Fontana · in the Kissa Kissa racks

First Time Out

Recorded	Apr 1962
Label	Fontana
Released	1962
Personnel	3 credited players
Discogs	master 449642

The record

Gary Peacock sits in on bass here, still years off from his ECM and Miles-adjacent renown, backing a leader more often heard behind dense charts than a bare piano trio. Fontana's early-60s jazz catalog is thin, which makes this understated date worth tracking down.

Session personnel

Gary Peacock — bass
Gene Stone — drums
Clare Fischer — piano

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 18 pressings on file.

1962	Pacific Jazz · PJ 52 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file
1964	World Pacific Records · SMJ-7193 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · deep groove
1962	Fontana — MONO
1962	Pacific Jazz · STEREO-52 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Red Marbled Vinyl
1962	Pacific Jazz · PJ STEREO 52 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1962	Pacific Jazz · PJ 52 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1963	Fontana · 688 124 ZL — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1963	Philips · J2 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1979	Pacific Jazz · GXF 3158 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1992	Pacific Jazz · PJ-0052 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1992	Pacific Jazz · TOCJ-5430 — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1992	Pacific Jazz · PJ-0052 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Stereo
2011	Pacific Jazz · TOCJ-50134 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered
2013	DOL · DOL1052HG — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, 180 Grm · gatefold