Blue Note · in the Kissa Kissa racks
San Francisco
| Recorded | Jul 15, 1970 |
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| Label | Blue Note |
| Released | 1970 |
| Personnel | 5 credited players |
| Discogs | master 92899 |
The record
Joe Sample's Rhodes brings a new electric edge to this 1970 date, while Harold Land's tenor, flute, and oboe keep the writing anchored in post-bop lyricism. Loose, West Coast-flavored, and a sign of where the vibraphonist was headed next.
Session personnel
- John Williams — bass, electric bass [fender bass]
- Mickey Roker — drums
- Joe Sample — piano, electric piano
- Harold Land — tenor saxophone, flute, oboe
- Bobby Hutcherson — vibraphone [vibes], marimba, percussion
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Everything early here is 1971 US Blue Note, BST 84362, and the copies differ: several are noted as misprints, including the one flagged earliest, and the clean stereo of the same number also carries an RVG stamp. Germany pressed BST 84362 K that year. Later there is a 1975 US reissue and a 1994 Blue Note, B1 7243 8 28268 1 1. Check exactly which variant you are buying.
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 26 pressings on file.
| 1971 | Blue Note · BST 84362 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Misprint, Stereo earliest on file · RVG stamp |
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| 1971 | Blue Note · BST 84362 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1971 | Blue Note · BST 84362 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Misprint, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1971 | Blue Note · BST 84362 K — Vinyl, LP, Album, Liberty · RVG stamp |
| 1971 | Blue Note · BST-84362 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1971 | Blue Note · BST 84362 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Misprint, Stereo, Terre Haute Pressing · RVG stamp |
| 1971 | Blue Note · BNST-84362 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1971 | United Artists Stereo-Tape · 8 9163 — 8-Track Cartridge, Album, Stereo |
| 1971 | Blue Note · BST 84362 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Misprint |
| 1971 | Blue Note · BST 84362 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Misprint, Stereo |
| 1973 | Blue Note · BST 84 362 K — Vinyl, LP, Album, Misprint, Stereo |
| 1975 | Blue Note · BST 84362 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1992 | Blue Note · TOCJ-5735 — CD, Album, Reissue |
| 1994 | Blue Note · B1 7243 8 28268 1 1 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
Follow the players
John Williams also plays on
Mickey Roker also plays on
Joe Sample also plays on