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Charles Mingus: Pre-Bird (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) LP

    Charles Mingus: Pre-Bird (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) LP

    Charles Mingus
    $38.98

    For this 1961 release, Mingus chose music composed before he heard the revolutionary playing of Charlie Parker. The album features large ensembles and includes two swing-era contrapuntal ‘mash-ups’, with one song playing out of the left channel and another from the right. Verve’s Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging. 

    Tracklist: 

    Side A
    1. Take the A Train 
    2. Prayer For Passive Resistance 
    3. Eclipse 
    4. Mingus Fingus No. 2 
    5. Weird Nightmare 

    Side B
    1. Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me 
    2. Bemoanable Lady 
    3. Half-Mast Inhibition