Prestige

The Best Of King Curtis

King Curtis

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Recorded	1969
Label	Prestige
Catalog	PR 7709
Released	1969
Personnel	3 credited players
Discogs	master 413816

The record

A compilation with no sidemen listed -- King Curtis is the only player named in the credits -- built out of dance-floor material: two twists, 'Honky Tonk', 'Harlem Nocturne', 'Sweet Georgia Brown', 'When The Saints Go Marching In'. Party records, and unembarrassed about it. Prestige put it together in 1969, with a Don Schlitten design and a lacquer cut by David Hancock.

Tracks

Jivin' Time
Harlem Nocturne
Hot Saxes
Sweet Georgia Brown
The Party Time Twist
The Hully-Gully Twist
When The Saints Go Marching In
Firefly
Honky Tonk
Long Way From St. Louis

Session personnel

Don Schlitten — Design
David Hancock — Lacquer Cut By
King Curtis

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 48 pressings on file.

1967	Capitol Records · T 2858 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation, Stereo earliest on file
1967	Capitol Records · ST 2858 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation, Stereo
1968	Atco Records · SD 33-266 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation
1968	Atco Records · SD 33-266 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation
1968	Atco Records · 33-266 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Promo, Mono
1968	Atco Records · SD 33-266 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation
1968	Atco Records · SD 33-266 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation
1968	Atco Records · SD 33-266 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation
1968	Atco Records · SD 33-266 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Stereo
1968	Atco Records · SD 33-266 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, First Press
1968	Capitol Records · ST 2858 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation, Stereo
1968	Atco Records · ATX 5266 — Cassette, Compilation
1968	Atco Records · SD 33-266 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation
1968	Atco Records · ATM 8266 — 8-Track Cartridge, Compilation