The Complete Debut Recordings
Compilation by Charles Mingus
Released 14 September 1990
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1What Is This Thing Called Love?3:02
- 2Darn That Dream3:38
- 3Yesterdays3:05
- 4Body and Soul3:34
- 5Blue Moon3:33
- 6Blue Tide3:10
- 7Darn That Dream (alternate take)3:37
- 8Jeepers Creepers (take 1)3:37
- 9Jeepers Creepers (take 2)3:03
- 10Portrait (take 1) (alternate take)3:11
- 11Portrait (take 2)3:10
- 12I've Lost My Love (take 1)3:01
- 13I've Lost My Love (take 2)3:01
- 14Extrasensory Perception2:48
- 15Extrasensory Perception (alternate take)2:42
- 16Precognition2:43
- 17Make Believe3:04
- 18Paris in Blue3:12
- 19Montage2:54
- 20Day Dream (take 1)3:42
- 21Day Dream (take 2)2:38
- 22Theme From "Rhapsody in Blue" (take 1)3:24
- 23Theme From "Rhapsody in Blue" (take 2)2:39
- CD 2
- 1Jet (take 1)2:44
- 2Jet (take 2)2:35
- 3Medley: You Go to My Head2:42
- 4Can You Blame Me2:48
- 5You and Me2:47
- 6Bebopper2:40
- 7Cupid2:46
- 8Drum Conversation4:02
- 9I've Got You Under My Skin2:49
- 10Embraceable You4:18
- 11Sure Thing2:03
- 12Cherokee4:48
- 13(Jubilee) Hallelujah3:51
- 14Lullaby of Birdland2:29
- 15Wee (Allen's Alley)6:40
- 16Hot House8:58
- 17A Night in Tunisia7:22
- CD 3
- 1Perdido8:10
- 2Salt Peanuts7:18
- 3All the Things You Are7:12
- 452nd Street Theme0:38
- 5Perdido7:42
- 6Salt Peanuts7:20
- 7All the Things You Are7:10
- 852nd Street Theme0:35
- 9Wee (Allen's Alley)6:36
- 10Hot House9:01
- 11A Night in Tunisia7:22
- CD 4
- 1Bass-ically Speaking (take 1)3:58
- 2Bass-ically Speaking (take 2)3:50
- 3Bass-ically Speaking (take 3)3:51
- 4Bass-ically Speaking3:52
- 5[untitled blues]2:35
- 6Wee Dot (Blues for Some Bones)14:17
- 7Stardust4:52
- 8Move6:48
- 9I'll Remember April11:04
- 10Now's the Time14:22
- CD 5
- 1Trombosphere3:24
- 2Ow!15:11
- 3Chazzanova (false start of Yesterdays)4:54
- 4Yesterdays10:04
- 5Kai's Day5:22
- 6Pink Topsy3:03
- 7Miss Blues3:03
- 8Blue Tide3:08
- 9Pink Topsy (alternate take)3:38
- 10Eclipse (alternate take)2:57
- 11Eclipse2:54
- 12Opus One (alternate take)3:21
- 13Opus One4:08
- 14(Teapot) Walkin'4:28
- CD 6
- 1Like Someone in Love4:03
- 2I Can't Get Started3:37
- 3Spontaneous Combustion4:15
- 4The Theme3:40
- 5Split Kick3:05
- 6This Time the Dream's on Me3:07
- 7Zootcase2:33
- 8Santa Claus Is Coming to Town3:22
- 9The Pendulum at Falcon's Lair4:40
- 10Jack the Fieldstalker4:30
- 11Stockholm Sweetnin'4:11
- 12Low and Behold3:26
- 13Bitty Ditty5:12
- 14Chazzanova3:41
- 15I'll Remember April3:48
- 16Elusive (Illusive)4:50
- 17Sombre Intrusion2:46
- 18You Don't Know What Love Is3:29
- CD 7
- 1Like Someone in Love3:47
- 2Peace of Mind4:02
- 3Lament4:43
- 4The Jeep Is Jumpin'3:56
- 5Git Up From There4:26
- 6A Foggy Day6:04
- 7Mountain Greenery4:44
- 8Git Up From There (alternate take)3:56
- 9Lament (alternate take)4:56
- 10One More7:28
- 11I Can't Get Started6:05
- 12More of the Same5:12
- 13Get Out of Town8:43
- 14One More (alternate take)3:59
- CD 8
- 1Get Out of Town (alternate take)7:28
- 2Ensenada5:25
- 3Machajo4:02
- 4Cherokee4:17
- 5Seven Moons4:03
- 6Seven Moons (alternate take)4:19
- 7All the Things You Are (take 1)5:27
- 8All the Things You Are (take 2)4:12
- 9Cherokee (alternate take)5:11
- 10Nature Boy6:12
- 11Alone Together7:13
- 12There's No You8:01
- 13Easy Living5:02
- CD 9
- 1The Edge of Love2:48
- 2Makin' Whoopee2:38
- 3Fanny3:01
- 4Portrait2:47
- 5Jump Monk6:44
- 6Serenade in Blue5:56
- 7Percussion Discussion8:26
- 8Work Song6:16
- 9Septemberly6:55
- 10All the Things You C#6:47
- 11I'll Remember April13:03
- CD 10
- 1Love Chant7:20
- 2A Foggy Day5:22
- 3Drums5:20
- 4Haitian Fight Song5:16
- 5Lady Bird5:51
- 6Jump Monk [spoken introduction and false start of "All the Things"]11:38
- 7All the Things You Do [spoken introduction and false start of "Drums"]9:45
- 8Drums (take 1)6:17
- 9Drums (take 2)5:23
- CD 11
- 1I'll Remember April (alternate take)13:07
- 2A Foggy Day (alternate take)5:23
- 3A Portrait of Bud Powell4:09
- 4Haitian Fight Song (alternate take)5:17
- 5Love Chant (alternate take)8:12
- 6Lady Bird (alternate take)5:35
- 7What Is This Thing Called Love? (fragment)2:30
- 8Latter Day Saint4:00
- 9Cunningbird4:45
- 10The Jumpin' Blues (Jump the Blues Away)4:52
- 11The Masher3:33
- 12Latter Day Saint (take 1)5:22
- 13Latter Day Saint (take 2)3:46
- CD 12
- 1The Masher (alternate take)4:15
- 2Latter Day Saint3:51
- 3[untitled original blues] (take 1)3:55
- 4Stella by Starlight (take 4)3:57
- 5Stella by Starlight (take 5)3:53
- 6[untitled original composition] (take 3)5:17
- 7[untitled original composition] (take 5)4:34
- 8Autumn in New York (take 1)5:29
- 9Autumn in New York (take 2)5:05
- 10Long Ago (and Far Away) (take 2)3:24
- 11Long Ago (and Far Away) (take 4)3:11
- 12Long Ago (and Far Away) (take 5)3:17
- 13[untitled original blues] (take 2)4:00
- 14Joldi (take 4)5:24
- 15Joldi (take 5)5:08
- 16[untitled percussion composition]7:18
More by Charles Mingus
Release credits
- drums (drum set) [5.14, 6.7]
- drums (drum set) [4]
- piano [4]
- piano [4.1-3, 4.5, 3.5, 3.9, 2.13]
- double bass [2.1-2, 2.13, 4.4, 9.8, 1.1-2, 1.4-9, 1.20-23, 6.7, 5.14, 3.5, 3.9], piano [3]
- alto saxophone [5, 9]
- trumpet [5, 9]
- producer
- trombone [8]
- tenor saxophone [8]
- piano [8]
- drums (drum set) [1.20-23, 2.1-2, 2.13, 3.5, 3.9]
- piano [1.1-2, 1.4-9, 1.20-23, 2.1-2]
- piano [5.14, 6.7]
- producer [1-6]
- drums (drum set) [8]
Issues
T14 September 1990
T1990