Prestige

The Best Of Freddie McCoy

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Recorded	1969
Label	Prestige
Catalog	PR 7706
Released	1969
Personnel	33 credited players
Discogs	master 787610

The record

A compilation, and the credits show it: five bassists, five drummers, and Joanne Brackeen turning up at piano, organ and electric piano. Freddie McCoy's vibraphone is the constant, working 'Listen Here', 'Beans 'N Greens' and 'Harlem Nocturne' with Dave Blume arranging and conducting, a small horn section and three violins in support. Prestige PR 7706, 1969.

Tracks

Listen Here
Beans 'N Greens
Soul Yogi
Peas 'N Rice
Harlem Nocturne
Spider Man
Lonely Avenue

Session personnel

Dave Blume — Arranged By, Conductor
Tate Houston — Baritone Saxophone
Eustis Guillemet Jr. — Bass
Martin Rivera — Bass
Ray McKinney — Bass
Steve Davis — Bass
Joe Macho — Bass [Fender Bass]
Lawrence Evans — Bass [Fender Bass]
Barbara J. Kiel — Cover [Art]
Don Schlitten — Design [Cover]
Al Dreares — Drums
Kalil Madi — Drums
Ray Appleton — Drums
Ray Lucas — Drums
Rudy Lawless — Drums
Joanne Brackeen — Electric Piano
Napoleon Allen — Guitar
Wally Richardson — Guitar
David Hancock — Lacquer Cut By
Dave Blume — Organ
James Thomas (25) — Organ
Joanne Brackeen — Organ
Charles Wilson (8) — Piano
Joanne Brackeen — Piano
Gene Walker — Saxophone [Varitone]
Richard Harris (5) — Trombone
Eddie Williams — Trumpet
Gil Askey — Trumpet
Wilbur Bascomb Sr. — Trumpet
Freddie McCoy — Vibraphone
Emanuel Green — Violin
Joseph Malignaggi — Violin
Peter Dimitriades — Violin

Contemporary reception

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

Pressings

1969	Prestige · PR 7706 — Vinyl LP Compilation earliest on file
1969	Prestige · PR8-79 — 8-Track Cartridge, Compilation, Stereo
1972	Prestige · PRT 7706 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation
1972	Prestige · PR 7706 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation
1980	Prestige · JOT 2001 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue
1984	Prestige · GSL 230 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation