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Live At The Lighthouse '66

The Crusaders

Recorded	Jan 14-16, 1966
Label	Pacific Jazz
Released	1966
Personnel	5 credited players
Discogs	master 47485

The record

A club date from early '66 catching the group between hard bop and the funkier pocket ahead, Vinnegar's walking bass anchoring Felder and Henderson's tight horn work. Sample's playing already leans toward the electric turn to come.

Session personnel

Leroy Vinnegar — bass
"Stix" Hooper — drums
Joe Sample — piano
Wilton Felder — tenor saxophone
Wayne Henderson — trombone

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 16 pressings on file.

1966	Pacific Jazz · PJ-10098 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Indianapolis Pressing, Gatefold earliest on file · deep groove; gatefold
1966	Pacific Jazz · ST-20098 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Stereo · deep groove
1966	Pacific Jazz — STEREO
1966	Pacific Jazz · ST-20098 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold · gatefold
1966	World Pacific Records · ST-4-0098 — Vinyl, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, Jukebox, Stereo
1966	Pacific Jazz · PJ-10098 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono
1966	Pacific Jazz · PJ-10098 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Gatefold · gatefold
1966	World Pacific Jazz · ST-20098 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold · gatefold
1966	Pacific Jazz · ST-20098 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold, Blue Labels · gatefold
1966	World Pacific Jazz · ST-20098 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold · gatefold
1966	Pacific Jazz · WPS-0098 — Reel-To-Reel, 7 ½ ips, ¼", 4-Track Stereo, 7" Cine Reel
1966	Pacific Jazz · ST-20098 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold · gatefold
1967	Pacific Jazz · PJ-10098 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1996	Pacific Jazz · CDP 7243 8 37988 2 7 — CD, Album, Reissue