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The complete serie is composed of 49 LP volumes
(see reeditions on THE TREASURY SHOWS CD serie)

D.E.T.S. 1
(LP D.E.T.S. / 1) USA

400 Restaurant, New York - April 07, 1945

Included in THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 1
Same as TREASURY SERIES 1




Side 1 : Take the A train & Introduction / Blutopia / Midfriff / Creole love call / Suddenly it jumped / Frustration / I'm beginning to see the light.

Side 2 : The perfume suite : Love (Balcony serenade) - Violence (Strange feeling) - Dancers in love (A stomp for beginners) - Sophistication (Coloratura) / Air conditioned jungle / I ain't got nothin' but the blues / Subtle slough / Passion flower (into broadcast closing).

D.E.T.S. 2
(LP D.E.T.S. / 2) USA

400 Restaurant, New York - April 21, 1945

Included in THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 2
Same as TREASURY SERIES 2




Side 1 : Theme : Take the A train & introduction / Mood to be wooed / If you are but a dream / Riff staccato / I'm beginning to see the light / Excerpts from Black, Brow and Beige : West indian dance - The blues.

Side 2 : Excerpts from Black, Brow and Beige (continue) : Emancipation celebration - Sugar hill penthouse / Sentimental lady - Stomp look and listen / Frantic fantasy / It don't mean a thing / Sentimental lady (intro broadcast close).

D.E.T.S. 3
(LP D.E.T.S. / 3) USA

400 Restaurant, New York - April 28, 1945

Included in THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 2
Same as TREASURY SERIES 3




Side 1 : Take the A train / Midriff / Carnegie blues / Someone / My little brown book / Kissing bug / Ring dem bells / I'm beginning to see the light.

Side 2 : Black, Brown and Beige (excerpt) : Work song - Come Sunday / Candy / Teardrops in the rain / Accentuate the positive / Way low / Take the A train.

D.E.T.S. 4
(LP D.E.T.S. / 4) USA

400 Restaurant, New York - May 5, 1945
(false date on the record, 9 instead 5)

Included in THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 3
Same as TREASURY SERIES 4




Side 1 : Theme : Take the A train & introduction / Blutopia / Clementine / My heart sings / Sentimental journey / I got it bad (And that ain't good) / Three cent stomp / Black and tan fantasy / Blue skies (intro station break).

Side 2 : Three concertos : Passion flower - Air conditioned jungle - Frantic fantasy / I'm beginning to see the light / Main stem / Everything but you / Carnegie blues / Jump for joy - Things ain't what they used to be (into broadcast close).

D.E.T.S. 5
(LP D.E.T.S. / 5) USA

Radio City, New York - May 12, 1945

Included in THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 3
Same as TREASURY SERIES 5




Side 1 : Theme : Take the A train & introduction / Carnegie blues / Riff staccato / All at once / Yesterdays / I miss your kiss / Accentuate the positive / Blue cellophane / Theme : Take the A train (into station break).

Side 2 : Theme : Take the A train & return / Prelude to a kiss / Caravan / Sophisticated lady / I'm beginning to see the light & Bond promo / Solitude / I ain't got nothin' but the blues / I don't mine / The jeep is jumpin'& Broadcast closing.

D.E.T.S. 6
(LP D.E.T.S. / 6) USA

Paradise Theatre, Detroit - May 19, 1945

Included in THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 4
Same as TREASURY SERIES 6




Side 1 : Theme : Take the A train & Introduction / Teardrops in the rain / Everything but you / Perdido / If you are but a dream / Pitter panther patter / Emancipation celebration / I should care / Theme : Take the A train (into station break).

Side 2 : Theme : Take the A train & return / In a sentimental mood / It don't mean a thing / Solitude / I'm beginning to see the light & Bond promo / Subtle slough / C jam blues / Don't you know I care / Stomp look and listen / Things ain't what they used to be & Broadcast close.

D.E.T.S. 7
(LP D.E.T.S. / 7) USA

Regal Theatre, Chicago - May 26, 1945

Included in THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 4
Same as TREASURY SERIES 7




Side 1 : Theme : Take the A train & Introduction / Sugarhill penthouse (Black, Brown and Beige) / Suddenly it jumped / Candy / A friend of yours / Kissing bug / Hollywood hangover / Laura.

Side 2 : Theme : Take the A train & return / In the shade of the apple tree / Frankie and Johnny / I'm beginning to see the light & Bond promo / Midriff / I ain't got nothin' but the blues / My honey's lovin' arms / Rockin' in rhythm into Broadcast close.

