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Double Barrelled Soul

Double Barrelled Soul cover
RecordedAug 8-9, 1967
LabelAtlantic
Released1967
Personnel6 credited players
Discogsmaster 157056

The record

A fuller horn section marks this one, Fathead Newman adding reed weight beside Turner and Johnson while Sparks' guitar cuts through unison charts -- Atlantic steering McDuff toward a bigger, funkier sound.

Session personnel

  • Danny Turner — alto saxophone
  • Abe Blasingame — drums
  • David "Fathead" Newman — flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Leo Johnson — flute, tenor saxophone
  • Melvin Sparks — guitar
  • Brother Jack McDuff — organ

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 19 pressings on file.

1968Atlantic · 1498 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · laminated sleeve
1968Atlantic
1968Atlantic · SD 1498 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Presswell Pressing · laminated sleeve
1968Atlantic · SD 1498 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1968Atlantic · SD 1498 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, MO-Monarch Pressing
1968Atlantic · 1498 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono
1972Atlantic · SD 1498 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, PR · laminated sleeve
1972Atlantic · SD 1498 — Vinyl, LP, Album, RI
1972Atlantic · SD 1498 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, MO
1999Atlantic · AMCY-1266 — CD, Album, Reissue
2001Atlantic · 8122 73521 1 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
2001Atlantic · 8122-73521-2 — CD, HDCD, Album, Reissue, Digipak
2001Atlantic · SD 1498 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
2001Atlantic · SD 1498 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Test Pressing

Follow the players

Danny Turner also plays on

David "Fathead" Newman also plays on

Leo Johnson also plays on