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1961, Riverside RM 433 mono
Original deep groove mono release, "reels" labels with silver print. Track list: Waltz For Debby, Goodbye, Who Cares?, Venice, Toy, Elsa, Nancy (With The Laughing Face), Know What I Mean?
1967, Pickwick SP3-3128
Reissue of Jump For Joy, Mercury 60207, from 1958. Track list: I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good, Two Left Feet, Squeeze Me, Nothin', Bli Blip, Jump For Joy, Chocolate Shake, If Life Were All Peaches And Cream, Brownskin Gal In Calico Town, The Tune Of The Hickory Stick.
1968, Columbia Jazz Odyssey 32 16 0294
First reissue of 1960 album, "Transfiguration Of Hiram Brown." Writing on back cover. Track list: Transfiguration Of Hiram Brown Suite (Barefoot-Dirt Road, City Home, Cuttin' Out, Gotham Day, Gotham Night, Echo, The River, Finale), How Little We Know, Baby Please Don't Go, Make Yourself Comfortable, 'Deed I Do, Love For Sale.
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1965, A&M SP 4110
Original release, Monarch pressing, with Peter Whorf's iconic cover art featuring model Dolores Erickson. Includes Alpert's fine version of A Taste Of Honey, plus Green Peppers, Tangerine, Bittersweet Samba, Lemon Tree, Whipped Cream, Love Potion No. 9, El Garbanzo, Ladyfingers, Butterball, Peanuts, Lollipops And Roses.
1971, A&M SP 4314
Original release, Monarch pressing. Track list: Hurt So Bad, Jerusalem, Martha My Dear, If You Could Read My Mind, Darlin', Summertime, The Nicest Things Happen, Montezuma's Revenge, Catch A Falling Star, Strike Up The Band.
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1981, A&M SP-3113
Reissue of 1968 classic. Track list: Winter Wonderland, Jingle Bells, My Favorite Things, The Christmas Song, Las Mananitas, Sleigh Ride, The Bell That Couldn't Jingle, Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow, Jingle Bell Rock, Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring.
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1976, Savoy S)JL 1103
Original release, factory sealed. Shrinkwrap has shelf wear but record is unopened and presumed mint. Not a cutout. Track list: El Sino, Ineta, Wild Leo, Leaping Leo, Just Chips, Street Of Dreams, Good Time Blues, Travellin' Light, Red Top, Fuzzy, Stairway To The Stars, Jim Dawgs, Big Slam Part 1, Big Slam Part 2. Extensive liner notes by Bob Porter.
1969, Atco SD2-701
Original U.S. release, Monarch pressing. Track list: Side 1 (How Good It Would Be To Feel Free): Tropic Of Capricorn, Czechoslovakia, Take Me To The Water, A Word About Colour; Side 2 (Kiss Him Quickly, He Has To Part): Light My Fire, Indian Rope Man, When I Was A Young Girl, Flesh Failures (Let The Sunshine In); Side 3 (Looking In The Eye Of The World): Ellis Island, In Search Of The Sun, Finally Found You Out, Looking In The Eye Of The World; Side 4 (Save The Country): Vauxhall To Lambeth Bridge, All Blues, I've Got Life, Save The Country.
1974, RCA Victor CPL2-1230
Live at the Whisky a Go Go, Hollywood, 1974. Gatefold cover with historical liner notes by Auger. Track list: Freedom Jazz Dance, Happiness Is Just Around The Bend, Maiden Voyage, Second Wind, Whenever You're Ready, Inner City Blues, Straight Ahead, Compared To What.
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1956, Contemporary C 5002 mono
Original "deep groove" release, dark green labels, Hollywood pressing. Small tear at bottom of cover, spine neatly taped. With Bob Scobey, Barney Kessel, Stan Wrightsman, Shelly Manne. Track list: When Your Lover Has Gone, Can't We Talk It Over, My Melancholy Baby, I'll Never Be The Same, Lover Come Back To Me, The House Is Haunted, I'm Thru With Love, Someone To Watch Over Me, Come Rain Or Come Shine, What Is This Thing Called Love?
1980, Fabbri Editori GDJ 54
Original Italian release, with gatefold sleeve and 8-page booklet stapled to gatefold. Booklet features photos and extensive notes in Italian. Track list: Line For Lyons, Bark For Barksdale (both with Gerry Mulligan), So Easy, Go-Go, Bevan Beeps, Madison Avenue, Lonely Star, Cherokee.
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1977, A&M SP 4655
Original release, White Label Promo with promo sticker on cover. Small punch hole in corner of cover. Cover and inner sleeve photos by Francesco Scavullo. Track list: Ruby, Nostalgia, Latin Reaction, Ngiculela - Es Una Historia - I Am Singing, Sunride, Adios, Blue Angel, Midnight Tango.
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1977, Concord Jazz CJ-43
Original release. Track list: Fascinating Rhythm, Why Was I Born, When Sunny Gets Blue, Sweet Georgia Brown, Cheerful Little Earful, The Flintstones Theme, Pick Yourself Up, On Green Dolphin Street, Three Little Words, I May Be Wrong But I Think You're Wonderful, Sweet And Lovely, Blues Going Up, Blues Going Up (Reprise).
1978, Concord Jazz CJ-67
Original release. Barnes' final recording, live at Bimbo's, San Francisco, April 17, 1977. With Duncan James, Benny Barth, Dean Reilly. Track list: Night And Day, I'm Coming Virginia, The Days Of Wine And Roses, Don't Get Around Much Any More, On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever), I've Found A New Baby, George Barnes Rap, Honeysuckle Rose, St. Louis Blues, At Sundown.
1961, Verve V-8104 mono
2nd Verve issue. Small address sticker on side label. Track list: Cherry Point, Bubbles, Right On, The Blues Done Come Back, Plymouth Rock, I Feel Like A New Man, You For Me, Soft Drink, Two For The Blues, Slow But Sure.
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1972, Daybreak DR2014
Gentle On My Mind, Everything Is Beautiful, Gonna Build A Mountain, Sunrise Sunset, Hangin' Loose, All His Children, Put Your Hand In The Hand, Snowbird, Little Green Apples, Sugar Don't You Know, Have A Nice Day. Liner notes by Johnny Mercer.
1965, RCA Victor LPV-510 mono
Original release, purple label. RCA Vintage Series. Bechet performances from 1932-1941 with the New Orleans Feetwarmers and with Jelly Roll Morton, Tommy Ladnier and Doctor Henry Levine. Extensive liner notes by George Hoefer.
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1975, Kudu 21
Original release, still in factory shrinkwrap. Cover art by Abdul Mati Klarwein. One corner of cover slightly damaged. Track list: Star Fire, Cactus, Texas Ann, Red Eye, Cafe Black Rose, Brothers And Others. Featuring David Sanborn, engineered by Rudy Van Gelder.
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1983, Classic Jazz Masters CJM 88505
Original Dutch release. Recordings from 1924-25, with the Wolverines, the Sioux City Six and the Rhythm Jugglers. Gatefold cover with extensive biographical notes.
