DUKE ELLINGTON & COLEMAN HAWKINS Meets Coleman Hawkins (2007 German limited edition Direct Metal Mastered audiophile issue of the 1962 8-track stereo vinyl LP pressed on 180gm Virgin Vinyl. Engineered by Rudy Van Gelder & also featuring Bob Thiele, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Lawrence Brown, Ray Nance, Aaron Bell & Sam Woodyard, where an Ellington septet provides a rich carpet of sound for the full tone of the tenor sax and gives 'The Bean' [as Hawkins was also called] all the room i more...
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DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS COTTON CLUB ORCHESTRA Treasury Of Jazz No. 31 (1963 French only 12-track mono LP featuring tracks recorded in New York in 1929 & 1930, front laminated flipback picture sleeve. The sleeve shows a bit of edge scuffing & somelight shelfwear but the vinyl remains excellent with just a few light surface scuffs to show for its fifty years) more...
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DUKE ELLINGTON Fargo 7th Nov, 1940 (Limited Edition 1968 UK-only 86-track set of three LP volumes featuring tracks recorded from rare transcription discs of performances at Fargo on 7th November 1940, with each volume in its own flipback picture sleeve. The sleeves shows just a little light shelfwear with some minor fading in places & the vinyl remains excellent with little sign of play P30-03/09/11) more...
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DUKE ELLINGTON The Private Collection Vol. 1 - 10 (Long Out Of Print 1998 UK TEN CD box set, gathering previously unreleased material recorded privately by Ellington between engagements, with each part housed in an album jewel case withbooklet inserts, all snuggly kept in a 4.5" deep picture slipcase box. The box has a 2" hairline split in one of the edges due to the weight of the package & the thin design [easily repairable], otherwise the packaging is near mint & all contents more...
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DUKE ELLINGTON Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 & 2 / Ellington/Strayhorn: Suite Thursday (60s UK STEREO issue of the 1961 LP on a rough textured CBS label, with some delightful reinterpretations of Grieg's masterpiece, front laminated flipbackpicture sleeve. The sleeve shows just light shelfwear, mostly to the unlaminated back and the vinyl remains near 'as new' with little sign of play BPG62056) more...
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DUKE ELLINGTON Here Is Duke Ellington At His Rare Of All Rarest Performances (Volumes 1 & 2 1981 Italian-only 18-track 2-LP set, featuring collector's live recordings from Schenectady on November 6th 1948, New York on August 19th 1951 & San Remo in Italy in March 1964. The picture sleeves are still in open shrink & the vinyl is near mint KLJ-20003/20034) more...
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DUKE ELLINGTON Blue Light (1955 US 9-track mono LP on the deep groove 'six eye' Columbia label, pasted picture sleeve with tape reinforced top & bottom seam. The sleeve shows a little shelfwear with a few spots of discolouration, but far less than you would expect from a sleeve of this type fast approaching its sixtieth birthday. The vinyl has also managed to remain in EX-/EX condition with just a few light scuffs evident & little sign of play CL663) more...
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DUKE ELLINGTON Jumpin' Punkins (1968 German 16-track mono LP on the RCA Victor 'silver spot' label in the Vintage Series, featuring sixteen rare sides from the 1940-41 band, considered by many to be the greatest of the Duke Ellington orchestras, silk laminated picture sleeve. The cover shows some barely noticeable chipping to the laminate in a few areas of the top edge, with few other signs of age, the vinyl is stunning near mint LPM517) more...
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DUKE ELLINGTON Meets Coleman Hawkins (2007 German limited edition 8-track LP pressed on 180gram VIRGIN VINYL; the Ellington septet provides a rich carpet of sound for the full tone of the tenor sax and gives 'The Bean' [as Coleman Hawkinswas also called] all the room in the world for his lengthy improvisations. Hawkins finds his way with surprising ease in Ellington’s world and such hits as 'Mood Indigo' and 'The Jeep Is Jumpin'' demonstrate to the full the amazing class of th more...
