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Release dates of some notable
Ellington LPs from Columbia Records

by
Steven Lasker

supplement to
The Duke – Where and When
A Chronicle of Duke Ellington's Working Life and Travels

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Created 2024-10-08
Last updated 2024-10-17

Release dates of some notable Ellington LPs from Columbia Records
(LP records are explained at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LP_record)
1949 10 03CL 6073 Duke Ellington's Liberian Suite
1951 09 07ML 4418 Masterpieces by Ellington
1953 02 20ML 4639 Ellington Uptown
1956 04 16CL 872 Blue Rose
1956 04 23CL 825 Masterpieces by Ellington
1956 05 28CL 848 Liberian Suite / A Tone Parallel to Harlem
1956 10 08CL 830 Hi-Fi Ellington Uptown
1956 10 22CL 933 Duke Ellington and the Buck Clayton All-Stars at Newport
1956 10 22CL 934 Ellington at Newport
1957 02 04CL 951 A Drum Is a Woman
1957 09 03CL 1033 Such Sweet Thunder
1958 02 10CL 1085 Ellington Indigos
1958 07 14CL 1162 Black, Brown and Beige
1958 07 21SF 1 Listening in Depth
1958 08 18CS 8015 Black, Brown and Beige
1958 09 15CL 1198 The Cosmic Scene
1958 10 20CL 1245 Newport 1958
1958 11 17CS 8053 Ellington Indigos
1958 11 17CS 8072 Newport 1958
1959 05 04CL 1323 Ellington Jazz Party
1959 05 04CS 8127 Ellington Jazz Party in Stereo
1959 06 29CL 1360 Anatomy of a Murder
1959 07 13CS 8166 Anatomy of a Murder
1959 07 13CL 1282 Bal Masque       †
1959 07 13CS 8098 Bal Masque      ††   †††
1960 01 18CL 1400 Festival Session
1960 01 18CS 8200 Festival Session
1960 05 18CL 1445 Blues in Orbit
1960 05 18CS 8241 Blues in Orbit
1960 09 19CL 1541 The Nutcracker Suite
1960 09 19CS 8341 The Nutcracker Suite
1961 02 14CL 1597 Selections from Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite Nos. 1 & 2 / Suite Thursday
1961 02 14CS 8397 Selections from Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite Nos. 1 & 2 / Suite Thursday
1961 05 15CL 1546 Piano in the Background
1961 05 15CS 8346 Piano in the Background
1962 02 00CL 1715 First Time! The Count Meets the Duke
1962 02 00CS 8515 First Time! The Count Meets the Duke
1962 03 00CL 1790 All American in Jazz
1962 03 00CS 8590 All American in Jazz
1962 11 00CL 1907 Midnight in Paris       §
1962 11 00CS 8707 Midnight in Paris
1963 11 00CL 2029 Piano in the Foreground
1963 11 00CS 8829 Piano in the Foreground
1973 00 00C32471 Jazz at the Plaza Volume II
1979 00 00JC 35342 Unknown Session
1982 00 00FC 38028 The Girl's Suite/Perfume Suite
  • †      The stereo version of Bal Masque advertises four other stereo issues by Ellington on its back cover, including a stereo version of Such Sweet Thunder (CS 8091) which was never released on LP. Other Ellington LPs advertised on jacket of CS 8098: CS 8072; CS 8015; CS 8053; CS 8091.
  • ††       Other Ellington LPs advertised on jacket of CL 1282: CL 1245; CL 1152; CL 1095; CL 1033.
  • †††      The cover of CS 8098, and possibly also CL 1282, exists in different versions with alternate titles on its front cover. The original version is titled "DUKE ELLINGTON his piano and his orchestra at the BAL MASQUE. This was subsequently changed to DANCE TO DUKE! HIS PIANO AND ORCHESTRA AT THE BAL MASQUE. All copy on the back jacket and label stayed the same.
  • §      An "office communication" memo dated March 1, 1963 regarding "Midnight in Paris (CL 1907)" directed: "On the next run of album covers, please change the title of the album Midnight In Paris to Paris At Midnight. This supersedes the change of title suggested in Clive Davis' memo of January 7. Existing inventory may be used." I've never found a copy, mono or stereo, with the latter title.
  • Mike Callahan's "Columbia Label Overview" explains the company's long playing record history and numbering system.
  • Note: Most release dates shown here derive from Columbia's "Artist Card[s]" for Duke Ellington. A set of photocopies of the cards for the years 1927-61 was made in 1961 by an employee of Columbia Records, who generously allowed me to make an additional copy for myself. Note that release dates shown on the cards and those shown by Mike Callahan on his "Columbia Label Overview" website do not always agree exactly. Copies of "Artist Card[s]" for the years after 1961 aren't held here. Release dates for 1962-63 were taken from Callahan's website. The release years 1973, 1979 and 1982 were printed on the jackets of their Columbia albums.
  • DEMS 99/1 p.10 reproduces a Columbia Records Album Cover Copy and Mastering order form dated 1970 02 26 for a 12-inch pop album titled "Command Performance" (Columbia CS 1002, "May In Stores"), which was to have coupled THE QUEEN SUITE with THE PERFUME SUITE. Approved by Townsend and Macero, "selections cleared and in sequence." The Queen's Suite, never issued during Ellington's lifetime, was finally released in 1976 on Pablo.
  • Here's an essay you might enjoy...
        Allan Sutton:
       Battle of the Speeds: LPs, 45s and the Decline of the 78 (1939-1950)