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Formats and Editions
1. Take the "A" Train, (Opening Theme)
2. In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree
3. Kissing Bug
4. Ellington Bond Promo
5. Bugle Breaks
6. Friend of Yours, A
7. West Indian Dance
8. Ellington Bond Promo
9. Tonight I Shall Sleep
10. Stomp, Look and Listen
11. I'm Beginning to See the Light
12. Take the "A" Train (Theme)
13. Downbeat Shuffle I
14. Esquire Swank II
15. Metronome All Out III
16. If You Are But a Dream
17. Blutopia
18. Candy
19. Ellington Bond Promo
20. Main Stem
21. Take the "A" Train Into Broadcast Close
22. Midriff
23. Door Will Open, A
24. My Little Brown Book
25. Stomp, Look and Listen
1. Waiting For the Train to Come In
2. Diminuendo in Blue
3. Rocks in My Bed
4. Crescendo in Blue
5. Everything But You
6. Take the "A" Train, (Opening Theme)
7. In a Mellotone
8. Wish I Wish Tonight, The
9. Ellington Bond Promo
10. C-Jam Blues
11. Ultra Violet
12. There's No You
13. Emancipation Celebration
14. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
15. Let the Zoomers Drool
16. Take the "A" Train (Theme)
17. Reminiscing in Tempo
18. Everything But You Into Ellington Bond Promo
19. Ko-Ko
20. Mood to Be Wooed
21. Tea For Two
22. Ellington Bond Promo
23. Blues on the Double
24. Things Ain't What They Used to Be - (Into Broadcast Close)
More Info:
Duke Ellington & Orchestra: Duke Ellington (piano); Ray Nance (vocals, trumpet, violin); Kay Davis, Al Hibbler, Joya Sherrill (vocals); Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwick (alto saxophone); Jimmy Hamilton (tenor saxophone, clarinet); Al Sears (tenor saxophone); Rex Stewart, Taft Jordan, Shelton Hemphill, Cat Anderson (trumpet); Joseph Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Claude Jones (trombone); Billy Strayhorn (piano); Fred Guy (guitar); Junior Raglin (bass); Sonny Greeer (drums). Recorded on July 14 & September 21, 1945. During 1945 and 1946, Duke Ellington recorded a number of broadcast transcriptions for use by the U. S. Treasury Department to promote the sale of war bonds. This eighth volume, issued by Storyville, is yet another two-disc set that compiles three different broadcasts. While the sound quality is decent for the soloists and only so-so for the whole band, the occasional rarity like "Let the Zoomers Drool" or "Ultra Violet, " as well as superb renditions of favorites like "C Jam Blues, " "Ko-Ko, " and "Main Stem" will be of interest to Ellington collectors. A surprise inclusion is Ellington's nearly 12-minute tone poem from 1935, "Reminiscing in Tempo, " though it was no favorite of star soloists like Johnny Hodges, who preferred opportunities to blow. But this volume falls a little bit short in value compared to earlier sets in the series, because of inconsistent sound quality and overall programs that are not as interesting as a typical Ellington concert, though at least the long medleys of hits always featured in his later years are not present. - Ken Dryden.
