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Blue Note

Plays Pretty Just For You

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Recorded1957
LabelBlue Note
Catalog1563
Released1957
Personnel8 credited players
Discogsmaster 347564

The record

Ballads at organ tempo, which is a different animal from ballads at piano tempo -- Jimmy Smith leans on the instrument's sustain through The Nearness Of You, Autumn In New York and The Very Thought Of You, with Eddie McFadden's guitar and Donald Bailey's drums staying well back. Blue Note 1563 from 1957: Alfred Lion producing, Leonard Feather on the notes, Francis Wolff behind the camera.

Tracks

  1. The Nearness Of You
  2. The Jitterbug Waltz
  3. East Of The Sun
  4. Autumn In New York
  5. Penthouse Serenade
  6. The Very Thought Of You
  7. I Can't Get Started
  8. Old Devil Moon

Session personnel

  • Tom Hannan — Design [Cover]
  • Donald Bailey — Drums
  • Eddie McFadden — Guitar
  • Rudy Van Gelder — Lacquer Cut By
  • Leonard Feather — Liner Notes
  • Jimmy Smith — Organ
  • Francis Wolff — Photography By
  • Alfred Lion — Producer

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 23 pressings on file.

1957Blue Note · 1563 — Vinyl LP Album Mono earliest on file
1958Blue Note · 1563 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; 63rd St address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve
1959Blue Note · BST 1563 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve
1959Blue Note · BLP 1563 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; 63rd St address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve
1960Blue Note · 1563 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve
1961Blue Note · BLP 1563 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; 63rd St address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve
1962Blue Note · BST 1563 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo, Crossover pressing · RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve
1962Blue Note · 1563 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve
1963Blue Note · BLP 1563 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Reissue · RVG stamp
1963Blue Note · BLP 1563 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · RVG stamp; laminated sleeve
1966Blue Note · BST 1563 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Liberty Pressing · RVG stamp
1966Blue Note · BST 1563 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · RVG stamp; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve
1970Blue Note · BST 81563 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · RVG stamp
1973Blue Note · BST 81563 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · RVG stamp

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