The Complete RCA Victor Mid-Forties Recordings

Album by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues
    2:41
  2. 2.
    I'm Beginning to See the Light (take 1)
    3:12
  3. 3.
    I'm Beginning to See the Light (take 2)
    3:11
  4. 4.
    Don't You Know I Care (take 1)
    3:06
  5. 5.
    Don't You Know I Care (take 2)
    2:58
  6. 6.
    I Didn't Know About You
    2:44
  7. 7.
    Work Song
    4:35
  8. 8.
    Come Sunday
    4:30
  9. 9.
    The Blues
    4:32
  10. 10.
    Three Dances
    4:34
  11. 11.
    Carnegie Blues
    2:47
  12. 12.
    Blue Cellophane
    2:54
  13. 13.
    Mood to Be Wooed
    2:58
  14. 14.
    (All of a Sudden) My Heart Sings
    2:51
  15. 15.
    Kissing Bug
    3:01
  16. 16.
    Everything but You
    2:51
  17. 17.
    (Otto Make That) Riff Staccato
    3:04
  18. 18.
    Prelude to a Kiss
    3:00
  19. 19.
    Caravan
    2:46
  20. 20.
    Black and Tan Fantasy
    2:48
  21. 21.
    Mood Indigo
    2:47
  22. 22.
    In a Sentimental Mood
    3:01

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
    3:00
  2. 3.
    Sophisticated Lady
    2:39
  3. 4.
    Tonight I Shall Sleep (with a Smile on My Face)
    2:55
  4. 5.
    The Minor Goes Muggin'
    3:02
  5. 6.
    I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart (take 1)
    3:03
  6. 7.
    I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart (take 2)
    3:02
  7. 8.
    Solitude
    3:04
  8. 9.
    Frankie and Johnny
    3:02
  9. 10.
    Jumpin' Room Only
    2:56
  10. 11.
    Black Beauty
    2:49
  11. 12.
    Every Hour on the Hour
    3:04
  12. 13.
    Balcony Serenade
    3:09
  13. 14.
    Strange Feeling
    3:13
  14. 15.
    Dancers in Love
    2:20
  15. 16.
    Coloratura (take 2)
    2:57
  16. 17.
    Coloratura (take 1)
    2:58
  17. 18.
    Things Ain't What They Used to Be
    3:07
  18. 19.
    Tell Ya What I'm Gonna Do
    2:47
  19. 20.
    Come to Baby, Do!
    2:49
  20. 21.
    I'm Just a Lucky So and So
    3:09
  21. 22.
    Long, Strong and Consecutive
    2:54
  22. 23.
    The Wonder of You
    2:45
  23. 24.
    Tonk
    2:47
  24. 25.
    Drawing Room Blues
    3:37

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Rockabye River
    3:02
  2. 4.
    Suddenly It Jumped
    2:47
  3. 5.
    Transblucency
    3:00
  4. 6.
    Just Squeeze Me (but Don’t Tease Me)
    3:20
  5. 7.
    A Gathering in a Clearing
    3:10
  6. 8.
    You Don’t Love Me No More
    3:26
  7. 9.
    Pretty Woman
    2:46
  8. 10.
    Hey, Baby
    2:48
  9. 11.
    (Back Home Again in) Indiana
    2:48
  10. 12.
    Blue Is the Night
    3:06
  11. 13.
    Lover Man (take 1)
    3:20
  12. 14.
    Lover Man (take 2)
    3:19
  13. 15.
    Just You, Just Me
    2:53
  14. 16.
    Beale Street Blues
    2:53
  15. 17.
    Memphis Blues
    3:04
  16. 18.
    St. Louis Blues
    2:59
  17. 19.
    My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms
    3:10
  18. 20.
    (I Don’t Stand) A Ghost of a Chance (With You)
    3:03
  19. 21.
    Swamp Fire
    2:51
  20. 22.
    Royal Garden Blues
    3:08
  21. 23.
    Esquire Swank
    3:28
  22. 24.
    Midriff
    3:16

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