D.E.T.S. 8
(LP D.E.T.S. / 8) USA

Percy Jones Center, Battle Creek - June 2, 1945

Included in THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 5
Same as TREASURY SERIES 8




Side 1 : Take the A train (theme & introduction) / The mood to be wooed / Jack the bear / The more I see you / Way low / Blues on the double / Summertime / Take the A train (theme into station break).

Side 2 : Take the A train (theme & return) / Black, Brown & Beige : Come Sunday - Light / I'm beginning to see the light / On the Alamo / Carnegie blues / Riff Staccato / Blue skies / Things ain't what they used to be into Broadcast close.

D.E.T.S. 26
(LP D.E.T.S. / 26) USA

Radio City Studio, New York - October 13, 1945

Included in THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 13




Side 1 : Theme : Take the A train & Introduction / Time's a-wastin' / Every hour on the hour / Hollywood hangover & Station break / Theme : Take the A train & Return / Autumn serenade / Hop, skyp and jump / Riding on a blue note / I'll buy that dream / Ellington bond promo.

Side 2 : Riff'n drill / Tell ya what I'm gonna do / How deep is the ocean / Mood indigo into Station break / Theme : Take the A train & Return / Three tunes in the blue mood : Diminuendo in blue - I got it bad - Crescendo in blue / Everything but you / Ellington bond promo.

D.E.T.S. 28
(LP D.E.T.S. / 28) USA

Side 1 : Treasury Show #27- October 20, 1945
Included in THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 14

Side 2 : Treasury show #28 -October 27, 1945
Included in THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 15


Side 1 : Take the A train (theme & intro) / Waiting for the train to come in / I'd do it all over again / Fancy dan / Homesick that'sall / Blues on the double / Every hour on the hour / Caravan / Riff 'n drill / Thing's ain't waht they used to be (broadcast close).

Side 2 : Take the A train (theme & intro) / Johnny come lately / I can't believe that's you're in love with me / I'll buy that dream / Stomp, look and listen (into station break) / Take the A train (theme & return) / The wonder of you / Josuha fit the battle of Jericho / The general jumped at dawn.

D.E.T.S. 29
(LP D.E.T.S. / 29) USA

Side 1 : Radio City, New York - October 27, 1945
Side 2 : Radio City, New York - November 3, 1945
Included in THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 15




Side 1 : The mood to be wooed / Three cent stomp / Yesterdays / Do nothing till you hear from me / Stompy Jones / Time's a wastin' into Broadcast close.

Side 2 : Theme : Take the A train & Intro / Clementine / The jeep is jumpin' / Don't take your love from me / It don't mean a thing / If you are but a dream / Emancipation celebration / Caldonia / Ring dem bells into Station break.

D.E.T.S. 30
(LP D.E.T.S. / 30) USA

Side 1 : Radio City, New York - November 3, 1945 (concluded)
Side 2 : Radio City, New York - November 10, 1945
Included in THE TREASURY SHOWS volumes 15 & 16




Side 1 : Theme : Take the A train & Return / A door will open / Court session / That's for me / On the Atcheson, Topeka and the Santa Fe / Every hour on the hour / How deep is the ocean / Victory drive / Autumn serenade / Theme : Take the A train into Broadcast close.

Side 2 : Theme : Take the A train & Intro / Just a-settin' and a-rockin' into Station break / Take the A train & Return / 9:20 special / Frustration / Jenny / Dancin' in the dark / Crosstown / Passion flower.

D.E.T.S. 32
(LP D.E.T.S. / 32) USA

Radio City, New York - November 17, 1945 (*)
Radio City, New York - November 24, 1945

Included in THE TREASURY SHOWS volumes 16 & 17




Side 1 : The wonder you * / Victory drive * / As long as I live * / Theme : Take the A train into Broadcast close * / Theme : Take the A train & Intro / Way low / C jam blues / Kissing bug / Just a-settin' and a-rockin' / Caldonia.

Side 2 : Fancy dan / I'm just a lucky so and so into Station break / Theme : Take the A train & Return / The last time I saw you / On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe / If I loved you / I can't begin to tell you / The wonder of you / Riff'n drill into Broadcast closing.

D.E.T.S. 33
(LP D.E.T.S. / 33) USA

Civic Opera House, Chicago - January 20, 1946

Included in THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 17




Side 1 : Caravan / Sono / Rugged Romeo / Circle / The tonal group : Rapsoditti - Fugue-a-ditti / Theme : Take the A train & Opening broadcast segment / The tonal group (concluded) : Jam-a-ditty.

Side 2 : Magenta haze / The next grouping : Diminuendo in blue - Transblucency - Crescendo in blue / Pitter panther patter / The suburbanite / Air conditioned jungle.

