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Stay Loose

  front cover   side a

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I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town*
4:38
Weldon

Stay Loose*
3:47
Smith

If You Ain't Got It*
3:00
McIntosh

One For Members**
6:38
Smith

 
  back cover   side b

1
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2
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3
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Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby*
3:24
Jordan / Austin

Chain Of Fools**
4:51
Covay

Grabbin' Hold**
9:17
Smith / Turrentine

 
  label a
(MGM issue)
 

recording dates

studio

label

cat no.

 

29/01/68


A&R Recording Studios, New York City

Verve

V6–8745

 

label b (MGM issue)

PERSONNEL
organ
Jimmy Smith*/**
 
     

arr/cond

 

Tom McIntosh*

 
     
vocal
  Jimmy Smith*  
     
backing vocal (a2, b2)
 

Carline Ray
Eileen Gilbert
Melba Moorman

 
trumpet
 

Joe Newman*
Ernie Royal*
Snookie Young*

 
     
reeds
 

Pepper Adams*
Joe Farrell*
Hubert Laws*
Jerome Richardson*

 
saxophone
 

Stanley Turrentine**

 
     
trombone
 

Jimmy Cleveland*
Alan Raph*

 
     
guitar
 

Carl Lynch*
Phil Upchurch**

 
     
bass
 

James Tyrell*
Jimmy Merritt**

 
     
percussion
  Johnny Pacheco*  
     
drums
  Grady Tate*/**  
  TECH  
producer
  Esmond Edwards  
     
engineer
  Phil Ramone  
     
dir. of eng.
  Val Valentin  
REISSUES label   year   cat no.      
    MGM (UK)   1968   VLP 9218      
     
    Universal   05/05/05          
     
    Verve   12/07/05   -   Remastered  
     
    Verve   15/08/05   9881866      
REVIEW   On this, another fine set of soul jazz, Jimmy can really be heard coming into his own as a vocalist. As is often the case with his albums, the title track is a stand-out. This one features a great-sounding band, hand claps, typically exciting solos from Jimmy, combined with his vocal that is about doing a dance called the 'stay loose'. |t's a close to a soul hit as you'll ever hear in Jimmy's career. The rest of the album doesn't reach quite such a feverish pitch, but is still of a high standard and is worth tracking down.  
   

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  MGM issue front and back covers