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| Name = [[Anthology: Down In Birdland]]
| name = Anthology: Down In Birdland
| Type = compilation
| type = compilation
| Artist = [[The Manhattan Transfer]]
| artist = [[The Manhattan Transfer]]
| Cover = Anthology Down In Birdland.jpg
| cover = Anthology Down In Birdland.jpg
| Released = 1992
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| released = October 1992 (Cassette Tape),<br />November 1992 (CD)
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| Recorded =
| Genre = [[Jazz]]
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| Label = [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
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| genre = [[Vocal jazz]]
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| label = [[Rhino Entertainment|Rhino]]
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| Last album = ''[[The Christmas Album (Manhattan Transfer album)|The Christmas Album]]''<br>(1992)
| producer =
| This album = '''''Anthology: Down In Birdland'''''<br>(1992)
| Next album = ''[[The Very Best of the Manhattan Transfer]]''<br>(1994)
| prev_title = [[The Offbeat of Avenues]]
| prev_year = 1991
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| next_title = [[The Christmas Album (The Manhattan Transfer album)|The Christmas Album]]
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'''''Anthology: Down In Birdland''''' was an anthology 2-CD 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.
'''''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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Anthology: Down In Birdland |url=https://manhattantransfer.net/discography/anthology-down-in-birdland/ |website=[[The Manhattan Transfer]] |access-date=March 27, 2023 }}</ref>


This two disc 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.
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==
== Track listing ==


