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1992 compilation album by The Manhattan Transfer
Anthology: Down In Birdland
Released October 1992 (Cassette Tape), November 1992 (CD)
Genre
Jazz
Label
Rhino
Anthology: Down In Birdland was a 2-Cassette Tape & 2CD album released by
The Manhattan Transfer in 1992 on the
Rhino Records label. It was the first album released by the group on this label.
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This two disc and two tape set came with a 52-page booklet that gave an informative history of the group along with numerous photographs which depicted various stages of their history.
Track listing
#1
Trickle Trickle (Clarence Bassett) (Atlantic Single #3772, 1980) - 2:22
Gloria (
Leon René ) (from
The Manhattan Transfer , 1975) - 3:00
Operator (William Spivery) (Atlantic Single #3292, 1975) - 3:12
Helpless (
Lamont Dozier ,
Brian Holland ,
Eddie Holland ) (Atlantic Single #3349, 1976) - 2:57
Ray's Rockhouse (
Ray Charles ,
Jon Henricks ) (Atlantic Single #89533, 1985) - 5:10
Heart's Desire (George Cox, James Dozier,
Hugh X. Lewis ,
Bernard Purdie ) (Live) (from
Bop Doo-Wopp , 1984) - 2:45
Zindy Lou (
Johnny Moore , Eddie Smith) (from
Coming Out , 1976) - 2:54
Mystery (
Rod Temperton ) (Atlantic Single #89695, 1984) - 5:03
Baby Come Back To Me (The Morse Code Of Love) (Nick Santamaria) (Atlantic Single #89594, 1984) - 2:56
Route 66 (
Bobby Troup ) (from "Sharky's Machine OST", 1982) - 2:57
Java Jive (
Milton Drake ,
Ben Oakland ) (from
The Manhattan Transfer , 1975) - 2:48
Chanson D'Amour (
Wayne Shanklin ) (Atlantic Single #3374, 1976) - 2:57
Foreign Affair (
Tom Waits ) (B-Side of "Trickle Trickle", Atlantic Single #3772, 1980) - 3:55
Smile Again (
Bill Champlin ,
David Foster ,
Jay Graydon ,
Alan Paul ) (Atlantic Single #3855, 1981) - 4:36
Spice of Life (Derek Bramble, Rod Temperton) (Atlantic Single #89786, 1983) - 3:43
The Speak Up Mambo (Cuentame) (Al Castellanos) (from Coming out , 1976) - 3:04
Soul Food To Go (Sina) (
Djavan , Doug Fieber) (Atlantic Single #89156, 1986) - 5:17
So You Say (Esquinas) (Djavan,
Amanda McBroom ) (Atlantic Single #89094, 1988) - 4:59
Boy From New York City (George Davis, John T. Taylor) (Atlantic Single #3816, 1981) - 3:42
Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone (Jay Graydon,
Bernard Herrmann , Alan Paul) (Atlantic Single #3649, 1980) - 6:06
#2
Four Brothers (
Jimmy Giuffre ,
Jon Hendricks ) (B-side of "It's Not The Spotlight", Atlantic Single #3491, 1978) - 3:51
Blee Blop Blues (
Count Basie , Jon Hendricks) (from
Vocalese , 1985) - 3:06
Candy (
Alex Kramer ,
Mack David ,
Joan Whitney) (from
The Manhattan Transfer , 1975) - 3:30
A Gal in Calico (
Arthur Schwartz ,
Leo Robin ) (from
Pastiche , 1978) - 2:42
Love for Sale (
Cole Porter ) (from
Pastiche , 1978) - 4:01
On a Little Street in Singapore (
Peter DeRose ,
Billy Hill ) (from
Pastiche , 1978) - 3:18
Tuxedo Junction (
Erskine Hawkins ,
William Johnson ,
Buddy Feyne ,
Julian Dash ) (B-side of "Operator", Atlantic Single #3292, 1975) - 3:06
That Cat Is High (
J. Mayo Williams ) (from
The Manhattan Transfer , 1975) - 2:55
Body and Soul (
Johnny Green ,
Edward Heyman ,
Robert Sour ,
Frank Eyton ) (B-side of "Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone", Atlantic Single #3649, 1980) - 4:30
Meet Benny Bailey (
Quincy Jones , Jon Hendricks) (from
Vocalese , 1985) - 3:35
Sing Joy Spring (
Clifford Brown , Jon Hendricks) (from
Vocalese , 1985) - 7:13
To You (
Thad Jones ) (from
Vocalese , 1985) - 3:57
Down South Camp Meetin' (
Fletcher Henderson ,
Irving Mills , Jon Hendricks) (from
Bodies and Souls , 1983) - 3:03
Until I Met You (
Corner Pocket ) (
Freddie Green . Don Wolf) (B-side of "Smile Again", Atlantic Single #3855, 1981) - 5:22
Why Not! (Manhattan Carnival) (
Michel Camilo , Julie Eigenberg) (B-side of "American Pop", Atlantic Single #89720, 1983) - 2:36
Another Night In Tunisia (
Dizzy Gillespie , Jon Hendricks, Frank Paparelli) (B-side of "Ray's Rockhouse", Atlantic Single #89533, 1985) - 4:15
Capim (
Djavan ) (from
Brasil , 1987) - 5:11
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (
Manning Sherwin ,
Eric Maschwitz ) (from
Mecca for Moderns , 1981) - 3:52
Birdland (
Joe Zawinul , Jon Hendricks) (Atlantic Single #3636, 1979) - 6:01
References
Studio albums Live albums Compilation albums Singles