Prestige
Collectors' Items
| Recorded | 1956 |
|---|---|
| Label | Prestige |
| Catalog | PRLP 7044 |
| Released | 1956 |
| Personnel | 12 credited players |
| Discogs | master 64656 |
The record
The credits double up at nearly every chair: Paul Chambers and Percy Heath on bass, 'Philly' Joe Jones and Art Taylor on drums, Tommy Flanagan and Walter Bishop, Jr. at the piano, Sonny Rollins and Charlie Chan on tenor, with Miles Davis the constant. 'The Serpent's Tooth' arrives in two parts, and 'Round About Midnight' and 'Vierd Blues' follow. Prestige PRLP 7044, 1956, Ira Gitler on the sleeve.
Tracks
- The Serpent's Tooth I
- The Serpent's Tooth II
- 'Round About Midnight
- Compulsion
- No Line
- Vierd Blues
- In Your Own Sweet Way
Session personnel
- Paul Chambers (3) — Bass
- Percy Heath — Bass
- "Philly" Joe Jones — Drums
- Art Taylor — Drums
- Rudy Van Gelder — Lacquer Cut By
- Ira Gitler — Liner Notes
- Tommy Flanagan — Piano
- Walter Bishop, Jr. — Piano
- Rudy Van Gelder — Remastered By
- Charlie Chan (5) — Tenor Saxophone
- Sonny Rollins — Tenor Saxophone
- Miles Davis — Trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
The earliest Prestige pressing on file is the 1958 PRLP 7044 in mono, carrying an RVG stamp. Prestige repressed the same number in 1964, and a Diskmakers pressing of LP 7044 that year adds a laminated sleeve. Britain saw it on Transatlantic as PR-7044 in 1966. From 1983 the record has lived on OJC-071, still RVG-stamped, and Prestige has repressed that number as recently as 2015. No audiophile cut appears in our data, so a clean 1958 mono is the thing to hold out for.
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 58 pressings on file.
| 1956 | Prestige · PRLP 7044 — Vinyl LP Album Remastered Mono earliest on file |
|---|---|
| 1983 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC-071 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue OJC |
| 1958 | Prestige · PRLP 7044 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · RVG stamp |
| 1958 | Prestige · PRLP 7044 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp |
| 1958 | Prestige · PRLP 7044 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp |
| 1964 | Prestige · PRLP 7044 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono · RVG stamp |
| 1964 | Prestige · LP 7044 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono, Diskmakers Pressing · RVG stamp; laminated sleeve |
| 1966 | Transatlantic Records · PR-7044 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono · RVG stamp |
| 1983 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC-071 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue · RVG stamp |
| 1983 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC-071 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono · RVG stamp |
| 1983 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC-071 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue · RVG stamp |
| 1984 | Prestige · VIJ-242 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono · RVG stamp |
| 1988 | Prestige · VDJ-1606 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono · RVG stamp |
| 2013 | Prestige · UCCO-5244 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, SHM-CD · RVG stamp |
Follow the players
Paul Chambers (3) also plays on
Percy Heath also plays on
"Philly" Joe Jones also plays on