Blue Note session · in the studio
October 11, 1966
Sam Rivers Quartet
In the room
Sam Rivers – tenor, soprano sax, flute- Hal Galper – piano
Herbie Lewis – bass- Steve Ellington – drums
The takes
1 of these 8 takes stayed in the vault at the time: alternates and tunes that weren't issued. Switch to hear only the ones that came out on the records.
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 · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| 1783 · tk. 5 | I'll Never Smile Again | BLP 4249 |
| – | The Touch Of Your Lips | Rejected at the session |
| 1784 · tk. 17 | That's All | BLP 4249 |
| 1785 · tk. 18 | When I Fall In Love | BLP 4249 |
| 1786 · tk. 21 | What A Difference A Day Makes | BLP 4249 |
| 1787 · tk. 23 | Detour Ahead | BLP 4249 |
| 1788 · tk. 24 | Temptation | BLP 4249 |
| 1789 · tk. 25 | Secret Love | BLP 4249 |
