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1	A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening Written-By – H. Adamson*, J. McHugh*	6:50
2	Hugore Written-By – Curtis Fuller	6:41
3	Oscalypso Written-By – Oscar Pettiford	5:37
4	Here's To My Lady Written-By – J. Mercer*, R. Bloom*	6:40
5	Lizzy's Bounce Written-By – Curtis Fuller	5:21
6	Soon Written-By – G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin*	5:35

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• Phonographic Copyright (p) – The Blue Note Label Group
• Copyright (c) – The Blue Note Label Group
• Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey

Credits

• Bass – Paul Chambers
• Creative Director [Reissue] – Gordon H Jee
• Design [Reissue] – Amanda Wray
• Drums – Art Taylor
• Liner Notes [Original] – Robert Levin
• Liner Notes [Reissue] – Bob Blumenthal
• Photography By [Cover, Liner Photographs From The Actual Session] – Francis Wolff
• Piano – Bobby Timmons
• Producer – Alfred Lion
• Recorded By, Remastered By [2008] – Rudy Van Gelder
• Reissue Producer – Michael Cuscuna
• Tenor Saxophone – Hank Mobley
• Trombone – Curtis Fuller

Notes

Originally recorded on June 16, 1957 at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey.
This is a mono recording.
Originally issued in 1957 as Blue Note BN 1567.
First stereo release in 1996 on Mosaic MD3-166.
All transfers from analog to digital made at 24-bit resolution.
Liner photographs © Mosaic Images.

Made in the EU
℗© 2008 The Blue Note Label Group. Blue Note© is a registered trademark of Capital Records, Inc.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text): 5 0999-2-15370-28
• Barcode (String): 5099921537028
• Label Code: LC 0010

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
BLP 1567	Curtis Fuller	The Opener ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Blue Note	BLP 1567	US	1957
TOCJ-1567	Curtis Fuller	The Opener ‎(CD, Album, Mono, RE, RM)	Blue Note	TOCJ-1567	Japan	1996
BLP 1567	Curtis Fuller	The Opener ‎(LP, Album, RE, RM)	Blue Note	BLP 1567	US	2014
50999 2 15370 2 8	Curtis Fuller	The Opener ‎(CD, Album, Mono, RE, RM)	Blue Note	50999 2 15370 2 8	US	2008
1567, BLP 1567	Curtis Fuller	The Opener ‎(LP, Album, Mono, RE)	Blue Note, Blue Note	1567, BLP 1567	US	1972