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)

Notes

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.

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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