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DUKE ELLINGTON Stomp, Look And Listen To The Duke (1965 UK 12-track mono LP, with all tracks dating from the middle fifties when the Ellington line-up boasted, as always, a roster of the best among jazz luminaries, front laminated flipback picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little shelfwear with a bit of edge scuffing & the vinyl remains in excellent with few signs of play CJS809) more...
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DUKE ELLINGTON The Works Of Duke - Integrale Volume 13 (1970s French 16-track vinyl LP, tracks recorded by Rex Stewart And His Orchestra and Barney Bigard And His Orchestra, front lamiated picture sleeve. Aside from a 2" seam split to the top, the sleeve shows little wear and the vinyl is Excellent with just the odd light sign of play FXM17133) more...
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DUKE ELLINGTON Meets Coleman Hawkins (1982 UK issue of the 1962 8-track stereo LP engineered by Rudy Van Gelder, where an Ellington septet provide a rich carpet of sound for the full tone of Coleman's tenor sax, giving 'The Bean' [as Hawkins was also called] all the room in the world for his superb improvisations. The picture sleeve shows minimal wear & the vinyl appears barely played) more...
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DUKE ELLINGTON & BILLY STRAYHORN Swing Masters Cottontail (1969 UK 12-track stereo issue of the 1963 LP, featuring piano duets played by Ellington and Strayhorn. This longplayer turned out to be one of the few places where these two musical milestone-makers could be found in piano interplay, and is therefore both a musically fascinating and a historical document, fully laminated picture sleeve. The sleeve shows minimal shelfwear & the vinyl remains near 'as new' with few signs of play more...
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DUKE ELLINGTON In My Solitude (Early 70s UK 10-track stereo vinyl LP compilation containing several popular standards including Ellington & Irving Mills' [In My] Solitude plus The Sheik Of Araby, Dancing In The Dark, Poor Butterfly and AutumnLeaves, housed in a front laminated picture sleeve. With just a few light signs of wear (light pen marks to back) and minimal evidence of play, this copy remains in excellent condition SHM640) more...
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DUKE ELLINGTON Concert Of Sacred Music (1966 UK black 'red spot' RCA Victor label 8-track STEREO vinyl LP, recorded by the Ellington Orchestra, Brock Peters and others, at the New York Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, paying tribute in music, song and dance. Front laminate picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just minimal shelf wear, & the vinyl shows little evidence of play SF-7811) more...
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DUKE ELLINGTON The Complete Duke Ellington (Fantastic COMPLETE SET of no fewer than FIFTEEN double LPs in the series [pressed either in France, Holland or Italy] compiling, in chronological order, the recorded works of the most important composer in the history of jazz. Every volume is represented here, spanning 1925 to 1940 from the early historic Victor, Brunswick and Okeh sessions up to the Blanton-Webster band years. Each part is housed in a gatefold picture sleeve,w more...
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ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING Sophisticated Ladies (1983 Japanese 17-track LP featuring music from the Original Broadway Cast production of the Duke Ellington musical, under the direction of Mercer Ellington, picture sleeve complete with fold-out Japanese/lyric insert & obi-strip. There is a small split in the bottom of the obi, but otherwise it remains fully intact & the vinyl is near 'as new' RJL-8064) more...
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DUKE ELLINGTON Latin American Suite (1970s US issue of the 1972 7-track stereo LP on the brown Fantasy label, featuring a suite that began its life on a 1968 tour of Mexico, making for one of Duke's last great works, pasted picture sleeve. Thesleeve shows a little wear with tape covering the catalogue number [possibly due to import restrictions] and the vinyl looks barely played) more...
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DUKE ELLINGTON Ellington At Fargo Vol. 1 & 2 (Rare 60s UK limited edition 2-LP set, documenting Ellington's concert at a North Dakota Agricultural College dance at the Crystal Ballroom in Fargo, N.D. on November 7, 1940, recorded on then-state-of-the-art equipment by Richard Burris & Jack Towers - this long-lost recording won a Grammy forty years later for best jazz instrumental performance. Both parts are housed in unique, fully textured & stickered title sleeves, annotated & pasted more...
