CHARLES MINGUS – Changes: The Complete 1970s Atlantic Studio Recordings – 8LP – Deluxe 180g Vinyl Box Set

8LP- Limited Edition Deluxe 180g Black Vinyl Boxed Set featuring the Jazz icons final seven studio albums and unreleased outtakes.There is also an extra set of takes of Big Alice and The Call on an Outtakes disc exclusive to the vinyl format.

2022 marked the 100th birthday of Charles Mingus, renowned American composer and bassist in the jazz genre. After his death in 1979, he was acknowledged as one of the most important jazz composers, alongside Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. Mingus was innovative in his use of melody, rhythm, harmony, and form, and his compositions have become a core part of jazz repertoire.

This boxset includes his final studio recordings for Atlantic Records, spanning from the 1970s, featuring previously unreleased outtakes of Big Alice, The Call and Music For Todo Modo. Mingus had two periods of recording with Atlantic Records, the first being in the 1950s and 1960s, and the second in the 1970s, which marked his last phase of music.

Vinyl Track Listing:

LP 1: Mingus Moves (1973)
Side 1
1. Canon
2. Opus 4
3. Moves
4. Wee

Side 2
1. Flowers For A Lady
2. Newcomer
3. Opus 3

LP 2: Changes One (1974)
Side 1
1. Remember Rockefeller At Attica
2. Sues Changes

Side 2
1. Devil Blues
2. Duke Ellingtons Sound Of Love

LP 3: Changes Two (1974)
Side 1
1. Free Cell Block F, Tis Nazi U.S.A.
2. Orange Was The Color Of Her Dress, Then Silk Blue

Side 2
1. Black Bats And Poles
2. Duke Ellingtons Sound Of Love
3. For Harry Carney

LP 4: Three Or Four Shades Of Blues (1977)
Side 1
1. Better Git Hit In Your Soul
2. Goodbye, Porkpie Hat
3. Noddin Ya Head Blues

Side 2
1. Three Or Four Shades Of Blues
2. Nobody Knows (The Bradley I Know)

LP 5: Cumbia & Jazz Fusion (1977)
Side 1
1. Cumbia & Jazz Fusion

Side 2
1. Music for Todo Modo

LP 6: Me, Myself An Eye (1979)
Side 1
1. Three Worlds Of Drums

Side 2
1. Devil Woman
2. Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting
3. Carolyn Keki Mingus

LP 7: Something Like A Bird (1979)
Side 1
1. Something Like A Bird Part 1

Side 2
1. Something Like A Bird Part 2
2. Farewell Farwell

LP 8: Outtakes
Side 1
1. Music For Todo Modo (Take 1)*
2. Big Alice (Take 1) *
3. Big Alice (Take 2) *

Side 2
1. Big Alice (Take 3) *
2. Big Alice (Take 4)
3. The Call (Take 1) *
4. The Call (Take 2)

* Previously Unreleased