1980, Stash ST-205
Original release, White Label Promo. Track list: Early Summer, Hormone, Ballade, Wick Dippers, Interface, Elling-Stray Lament, All Right, Ike And Mike. Liner notes by Bill Farrar.
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1980, Savoy SJL-2242
Repackaging of Los Angeles jazz sessions from the late '40s and early '50s. With the Wardell Gray All-Stars, Russell Jacquet, Wild Bill Moore & Gene Montgomery, Helen Humes, Slim Gaillard, Kenny Clarke. Album engineered by Rudy Van Gelder. Gatefold cover with eomplete personnel and extensive notes by Bob Porter. Cover art by Jim Cherry.
1978, Fantasy F 9570
Original release. Includes inner sleeve with credits. Track list: Happy Music, Gut Level, Walking In Rhythm, Do It Fluid, Rock Creek Park, Supernatural Feeling, Soft And Easy. Produced by Donald Byrd.
1985, Green Dolphin 11985
Original release, factory sealed with slight corner bump and cut corner on cover.
1982, Watt/ECM ECMW12
Live at the Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, Aug. 19-21, 1981. Featuring Michael Mantler.
1978, Arista GRP 5000
Original release, Santa Maria pressing. Her debut album, arranged and conducted by Dave Grusin. Gatefold cover with credits. Track list: Under The Moon And Over The Sky, This Time I'll Be Sweeter, Baby I Need Your Love, Rough Times, The Only Thing I Would Wish For, Summer Days, Share Your Love, Children Of The World United.
1983, Arista AL8-8198
Original release. Includes inner sleeve with credits and a photo portrait of the artist. Track list: Special Delivery, Call Of The Wild, Nothin' But A Teaser, I'm On Your Side, Penetration, You're A Special Part Of Me, Still A Thrill, Gotta Make It Up To You, Crazy For Him.
1982, Mercury 6313 370
Reissue of 1968 recordings. Title on labels is "Original Boogie Woogie." Track list: Death Ray Boogie, Honky Tonk Train Blues, Weary Blues, Cow Cow Boogie, Triplets Bass Boogie, Just Jokin', Pine Top's Boogie Woogie, Dardanella, 3/4-6/8 Boogie, Lousiana Glide, Boogie-Woogie On The Saint Louis Blues, Five Fingers Boogie.
1987, CBS FM 42318
Promo, with gold promo stamp on back cover. Track list: Espiegle, Amoureuse, Entr'amis, Vagabonde, Pastorale, Affectueuse, Intime, Jazzy.
1977, Chiaroscuro CR 2004
First U.S. release of South African "Mannenberg - Is Where It's Happening" in new, factory sealed condition with cut corner. Track list: Cape Town Fringe, The Pilgrim.
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1978, Elektra 6E-143
Early issue, PRC-West pressing. Slight warp does not affect play. Custom inner sleeve with lyrics and credits. Track list: Be A Believer, Holdin' On (To Your Love), Street Fever, Butterfly, I Been Doin' Alright Part II (Everythings Gonna Be Alright), Disco In The Sky, African Violet, Love Two Love, Martin St. Martin.
1986, Concord Jazz CJ-297
With the Sweet Baby Blues Band featuring Snooky Young, Curtis Peagler, Dinky Morris and Jimmie Noone, Jr. and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
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197?, Everest Archive Of Folk & Jazz Music FS-219
Recorded at Monroe's and Mintons in Harlem in 1941. With Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk. Track list: Swing To Bop, Stompin' At The Savoy, Up On Teddy's Hill, Stardust, Kerouac, Stardust, Guy's Got To Go, Lips Flips. Biographical liner notes by Leonard Feather.
1986, Blue Heron BLU 70101-1 D
Promo sticker on cover. Track list: It Can Be Better, African Lady, Lots Of Loving, Agoo, Yamosé, The Love Of Truth, Nii Me Ba, Kinka.
1981, Epic FE 36918
Original release, Carrollton pressing. Includes inner sleeve with lyrics & credits. Track list: Wild Dog, Louie Louie, Sweet Baby, I Just Want To Love You, Never Judge A Cover By Its Book, Let's Get Started, Winners, Touch And Go, Finding My Way.
1974, Atlantic SD 7268
2nd issue, PRC-Richmond pressing, with gatefold cover. Vinyl like new. With Jan Hammer, Tommy Bolin, Leland Sklar. Includes original Atlantic catalog inner sleeve. Track list: Quadrant 4, Medley (Searching For The Right Door, Spectrum), Medley (Anxiety, Taurian Matador), Stratus, Medley (To The Women In My Life, Le Lis), Medley (Snoopy's Search, Red Baron).
1980, Muse MR 5207
With Eddie Jefferson, Manhattan Transfer, and Tom Waits on "Waitin' For Waits"
1966, Impulse AS-94
Original U.S. stereo release with laminated gatefold cover. Vinyl heavily used, background noise audible. Live at the Newport Jazz Festival, July 2, 1965. Coltrane performs One Down One Up, Shepp performs Rufus, Le Matin Des Noire, Scag, Call Me By My Rightful Name. Liner notes by Nat Hentoff.
201?, Atlantic SD 1451
Undated reissue of 1966 album in new, unmarked, factory-sealed condition. Sticker on back cover: "Manufactured by Rhino Records. Produced under license from Atlantic Recording Corp.: exclusively distributed by Scorpio Music, Inc." Track list: Cherryco, Focus On Sanity, The Blessing, The Invisible, Bemsha Swing.
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1973, Columbia KC 32031
Original release. Rare fusion, with Bob Moses, Harold Vick, Jumma Santos, Jack Gregg, Jack DeJohnette. Track list: Seventh Period, Moonsong, Compost Festival, The Ripper, Buzzard Feathers, Changing Streams, Mon Cherry Popsicool, Restless Wave, Life Is Round.
1973, Atlantic SD 2-309
Recordings from 1938 and 1939, featuring Eddie Condon and His Windy City Seven, Eddie Condon and His Band, Bud Freeman and His Gang, the Bud Freeman Trio, the Jess Stacy/Bud Freeman Duo. Extensive historical liner notes by Herb Shultz
1978, Warner Bros BSK 3197
Original release. Includes inner sleeve with photos of the musicians and Ry Cooder's notes on the music. Cooder's guests include David Lindley, Red Callender, George Bohanon, Oscar Brashear, Earl Hines, Bill Johnson. Arranged and conducted by Joseph Byrd. Track list: Big Bad Bill Is Sweet William Now, Face To Face That I Shall Meet Him, The Pearls / Tia Juana, The Dream, Happy Meeting In Glory, In A Mist, Flashes, Davenport Blues, Shine, Nobody, We Shall Be Happy.
1976, ABC Blue Thumb BTSY-6027/2
Original release. Gatefold cover with credits. Ringwear on cover. Track list: Put It Where You Want It, Stomp And Buck Dance, Greasy Spoon, Scratch, So Far Away, Hard Times, So Far Away (Live), Don't Let It Get You Down, Keep That Same Old Feeling, That's How I Feel, Soul Caravan, Chain Reaction, Ballad For Joe (Louis), Do You Remember When, Way Back Home.
