Mercury Records Collection: Limelight LM-82038: Hold On, I'm Coming

LM-82038: Hold On, I'm Coming / Art Blakey

Label Type :	green Limelight
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	LM 82038A M1 MR I
	SIDE-B	LM82038B M1 MR I

Comments

Equivalent release: Limelight LS-86038 (stereo).

Inside The Groove

Probably Art Blakey's most unusual title among his entire career - Blakey plays hip hits of the 1960s in eight beats.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

All tracks except B-5 are TV themes, Rock/Popular hit tunes, Broadway musical songs - Art Blakey's attempt to dig eight-beat sounds. However, Art Blakey himself is essentially Be-Bop/Modern Jazz drummer, and he is actually struggling with these tunes on the album. Fans of Grant Green would be delighted to see his name on this album, but unfortunately his groovy guitar is seldomly featured here.

On the other hand, B-5 “Slowly But Surely” is an outtake from “Soulfinger” (LM-82018 / LS-86018) session.

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

6 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	1-38109	Day Dream (J. Sebastian)	3:00
A-2	1-38116	Hold On, I'm Coming (I. Hayes Jr. - D. Porter)	2:30
A-3	1-38112	Secret Agent Man (S. Barri - P.F. Sloan)	2:54
A-4	1-38114	I Can't Grow Peaches On A Cherry Tree (C. Monte - E. Levitt)	1:48
A-5	1-38115	Walking My Cat Named Dog (N. Tanega)	1:48
A-6	1-38117	Sakeena (A. Blakey)	3:39
SIDE-B
B-1	1-38111	Got My Mojo Working (H. Morganfield)	3:16
B-2	1-38110	Mame (from the Broadway Production “Mame”) (J. Herman)	2:51
B-3	1-38108	She Brew A Good Thing (R. Lewis - H. Murray Jr.)	2:15
B-4	1-38113	Monday, Monday (J. Phillips)	2:17
B-5	1-36219	Slowly But Surely (J. Hicks)	7:05

Personnel

Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)

B-5:
Lee Morgan (tp), Freddie Hubbard (tp), Gary Bartz (as),
John Hicks (p), Victor Sproles (b), Art Blakey (ds).
Recorded on May 12, 1965.

A-1, B-2, B-3:
Chuck Mangione (tp), Garnett Brown (tb), Melba Liston (tb, arr), Frank Mitchell (ts),
Malcolm Bass (org), Grant Green (g), Reggie Johnson (b), Art Blakey (ds),
Johnny Rodriguez (conga).
Recorded in New York City on May 27, 1966.

A-2, A-3, A-4, A-5, A-6, B-1, B-4:
same personnel/date/place as A-1, except:
Tom McIntosh (tb, arr) replaces Melba Liston;
Garnett Brown (tb on A-4, A-5, A-6, B-1 only).