Tracklist

A1	Melody	3:59
A2	Bass Region	10:10
B1	Retrogress	3:23
B2	Mopp Shoe Blues	5:49
B3	Blessed	6:44

Companies, etc.

• Made By – Tokuma Musical Industries Co., Ltd.

Credits

• Bass – Paul Chambers
• Composed By – Yusef Lateef
• Drums – Lex Humphries
• Liner Notes – Barbara J. Gardner*
• Piano – Wynton Kelly
• Supervised By – Sid McCoy
• Tenor Saxophone – Yusef Lateef
• Trombone – Curtis Fuller
• Trumpet – Tommy Turrentine

Notes

Recorded at Bell Sound Studios, NYC, May 12, 1960

Tokuma Japan Corporation.
Made in Japan
¥1,800

Include Japanese liner notes.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
VJLP 3012, LP 3012	Paul Chambers	1st Bassman ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Vee Jay Records, Vee Jay Records	VJLP 3012, LP 3012	US	1960
22YB-2004	Paul Chambers	1st Bassman ‎(LP, Album, Mono, RE)	Vee Jay Records	22YB-2004	Japan	1987
UXP-82-JY	Paul Chambers	1st Bassman ‎(LP, Album, Mono, RE)	Vee Jay Records	UXP-82-JY	Japan	1977
JOYS 208	Paul Chambers	1st Bassman ‎(LP, Album)	Joy Records	JOYS 208	UK	Unknown
VJLP 3012, LP 3012	Paul Chambers	1st Bassman ‎(LP, Album, 180)	Vee Jay Records, Vee Jay Records	VJLP 3012, LP 3012	US	2015

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