The ten-disc 2012 Charles Mingus anthology The Complete Columbia & RCA Albums Collection brings together all of the legendary bassist's albums recorded for Columbia and RCA from the '50s to the '70s. Included here are 1959's Mingus Dynasty, 1959's Mingus Ah Um, 1962's Tijuana Moods, 1972's Let My Children Hear Music, and 1972's Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert. Also featured is Gunther Schuller's 1989 recording of the lengthy, 130-minute Mingus composition released in 1990 as Epitaph. There are also three discs of alternate takes from the various releases.
♦ CD01 - Tijuana Moods (vol.1) - 01:17:05
01. Dizzy Moods [05:51]
02. Ysabel's Table Dance [10:28]
03. Tijuana Gift Shop [03:52]
04. Los Mariachis [10:19]
05. Flamingo [05:40]
06. Dizzy Moods (Composite Partial Alternate Take) [08:26]
07. Ysabel's Table Dance (Composite Partial Alternate Take) [13:11]
08. Los Mariachis (Composite Partial Alternate Take) [12:31]
09. Flamingo (Partial Alternate Take) [06:43]
♦ CD02 - Tijuana Moods (vol.2) - 01:19:49
01. Tijuana Gift Shop (Alternate Take) [04:46]
02. A Colloquial Dream (Aka Scenes in the City) [10:58]
03. Flamingo (Composite Partial Alternate Take) [08:19]
04. Ysabel's Table Dance (Composite Partial Alternate Take) [11:52]
05. Dizzy Moods (Breakdown) [01:35]
06. Dizzy Moods (Bass Solos) [00:47]
07. Tijuana Gift Shop (Breakdowns) [07:14]
08. Tijuana Gift Shops (Solos Edited Out of Master Take) [01:26]
09. Los Mariachis (False Start / Breakdowns) [04:29]
10. Los Mariachis (Breakdowns / False Start) [09:10]
11. Los Mariachis (Breakdowns, False Starts, Rehearsal) [14:56]
12. A Colloquial Dream (Breakdown) [00:49]
13. A Colloquial Dream (Breakdown) [03:22]
♦ CD03 - Mingus Ah Um - 01:12:32
01. Better Git It In Your Soul [07:22]
02. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat [05:44]
03. Boogie Stop Shuffle [05:02]
04. Self Portrait In Three Colours [03:10]
05. Open Letter To Duke [05:51]
06. Bird Calls [06:17]
07. Fables Of Faubus [08:13]
08. Pussy Cat Dues [09:14]
09. Jelly Roll [06:17]
10. Pedal Point Blues [06:30]
11. GG Train [04:39]
12. Girl Of My Dreams [04:07]
♦ CD04 - Mingus Dynasty - 00:59:38
01. Slop [06:16]
02. Diane [07:32]
03. Song With Orange [06:50]
04. Gunslinging Bird [05:14]
05. Things Ain't What They Used to Be [07:36]
06. Far Wells, Mill Valley [06:14]
07. New Now Know How [04:13]
08. Mood Indigo [08:13]
09. Put Me in That Dungeon [02:53]
10. Strollin' [04:32]
♦ CD05 - Alternate Takes - 00:54:33
01. Better Git It in Your Soul (Alternate) [08:32]
02. Bird Calls (Alternate) [04:54]
03. Jelly Roll (Alternate) [06:42]
04. Song with Orange (Alternate) [06:43]
05. Diane (Alternate) [07:32]
06. New Now Know How (Alternate) [04:21]
07. Revelations (First Movement) [12:03]
08. Non-Sectarian Blues (feat. Dave Brubeck) [03:43]
♦ CD06 - Let My Children Hear Music - 00:59:58
01. The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers [09:38]
02. Adagio Ma Non Troppo [08:27]
03. Don't Be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too [09:29]
04. Taurus in the Arena of Life [04:21]
05. Hobo Ho [10:11]
06. The Chill of Death [07:41]
07. The I of Hurricane Sue [10:09]
♦ CD07 - Charles Mingus & Friends in Concert (Vol.1) - 01:12:44
01. Introduction (By Bill Cosby) [01:05]
02. Jump Monk [07:27]
03. E.S.P. [09:24]
04. Ecclusiastics [09:31]
05. Eclipse [04:02]
06. Us Is Two [10:12]
07. Taurus in the Arena of Life (a.k.a. Number One Grandson) [04:53]
08. Mingus Blues [05:32]
09. Introduction to Little Royal Suite (By Bill Cosby) [00:13]
10. Little Royal Suite [20:20]
♦ CD08 - Charles Mingus & Friends in Concert (vol.2) - 00:57:50
01. Introduction to Strollin' [00:50]
02. Strollin' [10:13]
03. The I of Hurricane Sue [11:11]
04. E's Flat, Ah's Flat Too (a.k.a. Hora Decubitus) [17:07]
05. Ool-Ya-Koo [03:53]
06. Portrait [03:58]
07. Don't Be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too [10:36]
♦ CD09 - Epitaph (vol.1) - 01:12:49
01. Main Score, Part 1 [07:08]
02. Percussion Discussion [08:36]
03. Main Score, Part 2 [05:07]
04. Started Memory [11:54]
05. Better Get It in Your Soul [09:07]
06. The Soul [03:19]
07. Moods in Mambo [04:15]
08. Self Portrait - Chill of Death [11:27]
09. O.P. (Oscar Pettiford) [02:03]
10. Please Don't Come Back From the Moon [09:49]
♦ CD10 - Epitaph (vol.2) - 00:54:27
01. Monk, Bunk & Vice Versa (Osmotin') [03:05]
02. Peggy's Blue Skylight [04:35]
03. Wolverine Blues [06:12]
04. The Children's Hour of Dream [09:08]
05. Ballad (In Other Words, I Am Three) [09:42]
06. Freedom [07:03]
07. Interlude (The Underdog Rising) [05:25]
08. Noon Night [04:27]
09. Main Score Reprise [04:46]
