EXTRAORDINARY RECORDINGS

see if Charlie Mingus' Pithecanthropus erecti is somewhere. Thats from the late 50;s when jazz records would feature collaborations. Charles Mingus was one of the leaders in that.

Gene Krupa's featured position in one piece of Benny Goodman's "Sing Sing SIng was pretty close to the start of it all.

Artists would be featured in earlier albums but they were never real collaborations where their own music pieces would be featured . Mostly because jazz albums werent relly friendly with 78RPM records.

I rememebre my aunt had an album of Eugene Ormandy leaing the Philly doing Beethovens 5th symphony in 78 complete with the Ode to Joy , by some chorus, (I dont recall which one). The Album itself looked like the OED

When it comes to extraordinary, the "A Black and White Night" recordings certainly qualify. It was a tribute concert for Roy Orbison. He was baked up by the TCB band, who backed Elvis in the last eight years of his life. In addition, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, Lyle Lovett, k. d. lang, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Jennifer Warnes and many other very talented individuals joined in.

Roy was involved in a "super group," The Traveling Wilburys. Formed by George Harrison and Jeff Lynne, it also included Roy, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty. This was a single they released, which lead to two albums:

The 1987 Prince's Trust Concert had a performance of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." Although I've already posted that song, I thought I'd post this clip: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Jeff Lynne, Elton John, Richard Starkey (Ringo), Phil Collins and many others:

From the Concert for George, Jeff Lynne, Dhani Harrison and Joe Walsh: