Tracklist Hide Credits

1	If I Love Again Written-By – Oakland*, Murray*	2:40
2	Down Home Written-By – Donaldson*	3:16
3	The Best Things In Life Are Free Written-By – De Sylva*, Brown*, Hendersn*	3:21
4	Lou's Blues Written-By – Donaldson*	3:40
5	Cheek To Cheek Written-By – Berlin*	2:59
6	Sweet Juice Written-By – Horace Silver	3:26
7	The Stroller Written-By – Donaldson*	5:33
8	Roccus Written-By – Horace Silver	3:22
9	Caracas Written-By – Donaldson*	5:57
10	Moe's Bluff Written-By – Elmo Hope	5:07

Companies, etc.

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

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Lou Donaldson
• Bass – Gene Ramey, Percy Heath
• Design [Cover] – Reid Miles
• Drums – Art Blakey, Arthur Taylor*
• Liner Notes – Takao Ogawa
• Photography By [Photo] – Francis Wolff
• Piano – Elmo Hope, Horace Silver
• Producer – Alfred Lion
• Recorded By [Recording By], Remastered By – Rudy Van Gelder
• Trombone – Matthew Gee
• Trumpet – Blue Mitchell, Kenny Dorham

Notes

Recorded at WOR Studios on June 20 and November 19, 1952 and at RVG Studio, Hackensack on August 22, 1954.

Comes in mini LP replica with OBI & Japanese insert.

24-bit remaster by Rudy Van Gelder.

Liner notes in Japanese.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4 988006 772168
• Rights Society: JASRAC

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
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
BLP 1537	Lou Donaldson	Quartet / Quintet / Sextet ‎(LP, Album, Mono, RE)	Blue Note	BLP 1537	Japan	1983

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