Tracklist

A1	If I Love Again
A2	Down Home
A3	The Best Things In Life Are Free
A4	Lou's Blues
A5	Cheek To Cheek
A6	Sweet Juice
B1	The Stroller
B2	Roccus
B3	Caracas
B4	Moe's Bluff

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – WOR Studios
• Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
• Manufactured By – Toshiba EMI Ltd

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Lou Donaldson
• Bass – Gene Ramey (tracks: A4, A5, B2), Percy Heath (tracks: A1-A3, A6, B1, B3, B4)
• Design [Cover] – Reid Miles
• Drums – Art Blakey (tracks: A1-A3, A6, B1, B3, B4), Arthur Taylor* (tracks: A4, A5, B2)
• Liner Notes – Leonard Feather
• Photography By [Photo] – Francis Wolff
• Piano – Elmo Hope (tracks: B1, B3, B4), Horace Silver (tracks: A1-A6, B2)
• Producer – Alfred Lion
• Recorded By [Recording By], Remastered By [Remastering By] – Rudy Van Gelder
• Trombone – Matthew Gee (tracks: B1, B3, B4)
• Trumpet – Blue Mitchell (tracks: A1-A3, A6), Kenny Dorham (tracks: B1, B3, B4)

Notes

Recorded at WOR Studios on June 20 (A4, A5, B2) and November 19 (A1-A3, A6), 1952.
Recorded at RVG Studio, Hackensack on August 22, 1954 (B1, B3, B4).

Limited Edition Japanese reissue with coated LP sleeve.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
BLP 1537	Lou Donaldson	Quartet / Quintet / Sextet ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Blue Note	BLP 1537	US	1957
SUS-5258	Lou Donaldson	Down Home ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Sunset Records	SUS-5258	US	1969
TOCJ-9144	Lou Donaldson	Quartet / Quintet / Sextet ‎(CD, Album, Mono, Ltd, RE, RM, Pap)	Blue Note	TOCJ-9144	Japan	1999
CDP 7 81537 2	Lou Donaldson	Quartet / Quintet / Sextet ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Blue Note	CDP 7 81537 2	US	1988
SUS-5258	Lou Donaldson	Down Home ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Sunset Records	SUS-5258	US	1969

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