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Blue Note session · in the studio

April 7, 1967

Lou Donaldson 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
1867 · tk. 4One CylinderBLP 4263
1868 · tk. 6Aw Shucks!BLP 4263
1869 · tk. 8Alligator Bogaloo45 · 45-1934, BLP 4263
1870 · tk. 15Rev. Moses45 · 45-1934, BLP 4263
1871 · tk. 17I Want A Little GirlBLP 4263
1872 · tk. 18The ThangBLP 4263
6 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.

3 of them 1 album

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 4271Mr. Shing-A-LingLou Donaldson1967Lou Donaldson, Lonnie Smith, Leo Morris

2 of them 5 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
PR 7778Red Holloway Quintet · not on the site yetRed Holloway Quintet1965George Benson, Lonnie Smith
PR 7473Red SoulRed Holloway1966George Benson, Lonnie Smith
LP-789Blowin' In The WindLou Donaldson1967Lou Donaldson, Leo Morris
CL 2613The George Benson CookbookThe George Benson Quartet Featuring Lonnie Smith1967George Benson, Lonnie Smith
CL 2696Finger-Lickin' Good Soul OrganLonnie Smith1967George Benson, Lonnie Smith