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1	Straight Ahead Written-By – Lincoln*, Baker*, Waldron*	5:23
2	When Malindy Sings Written-By – Brown*, Dunbar*	4:04
3	In The Red Written-By – Lincoln*, Bayen*, Roach*	8:30
4	Blue Monk Written-By – Lincoln*, Monk*	6:37
5	Left Alone Written-By – Holiday*, Waldron*	6:46
6	Africian Lady Congas – Robert Whitley, Roger SandersWritten-By – Hughes*, Weston*	3:44
7	Retribution Written-By – Lincoln*, Priester*	3:48

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Teichiku Records Co., Ltd.
• Distributed By – Teichiku Records Co., Ltd.
• Recorded At – Nola Recording Studios

Credits

• Bass – Art Davis
• Drums – Max Roach
• Engineer – Bob d'Orleans
• Piano – Mal Waldron
• Reeds – Eric Dolphy
• Supervised By [Supervision], Liner Notes [1961] – Nat Hentoff
• Tenor Saxophone – Coleman Hawkins, Walter Benton
• Trombone – Julian Priester
• Trumpet – Booker Little
• Vocals – Abbey Lincoln

Notes

Recorded at Nola Penthouse Studios, New York City
24th January and 2nd February 1961

Comes in mini LP replica with OBI & Japanese insert.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4 988004 069451
• Rights Society: JASRAC

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CJS 9015	Abbey Lincoln	Straight Ahead ‎(LP, Album)	Candid	CJS 9015	US	1961
CJM 8015	Abbey Lincoln	Straight Ahead ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Candid	CJM 8015	US	1961
CCD 79015	Abbey Lincoln	Straight Ahead ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Candid	CCD 79015	USA, Canada & UK	Unknown
S 64655	Abbey Lincoln	Straight Ahead ‎(LP, Album, RE)	CBS	S 64655	Netherlands	1972
9015, CJS 9015	Abbey Lincoln	Straight Ahead ‎(LP, Album, RE, 180)	Candid, Pure Pleasure Records	9015, CJS 9015	UK	2006

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