Charles Mingus - Mingus Takes Manhattan (The Complete Birdland Dates 1961 - 1962)
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Mingus Takes Manhattan (The Complete Birdland Dates 1961 - 1962)

Label New Land ‎– NEWLANDX004
Format 4 x Vinyl, LP, Remastered, Mono, 180g Box Set, Compilation, Limited Edition
Barcode 5051083188432
Country UK
Released 05 Jan 2024
Genre Jazz
Style Bop
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$145
A1 Nouroog 7:39
A2 Ecclusiastics 9:24
A3 Hog Callin' Blues 3:16
B1 Take The 'A' Train 10:50
B2 Fables Of Faubus 10:56
B3 Eat That Chicken 1 2:41
C1 Monk, Funk Or Vice Versa 10:44
C2 Oh Lord, Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me, Drop It On Themselves, Coz They Made It 7:43
C3 Eat That Chicken 2 2:17
D1 Eat That Chicken 3 3:33
D2 Reets And I 7:02
E1 Monk, Funk Or Vice Versa 10:24
E2 Devil Woman 9:33
E3 Eat That Chicken 4 1:16
F1 Introduction By Symphony Syd 0:32
F2 Peggy's Blue Skylight 14:11
F3 Tijuana Table Dance (a.k.a. Ysabel's Table Dance) 11:44
F4 Eat That Chicken 5 1:09
G1 The Search (I Can't Get Started) 6:30
G2 Monk, Funk Or Vice Versa 6:58
G3 Please Don't Come Back From The Moon 7:36
G4 Eat That Chicken 6 1:56
H1 Eat That Chicken 7 1:08
H2 Monk, Funk Or Vice Versa 9:18
H3 O.P. 8:31
H4 The Search (I Can't Get Started) 8:27
Alto Saxophone – Charles McPherson (C1 to D2, E1 E3, F2 to H4)
Announcer – Pee Wee Marquette (A1 to A3)
Announcer – Symphony Sid (B1 to H4)
Artwork, Design – Two To Tango Studio
Baritone Saxophone – Pepper Adams (G2 to H4)
Bass – Charles Mingus (B1 to C3, E1 to E2, F2 to H4)
Bass – Doug Watkins (A1 to A3)
Bass – Henry Grimes (D2, E2 to E3)
Bass – Herman Wright (D1)
Drums – Dannie Richmond (A1 to E3, G1 to H4)
Flugelhorn – Edward Armour (H1 to H4)
Flute – Yusef Lateef (A1 to A3)
Liner Notes – Brian Priestley
Liner Notes – Christian McBride
Photography By – Burt Goldblatt
Photography By – Esmond Edwards
Photography By – Pee Wee Marquette
Photography By – Ray Avery
Photography By – Raymond Ross
Photography By – Riccardo Schwamenthal
Photography By – Rolf Ambor
Piano – Charles Mingus (A1 to A3, D1, E2, E3)
Piano – Jaki Byard (B1 to B3, G1 to H4)
Piano – Toshiko Akiyoshi (C1, C2, D2 to E2, F2 to F4)
Reissue Producer, Concept By – James Batsford
Restoration, Remastered By – Pete Reynolds
Tenor Saxophone – Booker Ervin (C1 to E3, F2 to F4)
Tenor Saxophone – Roland Kirk (A1 to A3)
Trombone – Jimmy Knepper (A1 to A3)
Trumpet – Edward Armour (G1 to G4)
Trumpet – Richard Williams (D1 to E3, F2 to F4)
Tuba – Don Butterfield (G1 to H4)
Strictly limited to 1000 Worldwide.

Side A recorded 21 October 1961
Side B recorded 24 March 1962
Side C recorded 31 March 1962
Sides D and E recorded 5 May 1962
Side F recorded 12 May 1962
Side G recorded 19 October 1962
Side H recorded 26 October 1962

Please note the following shows were mastered from an inferior file quality as the original reels were lost: 5th May, 1962 and 19 October, 1962

All other dates were cleaned and mastered from the reel-to-reel masters

A1 is incorrectly titled. It is introduced in the recording and referenced in the booklet as "Blue Cee" and is not the same composition as "Nouroog" as found on . It also isn't the same composition as the track "Blue Cee" on .
Barcode – 5051083188432
Other (Cat # LP1) – NEWLANDX004-1
Other (Cat # LP2) – NEWLANDX004-2
Other (Cat # LP3) – NEWLANDX004-3
Other (Cat # LP4) – NEWLANDX004-4
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout) – NEWLANDX004-A 263884E1/A
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout) – NEWLANDX004-B 263884E2/A
Matrix / Runout (Side C runout) – NEWLANDX004-C 263884E3/A
Matrix / Runout (Side D runout) – NEWLANDX004-D 263884E4/A
Matrix / Runout (Side E runout) – NEWLANDX004-E 263884E5/A
Matrix / Runout (Side F runout) – NEWLANDX004-F 263884E6/A
Matrix / Runout (Side G runout) – NEWLANDX004-G 263884E7/A
Matrix / Runout (Side H runout) – NEWLANDX004-H 263884E8/A
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