The Ellington Era 1927-1940 Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra Volume One (Columbia Archive Series C3L 27, 1963)


Side 1
Track Title Length Date
1 East St. Louis Toodle-Oo (3:05) 22Mar27
2 Hop Head (3:04) 22Mar27
3 Black And Tan Fantasy (3:12) 3Nov27
4 Jubilee Stomp (3:01) 19Jan28
5 The Mooche (3:10) 1Oct28
6 Hot And Bothered (3:15) 1Oct28
7 The Blues With A Feeling (3:03) 22Nov28
8 Rockin' In Rhythm (3:07) 8Nov30

Side 2
Track Title Length Date
1 The Lazy Duke (3:09) 20Nov29
2 Old Man Blues (2:58) 30Oct30
3 Mood Indigo (3:14) 14Oct30
4 It Don't Mean A Thing (2:54) 2Feb32
5 Lazy Rhapsody (2:56) 2Feb32
6 Blue Harlem (2:58) 16May32
7 Blue Tune (3:04) 4Feb32
8 The Sheik Of Araby (2:40) 16May32

Side 3
Track Title Length Date
1 Lightnin' (3:04) 21Sep32
2 Ducky Wucky (2:55) 19Sep32
3 Blue Ramble (3:22) 18May32
4 Drop Me Off In Harlem (2:44) 17Feb33
5 Bundle Of Blues (3:12) 16May33
6 Saddest Tale (3:14) 12Sep34
7 Slippery Horn (3:13) 17Feb33
8 Harlem Speaks (3:13) 15Aug33

Side 4
Track Title Length Date
1 Solitude (3:06) 12Sep34
2 Merry-Go-Round (3:05) 30Apr35
3 Clarinet Lament (3:10) 27Feb36
4 Echoes Of Harlem (3:10) 27Feb36
5 In A Jam (3:15) 29Jul36
6 Rose Of The Rio Grande (2:52) 7Jun38
7 Harmony In Harlem (3:04) 20Sep37
8 Caravan (2:58) 14May37

Side 5
Track Title Length Date
1 I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart (3:04) 3Mar38
2 Ridin' On A Blue Note (2:44) 2Feb38
3 Boy Meets Horn (2:58) 22Dec38
4 Slap Happy (2:43) 22Dec38
5 Gal From Joe's (3:10) 2Feb38
6 Prelude To A Kiss (2:52) 9Aug38
7 Diminuendo In Blue (2:44) 20Sep37
8 Crescendo In Blue (3:15) 20Sep37

Side 6
Track Title Length Date
1 Jazz Potpourri (2:55) 19Dec38
2 Subtle Lament (3:02) 20Mar39
3 Portrait Of The Lion (2:25) 21Mar39
4 Sophisticated Lady (2:48) 14Feb40
5 Grievin' (2:48) 14Oct39
6 Battle Of Swing (2:55) 38Dec19
7 Stormy Weather (2:35) 14Feb40
8 The Sergeant Was Shy (2:42) 28Aug39

Notes:
Produced by Frank Driggs
Technical supervision: Michael Figlio
Booklet & Album Cover Designed by Jerold Smokler
Liner notes by Irving Mills, Leonard Feather, Stanley Dance
Original recordings loaned by: Jeff Atterton, Stanley Dance, Harry N. Fein, Sidney Mills, Don Molinelli and Jacob S. Schneider
Photos by Otto F. Hess, Duncan Schiedt, Ruth Ellington Stamiatou, Irving Mills, Charles Peterson