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Blue Note session · in the studio

May 27, 1963

Harold Vick Quintet

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

In the room

The takes

What the numbers mean

BN308-2 is a matrix number: Blue Note gave every tune it recorded the next number in one running series (BN308 is "Humph"), and the figure after the dash is which take of that tune was kept. Early on the series starts each tune's takes at 0, so -0 is usually the first try.

tk. 5 is the take as counted through the whole day, from the first tune to the last: the way the studio's log and, from the mid-1950s, Rudy Van Gelder's tapes number them. Later dates have only these.

On the earliest records (1939–40) the numbers in the matrix place, like 486A-1 or GM535-6, are the masters' numbers from the studios and pressing plants Blue Note used before it had its own series.

Matrix · takeTitleFirst out on
tk. 5Trimmed In BlueBLP 4138
tk. 7Vicksville45 · 45-1897, BLP 4138
tk. 12Steppin' OutBLP 4138
tk. 14Our Miss BrooksBLP 4138
tk. 15Our Miss Brooks (short version)45 · 45-1897
tk. 16Dotty's DreamBLP 4138
tk. 17LauraBLP 4138
7 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it

Where it ended up

Together elsewhere

The other albums at least two of these players are on together.

The whole band 1 album

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 4192Oh Baby!Big John Patton1965Harold Vick, Blue Mitchell, Grant Green, John Patton, Ben Dixon

4 of them 1 album

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 4130Along Came JohnJohn Patton1963Harold Vick, Grant Green, John Patton, Ben Dixon

3 of them 8 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 4108The Natural SoulLou Donaldson1963Grant Green, John Patton, Ben Dixon
BLP 4125Good Gracious!Lou Donaldson1964Grant Green, John Patton, Ben Dixon
BLP 4139Am I BlueGrant Green1964Grant Green, John Patton, Ben Dixon
BLP 4174The Way I Feel'Big' John Patton1964Grant Green, John Patton, Ben Dixon
BLP 4145Shoutin'Don Wilkerson1965Grant Green, John Patton, Ben Dixon
V-8627His Majesty King FunkGrant Green1965Harold Vick, Grant Green, Ben Dixon
PR 7474Laughing SoulGeorge Braith1966Grant Green, John Patton, Ben Dixon
PR 7481Brother Jack McDuff's Greatest HitsJack McDuff Quartet1967Harold Vick, Grant Green, Ben Dixon

2 of them 21 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 4064Grant's First StandGrant Green1961Grant Green, Ben Dixon
BLP 4068Face To Face"Baby Face" Willette1961Grant Green, Ben Dixon
PRLP 7199The HoneydripperJack McDuff1961Grant Green, Ben Dixon
PR 7666Jack McDuff Quartet · not on the site yetJack McDuff Quartet1961Harold Vick, Grant Green
BLP 4084Stop And ListenBaby Face Willette1962Grant Green, Ben Dixon
BLP 4099Sunday Mornin'Grant Green1962Grant Green, Ben Dixon
PRLP 7220Goodnight, It's Time To GoJack McDuff1962Harold Vick, Grant Green
LP-724Signifyin'Lou Donaldson1963John Patton, Ben Dixon
PR 7791Brother Jack McDuff · not on the site yetBrother Jack McDuff1963Harold Vick, Blue Mitchell
LP-734Possum HeadLou Donaldson1964John Patton, Ben Dixon
LP-759Musty RustyLou Donaldson1965Grant Green, Ben Dixon
V-8630Wings & ThingsJohnny Hodges, Wild Bill Davis1965Grant Green, Ben Dixon
BLP 4229Got A Good Thing Goin'Big John Patton1966Grant Green, John Patton
BLP 4240Rough 'N TumbleStanley Turrentine1966Blue Mitchell, Grant Green
PR 7485MistyRichard "Groove" Holmes1966Harold Vick, Blue Mitchell
PR 7700Richard "Groove" Holmes Quintet · not on the site yetRichard "Groove" Holmes Quintet1966Harold Vick, Blue Mitchell
PR 7741Richard "Groove" Holmes Quintet · not on the site yetRichard "Groove" Holmes Quintet1966Harold Vick, Blue Mitchell
PR 7768Richard "Groove" Holmes Quintet · not on the site yetRichard "Groove" Holmes Quintet1966Harold Vick, Blue Mitchell
LP 1494The Grass Is GreenerGrassella Oliphant1967Grant Green, John Patton
BLP 4239Let 'Em RollBig John Patton1967Grant Green, John Patton
PR 7596Brother Jack McDuff Plays For Beautiful PeopleJack McDuff Quartet1968Grant Green, Ben Dixon