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Anthology: Down in Birdland

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Anthology: Down In Birdland
Compilation album by
ReleasedOctober 1992 (Cassette Tape),
November 1992 (CD)
GenreVocal jazz
LabelRhino
The Manhattan Transfer chronology
The Offbeat of Avenues
(1991)
Anthology: Down In Birdland
(1992)
The Christmas Album
(1992)

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.[1]

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

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#1

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  1. Trickle Trickle (Clarence Bassett) (Atlantic Single #3772, 1980) - 2:22
  2. Gloria (Leon René) (from The Manhattan Transfer, 1975) - 3:00
  3. Operator (William Spivery) (Atlantic Single #3292, 1975) - 3:12
  4. Helpless (Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, Eddie Holland) (Atlantic Single #3349, 1976) - 2:57
  5. Ray's Rockhouse (Ray Charles, Jon Henricks) (Atlantic Single #89533, 1985) - 5:10
  6. Heart's Desire (George Cox, James Dozier, Hugh X. Lewis, Bernard Purdie) (Live) (from Bop Doo-Wopp, 1984) - 2:45
  7. Zindy Lou (Johnny Moore, Eddie Smith) (from Coming Out, 1976) - 2:54
  8. Mystery (Rod Temperton) (Atlantic Single #89695, 1984) - 5:03
  9. Baby Come Back To Me (The Morse Code Of Love) (Nick Santamaria) (Atlantic Single #89594, 1984) - 2:56
  10. Route 66 (Bobby Troup) (from "Sharky's Machine OST", 1982) - 2:57
  11. Java Jive (Milton Drake, Ben Oakland) (from The Manhattan Transfer, 1975) - 2:48
  12. Chanson D'Amour (Wayne Shanklin) (Atlantic Single #3374, 1976) - 2:57
  13. Foreign Affair (Tom Waits) (B-Side of "Trickle Trickle", Atlantic Single #3772, 1980) - 3:55
  14. Smile Again (Bill Champlin, David Foster, Jay Graydon, Alan Paul) (Atlantic Single #3855, 1981) - 4:36
  15. Spice of Life (Derek Bramble, Rod Temperton) (Atlantic Single #89786, 1983) - 3:43
  16. The Speak Up Mambo (Cuentame) (Al Castellanos) (from Coming out, 1976) - 3:04
  17. Soul Food To Go (Sina) (Djavan, Doug Fieber) (Atlantic Single #89156, 1986) - 5:17
  18. So You Say (Esquinas) (Djavan, Amanda McBroom) (Atlantic Single #89094, 1988) - 4:59
  19. Boy From New York City (George Davis, John T. Taylor) (Atlantic Single #3816, 1981) - 3:42
  20. Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone (Jay Graydon, Bernard Herrmann, Alan Paul) (Atlantic Single #3649, 1980) - 6:06

#2

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  1. Four Brothers (Jimmy Giuffre, Jon Hendricks) (B-side of "It's Not The Spotlight", Atlantic Single #3491, 1978) - 3:51
  2. Blee Blop Blues (Count Basie, Jon Hendricks) (from Vocalese, 1985) - 3:06
  3. Candy (Alex Kramer, Mack David, Joan Whitney) (from The Manhattan Transfer, 1975) - 3:30
  4. A Gal in Calico (Arthur Schwartz, Leo Robin) (from Pastiche, 1978) - 2:42
  5. Love for Sale (Cole Porter) (from Pastiche, 1978) - 4:01
  6. On a Little Street in Singapore (Peter DeRose, Billy Hill) (from Pastiche, 1978) - 3:18
  7. Tuxedo Junction (Erskine Hawkins, William Johnson, Buddy Feyne, Julian Dash) (B-side of "Operator", Atlantic Single #3292, 1975) - 3:06
  8. That Cat Is High (J. Mayo Williams) (from The Manhattan Transfer, 1975) - 2:55
  9. Body and Soul (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton) (B-side of "Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone", Atlantic Single #3649, 1980) - 4:30
  10. Meet Benny Bailey (Quincy Jones, Jon Hendricks) (from Vocalese, 1985) - 3:35
  11. Sing Joy Spring (Clifford Brown, Jon Hendricks) (from Vocalese, 1985) - 7:13
  12. To You (Thad Jones) (from Vocalese, 1985) - 3:57
  13. Down South Camp Meetin' (Fletcher Henderson, Irving Mills, Jon Hendricks) (from Bodies and Souls, 1983) - 3:03
  14. Until I Met You (Corner Pocket) (Freddie Green. Don Wolf) (B-side of "Smile Again", Atlantic Single #3855, 1981) - 5:22
  15. Why Not! (Manhattan Carnival) (Michel Camilo, Julie Eigenberg) (B-side of "American Pop", Atlantic Single #89720, 1983) - 2:36
  16. Another Night In Tunisia (Dizzy Gillespie, Jon Hendricks, Frank Paparelli) (B-side of "Ray's Rockhouse", Atlantic Single #89533, 1985) - 4:15
  17. Capim (Djavan) (from Brasil, 1987) - 5:11
  18. A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (Manning Sherwin, Eric Maschwitz) (from Mecca for Moderns, 1981) - 3:52
  19. Birdland (Joe Zawinul, Jon Hendricks) (Atlantic Single #3636, 1979) - 6:01

References

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  1. ^ "Anthology: Down In Birdland". The Manhattan Transfer. Retrieved March 27, 2023.