Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Ellington Uptown (VINYL LP) | Very Good Plus (VG+) Very Good Plus (VG+)-

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Label: Columbia – ML 4639, Columbia Masterworks – ML 4639
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono, Bridgeport Pressing
Country: US
Released: 1955
Genre: Jazz
Style: Swing, Cool Jazz, Big Band, Vocal
A1        Skin Deep
Featuring, Drums – Louis Bellson
Written-By – L. Bellson*
A2        The Mooche
Written-By – Ellington*, I. Mills*
A3        Take The "A" Train
Vocals – Betty Roche*
Written-By – Strayhorn*
B1        A Tone Parallel To Harlem (The Harlem Suite)
Written-By – Ellington*
B2        Perdido
Written-By – E. Drake*, Lenk*, Tizol*

    Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Bridgeport

    Design – Monogram (2)
    Drums – Louis Bellson
    Piano – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington
    Saxophone – Harry Carney, Hilton Jefferson, Jimmy Hamilton, Paul Gansalves*, Russell Procope
    Trombone – Britt Woodman, Juan Tizol, Quentin Jackson
    Trumpet – William Anderson*, Clark Terry, Ray Nance, Willie Cook

Issued on Columbia Masterworks Six-Eye black and white labels, design introduced circa 1955.

Cover and pressing variation to Ellington Uptown, this version has a "4" printed in a black diamond on the upper right back corner of the cover to the left of the catalog number.

Pinprick/dot ("⦁") in runouts denotes Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Bridgeport, pressing. Remainder of runouts stamped.

Originally issued in 1951 with a green label: Ellington Uptown.

Artist on back cover: Duke Ellington
Track B1 on back cover: A Tone Parallel To Harlem

    Other (Cover code, in black diamond, back top right corner): 4
    Matrix / Runout (Side A label): x"Lp" 12852
    Matrix / Runout (Side B label): x"Lp" 12853
    Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): XLP12852-1C
    Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): XLP12853-1B
    Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2): XLP12852-1C ⦁
    Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2): XLP12853-1B

• Condition: USED
• Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
• Media Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
• Genre: JAZZ
• Format Type: LP