1976, ABC Blue Thumb BTSD-6024
Original release, Santa Maria pressing. Track list: Spiral, Keep That Same Old Feeling, My Mama Told Me So, Til The Sun Shines, And Then There Was The Blues, Serenity, Feeling Funky.
1976, ABC Blue Thumb BTSD-6024
Original release, Terre Haute pressing. Track list: Spiral, Keep That Same Old Feeling, My Mama Told Me So, Til The Sun Shines, And Then There Was The Blues, Serenity, Feeling Funky.
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196?, MMO 4055
Music Minus One "Jazz Duets in the Round" series. Interactive album, allowing listener to play along with jazz duets. Featuring Davern, Georges Duvivier, Bobby Donaldson. Very slight edge wear on cover
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1974, MCA 410
Original release, Pinckneyville pressing. Track list: Moonlight Serenade, Ave Maria, Do It Again, West 42nd Street, Havana Strut, Whirlwinds.
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1974, CTI 6041
Original release. Live at the Felt Forum, Madison Square Garden Center, New York, April 20, 1973. Track list: Do It Again, Spirit Of Summer, Parana, Tropea, Branches (O Galho Da Roseira) (with Flora Purim vocals). Engineered by Rudy Van Gelder.
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1970, A&M SP-3032
Original release, Monarch pressing. Desmond brings his lyrical alto sax style to the works of Paul Simon: El Condor Pasa, So Long Frank Lloyd Wright, The 59th St. Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy), Mrs. Robinson, Old Friends, America, For Emily Whenever I May Find Her, Scarborough Fair / Canticle, Cecilia, Bridge Over Troubled Water. With Herbie Hancock.
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1982, Verve 2304329 mono
German monaural reissue. Recorded in New York, August 1957. Blues In Time, Body And Soul, Stand Still, Line For Lyons, Wintersong, Battle Hymn Of The Republic, Fall Out. Liner notes by Nat Hentoff.
1984, Columbia FC 39584
Original release, Pitman pressing, mastered by Robert Ludwig. "Featuring Toots Thielemans" sticker on cover. Scratch likely audible on Samba For Carmen, otherwise nice. Track list: Gdansk (Dedicated To Lech Walesa), Brussels In The Rain, Waltz For Sonny, Manteca, Samba For Carmen (McCrae), Cómo Fue, My Last Farewell, Why Not. Liner notes by Stanley Crouch.
1985, Arnaeus Music AE 201
Original Iceland release in new, unmarked, factory-sealed condition. With Ray Brown, Pete Jolly, Jimmie Smith. Track list: Stella By Starlight, Body And Soul, It Could Happen To You, Blues For Ray, Sigrun, Summertime, I Remember Clifford, I Love You, Astin, My Funny Valentine.
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1973, MPS/BASF MB 25123
Original release. Track list: Whiplash, Sladka Pitka, Devil Made Me Write This Piece, Go Back Home, Invincible, Image Of Maria, Sidonie, Nicole.
1978, Atlantic SD 19178
Small writing on back cover
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1979, Muse MR 5186
Original release. With Tom Ranier, Bob Magnusson, Luther Hughes, John Perett, Don Williams and Carol Eschete vocals on the title track.
1981, Milestone M-47063
Reissue of Evans' 1956 debut album, "New Jazz Conceptions" with Teddy Kotick and Paul Motian, plus previously unreleased solo works from 1958 and 1962. Gatefold cover with notes by Peter Keepnews. Track list: I Love You, Five, I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good, Conception, Easy Living, Displacement, Speak Low, Waltz For Debby, Our Delight, My Romance, No Cover No Minimum (Take 2), No Cover No Minimum (Take 1), Some Other Time, Easy To Love, Danny Boy, Like Someone In Love, In Your Own Sweet Way.
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1987, Black-Hawk BKH 526
Original U.S. release, Waddell pressing, translucent vinyl. Promotional copy with promo sticker on cover. With Masabumi Kikuchi, Arthur Blythe, Hamiet Bluiett, Tim Landers, Billy Cobham ... Track list: Copenhagen Sight, Zee Zee , Sirhan's Blues, Stone Free, Orange Was The Color Of Her Dress.
1979, CTI 7083
Original release, "Master by - Van Gelder" stamped in runoffs. Gatefold with credits and liner notes by Ira Gitler. Small paint stain on top of cover and very small writing in gatefold. Track list: Whisper Not, A Child Is Born, Big Blues, Pavane For A Dead Princess.
1980, Columbia JC 36766
Original release, White Label Promo, Pitman pressing. Gold promo stamp on back cover. Track list: It's My Time, Dance To Your Heart, Everybody Loves The Blues, An Offering Of Love - Part 1, Star, You Can Have Me Anytime, Red Creek, The Spirit Of St. Frederick.
1987, Intima ST-73279
Original release, Europadisk pressing. Track list: Jack Usage, Sunday Morning, High Voltage, Stardust, Marketplace, Walkin' On The Pier (with Carl Anderson vocals), Snap, Shufflemonk. Includes Enigma company inner sleeve.
1959, Verve MGV-4028 mono
Original release. Textured gatefold cover with art by Bernard Buffet. Track list: They Can't Take That Away From Me, Embraceable You, I Can't Be Bothered, Boy! What Love Has Done To Me!, Fascinatin' Rhythm, Funny Face, Lorelei, Oh So Nice, Let's Kiss And Make Up, I Got Rhythm. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Notes on the songs by Lawrence D. Stewart.
1964, Verve V-4064 mono
Original mono release. Scratch may be audible on the title track, otherwise nice. Punch hole in corner of cover. Track list: Hello, Dolly!, People, Can't Buy Me Love, The Sweetest Sounds, Miss Otis Regrets, My Man, How High The Moon, Volare, The Thrill Is Gone, Memories Of You , Lullaby Of The Leaves, Pete Kelly's Blues.
1969, Reprise RS 6354
Original release, Terre Haute pressing. "Special Value" sticker on cover and small writing on back; sticker on side 2 label. Recorded live at Olympic Sound Studios, London, May 1969. Track list: Get Ready, The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game, Yellow Man, I'll Never Fall In Love Again, Got To Get You Into My Life, I Wonder Why, Ooo Baby Baby, Savoy Truffle, Open Your Window, Knock On Wood.
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1966, Coral CRL757486
Original stereo release in new, unmarked, factory-sealed condition. Track list: A Taste Of Honey, The Shadow Of Your Smile, The "In" Crowd, Theme From "The Yearling", I Know A Place, It's Been A Long Long Time, Cast Your Fate To The Wind, Lucky Pierre, I'm Henry VIII I Am, Fountain In The Rain, Stand By Me, King Of The Road.
