Liberty · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Abbey Lincoln's Affair ...A Story Of A Girl In Love
| Recorded | Nov 5-6, 1956 |
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| Label | Liberty |
| Catalog | LRP 3025 |
| Released | 1956 |
| Discogs | master 590779 |
The record
A song-cycle debut cut for Liberty in late 1956, framing Lincoln as a torch singer years before her Riverside sides sharpened her into a jazz voice of consequence. Lush, string-draped arrangements of the era -- worth hearing as the prologue to her later, harder-won work.
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1957 | Liberty · LRP 3025 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove |
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| 1957 | Liberty · LRP 3025 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Los Angeles Pressing · deep groove |
| 1957 | Liberty — MONO |
| 1957 | Liberty · LRP-3025 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1984 | Liberty · LRP 3025 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1993 | Capitol Jazz · CDP 0777 7 81199 2 0 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 2010 | Liberty · TOCJ-50069 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Mono |