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The Right Touch
| Recorded | Sep 13, 1967 |
|---|---|
| Label | Blue Note |
| Catalog | BST 84267 |
| Released | 1967 |
| Personnel | 8 credited players |
| Discogs | master 339443 |
The record
Hubbard and Turrentine spar over Tate's sharp backbeat on this septet session, Pearson stacking brass and reeds into voicings that feel both punchy and polished. He's working here as arranger first, pianist second, shaping the horns into something funky and exact.
Session personnel
- James Spaulding — alto saxophone [alto sax]
- Jerry Dodgion — alto saxophone [alto sax], flute
- Gene Taylor — bass
- Grady Tate — drums
- Duke Pearson — piano
- Stanley Turrentine — tenor saxophone [tenor sax]
- Garnett Brown — trombone
- Freddie Hubbard — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Blue Note issued this in 1967, mono as BLP 4267 and stereo as BST 84267; the mono is the earliest we list. No marker data is recorded for either, so judge labels and deadwax in hand rather than from a listing. A 1971 BST 84267 is the affordable route to an original-label copy. Later come a 1993 Japanese BST 84267 and a 1994 US pressing, B1 7243 8 28269 1 0. The undated Scorpio repress is the one to skip.
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 22 pressings on file.
| 1967 | Blue Note · BLP 4267 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file |
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| 1967 | Blue Note · BST 84267 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 2007 | Blue Note · 0946 3 74220 2 1 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp |
| 2007 | Blue Note · 0946 3 74220 2 1 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp |
| 2007 | Blue Note · 0946 3 74220 2 1 — CD, Album, Club Edition, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp |
| — | Blue Note · 0946 3 74220 2 1 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp |
| 1967 | Blue Note · BST 84267 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1967 | Blue Note · BST 84267 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1971 | Blue Note · BST 84267 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1971 | Blue Note · BST 84267 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1992 | Blue Note · TOCJ-5737 — CD, Album, Reissue |
| 1993 | Blue Note · BST 84267 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1994 | Blue Note · B1 7243 8 28269 1 0 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| 1994 | Blue Note · CDP 7243 8 28269 2 7 — CD, Album, Reissue |
Follow the players
James Spaulding also plays on
Jerry Dodgion also plays on
Gene Taylor also plays on