Blue Note
Goin' West
| Recorded | 1969 |
|---|---|
| Label | Blue Note |
| Catalog | BST 84310 |
| Released | 1969 |
| Personnel | 7 credited players |
| Discogs | master 163278 |
The record
Cowboy songs on Blue Note -- On Top Of Old Smokey, Red River Valley, Tumbling Tumbleweeds -- and Grant Green plays them straight, digging into each melody instead of winking at it. Herbie Hancock comps without a trace of irony, Reggie Workman and Billy Higgins keep it unhurried. Nat Hentoff wrote the notes. BST 84310, mastered by Rudy Van Gelder.
Tracks
- On Top Of Old Smokey
- I Can't Stop Loving You
- Wagon Wheels
- Red River Valley
- Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Session personnel
- Reggie Workman — Bass
- Billy Higgins — Drums
- Grant Green — Guitar
- Nat Hentoff — Liner Notes
- Rudy Van Gelder — Mastered By
- Herbie Hancock — Piano
- Alfred Lion — Producer
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
The earliest copy on file here is a 1969 US Blue Note, BST 84310, carrying an RVG stamp; a second 1969 US listing is explicitly stereo. Germany pressed BST 84310 K the same year, and Blue Note reissued the US LP in 1973. Our data shows nothing after that -- no Japanese pressing, no audiophile cut -- so a clean 1969 US copy is what to look for, and the German one is a fair substitute.
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 16 pressings on file.
| 1969 | Blue Note · BST 84310 — Vinyl, LP, Album earliest on file · RVG stamp |
|---|---|
| 2004 | Blue Note · 7243 5 95962 2 8 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Copy Protected · RVG stamp; gatefold |
| 2004 | Blue Note · 7243 5 90843 2 9 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp |
| 2004 | Blue Note · 7243 5 90843 2 9 — CD, Album, Club Edition, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp |
| 1969 | Blue Note · BST 84310 — Vinyl LP Album Stereo |
| 1969 | Blue Note · BST 84310 K — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1973 | Blue Note · BST 84310 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| 1973 | Blue Note · BST 84310 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| 2003 | Blue Note · TOCJ-9532 — CD, Album, Stereo, Reissue, Remastered, Limited Edition, Paper sleeve, with OBI, 24 bit |
| 2003 | Blue Note · TOCJ-9532 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Promo, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, Paper sleeve, with OBI, 24 bit |
| 2004 | Blue Note · 07243-5959622-8 — CDr, Album, Promo, Reissue |
| 2004 | Blue Note · 07243-5959622-8 — CD, Reissue |
| 2006 | Blue Note · TOCJ-6692 — CD, Album, Promo, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo |
| 2006 | Blue Note · TOCJ-6692 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo |
Follow the players
Reggie Workman also plays on
Billy Higgins also plays on
Grant Green also plays on
Nat Hentoff also plays on