Mercury Records Collection: Mercury 8924: Lester Young

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8924: Too Marvelous For Words c/w Encore / Lester Young

Label Type :	blue Mercury 78rpm type B w/ portrait logo “Mercury Jazz Series” (Merco Plastic)
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	C366 · 2 C
Matrix Number :	SIDE-B	C368 · 4

Comments

C 366-3 “Too Marvelous For Words” is a 78rpm take: alternate take (LP only version) can be heard on Mercury MG C-108.

C 368-4 “Encore” was also available on Mercury MG C-108.

with original Mercury 78rpm factory sleeve.

Track Listing

SIDE-A
C 366-3	Too Marvelous For Words (Mercer - Whiting)	-
SIDE-B
C 368-4	Encore (Lester Young)	-

Personnel

Lester Young (ts), Hank Jones (p), Ray Brown (b), Buddy Rich (ds).
Recorded in New York City, March 1950.

Labels

Side A	Side B

Sleeve

Side A	Side B

MATSUBAYASHI 'Shaolin' Kohji <shaolin@rhythmaning.org>