Dave Brubeck
Herb Barman
Bob Bates
Bob Collins
Dick Collins
Ron Crotty
Bob Cummings
Lloyd Davis
Paul Desmond
Joe Dodge
Fred Dutton
Wyatt Ruther
Bill Smith
Cal Tjader
Dave VanKriedt