D.E.T.S. 36
(LP D.E.T.S. / 36) USA

Dartmouth College, Hanover - May 4, 1946

Included in THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 19




Side 1 : Theme : Take the A train & Intro / Just a-settin' and a-rockin' / 9:20 special / I can't get started / Flamingo / Fancy dance.

Side 2 : Medley of three tunes : Diminuendo in blue - Transblucency - Crescendo in blue / Someone / Three cent stomp / I'm just a lucky so and so.

D.E.T.S. 37
(LP D.E.T.S. / 37) USA

Side 1 : Treasury Shows #37 - May 18, 1946
Side 2 : Treasury shows #38 - May 25, 1946

Included in THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 19




Side 1 : In a mellotone / I'm just a lucky so and so / Sono / Rugged Romeo / Circle / Air conditioned jungle / Full moon and empty arms / Laughing on the outside / Take the A train (theme)

Side 2 : Take the A train (theme) / Just a-sittin' and a-rockin' / Crosstown / Summertime / Teardrops in the rain / Frankie and Johnny / Hop, skip and jump.

D.E.T.S. 38
(LP D.E.T.S. / 38) USA

Paramount Theatre, New York - June 1st, 1946

Included in THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 20




Side 1 : Theme : Take the A train / A flower is a lovesome thing / Main stem / A ghost of a chance / In a jam.

Side 2 : I'm just a lucky so and so / Stomp, look and listen / Come rain or come shine / Things ain't what they used to be.

D.E.T.S. 39
(LP D.E.T.S. / 39) USA

WEEU Studios MAY 4, Reading - June 8

Included in THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 20




Side 1 : Theme : Take the A train / Mood to be wooed / Johnny come lately / They say It's wonderful / Strange love / Honeysuckle rose / Don't take your love from me / Blues on the double / Theme : Take the A train.

Side 2 : Theme : Take the A train / Excerpts from Black, Brown and Beige : Come Sunday - Light / Lover man / Riff staccato / Mood indigo / Riff'n drill.

D.E.T.S. 42
(LP D.E.T.S. / 42) USA

Treasury Show #43 - August 3, 1946
Included in THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 22




Side 1 : Opening theme : Take the A train / The eight veil / Lover man / Just squeeze me / Medley : Diminuendo in blue - Transblucency - Crescendo in blue / Things ain't what they used to be.

Side 2 : Returning theme : Take the A train / A flower is a lovesome thing / Hollywood hangover / I got it bad and that ain't good / The jeep is jumpin' (into closing).

D.E.T.S. 46
(LP D.E.T.S. / 46) USA

Treasury Show 47 - October 5, 1946 - Included in THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 23
Treasury Star Parade 231 - June 1943 - Included in THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 1
Treasury Star Parade 232 - June 1943 - Included in THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 1
Treasury Star Parade 233 - June 1943 - Included in THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 2




Side 1 : Take the A train / Can't help lovin' that man of mine / Just you, just me / Just squeeze me (But please don't tease me) / Things ain't what they used to be (into Broadcast closing) / Theme : Take the A train / Don't get around much anymore / Caravan / It can't be wrong / Johnny come lately / Any bonds today (into program closing).

Side 2 : Take the A train (theme) / Wait for me Mary / Moon mist / A slip of the lip (Can sink a ship) / Things ain't what they used to be / Any bonds today (into program closing) / Take the A train (theme) / Tonight I shall sleep / Go away blues / Creole love call / Three cent stomp / Any bonds today (into program closing).

D.E.T.S. 47
(LP D.E.T.S. / 47) USA

Side 1 : Blue Note, Chicago - June 24, 1953
Side 2 : Blue Note, Chicago - July 1st, 1953
Included in THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 24




Side 1 : Take the A train (theme) / Harlem air shaft / Creole love call / C jam blues / Is it a sin? / Just a-settin' and a-rockin' / Moonlight fiesta / The hawk talks / Satin doll (into broadcast closing).

Side 2 : Take the A train (theme) / Blue jean beguine / Boo-dah / Cocktails for two / Nothin' ain't nothin', baby / Jump for joy / Perdido / Blue moon / Satin doll (into broadcast closing).

D.E.T.S. 48
(LP D.E.T.S. / 48) USA

Side 1 : Blue Note, Chicago - June, 1953 (transmitted July 17 and 24)
Included in THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 24




Side 1 : Take the A train (theme) / Caravan / I let a song go out of my heart - Don't get around much anymore / The hawk talks / Come on home / Flamingo / Jump for joy / Satin doll / Take the A train (during broadway closing).

Side 2 : Take the A train (theme) / The tattooed bride / Nothin' ain't nothin', baby / Rock-skipping at the Blue Note / Just squeeze me (but please don't tease me) / Ting-a-ling / Satin doll (during broadway closing).