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1989, Philips 838 162-1
Original French release. Live at the Zénith de Paris, March 1988. The last album released in Gainsbourg's lifetime. Includes original inner sleeves. Track list: You're Under Arrest, Qui Est "In" Qui Est "Out", Five Easy Pisseuses, Hey Man Amen, L'Homme À Tête De Chou, Manon, Valse De Melody, Dispatch Box, Harley David Son Of A Bitch, You You You But Not You, Seigneur Et Saigneur, Bonnie And Clyde, Gloomy Sunday, Couleur Café, Aux Armes Et Caetera, Aux Enfants De La Chance, Les Dessous Chics, Mon Légionnaire.
1977, Columbia PC 34421
Original release. With Bob James, Grover Washington Jr., Ralph MacDonald ... Track list: Ginseng Woman, Red Ground, Sara Smile, De Rabbit, She Is My Lady, East End West End. Cover painting by David Wilcox. Includes insert promoting progressive music from CBS Records.
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1986, Legato 1001
Original release, Allied pressing. Track list: Fe Fi Fo Funk, Blues For Hollywood, Credit Reference Blues, Song For My Family, Spending Sunday With You, Weddington Street, Alone Together, A Touch Of Brasil.
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1987, Legato 1002
Original release. Track list: Lazy Passion, Spike's Song, Stephanie, Resident Alien, The Natives Are Restless, Legends (Dedicated To Chick Corea), The Tardis.
1976, Fantasy F-9504
Original release. With Bobby Hutcherson, Harvey Mason, Don Menzo, Hadley Caliman, Patrice Rushen and others. Track list: Collage, The Way I Feel Sometimes, Patrice, Kathy, Sara, Night People, Invitation To Love, Visions. Cover art by Jamie Putnam.
1964, Verve V6-8545
Original stereo release, featuring Antonio Carlos Jobim and the silky vocals of Astrud Gilberto. With the classic The Girl From Ipanema, plus Doralice, Para Muchucar Meu Coracao (To Hurt My Heart), Desafinado, Corcovado, So Danco Samba (Jazz Samba), O Grande Amor, Vivo Sohando.
1964, Verve V6-8554
Original release. Arrangements by Claus Ogerman and Lalo Schifrin, engineered by Phil Ramone. Track list: Moonlight In Vermont, If Ever I Would Leave You, Love, Reflections, Sleeping Bee, Charade, Early Autumn, Penthouse Serenade, Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most, Nitetime Street, Blowin' In The Wind.
1965, Metro MS-501
Original release, a compilation of recordings from the mid-'50s. Track list: Over The Rainbow, How About You, A Handful Of Stars, That Old Feeling, Spring Is Here, I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me.
1961, Verve V-8447 mono
Original release in excellent condition. Live at Shelley's Mannehole, Los Angeles. Liner notes by George T. Simon. Track list: Let My People Blow, Moanin', Stella By Starlight, Three Blind Mice, Blue Wednesday, Mannehole March.
1961, Columbia CL 817 mono
'61 reissue, "6-eye" labels, Hollywood pressing. Early radio broadcasts featuring Harry James, Lionel Hampton, Gene Krupa, Teddy Wilson ... Track list: Ridin' High, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Vibraphone Blues, The Sheik Of Araby, Always, Peckin', Sunny Disposish, Sweet Leilani, Moonglow, Nagasaki, St. Louis Blues
1977, Black Lion BLP 30193
Original U.K. release. Recorded in London, July 4, 1974. Track list: Fine And Dandy, Over The Rainbow, Manhattan, Moonlight In Vermont, I Can't Get Started, You Took Advantage Of Me, Sometimes I'm Happy.
1986, Blackhawk BKH-51601
In concert at the Paul Masson Winery and the Great American Music Hall, July 1982. Track list: I've Got Rhythm, Fascinating Rhythm, Let's Fall In Love, Swing '42, Honeysuckle Rose, You Are The Sunshine Of My Life, Minor Swing, Here There And Everywhere, St. Louis Blues, Them There Eyes, After You've Gone.
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1980, Angel Digital DS-37710
Original release. Track list: A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square, Lullaby Of Birdland, When The Red Red Robin Comes Bob Bob Bobbin' Along, Skylark, Bye Bye Blackbird, Coucou, Flamingo, Dinah, Rosetta, Sweet Sue, Once In Love With Amy, Laura, La Route Du Roi, Sweet Georgia Brown. Liner notes by the arrange and conductor, Max Harris.
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1955, Columbia CL 692 mono
Original release, "6-eye" labels. Track list: Joy To The World, Silent Night, Silver Bell, Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Away In A Manger, The First Nowell, Adeste Fideles, O Little Town Of Bethlehem, Kringle's Jingle, Here Comes Santa Claus, I'll Be Home For Christmas, White Christmas.
1983, Elektra Musician 60262-1-I
Original release, Specialty Records pressing. Live at the Circle Star Theater, San Carlos, California, April 3, 1982. Featuring Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard and Lenny White. Track list: Why Wait, Guernica, Happy Times, October Ballad, I Mean You, Here's That Rainy Day. With original Elektra Musician inner sleeves.
See David Grisman page.
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1956, Atlantic 1246 mono
"Deep groove" original release, black labels. Track list: Summertime, Fedja, A Foggy Day, Perntz, All Of Me, Mean Of Me, So What. Extensive liner notes by Leonard Feather.
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1975, Blue Note BN-LA520-G
Original release, still factory sealed. Cover has very slight corner wear and shrinkwrap shows shelf wear. Track list: V-O, The Morning Side Of Love, Abdullah And Abraham, Andy's Walk, Peregrinations, Sweet Dreams, Little Lisa, Space For Stacy, On And Off , It's About That Time.
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1980, Elektra 6E-257
Original release in new, factory-sealed condition. Not a reissue, import, club edition or cutout, no barcode. Shrinkwrap intact but has shelf wear. Track list: Magic Fingers, Mysterious Maiden, Nomad, Alekasam, Denise, Strut.
1986, Nemperor FZ 40382
Original release, pro motional copy with gold promo stamp on backcover. Custom inner sleeve with credits and historical notes. Recordings from 1974-76: The Seventh Day, Plants And Trees, Bambu Forest, Oceans And Continents, The Animals, Your Love, Night, I Remember Me.
1979, Giants Of Jazz GOJ-1014
Lionel Hampton Orchestra recordings from 1944 and 1945, including vocals by Dinah Washington and Lena Horne. With extensive liner notes by Russ Chase.
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1961, Charlie Parker Records PLP-803 mono
In new, unmarked, factory-sealed condition. Track list: The Cloister (Dance Suite): Part 1 - Impression; Part 2 - Obsession; Part 3 - Expression; Part 4 - Possession; There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York, Bess You Is My Woman, Summertime, I Love's You Porgy, It Ain't Necessarily So.
1979, Columbia JC 35764
Custom inner sleeve with lyrics. Track list: You Bet Your Love, Trust Me, Ready Or Not, Tell Everybody, Honey From The Jar, Knee Deep.
