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8909: The Big Head c/w Platinum Love / Coleman Hawkins

Label Type : black/silver Mercury 78rpm type B w/ portrait logo “Mercury Jazz Series”
Matrix Number : SIDE-A CLEF 276 · 5 XX    I    P29
SIDE-B CLEF 278 · 6 XX


Comments

Equivalent release: Mercury 8909x45 (45rpm).

with original Mercury 78rpm factory sleeve.

Side-A “The Big Head” can be heard only on this 78rpm/45rpm, while Side-B “Platinum Love” later appeared on Verve MGV-8230 “The Anatomy of Improvisation / Various Artists”.



Track Listing

SIDE-A
C 276-5 The Big Head (Coleman Hawkins) -
SIDE-B
C 278-6 Platinum Love (Coleman Hawkins) -

Personnel

Bennie Green (tb), J.J. Johnson (tb),
Coleman Hawkins (ts), Cecil Payne (bs),
Al Haig (p), John Collins (g), Nelson Boyd (b), Shadow Wilson (ds).
Recorded in New York City on August 29, 1949.



Labels

Side A Side B
[8909 A] [8909 B]


Sleeve

Side A Side B
[8909 SLEEVE FRONT] [8909 SLEEVE BACK]


MATSUBAYASHI 'Shaolin' Kohji <shaolin@rhythmaning.org>
Initially Published: December 16, 2005.
Last Updated: (none)