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Soul Flowers – 1967
Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, September 27, 1967. Reissued along with “Dirty Grape” in the Legends of Acid Jazz series. Label: Prestige Catalog #7549 and 24235-2 Listed as a new release in the March 30, 1968 … Continue reading
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Ebb Tide – 1967
I have found no evidence that there is an actual album entitled “Ebb Tide” by Johnny Hammond Smith. It is most likely the nickname for his Gettin’ Up album.
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Gettin’ Up – 1967
Label: Prestige Cat # 7494 and 24224 Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder. Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on March 3, 1967. Reissued along with “Nasty!” as “The Soulful Blues.” Listed as a new release in the … Continue reading
Love Potion #9
Label: Prestige Cat #: 7482 Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, January 4, 1966 Listed as a new release in Billboard on March 25, 1967, page 58. It notes that mono and stereo versions were both available. … Continue reading
The Stinger Meets The Golden Thrush – 1966
Label: Prestige Cat #: 7464 Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, January 4, 1966 Listed as a new release in Billboard on May 28, 1966, page 43. It lists mono and stereo versions. Original Cover Track Listing … Continue reading
The Stinger – 1965
Label: Prestige Cat #: 7408 Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 7, 1965 Original Cover Track Listing 1. The Stinger (Smith) 2. There Is No Greater Love (Jones, Symes) 3. Brother John (Smith) 4. Cleopatra and … Continue reading
A Little Taste – 1963
Label: Riverside Cat #: 9496 Original Cover Note that this cover photo was used for the reissue of Open House. Track Listing 1. Nica’s Dream – 5:30 (Horace Silver) 2. Cleopatra and the African Knight – 6:23 (Smith) 3. Benny’s … Continue reading
Open House – 1963
Label: Riverside Cat #: 9482 Recorded in New York, 1963 Original Cover Reissue Cover Track Listing 1. Cleopatra and the African Knight – 6:23 2. Open House – 4:38 3. Cyra – 5:27 4. I Remember You – 5:01 5. … Continue reading
Mr. Wonderful – 1963
Label: Riverside Cat #: 9466 Recorded in New York, 1963 Mono version issued as cat # 466 Reissued and combined with Black Coffee in 1997 Original Cover Track Listing 1. Blues For DeDe (Smith) 2. Cyra (Smith) 3. Opus 2 … Continue reading
Black Coffee – 1963
Label: Riverside Cat #: 9422 Recorded live at the Monterey Club, New Haven, CT in November, 1962. Reissued on CD which also includes Mr. Wonderful as Milestone #47072. Original Cover Reissue Cover LP Label Track Listing 1. Black Coffee – … Continue reading
