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Midnight Creeper
| Recorded | Mar 15, 1968 |
|---|---|
| Label | Blue Note |
| Catalog | BST 84280 |
| Released | 1968 |
| Personnel | 5 credited players |
| Discogs | master 64625 |
The record
Simmering organ and a young Benson's guitar set the table for this late-'60s date, Blue Mitchell's trumpet stoking extra heat under Donaldson's after-hours alto.
Session personnel
- Lou Donaldson — alto saxophone
- Leo Morris — drums
- George Benson — guitar
- Lonnie Smith — organ
- Blue Mitchell — trumpet
Contemporary reception
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Pressings
The earliest pressing on file here is the 1968 US Blue Note stereo, BST 84280, a gatefold with the RVG stamp; no mono issue appears in our data. Plant variants are listed under the same number -- Research Craft and All Disc copies -- and Canada had its own gatefold. Blue Note kept BST 84280 running through 1970 and 1973 reissues. For a new copy, the 2024 180g gatefold, 602445262250, carries the RVG stamp.
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 33 pressings on file.
| 1968 | Blue Note · BST 84280 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold earliest on file · RVG stamp; gatefold |
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| 1968 | Blue Note · BST 84280 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold, All Disc · RVG stamp; gatefold |
| 1969 | Blue Note · BST 84280 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold · RVG stamp; gatefold |
| 1973 | Blue Note · BST 84280 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Gatefold · RVG stamp; gatefold |
| 1997 | Blue Note · TOCJ-4280 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 2000 | Blue Note · 7243 5 24549 2 1 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp |
| 2000 | Blue Note · 7243 5 24549 2 1 — CD, Album, Reissue · RVG stamp |
| 2000 | Blue Note · 5163120 — CD, Album, Club Edition, Reissue, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 2009 | Blue Note · BLP 4280 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Scorpio, 180g · RVG stamp |
| 2024 | Blue Note · 602445262250 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, 180g, Gatefold · RVG stamp; gatefold |
| 1968 | Blue Note — STEREO |
| 1968 | Blue Note · 45-1941 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single |
| 1968 | Blue Note · BST 84280 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold, Research Craft · gatefold |
| 1968 | Blue Note · BST 84280 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold · gatefold |
Follow the players
Lou Donaldson also plays on
Leo Morris also plays on
George Benson also plays on