Verve Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
At The Stratford Shakespearean Festival
| Recorded | Aug 8, 1956 |
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| Label | Verve Records |
| Catalog | MGV 8024 |
| Released | 1956 |
| Personnel | 3 credited players |
| Discogs | master 226854 |
The record
Recorded live at a Shakespeare festival of all places, this mid-decade set finds Peterson, Brown and Ellis playing with the ease of a band that had already logged years together -- Ellis comping like a second rhythm section throughout.
Session personnel
- Ray Brown — bass
- Herb Ellis — guitar
- Oscar Peterson — piano
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 53 pressings on file.
| 1957 | Verve Records · MGV-8024 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, CLEF earliest on file · deep groove |
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| 1958 | Verve Records · MGV-8024 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress · deep groove |
| 1961 | Verve Records · MG V-8024 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono, Indianapolis Pressing · deep groove |
| 1957 | Verve Records · MGV-8024 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, CLEF |
| 1959 | Barclay · 3593 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1961 | Verve Records · V6-8024 — Vinyl, LP |
| 1961 | La Voz De Su Amo · LCLP 163 — Vinyl, LP |
| 1961 | Verve Records · VL-1033 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1961 | Verve Records · V6-8024 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo |
| 1961 | Verve Records · MG V-8024 — Vinyl, LP, Repress, Mono, Indianapolis Pressing |
| 1961 | Verve Records · V-8024 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1974 | Verve Records · MV 2502 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1980 | Verve Records · MV 4011 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1981 | Verve Records · UMV 2502 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
Follow the players
Ray Brown also plays on
Herb Ellis also plays on