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Tracklist

1	Roccus (Alternate Take)	3:22
2	Roccus	3:22
3	Cheek To Cheek (Alternate Take)	2:49
4	Lou's Blues (Alternate Take)	3:31
5	Lou's Blues	3:42
6	Cheek To Cheek	2:58
7	The Things We Did Last Summer	3:16
8	Sweet Juice	3:26
9	Down Home	3:17
10	The Best Things In Life Are Free	3:20
11	If I Love Again	2:36
12	Caracas	5:58
13	The Stroller	5:34
14	Moe's Bluff	5:05
15	After You've Gone	4:34

Companies, etc.

• Copyright (c) – Capitol Records, Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Capitol Records, Inc.
• Manufactured By – Capitol Records, Inc.
• Recorded At – WOR Studios
• Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Lou Donaldson
• Bass – Gene Ramey (tracks: 1 to 11), Percy Heath (tracks: 12 to 15)
• Design [Cover] – Reid Miles
• Drums – Art Blakey (tracks: 12 to 15), Arthur Taylor* (tracks: 1 to 11)
• Engineer [Recording] – Doug Hawkins (tracks: 1 to 11), Rudy Van Gelder (tracks: 12 to 15)
• Liner Notes – Leonard Feather
• Photography By [Cover Photo] – Francis Wolff
• Piano – Elmo Hope (tracks: 12 to 15), Horace Silver (tracks: 1 to 11)
• Producer – Alfred Lion
• Reissue Producer [Produced For Release] – Michael Cuscuna
• Transferred By [Digital Transfers] – Ron McMaster
• Trombone – Matthew Gee (tracks: 12 to 15)
• Trumpet – Blue Mitchell (tracks: 8 to 11), Kenny Dorham (tracks: 12 to 15)

Notes

#1-7: Recorded at WOR Studios, New York City on June 20, 1952.
#8-11: Recorded at WOR Studios on November 19, 1952.
#12-15: Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on August 22, 1954.

#1,3,4: Previously unissued‎–does not appear on LP configuration
#7,15: Originally issued on 10" LP‎–does not appear on LP configuration

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0 7777-81537-2 6

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
BLP 1537	Lou Donaldson	Quartet / Quintet / Sextet ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Blue Note	BLP 1537	US	1957
SUS-5258	Lou Donaldson	Down Home ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Sunset Records	SUS-5258	US	1969
TOCJ-9144	Lou Donaldson	Quartet / Quintet / Sextet ‎(CD, Album, Mono, Ltd, RE, RM, Pap)	Blue Note	TOCJ-9144	Japan	1999
SUS-5258	Lou Donaldson	Down Home ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Sunset Records	SUS-5258	US	1969
BLP 1537	Lou Donaldson	Quartet / Quintet / Sextet ‎(LP, Album, Mono, RE)	Blue Note	BLP 1537	Japan	1983

Faugami

All good stuff, recorded over three dates with three different ensembles including an impressive array of musicians including Horace Silver, Elmo Hope, Art Blakey, Percy Heath and a very young Blue Mitchell. Typical Blue Note quality.