USED - Charles Mingus - Pre-Bird

Condition

Media: Good Plus (G+) — a lot of surface level slightly audible scratches, does not skip or jump. plays fine from start to finish.
Sleeve: Very Good (VG) — minor discolouration, opening was previosuly enforced with some old tape, corners are reinforced with old tape, overall in ok condition

Tracklisting

A1  Take The "A" Train  3:34
A2  Prayer For Passive Resistance  3:49
A3  Eclipse  3:45
A4  Mingus Fingus No. 2  3:22
A5  Weird Nightmare  3:35
B1  Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me  3:33
B2  Bemoanable Lady  4:22
B3  Half-Mast Inhibition  8:12

Credits

Alto Saxophone: Eric Dolphy
Alto Saxophone: John LaPorta
Baritone Saxophone: Danny Bank
Bass: Charles Mingus
Cello: Charles McCracken
Conductor: Gunther Schuller
Drums: Dannie Richmond
Flute: Robert DiDomenica
Liner Notes: Martin Williams (6)
Oboe: Harry Shulman
Percussion: George Scott (3)
Percussion: Sticks Evans
Piano: Paul Bley
Piano: Roland Hanna
Producer: Leonard Feather
Tenor Saxophone: Bill Barron
Tenor Saxophone: Booker Ervin
Tenor Saxophone: Joe Farrell
Tenor Saxophone: Yusef Lateef
Trombone: Charles Greenlee
Trombone: Eddie Bert
Trombone: Jimmy Knepper
Trombone: Slide Hampton
Trumpet: Clark Terry
Trumpet: Hobart Dotson
Trumpet: Marcus Belgrave
Trumpet: Richard Williams
Tuba: Don Butterfield
Vocals: Lorraine Cousins

Label: Mercury (MG 20627)

Notes

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. Front cover of sleeve is laminated.