For listeners who take Mingus seriously: bassists, composers, students of the avant-garde, and anyone who has spent time with The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady and wants more of the catalog in one place. This page collects Charles Mingus vinyl records and CDs available through the Relix store, spanning studio recordings, live documents, and compilations across labels including Candid, Verve, and Rhino.
On the vinyl side, the Verve Acoustic Sounds Series pressing of The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady is here alongside the Candid 2xLP of Mingus at Monterey, the 180-gram remastered LP of Mingus, the 180-gram LP of Presents Charles Mingus, Incarnations on LP, and Reincarnations on LP. On the CD side, you will find Cumbia and Jazz Fusion with bonus tracks, Town Hall Concert 1964 Vol. 1, Mingus at Monterey, Incarnations, Reincarnations, Presents Charles Mingus remastered, Mingus remastered, Very Best of Charles Mingus, and Priceless Jazz. The range runs from essential studio records to live recordings to entry-point compilations, which means the page works whether you are filling gaps in a serious collection or buying a first Mingus for someone who is ready for it.
Why buy from Relix
Relix has covered jazz alongside rock, folk, and improvised music since 1974. The Grateful Dead and Phish have always shared the magazine's pages with artists who pushed the boundaries of composition and spontaneity, and Mingus belongs squarely in that conversation. The store reflects the same editorial perspective: we stock records because they matter to the music, not because an algorithm surfaced them. Relix also produces the Relix Sessions series, live recordings produced by Relix and pressed to vinyl on the Relix Vinyl label, which gives some sense of how seriously we take the physical format. When we carry a Candid reissue or a Verve Acoustic Sounds pressing, it is because those releases represent the music at its best.
Every title on this page is new and sealed. Pre-order titles display a street date and ship when the label releases them. CDs ship in protective packaging.
If this page opened a door, keep going. Jazz vinyl records and Jazz CDs cover the wider catalog, while live vinyl albums is worth a look for anyone drawn to the concert recordings here. Collectors hunting variants should check colored vinyl records and limited variants for what is currently available.