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Pretty Things

Lou Donaldson

Recorded	1970
Label	Blue Note
Released	1970
Personnel	8 credited players
Discogs	master 64631

The record

Twin organs and dueling guitars stack the arrangement thick on this 1970 session, Muhammad's drums holding the funk steady beneath Mitchell's trumpet and the alto's lead.

Session personnel

Jimmy Lewis — bass [fender]
Idris Muhammad — drums
Melvin Sparks — guitar
Ted Dunbar — guitar
Leon Spencer, Jr. — organ
Lonnie Smith — organ
Lou Donaldson — saxophone [alto]
Blue Mitchell — trumpet

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 17 pressings on file.

1971	Blue Note · BST-84359 — Vinyl, LP, Album earliest on file
1971	Blue Note · BST-84359 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo · RVG stamp
—	Blue Note · BST 84 359 K — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · RVG stamp
1971	Blue Note · BST-84359 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress
1971	Blue Note · C-1144 — Cassette, Album, Stereo
1971	Blue Note · 9144 — 8-Track Cartridge, Album
1971	Blue Note · BST-84359 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1973	Blue Note · BST-84359 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1973	Blue Note · BNTJ(A) 84359 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1973	Blue Note · BNTJ (M) 84359 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1993	Blue Note
1993	Blue Note · CDP 0777 7 89794 2 18 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1993	Blue Note · CDP 0777 7 89794 2 5 — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1993	Blue Note · 0777 7 89794 2 18 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue