DUKE ELLINGTON — Duke Ellington: The Complete 1936–1940 Variety, Vocalion and Okeh Small Group Sessions

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Boxset / Compilation · 2006

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By DUKE ELLINGTON

Tracklist

Disc 1
1. Tough Truckin' (3:05)
2. Tough Truckin' (alternate take) (2:46)
3. Indigo Echoes (2:49)
4. Indigo Echoes (alternate take) (2:46)
5. Rexatious (alternate take) (2:45)
6. Rexatious (2:46)
7. Lazy Man's Shuflle (2:58)
8. Lazy Man's Shuflle (alternate take) (2:50)
9. Clouds in My Heart (alternate take) (2:58)
10. Clouds in My Heart (2:59)
11. Frolic Sam (alternate take) (3:01)
12. Frolic Sam (3:01)
13. Caravan (3:07)
14. Caravan (3:08)
15. Stompy Jones (2:45)
16. Stompy Jones (2:41)
17. Mood Indigo / Solititude (3:06)
18. Sophisticated Lady / In a Sentimental Mood (3:04)
19. I Can't Believe That You Are in Love With Me (alternate take) (2:54)
20. I Can't Believe That You Are in Love With Me (2:54)
21. Downtown Uproar (alternate take) (2:46)
22. Downtown Uproar (2:43)
23. Digga Digga Do (alternate take) (2:53)
24. Digga Digga Do (2:52)

Total Time: 69:47

Disc 2
1. Blue Reverie (2:57)
2. Blue Reverie (alternate take) (2:56)
3. Tiger Rag (2:45)
4. Tiger Rag (2:40)
5. My Honey's Lovin' Arms (2:45)
6. Did Anyone Ever Tell You? (alternate take) (3:01)
7. Did Anyone Ever Tell You? (2:57)
8. Alabamy Home (3:00)
9. Where Are You? (2:52)
10. Lament for a Lost Love (2:44)
11. Lament for a Lost Love (alternate take) (2:44)
12. Four and One-Half Street (alternate take) (2:43)
13. Four and One Half Street (2:36)
14. Demi-Tasse (alternate take) (2:39)
15. Demi-Tasse (2:37)
16. Jazz a la Carte (2:33)
17. Jazz a la Carte (alternate take) (2:40)
18. Foolin' Myself (alternate take) (2:58)
19. Foolin' Myself (3:00)
20. A Sailboat in the Moonlight (alternate take) (2:58)
21. A Salboat in the Moonlight (3:05)
22. You'll Never Go to Heaven (If You Break My Heart) (2:29)
23. You'll Never Go to Heaven (If You Break My Heart) (alternate take) (2:24)
24. Peckin' (3:14)
25. Peckin' (3:12)
26. Peckin' (3:07)

Total Time: 73:46

Disc 3
1. Get It Southern Style (alternate take) (2:41)
2. Get It Southern Style (2:43)
3. Moonlight Fiesta (2:48)
4. Moonlight Fiesta (alternate take) (2:50)
5. Sponge Cake and Spinach (alternate take) (2:36)
6. Sponge Cake and Spinach (2:35)
7. If You're Ever in My Arms Again (alternate take) (2:55)
8. If You're Ever in My Arms Again (2:54)
9. The Back Room Romp (A Contrapuntal Stomp) (alternate take) (2:49)
10. The Back Room Romp (A Contrapuntal Stomp) (2:50)
11. Love in My Heart (alternate take) (2:36)
12. Love in My Heart (2:35)
13. Sugar Hill Shim Sham (alternate take) (2:22)
14. Sugar Hill Shim Sham (2:38)
15. Tea and Trumpets (LP take) (2:34)
16. Tea and Trumpets (CD take) (2:33)
17. Tea and Trumpets (78 take) (2:33)
18. Jubilesta (2:49)
19. Watchin' (2:56)
20. Pigeons and Peppers (2:54)
21. I Can't Give You Anything But Love (2:37)
22. Drummer's Delight (2:27)
23. If I Thought You Cared (alternate take) (3:02)
24. If I Thought You Cared (3:00)
25. Lost in Meditation (2:48)
26. Lost in Meditation (alternate take) (2:43)