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DUKE ELLINGTON Cotton Club Days (1969 UK issue of the 1962 12-track deep groove mono LP featuring tracks recorded between 1927 & 1930, front laminated picture sleeve with extensive album notes on the back. The sleeve shows just light shelfwearwith some minor age yellowing to the unlaminated back & the vinyl remains in excellent condition with few signs of play AH23) more...
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ROSEMARY CLOONEY & DUKE ELLINGTON Blue Rose (2006 UK limited edition 11-track LP pressed on 180gram VIRGIN VINYL, originally released in 1956; Duke's music was always very sophisticated and this time it's even more obvious with the presence of such a talented singer as Rosemary Clooney, this is not big, belting jazz - this is sophisticated, late night, intimate singing and playing, and one of the most memorable pairings of a 'popular' singer with a jazz giant, ranking with the first Sinatra-Basie album and the Coltrane-Hartman session, presented in sealed picture sleeve) more...
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DUKE ELLINGTON Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1943-1945 (Complete 1985-8 US set of NINE LP volumes from the archives of the World Broadcasting series of transcriptions that were studio recorded, but by being earmarked for broadcast theyescaped the then-ban on recording, giving fans the chance to hear what many consider to be the Ellington band at its peak. Each volume is housed in its own picture sleeve with extensive album notes. All covers are still in the open shrinkwrap & more...
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DUKE ELLINGTON "... And His Mother Called Him Bill" (1969 UK second issue of the 1968 12-track stereo LP on the orange RCA label, a tribute album to Billy Strayhorn following his demise in 1967 & in many ways a celebration of their fruitful partnership over the years, featuring updated Strayhorn compositions. The front laminated picture sleeve shows light shelfwear & the vinyl remains in excellent condition with few signs of play SF7964) more...
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DUKE ELLINGTON Duke Ellington (1955 US 13-track mono LP, flipback picture sleeve. The sleeve shows a little stressing at the bottom of the spine that has caused the beginnings of a split, but otherwise remains in surprisingly good condition. The vinyl too remains excellent with just a couple of surface hairline scuffs to show for nearly sixty years!) more...
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ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK Anatomy Of A Murder (1959 UK first press 11-track mono LP on the rough textured black & silver Philips label, the full cinematic 'film noir' soundtrack to Otto Preminger's motion picture, performed & led by Duke Ellington &His Orchestra, housed in a fully laminated flipback picture sleeve. The delicate sleeve is Excellent with just a little mild age wear & the heavyweight vinyl remains in Excellent condition with few signs of play. Superb! BBL7338) more...
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DUKE ELLINGTON Cotton Club Days Vol 2 (1968 UK issue of the 1965 12-track deep groove mono LP featuring tracks recorded between 1929 & 1931, front laminated picture sleeve with extensive notes on the back. The sleeve shows just light shelfwearwith some age discolouration to the unlaminated back and the vinyl remains in excellent condition with few signs of play AH89) more...
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DUKE ELLINGTON A Drum Is A Woman (1973 US Columbia Special Products issue of the 1957 15-track LP featuring a musical fantasy paralleling the history of the origins of Jazz, with music, lyrics & arrangements by Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn, pasted picture sleeve with original UK supplier sticker on the back. The sleeve has a small split to the bottom & the vinyl is near 'as new' JCL951) more...
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DUKE ELLINGTON Duke Ellington (2005 German exclusive issue 10-CD album set, containing 197 recordings from this legendary performer/bandleader, including many of his best loved pieces; each disc is presented in a card walletsleeve, with the whole set housed in a sealed hinged-lid 5" x 5" box! An essential purchase!) more...
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DUKE ELLINGTON The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition: The Complete RCA Victor Recordings - 1927-1973 (Still the greatest Ellington box set ever made but now long out of print... 1999 US remastered Twenty Four CD box set, a magnificent treasure chest gathering everything the greatest figure in 20th-century music recorded for RCA-Victor over a 46-year period. This must own set runs from the maestro's early Cotton Club days through to the genius of the Blanton-Webster years of the more...
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DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCHESTRA Piano In The Background (Mid to late 70s French sunburst label issue of the 1960 10-track stereo LP, including a specially arranged version of Perdido. The picture sleeve shows minimal wear and the vinyl looks barely played) more...
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