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THE BENNY GOODMAN SEXTET
The Complete Columbia Sessions
Volume 1
October 2, 1939
1. Flying Home (WCO 26132-A)
2. Homeward Bound (Flying Home)
(WCO 26132-B)
3. Rose Room (WCO 26133-A)
4. Stardust (WCO 26134-A)
November 22, 1939
5. Memories of You (WCO 26284-A)
6. Memories of You (WCO 26284-B)
7. Soft Winds (WCO 26285-A)
8. Soft Winds (WCO 26285-B)
9. Seven Come Eleven (Roast Turkey Stomp)
(WCO 26286-A)
December 20, 1939
10. Shivers (WCO 26354-breakdown)
11. Shivers (WCO 26354-A)
12. AC-DC Current (WCO 26355-A)
13. I'm Confessin' (WCO 26356-A)
February 7, 1940
14. Till Tom Special (WCO 26494-A)
15. Gone with "What" Wind (WCO 26495-A)
16. Gone with "What" Wind (WCO 26495-B)
April 3, 1940
17. The Sheik of Araby (WCO 26718-A)
18. Poor Butterfly (WCO 26719-A)
April 10, 1940
19. I Surrender Dear (WCO-26743-B)
20. Boy Meets Goy (Grand Slam) (Boy Meets
Girl) (WCO 26744-B)
June 20, 1940
21. Six Appeal (My Daddy Rocks Me)
(WCO 26940-A)
22. These Foolish Things (WCO 26941-A)23. Good Enough to Keep (WCO 26942)
November 7, 1940
24. Wholly Cats (CO 29027)
25. Wholly Cats (CO 29027)
26. Wholly Cats (CO 29027)

THE BENNY GOODMAN SEXTET
The Complete Columbia Sessions
Volume 2
November 7, 1940
1. Wholly Cats (CO 29027-1)
2. Wholly Cats (CO 29027-2)
3. Royal Garden Blues (CO 29028)
4. Royal Garden Blues (CO 29028)
5. Royal Garden Blues (CO 29028-1)
6. As Long As I Live (CO 29029-1)
7. As Long As I Live (CO 29029-2)
8. Benny's Bugle (CO 29030)
Benny's Bugle (CO 29030)
Benny's Bugle (CO 29030)
Benny's Bugle (CO 29030)
9. Benny's Bugle (CO 29030)
10. Benny's Bugle (CO 29030-1)
December 19, 1940
11. Breakfast Feud (CO 29259)
12. Breakfast Feud (CO 29259-4)
13. Breakfast Feud (CO 29259-"3"[partial])
14. Breakfast Feud (CO 29259-"2"[splice])
15. Breakfast Feud (CO 29259-1)
16. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
(CO 29260)
17. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
(CO 29260)
18. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
(CO 29260-1)
19. Gilly (Gone with What Draft)
(CO 29261)
20. Gilly (Gone with What Draft)
(CO 29261-2)
21. Gilly (Gone with What Draft) (CO 29261-1)

THE BENNY GOODMAN SEXTET
The Complete Columbia Sessions
Volume 3
January 15, 1941
1. Breakfast Feud (CO 29512-1)
2. Breakfast Feud (CO 29512-2)
3. Breakfast Feud (CO 29512-S)
4. Breakfast Feud (CO 29512-S)
5. On the Alamo (CO 29513-1)
6. I Found a New Baby (CO 29514-1)
7. I Found a New Baby (CO 29514-2)
8. Gone with What Draft (Gilly)
(CO 29519)(labeled "-2" on MJCD 68)
9. Gone with What Draft (Gilly)
(CO 29519-1)
10. Gone with What Draft (Gilly)
(CO 29519-3)
March 13, 1941
11. A Smo-o-o-oth One (CO 29942-1)
12. A Smo-o-o-oth One (CO 29942-2)
13. A Smo-o-o-oth One (CO 29942)
(labeled "-3" on MJCD 74)
14. Good Enough to Keep (Air Mail Special)
(CO 29943-1)
15. Good Enough to Keep (Air Mail Special)
(CO 29943-2)
October 28, 1941
16. If I Had You (CO 31609-1)
17. If I Had You (CO 31609-2)
(missing take issued on Blue-Disc 1002)
18. If I Had You (CO 31609)(Phont NCD 8823)
19. Limehouse Blues (CO 31610-1)
(missing take issued on Blue-Disc 1002)
20. Limehouse Blues (CO 31610)(Phont NCD 8823)
21. Limehouse Blues (CO 31610-2)
December 24, 1941
22. Blues in the Night (CO 32051-1)
23. Where or When (CO 32052-1)
24. Where or When (CO 32052)(Phont NCD 8823)25. On the Sunny Side of the Street (CO 32053)
(Phont NCD 8823)
26. On the Sunny Side of the Street (CO 32053-1)
(missing take issued on Blue-Disc 1004)

