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1	Battle Royal Written-By – Duke EllingtonWritten-By, Piano – Billy Strayhorn	5:33
2	To You Written-By – Thad Jones	3:53
3	Take The A Train Written-By – Billy Strayhorn	3:46
4	Corner Pocket (Aka Until I Met You) Written-By – Don Wolf, Freddie Green	4:53
5	Wild Man (Aka Wild Man Moore) Written-By – Duke Ellington	6:20
6	Segue In C Written-By – Frank Wess	8:22
7	B D B Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington	4:43
8	Jumpin' At The Woodside Written-By – Count Basie	3:09
Bonus Tracks
9	One More Once Written-By – Duke Ellington	3:25
10	Take The A Train (The Count Departs) (Rehearsal & Alternate Takes) Written-By – Billy Strayhorn	5:50
11	Jumpin' At The Woodside (Alternate Take) Written-By – Count Basie	3:14
12	B D B (Alternate Take) Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington	4:30
13	Blues In Hoss' Flat (Blues In Frankie's Flat) Written-By – Count Basie, Frank Foster	3:13
14	Wild Man (Aka Wild Man Moore) (Alternate Take) Written-By – Duke Ellington	5:55
15	Battle Royal (Rehearsal & Alternate Take) Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington	6:32
16	Pause Track	0:06

Companies, etc.

• Distributed By – Sony Music
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

Credits

• A&R [A&R Coordination] – Darren Salmieri, Patti Matheny
• A&R [Legacy] – Steve Berkowitz
• Alto Saxophone – Johnny Hodges, Marshal Royal*
• Alto Saxophone, Reeds – Russell Procope
• Art Direction [Reissue] – Howard Fritzson
• Baritone Saxophone – Charlie Fowlkes, Harry Carney
• Bass – Aaron Bell (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 14, 15), Eddie Jones (tracks: 2 to 4, 6 to 8, 10 to 13)
• Clarinet – Jimmy Hamilton
• Design [Reissue] – Randall Martin
• Drums – Sam Woodyard (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15), Sonny Payne (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 8, 13)
• Ensemble – Count Basie Orchestra, The Duke Ellington Orchestra*
• Flute, Tenor Saxophone, Reeds – Frank Wess
• Guitar – Freddie Green
• Liner Notes [August 1998] – Aaron Bell
• Liner Notes [November 1998] – Phil Schaap
• Liner Notes [Original LP Notes 1961] – George T. Simon, Stanley Dance
• Mastered By [Digital Mastering] – Mark Wilder
• Photography By [Cover] – Arnold Newman
• Photography By [Liner] – Don Hunstein
• Piano – Count Basie (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 8, 10, 15), Duke Ellington (tracks: 1, 3 to 8, 10 to 13, 15)
• Producer [Original Recordings] – George Avakian, Teo Macero
• Reissue Producer, Research, Technician [Restored By], Remastered By – Phil Schaap
• Tambourine – Juan Tizol (tracks: 5, 14)
• Tenor Saxophone – Budd Johnson, Frank Foster, Paul Gonsalves
• Trombone – Benny Powell, Henry Coker, Lawrence Brown, Louis Blackburn*, Quentin Jackson
• Trumpet – Fats Ford*, Cat Anderson, Eddie Mullens*, Snooky Young*, Lonnie Johnson , Sonny Cohn, Thad Jones, Willie Cook
• Trumpet, Violin – Ray Nance
• Valve Trombone – Juan Tizol

Notes

"Tracks 1-8 made up the original album, Columbia CL 1715 (Mono)/CS 8515 (Stereo), released in 1962. Tracks 3 & 7 were shortened on the original stereo issue. They are issued here in stereo but at full length as on the original mono release. Track 9 was previously released--in pseudo-stereo--first appearing in 1972 on The World Of Swing, Columbia KG-32945. Track 13 was previously released, first appearing on Black Giants, Columbia PG-33402. The ending was faded out on previous issues. Tracks 10-12, and 14 & 15 are issued for the first time. Tracks 10, 15, & 16 are indexed." [booklet]

Recorded July 6-7, 1961.
Duke Ellington Orchestra heard in the right channel.
Count Basie Orchestra heard in the left channel.

© 1962, 1999 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
℗ 1999 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

"Originally recorded 1961, originally released 1962, 1974, 1975" [along disk edge and on tray]

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: D130212
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI L424
• Matrix / Runout: DIDP-097583 / G4 1A 01

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CL 1715	Duke Ellington And Count Basie	Duke Ellington And Count Basie - First Time! The Count Meets The Duke ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Columbia	CL 1715	US	1962
CS 8515	Duke Ellington And Count Basie	Duke Ellington And Count Basie - First Time! The Count Meets The Duke ‎(LP, Album, RP)	Columbia	CS 8515	US	1963
BPG 62102	Duke Ellington And Count Basie	Duke Ellington And Count Basie - Battle Royal - The Duke Meets The Count ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	CBS	BPG 62102	UK	1962
600.010	Duke Ellington And Count Basie	Duke Ellington And Count Basie - First Time! The Count Meets The Duke ‎(LP, Album)	CBS Especial	600.010	Brazil	1979
84417, CBS 84417	Duke Ellington And Count Basie	Duke Ellington And Count Basie - First Time! The Count Meets The Duke ‎(LP, Album, RE)	CBS, CBS	84417, CBS 84417	France	Unknown