Duke Ellington - The Private Collection

Duke Ellington made many recordings which were never released during his lifetime. His son Mercer donated this "Stockpile" to Danish Radio, and new releases are eagerly awaited. The Private Collection is a ten CD set of these recordings.
When cataloguing my incomplete set, which was primarily a Canadian release, I discovered my volume numbers did not agree with the discs already indexed by Marcus Girvan, produced in the UK.
My set was issued on the Canadian label Unidisc and Marcus' set was produced by the English Kaz Jazz Masters label.
Sjef Hoefsmit of Duke Ellington Music Society has provided a reconciliation of the sets from Germany ("WEA"), the USA ("Saja"),Japan ("WEA") and the UK ("Kaz"):



WEA(G) SAJA (US) WEA(J) Kaz
 
255 398-2 7 91041-2 30P2-2173 KAZ CD 501
255 399-2 7 91042-2 30P2-2174 KAZ CD 509
255 400-2 7 91043-2 30P2-2175 KAZ CD 503
255 401-2 7 91044-2 30P2-2176 KAZ CD 504
255 402-2 7 91045-2 30P2-2177 KAZ CD 507
255 922-2 7 91230-2 27P2-2816 KAZ CD 510
255 923-2 7 91231-2 27P2-2817 KAZ CD 502
255 924-2 7 91232-2 27P2-2818 KAZ CD 505
255 925-2 7 91233-2 27P2-2819 KAZ CD 506
255 926-2 7 91234-2 27P2-2820 KAZ CD 508
When I ordered mine, I was only able to get discs 6 to 10 as a box set, published by the Canadian label Unidisc. I had to order the first five individually, and couldn't get disc 4 (it is now available in Canada at a ridiculous price). It turned out volumes 1, 2, 3, and 5 came from more than label. It appears Unidisc numbered its set AGEK 2032 to AGEK 2040, but these numbers do not appear on the spines, covers or disc faces of discs 6 to 10. The bar code on the back of the Unidisc box set of volumes 6 to 10 is UBX-102-05.

This image table reconciles the Kaz set with what I have. These are low-quality thumbnail images; to see higher resolutions, click on them.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kaz
(Girvan)
(fronts)		 Unidisc & Misc.
(Palmquist)
(fronts)
Jazz Masters KAZ CD 501 Private Collection - Vol. 1: Studio Sessions Chicago 1956 appears to be the same as Unidisc AGEK 2031 Private Collection - Volume One - Studio Sessions Chicago 1956
 
Jazz Masters KAZ CD 502 Private Collection - Vol. 2: Studio Sessions New York 1962 has the same titles as Unidisk AGEK 2037 The Private Collection, Vol. 7: Studio Sessions, 1957 & 1962. Tracks 16 & 17 are in different order, as are tracks 19 & 20.
 

Jazz Masters KAZ CD 503 Private Collection - Vol. 3: Studio Sessions New York 1962 appears to be the same as WEA(Germany)255400-2 The Private Collection, Vol. 3: Studio Sessions, New York, 1962.
I understand these are the same as Saja 7 91043-2 and WEA(Japan) 30P2-2175
 
(I don't have this one)
 


AGEK 2038
Jazz Masters KAZ CD 505 Private Collection - Vol. 5: Studio Sessions 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967 is the same as Unidisk AGEK 2038 Private Collection - Volume 8 Studio Sessions 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967 San Francisco, Chicago, New York.
Sjef confirmed the track listing, with these title variations: 1. Soul Call (Countdown); 2. Imagine My Frustration (When I'm Feeling Kinda Blue); 5. Cotton Head; 10. Banquet Scene (Timon Of Athens); 11. Making That Scene (Love Scene); 13. Big Fat Alice's Blues (Rhythm Section Blues)(Blues).
 


AGEK 2039
Jazz Masters KAZ CD 506 Private Collection - Vol. 6: Studio Sessions New York 1968 has the same tracks as Unidisk AGEK 2039 Private Collection, Vol. 9: Studio Sessions, New York, 1968
 
Jazz Masters KAZ CD 507 Private Collection - Vol. 7: The Suites New York, 1968,1970 appears to be the same as Saja 7 91045-2 The Private Collection, Vol. 5: The Suites, New York, 1968 & 1970
 
 

AGEK 2040
Jazz Masters KAZ CD508 Private Collection - Vol. 8: Studio Sessions New York, Chicago 1965, 1966, 1971 is the same as Unidisc AGEK 2040, The Private Collection, Vol. 10: Studio Sessions, New York & Chicago, 1965, 1966 & 1971.
 
Jazz Masters KAZ CD 509 Private Collection - Vol. 9: Dance Dates, California 1958 is the same as Saja Records 7 91042-2 The Private Collection, Volume 2: Dance Concerts, California, 1958.
 
Jazz Masters KAZ CD 510 Private Collection - Vol.10: Dance Dates California 1958 has the same track titles as Unidisc AGEK 2036 The Private Collection - Volume Six Dance Dates, California 1958.
 
Concluding remarks:

There is little uniformity from label to label, but this isn't much different from records released during the twentieth century.

For this reason, Marcus, Bjorn and I have developed an online catalogue to cross-reference known compact discs with a common numbering system.

David Palmquist
http://EllingtonWeb.CA