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


===CD #2===
===#2===
# [[Four Brothers (jazz standard)|Four Brothers]] ([[Jimmy Guiffre]], [[Jon Hendricks]]) <small>(B-side of "It's Not The Spotlight", Atlantic Single #3491, 1978)</small> (3:51)
# [[Four Brothers (jazz standard)|Four Brothers]] ([[Jimmy Giuffre]], [[Jon Hendricks]]) <small>(B-side of "It's Not The Spotlight", Atlantic Single #3491, 1978)</small> - 3:51
# Blee Blop Blues ([[Count Basie]], Jon Hendricks) <small>(from "[[Vocalese (album)|Vocalese]]", 1985)</small> (3:06)
# Blee Blop Blues ([[Count Basie]], Jon Hendricks) <small>(from ''[[Vocalese (album)|Vocalese]]'', 1985)</small> - 3:06
# [[Candy (1944 song)|Candy]] ([[Alex Kramer]], [[Mack David]], [[Joan Whitney Kramer|Joan Whitney)]] <small>(from "[[The Manhattan Transfer (album)|The Manhattan Transfer]]", 1975)</small> (3:30)
# [[Candy (1944 song)|Candy]] ([[Alex Kramer]], [[Mack David]], [[Joan Whitney Kramer|Joan Whitney)]] <small>(from ''[[The Manhattan Transfer (album)|The Manhattan Transfer]]'', 1975)</small> - 3:30
# A Gal In Calico ([[Arthur Schwartz]], [[Leo Robin]]) <small>(from "[[Pastiche (Manhattan Transfer album)|Pastiche]]", 1978)</small> (2:42)
# [[A Gal in Calico]] ([[Arthur Schwartz]], [[Leo Robin]]) <small>(from ''[[Pastiche (album)|Pastiche]]'', 1978)</small> - 2:42
# [[Love for Sale (song)|Love for Sale]] ([[Cole Porter]]) <small>(from "[[Pastiche (Manhattan Transfer album)|Pastiche]]", 1978)</small> (4:01)
# [[Love for Sale (song)|Love for Sale]] ([[Cole Porter]]) <small>(from ''[[Pastiche (album)|Pastiche]]'', 1978)</small> - 4:01
# [[On a Little Street in Singapore]] ([[Peter DeRose]], [[Billy Hill]]) <small>(from "[[Pastiche (Manhattan Transfer album)|Pastiche]]", 1978)</small> (3:18)
# [[On a Little Street in Singapore]] ([[Peter DeRose]], [[Billy Hill (songwriter)|Billy Hill]]) <small>(from ''[[Pastiche (album)|Pastiche]]'', 1978)</small> - 3:18
# [[Tuxedo Junction]] ([[Erskine Hawkins]], [[Bill Johnson (reed player)|William Johnson]], [[Buddy Feyne]], [[Julian Dash]]) <small>(B-side of "Operator", Atlantic Single #3292, 1975)</small> (3:06)
# [[Tuxedo Junction]] ([[Erskine Hawkins]], [[Bill Johnson (reed player)|William Johnson]], [[Buddy Feyne]], [[Julian Dash]]) <small>(B-side of "Operator", Atlantic Single #3292, 1975)</small> - 3:06
# That Cat Is High ([[J. Mayo Williams]]) <small>(from "[[The Manhattan Transfer (album)|The Manhattan Transfer]]", 1975)</small> (2:55)
# That Cat Is High ([[J. Mayo Williams]]) <small>(from ''[[The Manhattan Transfer (album)|The Manhattan Transfer]]'', 1975)</small> - 2:55
# [[Body and Soul (1930 song)|Body and Soul]] ([[Johnny Green]], [[Edward Heyman]], [[Robert Sour]], [[Frank Eyton]]) <small>(B-side of "Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone", Atlantic Single #3649, 1980)</small> (4:30)
# [[Body and Soul (1930 song)|Body and Soul]] ([[Johnny Green]], [[Edward Heyman]], [[Robert Sour]], [[Frank Eyton]]) <small>(B-side of "Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone", Atlantic Single #3649, 1980)</small> - 4:30
# Meet Benny Bailey ([[Quincy Jones]], Jon Hendricks) <small>(from "[[Vocalese (album)|Vocalese]]", 1985)</small> (3:35)
# Meet Benny Bailey ([[Quincy Jones]], Jon Hendricks) <small>(from ''[[Vocalese (album)|Vocalese]]'', 1985)</small> - 3:35
# Sing Joy Spring ([[Clifford Brown]], Jon Hendricks) <small>(from "[[Vocalese (album)|Vocalese]]", 1985)</small> (7:13)
# Sing Joy Spring ([[Clifford Brown]], Jon Hendricks) <small>(from ''[[Vocalese (album)|Vocalese]]'', 1985)</small> - 7:13
# To You ([[Thad Jones]]) <small>(from "[[Vocalese (album)|Vocalese]]", 1985)</small> (3:57)
# To You ([[Thad Jones]]) <small>(from ''[[Vocalese (album)|Vocalese]]'', 1985)</small> - 3:57
# Down South Camp Meetin' ([[Fletcher Henderson]], [[Irving Mills]], Jon Hendricks) <small>(from "[[Bodies and Souls]]", 1983)</small> (3:03)
# Down South Camp Meetin' ([[Fletcher Henderson]], [[Irving Mills]], Jon Hendricks) <small>(from ''[[Bodies and Souls]]'', 1983)</small> - 3:03
# Until I Met You ([[Corner Pocket (song)|Corner Pocket]]) ([[Freddie Green]]. Don Wolf) <small>(B-side of "Smile Again", Atlantic Single #3855, 1981)</small> (5:22)
# Until I Met You ([[Corner Pocket (song)|Corner Pocket]]) ([[Freddie Green]]. Don Wolf) <small>(B-side of "Smile Again", Atlantic Single #3855, 1981)</small> - 5:22
# Why Not! (Manhattan Carnival) ([[Michel Camilo]], Julie Eigenberg) <small>(B-side of "American Pop", Atlantic Single #89720, 1983)</small> (2:36)
# Why Not! (Manhattan Carnival) ([[Michel Camilo]], Julie Eigenberg) <small>(B-side of "American Pop", Atlantic Single #89720, 1983)</small> - 2:36
# Another Night In Tunisia ([[Dizzy Gillespie]], Jon Hendricks, Frank Paparelli) <small>(B-side of "Ray's Rockhouse", Atlantic Single #89533, 1985)</small> (4:15)
# Another Night In Tunisia ([[Dizzy Gillespie]], Jon Hendricks, Frank Paparelli) <small>(B-side of "Ray's Rockhouse", Atlantic Single #89533, 1985)</small> - 4:15
# Capim ([[Djavan]]) <small>(from "[[Brasil (Manhattan Transfer album)|Brasil]]", 1987)</small> (5:11)
# Capim ([[Djavan]]) <small>(from ''[[Brasil (The Manhattan Transfer album)|Brasil]]'', 1987)</small> - 5:11
# [[A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (song)|A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square]] ([[Manning Sherwin]], [[Eric Maschwitz]]) <small>(from "[[Mecca for Moderns|Mecca For Moderns]]", 1981)</small> (3:52)
# [[A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (song)|A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square]] ([[Manning Sherwin]], [[Eric Maschwitz]]) <small>(from ''[[Mecca for Moderns]]'', 1981)</small> - 3:52
# [[Birdland (composition)|Birdland]] ([[Joe Zawinul]], Jon Hendricks) <small>(Atlantic Single #3636, 1979)</small> (6:01)
# [[Birdland (composition)|Birdland]] ([[Joe Zawinul]], Jon Hendricks) <small>(Atlantic Single #3636, 1979)</small> - 6:01


==References / Sources==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
* [http://www.manhattantransfer.net/ The Manhattan Transfer Official Website (requires Flash)]


{{The Manhattan Transfer}}
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Latest revision as of 11:59, 5 August 2024

Anthology: Down In Birdland
Compilation album by
The Manhattan Transfer
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

[edit]

#1

[edit]
  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

[edit]
  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

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