The Complete Columbia Studio Albums Collection 1951-1958

Artists

Album Info

Release Date: 2012

Labels: Columbia, Legacy, Sony Music

Back cover has 3 lines of copyright and company information. The 2015 box has four lines.

Tracks 1-1 to 1-4 originally issued as Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Masterpieces By Ellington
Tracks 1-5, 7-7 originally issued as Duke Ellington - The Collector's Ellington
Track 1-6 originally issued as Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Smada / Come On Home
Track 1-7 originally issued as Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Rock Skippin' At The Blue Note
Tracks 2-1 to 2-13: This album was issued on three occasions, each time with slightly different content. The original album (Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Ellington Uptown) contained tracks 2-1 through 2-5. Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Hi-Fi Ellington Uptown omitted "A Tone Parallel To Harlem" and put "The Controversial Suite" in its place. The third version (Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Liberian Suite And A Tone Parallel To Harlem) dropped "Perdido" and added "The Liberian Suite."
Tracks 3-1 to 3-11 originally issued on Rosemary Clooney, Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Blue Rose.
Tracks 3-12 & 3-13 originally issued on Rosemary Clooney, Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Blue Rose.
Tracks 4-1 to 4-12 originally issued on Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - A Drum Is A Woman.
Tracks 5-1 to 5-12 originally issued as Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Such Sweet Thunder.
Track 5-15 originally issued on Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - The Ellington Era Volume One: 1927-1940.
Tracks 5-16 & 5-17 originally issued on Duke Ellington - "Duke 56/62" Vol. 1.
Tracks 5-18 to 5-22 originally issued on Duke Ellington - The Studio Series, Volume Five - 1929-1956.
Tracks 6-1 to 6-9 originally issued as Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Ellington Indigos.
Track 6-4 was originally issued on the original LP.
Track 6-10 originally issued on Duke Ellington - Ellington Indigos.
Track 6-11 originally issued on Various - Jazz Omnibus.
Tracks 6-12 to 6-15 originally issued on Duke Ellington - The Girl's Suite And The Perfume Suite.
Tracks 7-1 to 7-6 originally issued on Duke Ellington And His Orchestra, Mahalia Jackson - Black, Brown And Beige.
Tracks 7-8 to 7-16 originally issued on Duke Ellington And His Orchestra, Mahalia Jackson - Black, Brown And Beige.
Tracks 8-1 to 8-12 originally issued on Duke Ellington - His Piano And Orchestra At The Bal Masque with fake applause, which has been removed.
Tracks 9-1 to 9-10 originally issued on Duke Ellington's Spacemen - The Cosmic Scene.
Track 9-11 originally issued on Duke Ellington's Spacemen - The Cosmic Scene.
Track 9-12 originally issued on Duke Ellington's Spacemen, Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Jones / Duke's Place.