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1	A Long Drink Of The Blues (Take 1 and 2) Written-By – Jackie McLean	23:06
3	Embraceable You Written-By – Gershwin*, Gershwin*	7:05
4	I Cover The Waterfront Written-By – Heyman*, Green*	6:25
5	These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) Written-By – Link*, Marvell*, Strachey*	8:21

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
• Manufactured By – Victor Entertainment, Inc.

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Jackie McLean
• Bass – Arthur Phipps* (tracks: 3 to 5), Paul Chambers (tracks: 1, 2)
• Drums – Arthur Taylor* (tracks: 3 to 5), Louis Hayes (tracks: 1, 2)
• Engineer [Recording] – Rudy Van Gelder
• Liner Notes – Joe Goldberg
• Piano – Gil Coggins (tracks: 1, 2), Mal Waldron (tracks: 3 to 5)
• Tenor Saxophone – Jackie McLean (tracks: 1, 2)
• Trombone – Curtis Fuller (tracks: 1, 2)
• Trumpet – Webster Young (tracks: 1, 2)

Notes

Tracks 1 & 2 recorded in Hackensack, NJ; August 30, 1957
Tracks 3 to 5 recorded in Hackensack, NJ; February 15, 1957

Comes in mini LP replica with OBI & Japanese insert.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
8253, NJLP 8253	Jackie McLean	A Long Drink Of The Blues ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Prestige, New Jazz, New Jazz	8253, NJLP 8253	US	1961
8253, NJLP 8253, 772117	Jackie McLean	A Long Drink Of The Blues ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Prestige, New Jazz, New Jazz, WaxTime	8253, NJLP 8253, 772117	US	2016
SMJ-6507(M), PG-6009	Jackie McLean	A Long Drink Of The Blues ‎(LP, Album, Mono, RE)	Prestige, Prestige	SMJ-6507(M), PG-6009	Japan	1976
772117	Jackie McLean	A Long Drink Of The Blues ‎(LP, Album, RM, 180)	WaxTime	772117	Europe	2016
XTRA 5030	Jackie McLean	A Long Drink Of The Blues ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Transatlantic Records	XTRA 5030	UK	1967

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