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Peckin' Time

Peckin' Time cover
RecordedFeb 9, 1958
LabelBlue Note
CatalogBLP 1574
Released1958
Personnel5 credited players
Discogsmaster 298364

The record

Lee Morgan's brass and Wynton Kelly's bluesy touch surround Mobley on this 1958 quintet date, the Chambers-Persip rhythm section keeping everything groove-first and unforced. Sharp writing, sharper solos, no wasted motion.

Session personnel

  • Paul Chambers — bass
  • Charlie Persip — drums
  • Wynton Kelly — piano
  • Hank Mobley — tenor saxophone
  • Lee Morgan — trumpet

Contemporary reception

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

Pressings

The earliest pressing on file here is the 1959 US mono, Blue Note BLP 1574, and it carries the full set of markers: deep groove, RVG stamp, 47 W 63rd address, Plastylite ear, laminated sleeve. Nothing else is near it in age -- the next entries are Japanese reissues from 1976 and 1978. Analogue Productions cut AP-81574 at 45 RPM in 2011, and Japan's 2013 DBLP-044 is a deep groove, flat edge mono.

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 30 pressings on file.

1959Blue Note · BLP 1574 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; 63rd St address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve
2011Analogue Productions · AP-81574 — Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Stereo, 180g Analogue Productions
1959Blue Note · BLP 1574 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; 63rd St address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve
1978Blue Note · GXK 8095 (M) — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono · RVG stamp
1978Blue Note · GXK 8095 (M) — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Mono · RVG stamp
1984Blue Note · BLP 1574 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Reissue · RVG stamp
1988Blue Note · B1-81574 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · RVG stamp
1988Blue Note · CDP 7 81574 2 — CD, Album, Reissue · RVG stamp
1996Blue Note · TOCJ-1574 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo · RVG stamp
2008Blue Note · 50999 2 15367 2 4 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp
2008Blue Note · 50999 2 15367 2 4 — CD, Album, Club Edition, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp
2008Blue Note · 50999 2 15367 2 4 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp
2010Blue Note · BLP 1574 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue · RVG stamp
2013Blue Note · DBLP-044 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Mono · deep groove; flat edge

Follow the players

Paul Chambers also plays on

Charlie Persip also plays on

Wynton Kelly also plays on

Hank Mobley also plays on