Prestige
Some Of My Best Friends Are The Blues
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| Recorded | 1964 |
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| Label | Prestige |
| Catalog | PR 7356 |
| Released | 1964 |
| Personnel | 2 credited players |
| Discogs | master 708982 |
The record
Witherspoon singing twelve songs under Benny Golson, who is credited as both conductor and arranger -- the most interesting thing the listing gives up, since beyond the two of them no players are documented. Prestige, 1964, mono. Worth it for how a blues singer handles 'I Wanna Be Around' and 'And The Angels Sing'.
Tracks
- Some Of My Best Friends Are The Blues
- Everytime I Think About You
- I Never Will Marry
- I Wanna Be Around
- Teardrops For My Eyes
- And The Angels Sing
- Who's Sorry Now
- I'm Comin' Down With The Blues
- You're Next
- Happy Blues
- That's Why I'm Leaving
- One Last Chance
Session personnel
- Benny Golson — Conductor, Arranged By
- Jimmy Witherspoon — Vocals
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1964 | Prestige · PR 7356 — Vinyl LP Mono earliest on file |
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| 1964 | Stateside · SL 10114 — Vinyl, LP, Mono, Test Pressing |
| 1964 | Prestige · PRST 7356 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo |
| 1965 | Stateside · SL 10114 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1967 | Transatlantic Records · PR 7356 — Vinyl, LP, Reissue |
| 1994 | Original Blues Classics · OBCCD-575-2 — CD, Album |
| — | Prestige · PR 7356 — Vinyl, LP, Repress |
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