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"First Place Again" Playboy

Recorded	Sep 5-7, 1959
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Released	1959
Personnel	4 credited players
Discogs	master 360286

The record

Piano steps aside for Jim Hall's chiming guitar on this late-'50s Warner date, and the saxophone keeps its dry, unhurried tone regardless. Percy Heath and Connie Kay, on loan from the MJQ, hold the swing steady even at low volume.

Session personnel

Paul Desmond — alto saxophone
Percy Heath — bass
Connie Kay — drums
Jim Hall — guitar

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 44 pressings on file.

1960	Warner Bros. Records · W 1356 — Vinyl, LP, Mono earliest on file
1960	Warner Bros. Records · WS 1356 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo
1960	Warner Bros. Records · WM 4020 — Vinyl, LP, Mono
1960	Warner Bros. Records · WB 1014 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1960	Warner Bros. Records · WS 1356 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo
1960	Warner Bros. Records · W 1356 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1960	Warner Bros. Records · W 1356 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1960	Warner Bros. Records · W 1356 — Vinyl, LP, Mono
1960	Warner Bros. Records · W 1356 — Vinyl, LP, Mono
1960	Warner Bros. Records · W 1356 — Vinyl, LP, Mono
1960	Warner Bros. Records · W 1356 — Vinyl, LP, Promo, Mono
1960	Warner Bros. Records · W 1356 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Indianapolis Pressing
1960	Warner Bros. Records · WBS-1024 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo
1960	Warner Bros. Records · WBS-1024 — Vinyl, LP, Promo, Stereo