Tijuana Moods


Tijuana Moods is an album by Charles Mingus, recorded in 1957 but not released until June 1962. It was reissued in 1986 on CD as New Tijuana Moods with four additional alternate takes and as a double LP with five alternate takes. Two-CD expanded versions with further alternate takes were issued by RCA in 2000 and by Columbia in 2010.
In his notes to the 1986 reissue, Ed Michel said that "ardly anything was recorded as a complete take" and so both the originally issued takes and the alternate versions had been assembled by editing additional sections into base takes.
The name "Charlie Mingus" appears on the cover of the original album. Mingus hated all nicknames derived from Charles.

Reception

  • DownBeat - 4 stars out of 5 -- " the 1957 masterpiece on which Mingus asserts full control over his longform chops."
  • DownBeat - 4.5 stars out of 5 - "This collection allows us to observe Mingus in the midst of his truly creative process."
  • Uncut - 5 stars out of 5 - " mindblowing collection....Its breathtaking scope prefigures many innovations made under the rock rubric in the Sixties."

    Track listing

All compositions by Charles Mingus except where noted.
  1. "Dizzy Moods"
  2. "Ysabel's Table Dance"
  3. "Tijuana Gift Shop"
  4. "Los Mariachis "
  5. "Flamingo"

    Track listing of New Tijuana Moods (1986)

  6. "Dizzy Moods"
  7. "Ysabel's Table Dance"
  8. "Tijuana Gift Shop"
  9. "Los Mariachis"
  10. "Flamingo"
  11. "Dizzy Moods "
  12. "Tijuana Gift Shop "
  13. "Los Mariachis "
  14. "Flamingo "

    Track listing of New Tijuana Moods (1986) 2-LP Version

  15. "Dizzy Moods"
  16. "Ysabel's Table Dance"
  17. "Tijuana Gift Shop"
  18. "Los Mariachis"
  19. "Flamingo"
  20. "Dizzy Moods "
  21. "Ysabel's Table Dance "
  22. "Tijuana Gift Shop "
  23. "Los Mariachis "
  24. "Flamingo "

    Track listing of 2000 Expanded Edition

Released on RCA Victor Gold Series
Disc 1
  1. "Dizzy Moods"
  2. "Ysabel's Table Dance"
  3. "Tijuana Gift Shop"
  4. "Los Mariachis "
  5. "Flamingo"
  6. "A Colloquial Dream "
Disc 2
  1. "Dizzy Moods "
  2. "Ysabel's Table Dance "
  3. "Tijuana Gift Shop "
  4. "Los Mariachis "
  5. "Flamingo "
  6. "A Colloquial Dream "

    Track listing of 2001 Expanded Edition

Released on Columbia/Legacy. Same track listing on 2001 Blue Bird First Editions.
Disc 1
  1. "Dizzy Moods"
  2. "Ysabel's Table Dance"
  3. "Tijuana Gift Shop"
  4. "Los Mariachis"
  5. "Flamingo"
  6. "Dizzy Moods "
  7. "Ysabel's Table Dance "
  8. "Los Mariachis "
  9. "Flamingo "
Disc 2
  1. "Tijuana Gift Shop "
  2. "A Colloquial Dream"
  3. "Flamingo "
  4. "Ysabel's Table Dance "
  5. "Dizzy Moods "
  6. "Dizzy Moods "
  7. "Tijuana Gift Shop "
  8. "Tijuana Gift Shop "
  9. "Los Mariachis "
  10. "Los Mariachis "
  11. "Los Mariachis "
  12. "A Colloquial Dream "
  13. "A Colloquial Dream "

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