Total Time: 70:59

Disc 4
1. My Day (3:04)
2. Silvery Moon and Golden Sands (3:15)
3. Echoes of Harlem (rehearsal take) (5:13)
4. Echoes of Harlem (3:15)
5. Echoes of Harlem (alternate take) (3:13)
6. Jeep's Blues (2:55)
7. If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do)? (2:58)
8. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart (3:03)
9. Rendezvous With Rhythm (3:01)
10. A Lesson in C (2:34)
11. Swingtime in Honolulu (2:45)
12. Carnival in Caroline (2:24)
13. Ol' Man River (2:50)
14. You Walked Out of the Picture (2:50)
15. You Walked Out of the Picture (alternate take) (2:50)
16. Pyramid (2:53)
17. Empty Ballroom Blues (2:29)
18. Lost in Meditation (2:43)
19. Lost in Meditation (alternate take) (2:46)
20. A Blues Serenade (2:41)
21. Love in Swingtime (2:48)
22. Swingin' in the Dell (2:34)
23. Jitterbug's Lullaby (2:57)

Total Time: 68:12

Disc 5
1. Chasin' Chippies (2:57)
2. Blue Is the Evening (3:09)
3. Sharpy (2:43)
4. Swing Pan Alley (2:34)
5. Prelude to a Kiss (2:43)
6. There's Something About an Old Love (2:43)
7. The Jeep Is Jumpin' (2:29)
8. Krum Elbow Blues (2:37)
9. I'm in Another World (3:02)
10. Hodge Podge (2:35)
11. Dancing on the Stars (2:55)
12. Wanderlust (2:59)
13. Delta Mood (2:46)
14. The Boys From Harlem (2:19)
15. Mobile Blues (2:32)
16. Moblie Blues (alternate take) (2:26)
17. Gal-Avantin' (2:22)
18. Blue Light (2:43)
19. Blue Light (2:41)
20. Like a Ship in the Night (2:38)
21. Mississippi Dreamboat (2:37)
22. Swingin' on the Campus (2:39)
23. Dooji Wooji (2:54)

Total Time: 62:15

Disc 6
1. Beautiful Romance (2:42)
2. Boudoir Benny (2:49)
3. Ain't the Gravy Good? (alternate take) (3:13)
4. Ain't the Gravy Good? (3:06)
5. She's Gone (3:01)
6. Just Good Fun (2:41)
7. Informal Blues (2:56)
8. San Juan Hill (2:41)
9. I'll Come Back for More (2:54)
10. "Fat Stuff" Serenade (2:41)
11. Savoy Strut (alternate take) (2:33)
12. Savoy Strut (2:33)
13. Rent Party Blues (2:41)
14. Dance of the Goons (2:41)
15. Good Gal Blues (3:01)
16. Finesse (2:46)
17. Kitchen Mechanic's Day (2:30)
18. My Heart Jumped Over the Moon (2:37)
19. You Can Count on Me (3:16)
20. Home Town Blues (2:40)
21. Utt-Da-Zay (The Tailor Song) (2:47)
22. Chew-Chew-Chew (Chew Your Bubble Gum) (2:42)
23. Barney Goin' Easy (2:59)
24. Just Another Dream (2:44)
25. Night Song (2:44)

Total Time: 70:09

Disc 7
1. Blues a Poppin' (2:52)
2. Top and Bottom (2:57)
3. Black Beauty (2:47)
4. The Rabbit's Jump (2:41)
5. Moon Romance (2:48)
6. Truly Wonderful (2:23)
7. Dream Blues (3:02)
8. Skunk Hollow Blues (2:40)
9. I Know What You Do (2:42)
10. Your Love Has Faded (2:50)
11. Tired Socks (2:52)
12. Blues (2:45)
13. Early Mornin' (2:31)
14. Minuet in Blues (2:50)
15. Lost in Two Flats (2:33)
16. Honey Hush (2:51)
17. Blues (2:54)
18. Plucked Again (3:01)
19. Pelican Drag (3:01)
20. Tapioca (2:32)
21. Mardi Gras Madness (2:33)
22. Watch the Birdie (2:42)
23. Black Butterfly (2:42)
24. Dry Long So (2:51)
25. Toasted Pickle (2:37)
26. Give It Up (2:55)

Total Time: 72:02

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