1984, Columbia FC 39478
2nd issue with new catalog # PC 39478 affixed to cover spine. Track list: Hardrock, Metal Beat, Karabali, Junku, People Are Changing, Sound-System.
1986, Columbia BFC 40335
Original release, promotional copy. Includes glossy photo of the artists, biographical letter, inner sleeve with extensive notes by Quincy Troupe. Gold promo stamp on back cover.
1978, Columbia JC 35573
Percy, Jimmy and Albert Heath with Stanley Cowell and Tony Purrone. Inner sleeve with notes by Peter Keepnews.
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1980, PAUSA PR 7075
Original release. With Chick Corea, Ron Carter, Billy Higgins. Track list: Mirror Mirror, Candlelight, Keystone, Joe's Bolero, What's New, Blues For Liebestraum. Appreciation in liner notes by Leonard Feather.
1980, MCA 671
Reissue, MCA "rainbow and clouds" label, Pinckneyville pressing. Live at the Record Plant, Sausalito, California, March 1973. Track list: Cowboy's Dream No.19, Lonely Madman, My Old Timey Baby, Vivando, Success, Cheaters Don't Win, Payday Blues, I Asked My Doctor, Sure Beats Me, The Euphonius Whale, Sweetheart, 'Long Come A Viper, It's Not My Time To Go.
1966, RCA Victor LPM-3556 mono
Original release, Rockaway pressing. Track list: Bye Bye Blues, Star Dust, The Girl From Ipanema, Walkin', Sleepy Lagoon, I Can't Get Started, Clarinet Marmalade, (Do You Know What It Means To Me) New Orleans, Easy Street, Let'd Do It, The Jitterbug Waltz, Personality. Johnny Hodges / Wild Bill Davis Mess Of Blues / 1964 / Verve V6-8570 NM is / VG /15.00 Original release. Vinyl heavily scuffed, background noise will be audible. Track list: Jones, I Cried For You, Love You Madly, Little John Little John, Stolen Sweets, A & R Blues, Lost In Meditation.
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1966, RCA Victor LPV-533 mono
Original release. Hodges and Stewart are backed by units of Duke Ellington's 1940-41 orchestra including Ellington, Ben Webster, Ray Nance, Cootie Williams, Harry Carney, Lawrence Brown, Jimmy Blanton, Sonny Greer. Hodges plays Things Ain't What They Used To Be, Squaty Roo, Passion Flower, That's The Blues Old Man, Good Queen Bess, Day Dream, Junior Hop, Going Out The Back Way. Stewart plays Linger Awhile, Mobile Bay, Some Saturday, Poor Bubber, My Sunday Girl, Menelik, Without A Song, Subtle Slough (Just Squeeze Me But Don't Tease Me).
1974, Verve V6-8834
Original release. With Lalo Schifrin, Barry Galbraith, George Duvivier, Dave Bailey. Track list: Mama Knows, I'm In Another World, Dreary Days, I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me, B.A. Blues, Wanderlust, All Too Soon, Somebody Loves Me, Away From You. Liner notes by Leonard Feather.
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1974, Groove Merchant GM 505
Second issue with logo in red, white and blue. Small punch hole and very small writing on back cover. Track list: American Pie, St. Thomas, Catherine, Fingers, It's Impossible, Here's That Rainy Day, Who Can I Turn To.
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1977, Mushroom MRS-5507
Original release, Terre Haute pressing. Embossed gold-foil gatefold cover with credits plus an 8-page insert describing how the album was created and Horn's experience in the interior of the Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt, with multiple photos.
1981, Qwest 2QW 3597
Original release, Allied pressing. Live on Broadway at the Nederlander Theatre. Gatefold cover with multiple photos of Lena over the years.
1970, CTI 6001
Original release of a classic, engineered by Rudy Van Gelder. Lamination on gatefold cover is worn and peeling off in places. Track list: Red Clay, Delphia, Suite Sioux, The Intrepid Fox. With Joe Henderson, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Lenny White.
1975, CTI 6047 S1
Original release. Recordings from 1970 to 1972: Red Clay, In A Mist, First Light, Here's That Rainy Day. Engineered by Rudy Van Gelder. Liner notes by Ira Gitler.
1978, Columbia JC 35386
Original release, White Label Promo, Terre Haute pressing, with DJ timing sticker on cover and gold promo stamp on back. Track list: Super Blue, To Her Ladyship, Take It To The Ozone, The Gospel Truth, The Surest Things Can Change, Theme For Kareem.
1981, Fantasy F-9610
Original release. Includes inner sleeve with complete credits. Vocals by Jeanie Tracy. Track list: Splash, Mystic Lady, I'm Yours, Touchdown, You're Gonna Lose Me, Sister 'Stine, Jarri.
1977, Savoy SJL 1106
Reissue of Savoy 12046, Modern Jazz Quartet recordings from 1951-52. With John Lewis, Ray Brown, Kenny Clarke, Percy Heath, Al Jones. Track list: Softly As In The Morning Sunrise, Love Me Pretty Baby, Autumn Breeze, Milt Meets Sid, Moving Nicely, D & E, Heart And Soul, True Blues, Bluesology, Yesterdays, Round About Midnight, Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea.
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1955, Clef MG C-622
Original release, black labels with trumpeter. Well played but sounds good on deep groove heavy vinyl. Stain visible on back cover. Track list: Sittin' and Rockin', Mean to Me, Boot 'Em Up, Moe, Hippity Hop, Lazy Blues, What's the Riff?, Blues in the Night, Where Are You?, Fat Man Boogie.
1959, Epic LN 3631 mono
Original release. Vinyl like new, slight wear on cover.
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1978, Warner Bros BSK-3229
Original release, Jacksonville pressing. Includes inner sleeve with lyrics and drawing of the artist by Susan Player Jarreau. Track list: Thinkin' About It Too, I'm Home, Brite 'N' Sunny Babe, I Do, Fly, Wait A Little While, She's Leaving Home, All, (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay.
1981, Warner Bros BSK 3576
Original release, Jacksonville pressing. Includes inner sleeve with lyrics & credits. Track list: Closer To Your Love, My Old Friend, We're In This Love Together, Easy, Our Love, Breakin' Away, Roof Garden, (Round, Round, Round) Blue Rondo A La Turk, Teach Me Tonight.
1972, Atlantic SD 1612
Original release in new, unmarked, factory sealed condition. Not an import, club edition, cutout or reissue, no barcode. With Charlie Haden, Paul Motian and Dewey Redman. Track list: Birth, Mortgage On My Soul (Wah-Wah), Spirit, Markings, Forget Your Memories (And They'll Remember You), Remorse.
1972, ECM 1017
Original release, All Disc pressing. Track list: In Front, Ritooria, Lalene, My Lady; My Child, Landscape For Future Earth, Starbright, Vapallia, Semblence.
1974, ECM 1033/1034
Original release, gatefold cover with notes by the artist and credits. Track list: Metamorphosis, Fughata For Harpsichord, Brass Quintet, A Pagan Hymn, String Quartet, Short Piece For Guitar And Strings, Crystal Moment (Piece For Four Celli And Two Trombones), In The Cave In The Light.
