Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

         Newport 1958

Columbia CL 1245 (Mono)

Year: 1958 ORIGINAL "6- Eye" labels


Vinyl (VISUAL GRADING): VG+:  Shiny. A couple very lite, superficial hairlines from paper sleeve. Nothing deep. Clean sharp labels.

PLAY grade is VG+-- This played very well. A couple very lite scattered ticks. A good listen to one of the greatest Ellington albums of all time. NO SKIPS, NO STICKS.

Cover: VG+: No splits. No writing. Lite ringwear/ shelfwear. All of the extensive text on back is completely legible. LOOK at pics. What you see is what you get.

Gold Mine Price Guide grading guidelines are used.

Songs:
A1Just Scratchin' The Surface
Written-By – D. Ellington*
A2El Gato
Written-By – W. Anderson*
A3Happy Reunion
Written-By – D. Ellington*
A4Multicolored Blue
Vocals – Ozzie Bailey
Written-By – Strayhorn*
A5Princess Blue
Written-By – D. Ellington*
B1Jazz Festival Jazz
Written-By – Strayhorn*, D. Ellington*
B2Mr. Gentle And Mr. Cool
Written-By – D. Ellington*, H. Baker*
B3Juniflip
Written-By – D. Ellington*
B4Prima Bara Dubla
Baritone Saxophone – Gerry Mulligan
Written-By – Strayhorn*, D. Ellington*
B5Hi Fi Fo Fum
Written-By – D. Ellington*

A great album. Duke at his creative best.