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1	Tell It The Way It Is!	11:234
2	Things Ain't What They Used To Be	4:40
3	Duke's Place Violin – Ray NanceVocals – Ernie Shepard	5:26
4	Impulsive	4:58
5	Rapscallion In Rab's Canyon	3:44
6	Body And Soul	5:25

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – MCA Records, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – MCA Records, Inc.
• Marketed By – Victor Entertainment, Inc.
• Recorded At – RCA Recording Studios

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Johnny Hodges (tracks: 2 to 5)
• Arranged By – Johnny Hodges (tracks: 4, 5)
• Bass – Ernie Shepard
• Cornet – Ray Nance (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5)
• Drums – Osie Johnson
• Engineer – Bob Simpson
• Liner Notes – Stanley Dance
• Photography By [Cover] – Jim Marshall
• Photography By [Liner] – Bob Ghiraldini
• Piano – Walter Bishop, Jr.
• Producer [Original Recordings] – Bob Thiele
• Tenor Saxophone – Paul Gonsalves
• Trumpet – Rolf Ericson (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5)

Notes

Recorded at RCA Recording Studio, New York City on September 4, 1963.
Originally issued as Tell It the Way It Is (Impulse! AS-55).

Comes in gatefold mini LP replica with OBI & Japanese insert.

24-Bit/96KHz remastering

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4 988005 285355
• Rights Society: JASRAC

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
AS-55	Paul Gonsalves	Tell It The Way It Is! ‎(LP, Album)	Impulse!	AS-55	US	1963
17.1313/1	Paul Gonsalves	Tell It The Way It Is ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Impulse!	17.1313/1	Spain	Unknown
IMP-55	Paul Gonsalves	Tell It The Ways It Is ! ‎(LP, Album)	Impulse!	IMP-55	France	1965
CLP 1758	Paul Gonsalves	Tell It The Way It Is! ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	His Master's Voice	CLP 1758	UK	1963
AS-55	Paul Gonsalves	Tell It The Way It Is! ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Impulse!	AS-55	US	1963

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