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1	Split Kick Written-By – Horace Silver	8:26
2	Once In A While Written-By – B. Green*, M. Edwards*	4:56
3	Quicksilver Written-By – Horace Silver	6:26
4	Wee-Dot (Alternate Take) Written-By – J.J. Johnson, L. Parker*	6:55
5	Blues Written-By – Traditional	8:35
6	A Night In Tunisia Written-By – D. Gillespie*, F. Paparelli*	9:45
7	Mayreh Written-By – Horace Silver	6:02

Companies, etc.

• Copyright (c) – Manhattan Records
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Manhattan Records
• Manufactured By – Capitol Records, Inc.
• Recorded At – Birdland

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Lou Donaldson
• Bass – Curly Russell
• Design [Cover] – Reid Miles
• Drums – Art Blakey
• Liner Notes – Leonard Feather, Michael Cuscuna
• Photography By [Cover Photos] – Francis Wolff
• Piano – Horace Silver
• Producer – Alfred Lion
• Recorded By – Rudy Van Gelder
• Reissue Producer [Produced For Release] – Michael Cuscuna
• Transferred By [Digital Transfer] – Ron McMaster
• Trumpet – Clifford Brown

Notes

Recorded on February 21, 1954.
Tracks 4 and 5 marked: Previously unissued–does not appear on LP configuration

'During Blue Note vault research in 1975, four additional full performances from this historic Birdland recording were discovered. three of them were issued in the U.S. in 1978 as part of a Blakey double album. All four were issued in 1983 in Japan as A NIGHT AT BIRDLAND, Volume Three, which had a short playing time. Due to the expanded time limitations of the CD, half of these discoveries have been added to each of the original Birdland volumes." [Michael Cuscuna]

"The classic Blue Note albums which span the mid 1950's to late 1960's were recorded directly on to two track analog tape. No multitrack recording was used and consequently no mixing was required. Therefore, this CD was made by transferring the one step analog master to digital."

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0 7777-46519-2 9
• Other (DADC Code): DIDX 1130

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
BLP 1521	Art Blakey Quintet	A Night At Birdland, Volume 1 ‎(LP, Comp, Mono)	Blue Note	BLP 1521	US	1956
BST 81521	Art Blakey Quintet	A Night At Birdland, Volume 1 ‎(LP, Album, Mono, RE, RM)	Blue Note	BST 81521	US	1985
1521, B0022583-01	Art Blakey Quintet	A Night At Birdland, Volume 1 ‎(LP, Album, Mono, RE, RM)	Blue Note, Universal Music Enterprises	1521, B0022583-01	US	2015
SGD-67, BN-1521	Art Blakey*	A Night At Birdland, Volume 1 ‎(LP, Album, Mono, RE)	Blue Note, Blue Note	SGD-67, BN-1521	Japan	1991
BST 81521, 0602547173218	Art Blakey Quintet	A Night At Birdland Volume 1 ‎(5xFile, MP3, RE, RM, 320)	Blue Note, Universal International Music B.V.	BST 81521, 0602547173218	Europe	2015