British light music composer Eric Coates was in a dreamy mood when he wrote "Sleepy Lagoon" in 1930. He wrote it while gazing out across Bognor Regis in Southern England. The instrumental became an instant hit with listener's and even served as a theme song for several light programs on the BBC in days of yore. Words were added later by Jack Lawrence but people still want to hear it as an instrumental. In this fashion, Harry James had a monster hit with Ravel's Daphnis & Chloe Suite No. 2 introducing the melody. Many others recorded this piece, one of which is this unreleased take by Tommy Dorsey. It seems incredible that it remained unreleased until 1968! This version from 1942 is very different from a later record made that same year with a full body of strings. Both feature Dorsey's marvelous muted trombone set against the back drop of a danceable fox trot. The chief voice is indeed Dorsey's trombone, the rest of the band sits this out except for the rhythm section. This is a very delectable performance which should have been heard as is although the big orchestra version has much going for it as well.