Tracklist

1-1	(Theme) Take The "A" Train	0:50
1-2	What Am I Here For?	3:11
1-3	Blue Is The Night	4:04
1-4	Ellington Bond Promo	0:48
1-5	The Wish I Wish Tonight	1:56
1-6	Someone (Into Station Break)	1:34
1-7	(Theme) Take The "A" Train (And Return)	0:44
1-8	Harlem Air Shaft	3:18
1-9	Out Of This World	2:57
1-10	Ellington Bond Promo	0:40
1-11	Midriff	4:30
1-12	Everything But You	3:40
1-13	Ring Dem Bells	3:29
1-14	Mood To Be Wooed	4:21
1-15	Ellington Bond Promo	0:46
1-16	Emancipation Celebration (Into Broadcast Close)	1:47
1-17	(Theme) Take The "A" Train	0:41
1-18	Suddendly It Jumped	2:51
1-19	Laura	3:09
1-20	Kissing Bug	3:16
1-21	Stompy Jones	3:41
1-22	Solid Old Man	3:34
1-23	Carnegie Blues	3:01
1-24	In A Mellotone	3:00
1-25	Fancy Dan	4:15
1-26	(Theme) Take The "A" Train (And Close)	0:58
2-1	(Theme) Take The "A" Train	0:41
2-2	Work Song (Black, Brown And Beige)	7:02
2-3	Ellington Bond Promo	1:02
2-4	The Blues (Black, Brown And Beige)	5:28
2-5	West Indian Dance (Black, Brown And Beige)	2:30
2-6	Ellington Bond Promo	1:12
2-7	Come Sunday / Light (Black, Brown And Beige)	8:43
2-8	(Theme) Take The "A" Train (Into Station Break)	0:28
2-9	(Theme) Take The "A" Train (And Broadcast Return)	0:32
2-10	Subtle Slough	4:10
2-11	Ellington Bond Promo	0:56
2-12	Blue Skies	3:23
2-13	I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues	3:00
2-14	Riff Staccato	3:05
2-15	Bugle Breaks	3:06
2-16	Kissing Bug	3:23
2-17	Ellington Bond Promo	1:01
2-18	Suddenly It Jumped	3:04
2-19	Warm Valley (Into Broadcast Close)	3:47
2-20	(Theme) Take The "A" Train	0:28
2-21	I Miss Your Kiss	3:06
2-22	He's Home For A Little While	2:55
2-23	Riff Staccato	3:07
2-24	I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues	3:01
2-25	I'm Beginning To See The Light	1:51

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwick
• Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet – Harry Carney
• Bass – Junior Raglin
• Drums – Sonny Greer
• Guitar – Fred Guy
• Liner Notes – Jerry Valburn
• Piano, Arranged By – Billy Strayhorn
• Piano, Arranged By, Leader – Duke Ellington
• Tenor Saxophone – Al Sears
• Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet – Jimmy Hamilton
• Trombone – Claude Jones, Joe Nanton, Lawrence Brown
• Trumpet – Cat Anderson, Rex Stewart, Shelton Hemphill, Taft Jordan
• Trumpet, Violin – Ray Nance
• Voice – Al Hibbler (tracks: 2-13, 2-24), Joya Sherrill (tracks: 1-5 , 1-12 , 1-20, 2-16, 2-22, 2-25), Kay Davis (tracks: 1-9 , 2-13, 2-24), Marie Ellington (tracks: 2-4), Ray Nance (tracks: 2-14)

Notes

Tracks 1-1 to 1-16 - Treasury Broadcast No. 18, Radio City Studio 6B, NYC, August 11, 1945 (ABC)
Tracks 1-17 to 1-26 - Broadcast from the New Zanzibar, NYC, September 26, 1945 (NBC)
Tracks 2-1 to 2-19 - Treasury Broadcast No. 19, Radio City Studio 6B, NYC, August 18, 1945
Tracks 2-20 to 2-25 - Broadcast from the 400 Restaurant, NYC, May 4, 1945 (CBS)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 7 17101 90102 9