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 1936 - 1939 Braggin' In Brass (70s Swedish 16-track LP, featuring recordings made between 1936-39 in Hollywood & New York, a transitional period with Johnny Hodges, Barney Bigard, Cootie Williams, Lawrence Brown, & Harry Carneyall playing, just before composer & arranger Billy Strayhorn arrived. The picture sleeve shows minimal wear & the vinyl looks barely played M-8010) 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 The Duke In Harlem (1969 UK issue of the 1963 12-track deep groove mono LP featuring tracks recorded between 1926 & 1930, front laminated flipback picture sleeve with extensive sleeve notes on the back. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear with minor age yellowing to the unlaminated back & the vinyl remains in excellent condition & looks barely played AH47) 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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DUKE ELLINGTON The English Concert (1977 UK 13-track double live LP, featuring Ellington on British soil pulling new wonders from his storehouse, recorded in Bristol & Birmingham in October the previous year, housed in a front laminated gatefold sleeve with a glowing review printed inside by Derek Jewell. The sleeve shows minimal wear & the vinyl still looks barely played SLD507/8) more...
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DUKE ELLINGTON The "Collection" '46-47 Recordings (1992 US 64-track 3CD box set with 18-page booklet, a collection of transcriptions of recordings made for radio broadcasts, preserved through time by one Wally Heider, who formed Hindsight to release unissued big band material, with the three parts housed in album jewel cases & presented in a nice 12.5" x 6" long box, all in Excellent condition HBCD501) 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 Happy Reunion (1985 French 9-track LP featuring Septet & Quartet performances recorded in Chicago in March 1957 & June 1958 respectively, and featuring Clark Terry, Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton, Jimmy Woode, Paul Gonsalves, SamWoodyard & John Sanders as well as Duke himself on Piano. The picture sleeve & vinyl are near mint - still in open shrinkwrap FW40030) more...
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DUKE ELLINGTON Ellington Jazz Party (1960 French only 11-track LP featuring a session recorded in February 1959 with Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Hodges, Paul Gonsalves, Jimmy Jones, Jimmy Rushing & more, great thick card gatefold pasted gatefold picture sleeve with integral eight page illustrated booklet with all text in French. The sleeve shows just a little external shelfwear but the contents & vinyl remain in wonderful near 'as new' condition V.26) 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 Jazz History - Volume 10 (1970s German Polydor label 23-track 2-LP vinyl set, featuring recordings made on 7th and 8th February 1956, housed in a front laminated gatefold picture sleeve with biography printed inside in both Englishand German. The sleeve has some lifting to the laminate by the opening edge, but is in otherwise excellent condition; both discs look unplayed!) more...
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DUKE ELLINGTON Johnny Come Lately (1967 UK 16-track mono LP on the 'red spot' RCA Victor label, the third album in the Vintage Series by the Duke, featuring neglected sides from a transitional period in jazz history, known otherwise as 'the difficult years of World War II', front laminated picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear & the vinyl remains in excellent condition & shows few signs of play RD-7888) 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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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 Piano In The Background (Rare 1960 UK Philips 8-track vinyl test pressing LP with generic textured white 'sample record' labels, housed in a front laminated flipback colour picture sleeve. The sleeve displays some light shelfwear,but has bright, unfaded colours with intact edges and spine; the vinyl shows only light scuffs as evidence of play- nice! BBL7460) 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 & HIS ORCHESTRA The Great Big Bands Volume 1 (1966 UK 13-track mono LP on the rainbow rim label with 'Sold In UK' print, featuring recordings with Ellington's big band cut in Hollywood & Chicago between 1953 - 1955, opening withthe memorable Harlem Air Shaft, front laminated flipback picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear & the vinyl remains in excellent condition with few signs of play T20808) more...
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DUKE ELLINGTON The Duke Ellington Carnegie Hall Concerts - January 1943 (1979 French 25-track triple live LP recorded in New York on January 23rd 1943 at the first of Ellington's famous Carnegie Hall Concerts & the World Premiere of 'Black, Brown& Beige'. Comes housed in a wonderful tri-fold pocket picture sleeve with extensive liner notes by Leonard Feather & the gold 'Grand Prix' hype sticker attached. Both the sleeve & vinyl are in near mint condition P-34003) 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 Solitude (1958 UK 8-track STEREO LP, [released as 'Ellington Indigos' elsewhere] printed and pressed in Holland for limited distribution in the UK with catalogue number stickered on the back of the front laminated pasted picture sleeve. The labels themselves have a 'For Demonstration Purposes' stamp on them. The sleeve shows some splitting to the laminate, but otherwise remains in very nice condition indeed, showing minimal shelfwear & just a bit of discolouration at th 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 & 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 AWARD WINNERS Blues In Orbit (1960 UK first issue 11-track Hi-Fi Stereo LP on a 'rough' textured label, front laminated flipback picture sleeve with album notes from Teo Macero on the reverse. This is a stunning one previousowner copy for the jazz collector. The sleeve is easily in Excellent condition with no real age wear to speak of & the vinyl appears near 'as new' SBBL567) 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 Ellington Era Volume One: 1927-1940 (1963 US export issue of the 56-track mono 3-LP set, where the 'two eye' Columbia labels have been specially banded round the perimeters in red with custom 'CBS' print sticker in order to avert any worldwide trading issues, picture box with 26-page booklet including photographs and comentary for each song. The box shows light wear and the vinyl is in near mint condition C3L27) 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 & 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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