THE BENNY GOODMAN SEXTET
The Complete Columbia Sessions
Volume 4
March 10, 1942
1. The Wang Wang Blues (CO 32593)
(Phont NCD 8823)
2. The Wang Wang Blues (CO 32593-1)
3. The World is Waiting for the Sunrise
(CO 32594-3)
THE BENNY GOODMAN QUARTET (same date)
4. The World is Waiting for the Sunrise
(CO 32594)(Phont NCD 8823)
5. The World is Waiting for the Sunrise
(CO 32594-1)
THE BENNY GOODMAN SEXTET (same date)
6. The Way You Look Tonight (CO-32595-1)
7. St. Louis Blues (no matrix assigned)
November 16, 1944
THE BENNY GOODMAN QUINTET
8. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye (CO 33816)
(Phont NCD 8824--original transfer skips)
(missing take 1, issued on Columbia 36767)
9. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye (CO 33816-2)
10. After You've Gone (CO 33817)
11. After You've Gone (CO 33817)
12. After You've Gone (CO 33817)
13. After You've Gone (CO 33817)
14. After You've Gone (CO 33817)
15. After You've Gone (CO 33817)
16. After You've Gone (CO 33817-1)
17. After You've Gone (CO 33817-2)
18. Only Another Boy and Girl (CO 33818)
(Phont NCD 8824)*
December 21, 1944
19. Rachel's Dream (CO 34030--breakdown)20. Rachel's Dream (CO 34030)
21. Rachel's Dream (CO 34030)
22. Rachel's Dream (CO 34030)
23. Rachel's Dream (CO 34030--breakdown)
24. Rachel's Dream (CO 34030-2)
25. Rachel's Dream (CO 34030)
26. Rachel's Dream (CO 34030--breakdown)
27. Rachel's Dream (CO 34030)
28. Rachel's Dream (CO 34030--breakdown)

*Controversy exists over whether this version was ever assigned a matrix
number

THE BENNY GOODMAN SEXTET
The Complete Columbia Sessions
Volume 5
December 21, 1944
1. Rachel's Dream (CO 34030-1A)
2. Only Another Boy and Girl (CO 34031)
3. Only Another Boy and Girl (CO 34031)
4. Only Another Boy and Girl (CO 34031)
5. Only Another Boy and Girl (CO 34031--bkdn)
6. Only Another Boy and Girl (CO 34031-2)
7. Only Another Boy and Girl (CO 34031-5)
February 4, 1945
8. After You've Gone (CO 33817-4)
(Phont NCD 8824/CBS CK 44292)
9. After You've Gone (CO 33817-3)
(Phont 7661 Lp)
10. Slipped Disc (CO 34263)
(Phont NCD 8824)
11. Slipped Disc (CO 34263-2)
(Phont NCD 8824)
12. Slipped Disc (CO 34263-1)
13. Oomph Fah Fah (CO 34264)
(Phont NCD 8824)
14. Oomph Fah Fah (CO 34264-1)
15. She's Funny That Way (CO 34265-1)
16. She's Funny That Way (CO 34265-2)
(Phont NCD 8824)
17. Body and Soul (CO 34266-R1) (Phont NCD 8824/CBS 44437)
THE BENNY GOODMAN TRIO (same date)
18. Body and Soul (CO 34266)
(Phont NCD 8824)
19. Body and Soul (CO 34266-1)
May 7, 1945
THE BENNY GOODMAN SEXTET
20. Rachel's Dream (CO 34030)
(Time-Life Lp Box--says take 4)
21. Rachel's Dream (CO 34030-3A)
(Phont NCD 8824)
22. Rachel's Dream (CO 34030-4)
23. Just One of Those Things (CO 34673)
(Phont NCD 8825)
24. Just One of Those Things (CO 34673-2)
25. Just One of Those Things (CO 34673-1)

THE BENNY GOODMAN SEXTET
The Complete Columbia Sessions
Volume 6
August 29, 1945
1. Tiger Rag (CO 35143)(Phont NCD 8825)
2. Tiger Rag (CO 35143-2)(Phont NCD 8825)
3. Tiger Rag (CO 35143-1)
4. Shine (CO 35144)(Phont NCD 8825)
(missing take issued on Phont CD 9105 "1945")
5. Shine (CO 35144-2A)(Phont NCD 8825)
6. Shine (CO 35144-1)
September 18, 1945
7. Ain't Misbehavin' (CO 35206)
(Phont NCD 8825)
8. Ain't Misbehavin' (CO 35206-1)
9. I Got Rhythm (CO 35207)(Phont NCD 8825)
10. I Got Rhythm (CO 35207-2)
11. I Got Rhythm (CO 35207-1)
(Phont NCD 8825)
12. I Got Rhythm (XCO 35208-1)(12" version)
(CBS 44292 says take 2)
September 24, 1945
THE BENNY GOODMAN QUINTET
13. Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away) (CO 35234)
14. Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)
(CO 35234)
THE BENNY GOODMAN SEXTET (same date)
15. Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)
(CO 35234-breakdown)
16. Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)
(CO 35234)
17. Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)
(CO 35234)
18. Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)
(CO 35234--breakdown)
19. Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)
(CO 35234)
THE BENNY GOODMAN QUINTET (same date)
20. Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)
(CO 35234-1)
21. Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)
(CO 35234-2)(Phont NCD 8825)
22. China Boy (CO 35235-1)
23. China Boy (CO 35235-2)(Phont NCD 8825)
24. My Daddy Rocks Me (no matrix assigned)
March 8, 1946
25. Don't Be a Baby, Baby (CO 35952-3)
October 22, 1946
26. I'll Always Be In Love with You (HCO 2112-2)
27. Honeysuckle Rose (HCO 2113-1)