197?, ECM 2-1090
Early issue, Pitman pressing, Polydor distribution. Faint stains on cover, otherwise excellent.
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1955, Cook 1083 mono
Sam Eskin's rare 1955 recordings of Afro-Cuban conga music in Santiago de Cuba - "cradle of conga." Featuring El Rancho Night Club Band, Trio Lissabet, Roving Carnival Band (Ritmo Y Frutas De Cuba), Conjunto Sibaney Band, and an unnamed street trio. "This conga is all alcohol, percussion and one Chinese trumpet." - from the liner notes.
195?, Olympic OLP 1201 mono
Rare and interesting private pressing. Crooner Jeffries collaborates with Eden Ahbez on a mysterious pre-hippie era spiritual symphonic journey. Includes the Ahbez suite "The Legend Of Nature Boy," including the song Nature Boy that was a big hit for Nat King Cole. With Richard Hazard's Orchestra.
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1980, Kicking Mule SNKF 169
Original U.K. release. The music of Jelly Roll Morton arranged for guitar: Wild Man Blues, Medley (Mint Julep, Buddy Bolden Blues, Freakish, Seattle Hunch), Cannonball Blues, Kansas City Stomps, Dead Man Blues, Mr Jelly Lord, Sidewalk Blues, Midnight Momma, King Porter Stomp, Chicago Breakdown, Dixie Knows, The Jelly Roll Blues, Milenburg Joys, Big Foot Ham, Sweet Peter, Grandpa's Spells. Extensive liner notes by Duck Baker.
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1987, Ark AKR 5476
Original release, like new. Track list: Beside Still Waters, Water Brooks, Across The Galilee, For Those Who Ponder, A Distant Shore, Wedding Feast, Lake Song.
1978, A&M SP 4685
Original release, Santa Maria pressing, with embossed cover. Includes inner sleeve with lyrics & credits and an appreciation by Alex Haley. Track list: Stuff Like That, I'm Gonna Miss You In The Morning, Love I Never Had It So Good, Tell Me A Bedtime Story, Love Me By Name, Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You), Takin' It To The Streets.
1985, Blue Note BT 85101
Original release, Jacksonville pressing. Includes "The Blue Note Story" inner sleeve. Track list: Eleanor Rigby, Freddie Freeloader, Round Midnight, All The Children, The Lady In My Life, Angel, Fundance, Return Expedition, A Child Is Born.
1988, Arista AL-8457
Original release, Hauppage pressing. Includes original inner sleeve with complete credits. Track list: Silhouette, Tradewinds, I'll Be Alright, Against Doctor's Orders, Pastel, We've Saved The Best For Last, All In One Night, Summer Song, Let Go, Home.
1956, Capitol T 190 mono
Original 12" release, Scranton pressing, turquoise labels. Small writing on back cover. Track list: Artistry In Rhythm, Eager Beaver, Collaboration, The Peanut Vendor, Intermission Riff, Concerto To End All Concertos, Artistry Jumps, Interlude, Theme To The West, How Am I To Know, Bongo Riff.
1974, Atlantic SD 1656
Original release. "Promotional DJ Copy" sticker on cover. Track list: Stompin' At The Savoy, Smooth Sailing, The Need To Smile, Two Bass Blues, Neither One Of Us, Mellow In The Park, Jessica, River Boat.
1978, Muse MR 5166
What A Difference A Day Made, Makin' Whoopee, Them There Eyes, I'm Glad There Is You, God Bless The Child, Could It Be Magic, Medley: All In Love Is Fair / Feelings, Visions.
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1976, Atlantic SD 1686
Original release. "PR" in runouts indicates Presswell pressing, although "MO" in label matrix indicates Monarch press. Track list: Water For Robeson And Williams, That's All, Donna Lee, Simone, Anysha, Samba Kwa Mwanamke Mweusi, Arrival. Extensive liner notes by Stanley Crouch.
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1976, Blue Note BN-LA667-G
Original release in new, factory-sealed condition with just a hint of corner wear. Not a reissue, cutout, import or club edition, no barcode. Track list: Captain Caribe, I Heard It Through The Grapevine, Felicia, Living Inside Your Love, Another Time Another Place, The April Fools, Kiko.
1981, Liberty LT-1079
Original release, mastered by Bob Ludwig. Track list: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, Nice To Be Around (Nice To Have Around), Like A Lover, Laura, Jamaica Farewell, Tenderly, Mona Lisa, Triste, Two For The Road, Mirabella, Lisbon Antiqua, A Time For Love, I'll Never Say Goodbye (The Promise).
1982, Atlantic Jazz Lore 90050-1
Remastered reissue of 1955 classic (Atlantic 1217). With original liner notes by Barry Ulanov.
1986, Celluloid CELL 6124
Original Canadian release. Includes insert with lyrics and Celluloid company inner sleeve. Side 1 is Mr. Follow Follow (12:58), side 2 is Who No Know Go Know (15:30).
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1976, Afrodisia DWAPS 2005
Original Nigerian release, made in England. Does not have original cover. Vinyl is heavily played, background noise audible throughout. Side 1 is Up Side Down (14:44), side 2 is Go Slow (14:52).
1986, Mercury 422 833 525-1 Q-1
Original release, Specialty pressing. Includes inner sleeve with lyrics & credits (small writing on inner sleeve). Cutout notch in cover. Instrumental and vocal versions of Teacher Don't Teach Me No Nonsense and Look And Laugh. Produced by Wally Badarou.
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1997, Kalakuta 547 025-1
French reissue of 1976 Nigerian release in new, unmarked, factory sealed condition.
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1972, CTI 6022
Original release with gatefold cover. Track list: Morning Star, Let Her Go, Where Is The Love, No More, Amazing Grace, What Do You Think Of This World Now? (with vocals by Debra Laws).
1975, CTI 6000
2nd iissue. Track list: La Jean 2:30, Love Is Blue / Sing A Rainbow, Crying Song, Listen To The Band, I've Gotta Get A Message To You, Feelin' Alright?, Cymbaline, How Long Will It Be?, Let It Be.
1973, CTI 6025
Original release
1977, CTI 7071
Original release. Live at the Paramount Theatre, Oakland, Oct. 4, 1975. Mixed and mastered by Rudy Van Gelder. With Bob James, Gary King and members of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra conducted by Denis de Coteau. Track list: Modaji, Feel Like Making Love, Frandole, Scheherezade.
1983, Columbia FC 35580
Original release. Track list: Gonna Be Happy (TV Soaps), Make It Last, Happy Anniversary, Swan Lake, Stay With Me, Morning Star, Life Cycles.
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1957, Atlantic 1257 mono
Original release, black label. With Kenny Clarke, Percy Heath, Connie Kay, Pierre Michelot, Barney Wilen. Liner notes by Ralph Gleason
1973, Warner Bros BS 2702
Early issue, "palm trees" labels, gatefold cover with credits. Very small, faint writing on back cover. Track list: Moving Away, I Don't Know, Merengue, All For You, Dance To My Mambo, Entrance To Paradise, Street Man. Cover painting by T. Cervenay.
