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Lonely Woman

The Modern Jazz Quartet

Recorded	Jan 24 & Feb 2, 1962
Label	Atlantic
Released	1962
Personnel	4 credited players
Discogs	master 154860

The record

Ornette Coleman's title theme gets reworked into the group's own classical-leaning voice, piano framing the vibraharp's warmth with patient counterpoint. Brushwork keeps the whole date unhurried.

Session personnel

Percy Heath — double bass [bass]
Connie Kay — drums
John Lewis — piano
Milt Jackson — vibraphone [vibraharp]

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

The earliest we list is the 1962 US stereo, Atlantic SD 1381; mono copies carry 1381, though the US mono on file from that year is a promo. Britain took it as London HA-K 8016 in mono, in a laminated sleeve, and SH-K 8016 in stereo, while France issued 332.057 mono and 372 009 stereo. Later come a 1972 SD 1381 reissue, a 1987 Atlantic 90665-1, and a 2016 UK 180-gram remaster of SD 1381.

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 47 pressings on file.

1962	Atlantic · SD 1381 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo earliest on file
1962	Atlantic — MONO
1962	London Records · HA-K 8016 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · laminated sleeve
1962	London Records · SH-K 8016 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1962	Atlantic · 1381 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1962	Atlantic · 1381 — Vinyl, LP, Mono
1962	Atlantic · 1381 — Vinyl, LP, Mono
1962	Atlantic · 332.057 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · laminated sleeve
1962	Atlantic · 372 009 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1962	London Records · HAA-8016 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1962	Atlantic · 1381 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono
1966	Belter · 12.075 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1967	Atlantic · ATL – LP 09019 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1972	Atlantic · P-6082A — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, ¥2,000