Colpix Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Selections From "Golden Boy"
| Recorded | 1963 |
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| Label | Colpix Records |
| Released | 1963 |
| Personnel | 9 credited players |
| Discogs | master 586167 |
The record
Blakey fronts a brass-thick lineup -- french horn, tuba, Shorter, Morgan, Fuller -- to work through the Golden Boy score, bending Broadway material hard toward the Messengers' usual grain.
Session personnel
- James Spaulding — alto saxophone
- Charles Davis — baritone saxophone
- Reggie Workman — bass
- Art Blakey — drums
- Julius Watkins — french horn
- Wayne Shorter — tenor saxophone
- Curtis Fuller — trombone
- Lee Morgan — trumpet
- Bill Barber — tuba
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1963 | Colpix Records · SCP 478 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo earliest on file |
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| 1963 | Colpix Records — MONO |
| 1963 | Colpix Records · PCX 027 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1963 | Colpix Records · CP 478 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono |
| 1963 | Colpix Records · PCX-S 027 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1963 | Colpix Records · SCP 478 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Stereo |
| 2010 | Colpix Records · TOCJ 50063 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered |
| 2021 | Honey Pie Records (2) · HONEY044 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
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