Thelonious Monk Septet - Monk's Music

Tracklist

A1	Abide With Me
A2	Well, You Needn't
A3	Ruby, My Dear
B1	Off Minor
B2	Epistrophy
B3	Crepuscule With Nellie

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Bill Grauer Productions Inc.
• Pressed By – MGM Record Manufacturing Division

Credits

• Alto Saxophone [Alto] – Gigi Gryce (tracks: A1, A2, B1 to B3)
• Bass – Wilbur Ware (tracks: A2, A3, B1 to B3)
• Design [Cover] – Paul Bacon
• Drums – Art Blakey (tracks: A2, A3, B1 to B3)
• Engineer – Jack Higgins
• Photography By [Cover] – Paul Weller
• Piano – Thelonious Monk (tracks: A2, A3, B1 to B3)
• Producer, Liner Notes – Orrin Keepnews
• Tenor Saxophone – Coleman Hawkins, John Coltrane (tracks: A1, A2, B1 to B3)
• Trumpet – Ray Copeland (tracks: A1, A2, B1 to B3)

Notes

Recorded in New York, June 26, 1957.

DETAILS : repress label ~ RIVERSIDE RLP 12-242 ~

Second Label Variation ~ Original Laminated Cover

Second US Mono pressing from 1959 with "Spectrosonic High Fidelity" on the frontcover. The third US Mono pressing from 1961/62, also on the blue Riverside label, has no 'Spectrosonic' on the cover. The first US Mono pressing from 1957 has the White & Blue Riverside label and 'Spectrosonic' on the cover sleeve.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A label): RLP 12-242 A
• Matrix / Runout (Side B label): RLP 12-242 B
• Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched): RLP-12-242-A-5 RI
• Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched): RLP-12-242 B-RⅠ RI
• Matrix / Runout (Side A&B runout stamped): Block S

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
RLP 12-242	Thelonious Monk Septet	Monk's Music ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Riverside Records	RLP 12-242	US	1957
GSLP 7023, GSLP 7203	Thelonious Monk	Monk's Music ‎(LP)	Gateway Records, Gateway Records	GSLP 7023, GSLP 7203	US	1977
RLP 12-242, 088072357778, OJC-084	Thelonious Monk Septet	Monk's Music ‎(LP, Album, RE, 180)	Riverside Records, Universal Music Group International, Original Jazz Classics	RLP 12-242, 088072357778, OJC-084	Europe	2014
OJC 084, RLP-242	Thelonious Monk Septet	Monk's Music ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Original Jazz Classics, Riverside Records	OJC 084, RLP-242	Germany	1983
OJC-32689-02	Thelonious Monk	Monk's Music ‎(CD, RM)	Original Jazz Classics	OJC-32689-02	US	2011

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