Recording Together For The First Time
by Louis Armstrong / Duke Ellington
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Louis Armstrong / Duke Ellington bestography
Recording Together For The First Time is ranked 2nd best out of 3 albums by Louis Armstrong / Duke Ellington on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Louis Armstrong / Duke Ellington is The Great Reunion which is ranked number 11772 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 101.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Recording Together For The First Time track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Recording Together For The First Time rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1961 | 62/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 90 Music Albums of 1961 | 62/90 | 2 |
| 2025 |  AwaitingAndrew | Top 7 Music Albums of 1961 | 4/7 | 3 |
| 2025 | DJStuart79 | Top 21 Music Albums of 1961 | 11/21 | 3 |
| 2025 | TastyandTemptin | Top 16 Music Albums of 1961 | 10/16 | 2 |
| 2025 | byuzak | Top 41 Music Albums of 1961 | 22/41 | 2 |
| 2025 |  Norman Bates | Top 43 Music Albums of 1961 | 20/43 | 3 |
| 2025 | WayneMC | Top 30 Music Albums of 1961 | 18/30 | 2 |
| 2025 | AwaitingAndrew | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 62/100 | 8 |
| 2024 |  Cardboardfolder | Top 35 Music Albums of 1961 | 30/35 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 24 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 59 | |||
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Recording Together For The First Time ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/22/2025 23:58 | TastyandTemptin | 3,182 | 72/100 |
| ! | 10/04/2024 20:55 | Cardboardfolder | 3,731 | 88/100 |
| ! | 09/07/2024 23:46 | duelek | 2,135 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 12% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.5/100, a mean average of 75.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.0.
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TheDude85 06/08/2021 13:17 | #270470
This album combines the two albums that Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington collaborated on into a single album. It takes the two historic recordings and transforms them into a solitary celebration of these great musicians/icons of Jazz. The package was originally released in 1984. The release I have on hand is (Cat #: MFCD 2-807) by the Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab. Authenticated on discogs.com
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