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 "[h]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 ("Don't call me Charlie; that's not a man's name, that's a name for a horse" ).

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Track listing

All compositions by Charles Mingus except where noted.

Track listing of New Tijuana Moods (1986)

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

Track listing of 2000 Expanded Edition

Released on RCA Victor Gold Series (catalog number 74321749992) Disc 1 Disc 2

Track listing of 2001 Expanded Edition

Released on Columbia/Legacy (catalog number 88697694392). Same track listing on 2001 Blue Bird First Editions (09026638402). Disc 1 Disc 2

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