1972, Warner Bros BS 2652
Original release, green labels, with embossed, textured gatefold cover. Protective plastic wrap neatly taped to cover. Track list: Momotombo, Oye Mamá, I'm For Real, Midnight Thoughts, Helá, Latin Bugaloo.
1975, A&M SP-4518
Original release. With Esther Satterfield vocals. Track list: Song Of The New Moon, Can't We Do This All Night, He Was A Friend Of Mine, Echano, Chase The Clouds Away, Soft.
1977, Milestone M-47042
Original release. Tracks from Mangione's early career, a repackaging of Hey! Baby - The Jazz Brothers (Riverside 371) and Recuerdo - Chuck Mangione (Jazzland 84). Featuring Gap Mangione, Wynton Kelly, Sal Nistico. Extensive liner notes by Conrad Silvert. Track list: Hey Baby, Bags' Groove, The Night Has A Thousand Eyes, Givin' The Business, Wha's Happ'nin', Just You Just Me, Old Folks, The Bassett Sound, Recuerdo, Big Foot, I Had The Craziest Dream, Solar, Blues For Sandaar, If Ever I Should Leave You, The Little Prince.
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1978, A&M SP-6700
Original release in new, factory sealed condition. "Mangione Magic" sticker on shrink. Nice package with gatefold inner sleeve featuring Mangione's notes on the film score.
1984, Columbia FC 39479
Original release, Carrollton pressing. Track list: Diana "D", Love Theme From "London And Davis In New York", Love Wears No Disguise, She's Not Mine To Love (No More), Shirley MacLaine, Josephine, Leonardo's Lady.
1982, A&M SP-4911
Dedicated to his father and other senior "national treasures." Includes original inner sleeve with credits. Track list: 70 Miles Young, Feels So Good (Vocal), Cannonball Run Theme, Recuerdo, Lullaby For Nancy Carol.
1988, Columbia FC-40984
Original release, promotional copy with promo stamp on back cover. Track list: That's Nice, Eyes Of The Veiled Temptress, Do You Ever Think About Me, Open Their Eyes, Long Hair Soulful, Sweet Butterfly, Freedom Song
1972, Atlantic SVBB-94909
Original release, Capitol Record Club edition. Gatefold cover with complete personnel and an appreciation by Leonard Feather. Track list: New Orleans, Motherless Child, Georgia On My Mind, Not Now - Later On, Gymnopedie, Yesterday's Kisses, Nirvana, Feeling Good, Patato, Why Don't You Do Right, Scratch, Drown In My Own Tears, Consolation, Turkish Coffee, Incense, Please Send Me Someone To Love.
1981, Atlantic SD 16046
Original release, Specialty pressing. Track list: Bend Down Low (with backing vocals by Cissy Houston and Whitney Houston), Sir Charles Duke, Cecelia, Cinnamon Flower, Memphis Underground, Another Star.
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1984, Contemporary OJC-172 / C 3584 mono
Mono reissue of 1960 album. With Jimmy Giuffre and Shorty Rogers with Russ Freeman. Track list: Flip, Autumn In New York, Pas De Trois, Three On A Row, Steeplechase, Abstract No. 1, The Sound Effects Manne, Everything Happens To Me, Billie's Bounce, With A Song In My Heart, A Slight Minority, Speak Easy.
1970, Blue Thumb BTS 27
Their debut album, original release with textured and embossed "envelope" cover like new. Includes original inner sleeve with credits . Track list: The Ghetto, The City (Grass And Concrete, Taxi To Brooklyn, Speak Easy It's A Whiskey Scene), Tramp And The Young Girl, Love (Renaissance, Prelude, Pickup, Hotel Backstage), Song For You.
1984, Columbia FC-39530
Original release, Pitman pressing. Includes inner sleeve with credits and appreciation by Stanley Crouch. Track list: Stardust, Lazy Afternoon, For All We Know, When You Wish Upon A Star, Django, Melancholia, Hot House Flowers, I'm Confessin' (That I Love You).
1967, Uni 73010
Original stereo release, long out of print. Track list: Baby Baby Baby, Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking), Lily The Fox, Groove Me, Thula, Mago, Arrastao, Reza (Laia Ladaia), I Just Wasn't Meant For These Times, Here There And Everywhere, Mazeze.
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1972, Blue Thumb BTS 6003
Original release, Santa Maria pressing, with unique die-cut, multi-foldopen cover with stunning paintings and drawings by Dumile Feni. Track list: Part Of A Whole, Minawa, The Big Apple, Umhomé, Maseru, Inner Crisis, Blues For Huey, Nomali, Maesha, Ingoo Pow-Pow (Children's Song).
1960, Fantasy 3305 mono
Original release on red translucent vinyl. With Buddy and Monk Montgomery, Richie Crabtree and Benny Barth. Small writing on old price sticker on back cover. Track list: Golden Earrings, People Will Say We're In Love, There Is No Greater Love, West Coast Blues, I've Never Been In Love Before, I Could Write A Book. Liner notes by Ralph J. Gleason.
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1981, Dark Orchid 602-12018
Live at El Mocambo, Toronto, December 1980. Gatefold cover with technical notes and appreciation by Herb Wong. Track list: T.O., Ana Luisa, Groovin' High, Louisiana, Sambanice, I Love You.
1969, Verve V6-8786
Abridged reissue of Soft Samba from 1965. Track list: Ringo, She Loves You, A Hard Day's Night, The Good Life, More (Theme From The Film "Mondo Cane"), And I Love Her, The Love Goddess (Theme From The Paramount Picture "The Love Goddess"), I Want To Hold Your Hand, Emily (Theme From The MGM Film "The Americanization Of Emily"), California Here I Come, La Vie En Rose.
1982, Elektra Musician E1-60023
Original release. Track list: Dance With Me, Feline, You've Really Got A Hold On Me, Moondance, All Feets Can Dance, Sightless Bird, Peace, Jubilee, Hallucinations, Chicken.
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1970, Blue Note BNST 84350
Original release of a classic, with "A Division of Liberty Records" on labels. Plays much better than visual grading indicates. Gatefold cover with McGriff portrait and notes by Jeff Smerin. Track list: Back On The Track, Chris Cross, Miss Poopie, The Bird Wave, Spear For Moondog - Part I, Spear For Moondog - Part II, Tight Times, Spinning Wheel, Funky Junk.
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1972, Trip TLP-8027
Track list: White Christmas, Christmas With McGriff, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus, Hip Santa, Winter Wonderland, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer, Jingle Bells.
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1967, Blue Note BST 84218
Early stereo release, blue & white labels with "Division of Liberty Records." Engineered by Rudy Van Gelder with "Van Gelder" stamped in trailoff wax. Recorded in 1964, with Charles Tolliver, Bobby Hutcherson, Cecil McBee, Billy Higgins. Track list: Action, Plight, Wrong Handle, I Hear A Rhapsody, Hootnan.
