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A1	A Long Drink Of The Blues (Take 1) Written-By – Jackie McLean	2:18
A2	A Long Drink Of The Blues (Take 2) Written-By – Jackie McLean	20:45
B1	Embraceable You Written-By – George And Ira Gershwin*	7:05
B2	I Cover The Waterfront Written-By – Heyman*, Green*	6:24
B3	These Foolish Things Written-By – Link*, Marvell*, Strachey*	8:19

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Victor Musical Industries, Inc.
• Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Jackie McLean
• Bass – Arthur Phipps* (tracks: B1 to B3), Paul Chambers (tracks: A1, A2)
• Drums – Arthur Taylor* (tracks: B1 to B3), Louis Hayes (tracks: A1, A2)
• Liner Notes – Joe Goldberg
• Piano – Gil Coggins (tracks: A1, A2), Mal Waldron (tracks: B1 to B3)
• Recorded By [Recording By] – Rudy Van Gelder
• Supervised By – Bob Weinstock
• Tenor Saxophone – Jackie McLean (tracks: A1, A2)
• Trombone – Curtis Fuller (tracks: A1, A2)
• Trumpet – Webster Young (tracks: A1, A2)

Notes

Recorded on February 15th and August 30th, 1957.

Yellow/black Prestige "fireworks" labels.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side 1 stamped): 〄Ⓑ NJLP 8253A 1 1
• Matrix / Runout (Side 2 stamped): NJLP 8253B 1 1

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
8253, NJLP 8253	Jackie McLean	A Long Drink Of The Blues ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Prestige, New Jazz, New Jazz	8253, NJLP 8253	US	1961
8253, NJLP 8253, 772117	Jackie McLean	A Long Drink Of The Blues ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Prestige, New Jazz, New Jazz, WaxTime	8253, NJLP 8253, 772117	US	2016
SMJ-6507(M), PG-6009	Jackie McLean	A Long Drink Of The Blues ‎(LP, Album, Mono, RE)	Prestige, Prestige	SMJ-6507(M), PG-6009	Japan	1976
VICJ-41547	Jackie McLean	A Long Drink Of The Blues ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM, Pap)	Prestige	VICJ-41547	Japan	2006
772117	Jackie McLean	A Long Drink Of The Blues ‎(LP, Album, RM, 180)	WaxTime	772117	Europe	2016

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