Tracklist

A1	Better Git Hit In Your Soul	4:35
A2	Goodbye, Porkpie Hat	7:10
A3	Noddin Ya Head Blues	10:29
B1	Three Or Four Shades Of Blue	12:08
B2	Nobody Knows	10:10

Companies, etc.

• Made By – Warner-Pioneer Corporation

Credits

• Arranged By – Charles Mingus (tracks: B1), Paul Jeffrey (tracks: A1 to A3, B2)
• Bass – George Mraz (tracks: A1 to A3), Ron Carter (tracks: B2)
• Composed By, Bass – Charles Mingus
• Design [Art Direction, Album Design] – Lynn Breslin
• Drums – Dannie Richmond
• Engineer [Recording, Re-mix] – Bobby Warner, Carmine Rubino, Don Puluse
• Guitar – John Scofield (tracks: B1, B2), Larry Coryell (tracks: A1 to B1), Philip Catherine (tracks: A1 to A3, B2)
• Liner Notes, Producer – Ilhan Mimaroglu
• Mastered By – George Piros
• Photography – Rüstem Batun, Susan Graham
• Piano – Bob Neloms, Jimmy Rowles (tracks: B1)
• Producer [Executive] – Nesuhi Ertegun
• Saxophone [Alto, Tenor] – George Coleman (tracks: A1 to B1)
• Saxophone [Alto] – Sonny Fortune (tracks: B2)
• Saxophone [Tenor] – Ricky Ford
• Trumpet – Jack Walrath

Notes

Recorded March 9, 1977, in New York City
Mastered at Atlantic Studios, New York

Charles Mingus is using a Yamaha bass amplifier on this recording.

℗ © 1973 Atlantic Recording Corporation
A Warner Communication Company
Manufactured by Warner-Pioneer Corporation
Made in Japan
¥2,500

Includes Japanese liner notes.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SD 1700	Charles Mingus	Three Or Four Shades Of Blues ‎(LP, Album)	Atlantic	SD 1700	US	1977
ATL 50 390	Charles Mingus	Three Or Four Shades Of Blues ‎(LP, Album)	Atlantic	ATL 50 390	France	1977
7567-81403-2	Charles Mingus	Three Or Four Shades Of Blue ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Atlantic Jazz	7567-81403-2	Europe	1989
WPCR-27206, 8122-79641-3	Charles Mingus	Three Or Four Shades Of Blue ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM)	Atlantic, Atlantic	WPCR-27206, 8122-79641-3	Europe	2013
S 90.041	Charles Mingus	Three Or Four Shades Of Blue ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Atlantic	S 90.041	Spain	1978

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