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The Sixth Sense
| Recorded | Nov 10, 1967 |
|---|---|
| Label | Blue Note |
| Catalog | BST 84335 |
| Released | 1967 |
| Personnel | 6 credited players |
| Discogs | master 192313 |
The record
By this late-decade session Morgan favors patience over flash, McLean's alto and Walton's spare piano settling into modal stretches rather than hard-bop sprint. Higgins keeps the groove unhurried, Frank Mitchell's tenor filling out a sextet built for slow burn.
Session personnel
- Jackie McLean — alto saxophone
- Victor Sproles — bass
- Billy Higgins — drums
- Cedar Walton — piano
- Frank Mitchell — tenor saxophone
- Lee Morgan — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
The earliest on file is the 1969 US Blue Note BST 84335 in stereo, with an RVG stamp. The 1970 repress carries the same stamp, so the stamp alone will not date your copy -- go by label design. No mono is listed. The rest is later US stereo: a 1975 BST-84335 and two undated pressings, one an All Disc pressing. Thin field overall, with no audiophile reissue on file.
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 22 pressings on file.
| 1969 | Blue Note · BST 84335 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo earliest on file · RVG stamp |
|---|---|
| 1969 | Blue Note · BST 84335 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1970 | Blue Note · BST 84335 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1999 | Blue Note · 7243 5 22467 2 4 — CD, Album, Reissue · RVG stamp |
| 1999 | Blue Note · 7243 5 22467 2 4 — CD, Album, Reissue · RVG stamp |
| 1975 | Blue Note · BST-84335 — Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1992 | Blue Note · TOCJ-5736 — CD, Album, Reissue |
| 2003 | Blue Note · TOCJ-9551 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve |
| 2004 | Blue Note · 7243 5 71065 2 8 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Copy Protected |
| 2004 | Blue Note · 7243 5 92423 2 3 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 2004 | Blue Note · 7243 5 92423 2 3 — CD, Album, Club Edition |
| 2004 | Blue Note · 7243 5 71065 2 8 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo |
| 2006 | Blue Note · TOCJ-6695 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo |
| 2014 | Blue Note · UCCQ-5077 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Remastered, SHM-CD |
Follow the players
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