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Mother Ship

Recorded	Feb 7, 1969
Label	Blue Note
Released	1969
Personnel	4 credited players
Discogs	master 248898

The record

Shelved for years, this quartet session catches Lee Morgan's trumpet slicing through open, freer structures -- a lesser-known entry that leans nearer 'Unity' than any organ-bar tradition.

Session personnel

Eddie Gladden — drums
Larry Young — organ, composed by
Herbert Morgan — 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

1980	Blue Note · LT-1038 — Vinyl, LP, Album earliest on file · RVG stamp
2003	Blue Note · 7243 5 92010 2 3 — CD, Album, Copy Protected, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp
2003	Blue Note · 7243 5 90415 2 0 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue · RVG stamp
2003	Blue Note · 7243 5 90415 2 0 — CD, Album, Club Edition, Limited Edition, Reissue · RVG stamp
2026	Blue Note · 602458648706 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Gatefold, 180 Gram · RVG stamp; gatefold
2003	Blue Note — File, MP3, Album, Reissue, Remastered, VBR
2009	Blue Note
2012	Blue Note · TOCJ-50286 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered
2021	Blue Note · UCCU-8145 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue