Blue Note
Soul Symphony
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| Recorded | 1969 |
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| Label | Blue Note |
| Catalog | BST 84 341 K |
| Released | 1969 |
| Personnel | 14 credited players |
| Discogs | master 177750 |
The record
Monk Higgins arranged and conducted, and nearly everyone who played is marked uncredited -- Gene Harris at the piano, Freddie Robinson on guitar, Henry Franklin and Carl Burnett in the rhythm section, and three singers in Alex Brown, Clydie King and Mamie Galore. Five tracks, among them 'Popsicle Pimp' and 'Black Sugar'. A German Blue Note pressing, BST 84 341 K.
Tracks
- Soul Symphony
- Repeat After Me
- Upper Four Hundred
- Popsicle Pimp
- Black Sugar
Session personnel
- Monk Higgins — Arranged By, Conductor
- Ron Wolin — Art Direction, Design
- Henry Franklin — Bass [Uncredited]
- Carl Burnett — Drums [Uncredited]
- Bert Agudelo — Engineer
- Freddie Robinson — Guitar [Uncredited]
- Todd Everett — Liner Notes
- Alan Estes — Percussion [Uncredited]
- Gene Harris — Piano [Uncredited]
- Wally Roker & Associates — Producer
- Alex Brown — Vocals [Uncredited]
- Clydie King — Vocals [Uncredited]
- Mamie Galore — Vocals [Uncredited]
- The Three Sounds
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1969 | Blue Note · BST 84341 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo earliest on file |
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| 1969 | Blue Note · BST 84 341 K — Vinyl LP Album Stereo |
| 1969 | Blue Note · BST 84341 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1970 | Blue Note · BLC 84341 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1970 | Blue Note · BLC 84341 — Vinyl, LP, Album, LABEL VARIATION |
| 1973 | Blue Note · L4BNTJ (EM) 84341 — Cassette, Album, Reissue |
| 1979 | Blue Note · BNTJ(A) 84341 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1979 | Blue Note · BNTJ (M) 84341 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| 2008 | Blue Note · 5 0999 5 22384 2 0 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 2008 | Blue Note · 50999 5 22384 2 0 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 2008 | Blue Note · 50999 5 22384 2 0 — CD, Album, Club Edition, Reissue, Remastered |
| 2009 | Blue Note · TOCJ-6740 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| — | Blue Note · CDBNTJ (WL) 84341 (8319172) — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
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