CHARLIE MINGUS *Pre-Bird* 1960 Mono Excellent Vinyl Promo Mercury LP

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Charlie Mingus – Pre-Bird
Label: Mercury MG 20627
Format: Vinyl, LP, Mono
Country: US
Released: 1960
Genre: Jazz
Style: Post Bop
Jacket Condition: VG+
Jacket Comments: Sticker residue upper left corner, Promo and date stamp on rear
Vinyl Condition: EXCELLENT
Record Comments: White Label Promo with a date stamp on side one of label

Tracklist: A1 Take The "A" Train   3:34 Written-By – William Thomas Strayhorn
A2 Prayer For Passive Resistance   3:49 Written-By – Charles Mingus
A3 Eclipse   3:45 Vocals – Booker Ervin, Charles Mingus, Eric Dolphy, Jimmy Knepper, Joe Farrell, Paul Bley, Ted Curson, Yusef Lateef Written-By – Charles Mingus
A4 Mingus Fingus No. 2   3:22 Written-By – Charles Mingus
A5 Weird Nightmare   3:35 Written-By – Charles Mingus
B1 Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me   3:33 Written-By – Bob Russell, Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington
B2 Bemoanable Lady   4:22 Written-By – Charles Mingus
B3 Half-Mast Inhibition   8:12 Conductor – Gunther Schuller Percussion – Max Roach Written-By – Charles Mingus

Credits: Alto Saxophone – Eric Dolphy, John LaPorta (tracks: A4, B2, B3) Baritone Saxophone – Danny Bank (tracks: A4, B2, B3) Bass – Charles Mingus Cello – Charles McCracken (tracks: A4, B2, B3) Conductor – Gunther Schuller (tracks: B3) Drums – Dannie Richmond (tracks: A1 to A4, B1 to B3) Flute – Robert DiDomenica (tracks: A4, B2, B3) Liner Notes – Martin Williams Oboe – Harry Schulman (tracks: A4, B2, B3) Percussion – George Scott (tracks: A4, B2, B3), Sticks Evans (tracks: A4, B2, B3) Piano – Paul Bley (tracks: A1, A3, A5), Sir Roland Hanna (tracks: A4, B1 to B3) Producer – Leonard Feather Tenor Saxophone – Bill Barron (tracks: A4, B2, B3), Booker Ervin (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, B1), Joe Farrell, Yusef Lateef Trombone – Charles Greenlee (tracks: A4, B2, B3), Eddie Bert (tracks: A4, B2, B3), Jimmy Knepper, Slide Hampton (tracks: A4, B2, B3) Trumpet – Clark Terry (tracks: A4, B2, B3), Hobart Dotson (tracks: A4, B2, B3), Marcus Belgrave (tracks: A4, B2, B3), Richard Williams (tracks: A4, B2, B3) Tuba – Don Butterfield (tracks: A4, B2, B3) Vocals – Lorraine Cusson (tracks: A3, A5)
Notes: Recorded May 24, 1960 were tracks A4, B2 & B3. Recorded May 25 1960 were tracks A1, A2, A3, A5, & B1
"Take the "A" Train" interpolates "Exactly Like You" (Jimmy McHugh-Dorothy Fields)
"Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me" interpolates "I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart" (Duke Ellington-Henry Nemo-John Redmond)
Both sessions were recorded in New York City on Ampex tape recorders at 15 inches per second
Front cover of sleeve is laminated

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