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Riverside Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks

'Round Midnight

'Round Midnight cover
RecordedOct 5-6, 1959
LabelRiverside Records
Released1959
Personnel3 credited players
Discogsmaster 235547

The record

Cut early in his Riverside run, this organ-guitar-drums date lets Mel Rhyne's Hammond wrap the octave lines in a churchy, after-hours glow. Club-honed chemistry shows in every chorus, well ahead of the horn charts that would follow.

Session personnel

  • Paul Parker — drums
  • Wes Montgomery — guitar
  • Mel Rhyne — organ

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

1968Riverside Records · 673 009 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo earliest on file
1968Riverside Records — STEREO
1968Riverside Records · 673 009 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1968Riverside Records · R-3014 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Mono
1968Riverside Records · RS-3014 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
Riverside Records · 673 009 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo

Follow the players

Paul Parker also plays on

Wes Montgomery also plays on

Mel Rhyne also plays on