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Roots & Herbs
| Recorded | Feb 18 & May 27, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Label | Blue Note |
| Released | 1961 |
| Personnel | 6 credited players |
| Discogs | master 352758 |
The record
Vaulted for over a decade before Blue Note issued it, this early-'61 session finds Morgan and Shorter still locked in tight, the writing already tilting toward knottier terrain.
Session personnel
- Jymie Merritt — bass
- Art Blakey — drums
- Bobby Timmons — piano
- Walter Davis Jr. — piano
- Wayne Shorter — tenor saxophone
- Lee Morgan — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
This one starts late -- the earliest pressing on file is a 1970 US Blue Note stereo, BST 84347, with a Van Gelder stamp, and we list nothing before it. A German BST 84 347 K appeared the same year. After that it is all reissues: a 1977 US repress on the same number, a 1978 UK BNS 40029, a 1981 Portuguese 11C 074 83039, and Pan Am's 180 gram 9152257 from 2016.
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 18 pressings on file.
| 1970 | Blue Note · BST 84347 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo earliest on file · RVG stamp |
|---|---|
| 1970 | Blue Note · BST 84 347 K — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1970 | Blue Note · BST 84347 — Vinyl, LP, Album · RVG stamp |
| 1977 | Blue Note · BST 84347 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue · RVG stamp |
| 1981 | Blue Note · 11C 074 83039 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1999 | Blue Note · 7243 5 21956 2 6 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp |
| 1999 | Blue Note · 7243 5 21956 2 6 — CD, Album, Reissue · RVG stamp |
| 2016 | Pan Am Records · 9152257 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Stereo, 180 Gram · RVG stamp |
| — | Blue Note · BST 84347K — Vinyl, LP, Album · RVG stamp |
| — | Blue Note · 7243 5 21956 2 6 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Super Bit Mapping · RVG stamp |
| 1978 | Blue Note · BNS 40029 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 2013 | Blue Note · BST 84347 — File, WAV, Reissue, Remastered, 24 bits – 192 kHz |
| 2014 | Blue Note · TYCJ-81094 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, SHM-CD |
| 2020 | Blue Note — STEREO |
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