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Bottoms Up!
| Recorded | Feb 11, 1959 |
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| Label | Blue Note |
| Catalog | BLP 4014 |
| Released | 1959 |
| Personnel | 3 credited players |
| Discogs | master 300531 |
The record
Blues, gospel, and swing mix easily here, Harris keeping things accessible without going soft while Simpkins and Dowdy lock in tight. One of Blue Note's most durable groove units, caught in fine form on this early-1959 date.
Session personnel
- Andrew Simpkins — bass
- Bill Dowdy — drums
- Gene Harris — piano, celesta
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 24 pressings on file.
| 1959 | Blue Note · BLP 4014 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Deep Groove, No Inc. earliest on file · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; 63rd St address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve |
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| 1959 | Blue Note · BLP 4014 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; 63rd St address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve |
| 1959 | Blue Note · BLP 4014 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Rim-edge Smooth; Not Beaded · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; 63rd St address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve |
| 1960 | Blue Note · 4014 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1962 | Blue Note · 4014 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono, Laminated Cover · 47 W 63rd address; laminated sleeve |
| 1965 | Blue Note · BLP 4014 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Deep Groove, No Inc. · deep groove; RVG stamp; 63rd St address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve |
| 1966 | Blue Note · 4014 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Reissue · Plastylite ear |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BLP 4014 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; Plastylite ear |
| 1967 | Blue Note · BST 84014 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1970 | Blue Note · BST 84014 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Repress · RVG stamp |
| 1966 | Blue Note · 4014 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo |
| 1968 | Blue Note · BST 84014 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1988 | Blue Note · CJ28-5077 — CD, Album, Promo, Repress, Stereo |
| 1990 | Blue Note — STEREO |
Follow the players
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