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Take The "A" Train	(3:34)
A1.a	Take The "A" Train Written By – Billy Strayhorn
A1.b	Exactly Like You Written By – Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields
A2	Prayer For Passive Resistance Written By – Charles Mingus	3:49
A3	Eclipse Written By – Charles Mingus	3:45
A4	Mingus Fingus No. 2 Written By – Charles Mingus	3:22
A5	Weird Nightmare Written By – Charles Mingus	3:35
Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me	(3:33)
B1.a	Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me Written By – Bob Russell, Duke Ellington
B1.b	I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart Written By – Duke Ellington, Henry Nemo, Irving Mills, John Redmond
B2	Bemoanable Lady Written By – Charles Mingus	4:32
B3	Half-Mast Inhibition Written By – Charles Mingus	8:12

Credits

• Artwork – Robert Lipman
• Bass – Charlie Mingus*
• Cello – Charlie McCracken* (tracks: A4, B2, B3)
• Flute – Robert DiDomenica (tracks: A4, B2, B3)
• Oboe – Harry Shulman (tracks: A4, B2, B3)
• Percussion – Danny Richmond*, George Scott (tracks: A4, B2, B3), Sticks Evans (tracks: A4, B2, B3)
• Piano – Paul Bley (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, B1), Roland Hanna
• Producer, Liner Notes – Leonard Feather
• Saxophone – William Barron Jr.* (tracks: A4, B2, B3), Booker Ervin (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, B1), Danny Bank (tracks: A4, B2, B3), Joe Farrell, John LaPorta (tracks: A4, B2, B3)
• Saxophone, Flute – Eric Dolphy, Yusef Lateef
• Trombone – Charles Greenlee (tracks: A4, B2, B3), Eddie Bert (tracks: A4, B2, B3), Jimmy Knepper, Slide Hampton (tracks: A4, B2, B3)
• Trumpet – Clark Terry (tracks: A4, B2, B3), Hobart Dotson (tracks: A4, B2, B3), Marcus Belgrave (tracks: A4, B2, B3), Richard Williams (tracks: A4, B2, B3), Ted Curson (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, B1), Ted Curson (tracks: A4, B2, B3)
• Tuba – Don Butterfield (tracks: A4, B2, B3)
• Vocals – Lorraine Cousins (tracks: A3, A5)

Notes

Printed on front cover: Stereo LS 86015 Playable on modern manaural equipment
Mercury Record. Corp. 35 E. Wacker Drive, Chicago Ill. 6601 Printed in U.S.A.

Printed on back cover: "This album originally appeared on Mercury Records as "Pre-Bird Charlie Mingus." Unavailable for several years, it is herein reissued because of its historical importance."

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A): LS 86015A- M1 RR
• Matrix / Runout (Side B): LS 86015B- M1 RR

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SR 60627	Charlie Mingus*	Pre-Bird ‎(LP, Album)	Mercury	SR 60627	US	1960
6338906	Charlie Mingus*	Pre-Bird ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Mercury	6338906	Brazil	1975
826 496-2	Charles Mingus	Mingus Revisited ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Emarcy	826 496-2	Europe	1986
BT-5309	Charlie Mingus*	Pre-Bird ‎(LP, Album, Ltd, RE)	Mercury	BT-5309	Japan	1979
840 834-2	Charles Mingus	Mingus Revisited ‎(CD, Album, RE)	EmArcy	840 834-2	Switzerland	Unknown