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Johnny Smith

Recorded	Mar 28-31, 1967
Label	Verve Records
Released	1967
Personnel	4 credited players
Discogs	master 571860

The record

Verve pairs the guitarist with Hank Jones for the first time here, Duvivier and Lamond anchoring a rhythm section built on restraint rather than push. The result favors clean harmony over heat, recorded across four days in the spring of 1967.

Session personnel

George Duvivier — bass
Don Lamond — drums
Johnny Smith — guitar
Hank Jones — piano

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 19 pressings on file.

1967	Verve Records · V-8692 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Gatefold earliest on file · gatefold
1967	Verve Records — MONO
1967	Verve Records · V6-8692 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Misprint, Stereo, die-cut gatefold · gatefold
1967	Verve Records · VLP 9185 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1967	Verve Records · V6-8692 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo, Gatefold · gatefold
1967	Verve Records · V6-8692 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1967	Verve Records · SVLP 9185 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1967	Verve Records · V-8692 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, White Label, Mono, Gatefold · gatefold
1967	Verve Records · V6-8692 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo, Die-cut Gatefold · gatefold
1967	Verve Records · VVX 586892 — Cassette, Stereo
1967	Verve Records · V-8692 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono, Gatefold · gatefold
1971	Verve Records · V6-8692 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo, Die-cut Gatefold, 1971 Pressing · gatefold
1993	Verve Records · POJJ-1543 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono, Gatefold · gatefold
1997	Verve Records · 314 537 752-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Limited Edition