tracks

(Opening Theme) Take The "A" Train
In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree
Kissing Bug
Duke Ellington Bond Promo
Bugle Breaks
A Friend Of Yours
West Indian Dance
Ellington Bond Promo
Tonight I Shall Sleep
Stomp, Look And Listen
I'm Beginning To See The Light (Into Station Break)
(Theme) Take The "A" Train (Into Broadcast Return)
(Medley) The Magazine Suite :
Downbeat Shuffle
Esquire Swank
Metronome All Out (Into Ellington Bond Promo)
If You Are But A Dream
Blutopia
Candy
Duke Ellington Bond Promo
Main Steam
Take The "A" Train (Into Broadcast Close)
Midriff
A Door Will Open
My Little Brown Book
Stomp, Look And Listen
Waiting For The Train To Come In
Diminuendo In Blue
Rocks In My Bed
Crescendo In Blue
Everything But You (Into Broadcast Close)
(Opening Theme) Take The "A" Train
In A Mellotone
The Wish I Wish Tonight
Ellington Bond Promo
C-Jam Blues
Ultra Violet
There's No You
Emancipation Celebration
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Let The Zoomers Drool (Into Station Break)
(Theme) Take The "A" Train (And Return)
Reminiscing In Tempo
Everything But You (Int Ellington Bond Promo)
Ko-Ko
Mood To Be Wooed
Tea For Two
Ellington Bond Promo
Blues On The Double
Things Ain't What They Used To Be (Into Broadcast Close)

notes

℗ & © 2003 D.E.T.S.

Made in Germany (www.storyville-records.com).

Tracks 1-1 to 1-21 : Treasury Broadcast No.14, RKO Theatre, Boston, July 14, 1945.
Tracks 1-22 to 2-5 : Broadcast from the New Zanzibar, NYC, September 21, 1945 (MBS).
Tracks 2-6 to 2-24 : Treasury Broadcast No.15 from the Fieldstone Ballroom, Marshfield, MA, July 21,1945.

Total time:
CD1: 70:01.
CD2: 71:09.

credits

Alto Saxophone – Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwick
Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet – Harry Carney
Bass – Junior Raglin
Drums – Sonny Greer
Guitar – Fred Guy
Leader, Arranged By, Piano – Duke Ellington
Liner Notes – Richard Ehrenzeller
Mastered By – Jack Towers
Piano, Arranged By – Billy Strayhorn
Reissue Producer – Jerry Valburn, Jerry Valburn
Tenor Saxophone – Al Sears
Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet – Jimmy Hamilton
Trombone – Claude Jones, Joe Nanton, Lawrence Brown
Trumpet – Cat Anderson, Rex Stewart, Shelton Hemphill, Taft Jordan
Trumpet, Violin – Ray Nance
Voice – Al Hibbler (tracks: 1-9, 1-24, 2-14, ), Joya Sherrill (tracks: 1-3 , 2-3 , 2-8), Kay Davis (tracks: 1-16), Ray Nance (tracks: 1-18)

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – D.E.T.S.
Copyright (c) – D.E.T.S.
Recorded At – RKO Theatre, Boston
Recorded At – The New Zanzibar ,NYC
Recorded At – The Fieldstone Ballroom, Marshfield

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