Charles Mingus - Pre-Bird (Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono) Good Plus (G+) / Fair (F)

Notes

Red label with 7 oval logos. "MANUFACTURED AND DISTRIBUTED BY PHONOGRAM INC." at the bottom, as well as Phillips, Mercury, Vertigo logos. Exact date of issue unknown, circa 1973.

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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.