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1980, Angel Digital DS-37710
Original release. Track list: A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square, Lullaby Of Birdland, When The Red Red Robin Comes Bob Bob Bobbin' Along, Skylark, Bye Bye Blackbird, Coucou, Flamingo, Dinah, Rosetta, Sweet Sue, Once In Love With Amy, Laura, La Route Du Roi, Sweet Georgia Brown. Liner notes by the arrange and conductor, Max Harris.
1985, Atlantic 81264-1 mono
Reissue, Specialty pressing. Track list: It's Delovely, Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye, Experiment, Ours, After You, Where Oh Where, It's All Right With Me, So In Love, Looking At You, When Love Comes Your Way, I Am Ashamed That Women Are So Simple, Use Your Imagination, Ace In The Hole.
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1985, Manhattan ST 53005
Original release, promotional copy with gold promo stamp on cover. Track list: What's Your Name, Pretty Little Girl Of Mine, No More Mr. Nice Guy, We Can Make It, The Thing That Looks Best On You (Is Me), Carried Away, Baby Face, Jah Rasta, Thelonii.
1966, Columbia CS 9384
Original release, "360 Sound Stereo" on labels. Track list: East Of Nowhere, Things Ain't What They Used To Be, Sabya, But Not For Me, Watermelon Man, It Had Better Be Tonight, Climb Ev'ry Mountain, Feeling Good, Night Mist Blues, Loose Walk.
1979, ECM ECM-1-1155
Original release. With Lyle Mays. Track list: (Cross The) Heartland, Airstream, The Search, American Garage, The Epic.
1963, RCA Victor LSP 2767, 2768 and 2769
Three original vinyl LPs from 1963. All discs in excellent (VG++) condition, covers are VG+ to VG++ with light wear. 39 recordings from 1938 to 1941. Liner notes by George T.Simon and historical notes on all the recordings by Brad McCuen.
1984, Magic AWE 11
U.S. release. Recordings from 1944 and 1945: Anvil Chorus (introduced by Glenn Miller), I Only Have Eyes For You, Limehouse Blues, Parachute Jump, Accentuate The Positive, Blue Rain, Measure For Measure, Down The Road A Piece, Annie Laurie, Get Happy, My Guy's Come Back, I Dream Of You, Train Number 88, Anchors Aweigh.
1962, United Artists Jazz UAJS 15005
Reissue of "Jazz Portraits - Charles Mingus" from 1959. Partial seam splits and tiny tear on cover, vinyl a strong VG+. Recorded live at the Nonagon Art Gallery, New York, Jan. 15, 1959. Track list: Nostalgia In Times Square, I Can't Get Started, No Private Income Blues, Alice's Wonderland. With John Handy, Booker Ervin, Richard Wyands, Danny Richmond.
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1972, United Artists UAS-5637
Reissue of UAJS 15005 from 1962. With John Handy, Booker Ervin, Richard Wyands, Danny Richmond
1979, Atlantic SD 8803
Recordings from 1978: Three Worlds Of Drums, Devil Woman, Wenesday Night Prayer Meeting, Carolyn "Keki" Mingus
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1970, Apple STAO 3360
Original U.S. issue in excellent condition. Small writing in gatefold.
1978, Archive of Folk & Jazz Music FS 336
Recorded in Paris, June 1954. Round About Midnight, Reflections, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, Well You Needn't, Portrait Of An Ermite, Manganese, Eronol, Off Minor
1967, Verve SMAS 91322
Capitol Record Club edition. Track list: Tequila, Movin' Wes (Part 1), End Of A Love Affair, Naptown Blues, Con Alma, Goin' Out Of My Head, How Insensitive (Insensatez), The Shadow Of Your Smile, Caravan, Bumpin' On Sunset.
1968, Riverside RS 3012
Reissue of Boss Guitar from 1963. Track list: Besame Mucho, Dearly Beloved, Days Of Wine And Roses, The Trick Bag, Canadian Sunset, Fried Pies, The Breeze And I, For Heaven's Sake.
1970, A&M SP 4247
Original release, Monarch pressing, with "Unipak" gatefold cover. Gatefold includes an appreciation by Leonard Feather. Track list: A Day In The Life, Georgia On My Mind, Windy, I Say A Little Prayer, Road Song, Eleanor Rigby, Yesterday, When A Man Loves A Woman, Scarborough Fair, Down Here On The Ground.
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1976, Vanguard VSD 79378
Jonah Man, Oh Mr. Johnson (Turn Me Loose), Willie The Weeper, I Gotta Live Anyhow 'Til I Die, When You're All Dressed Up And No Place To Go, Waiting For The Evening Mail, Constantly, Ain't That A Shame, Unlucky Blues, Nobody
1985, CBS TA 6044
Original U.K. release. Includes 2 versions of That Ole Devil Called Love plus extended version of Don't Burn Down The Bridge.
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1952, Pacific Jazz PJLP-1 mono
Original release of Mulligan's debut album. Featuring Chet Baker, Chico Hamilton, Bob Whitlock. Liner notes by Mulligan. Plays much better than visual grading indicates.Track list: Frenesi, Freeway, Soft Shoe, Aren't You Glad You're You, Bernie's Tune, Walkin' Shoes, Nights At The Turntable, Lullaby Of The Leaves.
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1957, World Pacific PJ-1210 mono
2nd issue of their classic Paris set, recorded June 1, 1954 at the Salle Pleyel during the 3rd Paris Jazz Festival. With Bob Brookmeyer on valve trombone, Red Mitchell, bass and Frank Isola, drums. Cover top seam taped. Track list: Come Out Wherever You Are, Five Brothers, Laura, Love Me Or Leave Me, Utter Chaos, Bernie's Tune, Walkin' Shoes, Moonlight In Vermont, The Lady Is A Tramp, Utter Chaos.
1965, Limelight LS 86030
Original stereo release. Small writing and sticker on cover. Mulligan with string accompaniment - he plays clarinet on some tracks. Track list: The Lonely Night, Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone, The Second Time Around, Not Mine, P.S. I Love You, The Song Is Ended (But The Melody Lingers On), Love Walked In, Feelin' Good, Love Is The Sweetest Thing, I'll Walk Alone, The Shadow Of Your Smile (Love Theme From The Sandpiper).
1966, Sunset SUS-5117
Original release. Live recordings from Storyville, Boston, Dec. 6, 1956 and Salle Pleyel, Paris, June 7, 1954 plus two studio tracks. Track list: Bweebida Bwobbida, Baubles Bangles And Beads, That Old Feeling, Laura, Bike Up The Strand, Sextet, Moonlight In Vermont, Storyville Story, Blues Going Up, Crazy Day.
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1982, Verve 2304329 mono
German monaural reissue. Recorded in New York, August 1957. Blues In Time, Body And Soul, Stand Still, Line For Lyons, Wintersong, Battle Hymn Of The Republic, Fall Out. Liner notes by Nat Hentoff.
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