Tracklist

A1	Straight Ahead	5:18
A2	When Malindy Sings	4:00
A3	In The Red	8:23
B1	Blue Monk	6:32
B2	Left Alone	6:42
B3	African Lady	3:42
B4	Retribution	3:45

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Nola Recording Studios

Credits

• Arranged By – Booker Little (tracks: A2, A3, B1), Julian Priester (tracks: B2, B4), Mal Waldron (tracks: A1), Max Roach (tracks: B3)
• Bass – Art Davis
• Congas – Robert Whitley (tracks: B3), Roger Sanders (tracks: B3)
• Drums – Max Roach
• Piano – Mal Waldron
• Reeds – Eric Dolphy
• Tenor Saxophone – Coleman Hawkins, Walter Benton
• Trombone – Julian Priester
• Trumpet – Booker Little
• Vocals – Abbey Lincoln

Notes

Comes with a green OBI Strip, an insert with lyrics (in English), credits and notes (in Japanese), and a promotional insert.

"Max Roach records through the courtesy of Mercury Record Corporation. Eric Dolphy records through the courtesy of Prestige Records.
Recorded at Nola Penthouse Sound Studiios, New York, February 22, 1961.
This album was recorded monophonically and stereophonically directly to two-track and full-track master tapes on Ampex 300's using the following microphones: Neumann U-47; EV 667; RCA 44BX. The Master Lacquers were cut directly from the original master tapes on a Neumann lathe using a Westrex 2B cutter for mono and a Westrex 3C for stereo. The frequency response of both systems if flat plus or minus 1/2 DB from 30 cycles to 15000 cycles. This recording is patterned to the RIAA curve and will give true frequency response if playback equipment is set for the RIAA playback characteristic."
(taken from back of LP jacket)

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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