Verve Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Laughin' To Keep From Cryin'
| Recorded | Feb 8, 1958 |
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| Label | Verve Records |
| Released | 1958 |
| Discogs | master 309955 |
The record
Cut in the last stretch of Young's career, this Verve date finds his tone worn to a whisper while the phrasing stays entirely recognizable. The title lands less as irony than plain report.
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 20 pressings on file.
| 1958 | Verve Records · MG V-8316 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file |
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| 1958 | Verve Records · MG V6-8316 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · deep groove |
| 1958 | Verve Records · MG VS-6054 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1980 | Verve Records · MV 2694 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1980 | Verve Records · MV 2694 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Test Pressing, Stereo |
| 1981 | Verve Records · 2304 487 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1982 | Verve Records — STEREO |
| 1982 | Verve Records · 2304 487 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1997 | Classic Records · MGVS 6054 — Vinyl, LP, Remastered, Test Pressing, Stereo |
| 1997 | Verve Records · MGVS 6054 — Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, 180 gr |
| 2000 | Verve Records · 543 301-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Digipak |
| 2000 | Verve Records · 314 543 301-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Digipak |
| 2000 | Verve Records · 314543301-2 — CD, Club Edition, Stereo |
| 2004 | Folio · EFVEi-097 — CD, Album, Reissue |