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My Conception

Sonny Clark

Recorded	Mar 29, 1959
Label	Blue Note
Released	1959
Personnel	5 credited players
Discogs	master 241265

The record

Recorded in the same 1959 stretch as Cool Struttin', this date pairs Clark with Mobley and Byrd under Blakey's press rolls for a session of real muscle, shelved for years before release.

Session personnel

Paul Chambers — bass
Art Blakey — drums
Sonny Clark — piano
Hank Mobley — tenor saxophone
Donald Byrd — trumpet

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

We hold no original-era LP for this title. The earliest we list is a 1979 Japanese Blue Note, GXF 3056, a limited edition, followed by a 1980 Japanese GXK 8158. Those two rows are the entire list -- no US issue, no audiophile reissue, nothing on file before 1979 -- so a Japanese pressing is the realistic buy, and the 1979 is the scarcer of the pair.

1979	Blue Note · GXF 3056 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition earliest on file
2000	Blue Note · 7243 5 22674 2 2 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Stereo, Mono · RVG stamp
2000	Blue Note · 7243 5 22674 2 2 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Stereo, Mono · RVG stamp
2000	Blue Note · 7243 5 22674 2 2 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Promo, Reissue, Stereo, Mono · RVG stamp
2024	Blue Note · UCCQ-9726 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, UHQCD · RVG stamp
—	Blue Note · 7243 5 22674 2 2 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Stereo, Mono · RVG stamp
1980	Blue Note · GXK 8158 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
2000	Blue Note · TOCJ-66079 — CD, Album, Reissue
2014	Blue Note · UCCQ-5014 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, SHM-CD
2014	Blue Note · UCCQ-5014 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Promo, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, SHM-CD
2017	Blue Note · UCCQ-9312 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, SHM-CD
2021	Blue Note — STEREO