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The Best of Mose Allison

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Released
  
1988

Length
  
53:39

Artist
  
Mose Allison

Producer
  
Bob Porter (CD)

Genres
  
Jazz, Blues

Recorded
  
1962-1972

The Best of Mose Allison (1988)
  
My Back Yard (1989)

Release date
  
1988

Label
  
Atlantic Jazz

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Ever Since the World Ended (1987)
  
The Best of Mose Allison (1988)

Similar
  
Mose Allison albums, Jazz albums

The Best of Mose Allison is a 1988 compilation album by the pianist/songwriter Mose Allison. Originally released in 1970 as a 12 track LP the CD edition edition added later tracks drawing from five of the artist's albums in the Atlantic library, covering most of Allison's better-known recordings from 1962-1972.

Contents

Track listing

All Songs Written by Mose Allison except as noted

  1. "I Don't Worry About A Thing" – 2:41
  2. "Your Mind is On Vacation" – 2:35
  3. "It Didn't Turn Out That Way" – 2:41 (Bonus Track)
  4. "If You're Goin' to the City" – 3:49
  5. "Swingin' Machine" – 2:31
  6. "I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues" (Duke Ellington, Don George) – 3:56 (Bonus Track)
  7. "Stop This World" – 3:24
  8. "I'm the Wild Man" (Stanley Willis, Don Barksdale) – 1:58
  9. "New Parchman" – 3:04
  10. "Rollin' Stone" (McKinley Morganfield) – 2:58
  11. "Don't Forget to Smile" – 2:48 (Bonus Track)
  12. "Seventh Son" (Willie Dixon) – 2:26
  13. "I Love The Life I Live" (Willie Dixon) – 2:21
  14. "What's With You" – 2:55 (Bonus Track)
  15. "That's the Stuff You Gotta Watch" (Buddy Johnson) – 2:10 (Bonus Track)
  16. "Your Molecular Structure" – 2:05
  17. "Just Like Livin'" – 1:44 (Bonus Track)
  18. "Everybody Cryin' Mercy" – 2:39
  19. "Night Club" – 2:36 (Bonus Track)
  20. "One of These Days" – 4:29 (Bonus Track)

Personnel

  • Mose Allison – Piano, Vocals (all), Producer (16 - 18)
  • Addison Farmer – Bass (1 - 7)
  • Osie Johnson – drums (1 - 3)
  • Jimmy Knepper – Trombone (4 - 7)
  • Jimmy Reider – Tenor Sax (4 - 7)
  • Frankie Dunlop – Drums (4 - 7)
  • Ben Tucker – Bass (8 - 11)
  • Ron Lundberg – Drums (8 - 11)
  • Stan Gilbert – Bass (12 - 13)
  • Mel Lee – Drums (12 - 13)
  • Earl May – Bass (14 - 15)
  • Paul Motian – Drums (14 - 15)
  • Red Mitchell – Bass (16 - 18)
  • Bill Goodwin – Drums (16 - 18)
  • Chuck Rainey – Electric Bass (19)
  • Billy Cobham – Drums (19)
  • Al Porcino – Trumpet (20)
  • David Sanborn – Alto Sax (20)
  • Joe Farrell – Tenor Sax (20)
  • Jack Hannah – Bass (20)
  • Jerry Granelli – Drums (20)
  • Nesuhi Ertegün – Producer (1 - 15)
  • Arif Mardin – Producer (14 - 15)
  • Joel Dorn – Producer (19)
  • Ilhan Mimaroglu – Producer (20)
  • Tom Dowd – Engineer (1 - 7)
  • Phil Iehle – Engineer (1 - 3, 8 - 11, 14 - 15)
  • Joe Atkinson – Engineer (4 - 7)
  • Wally Heider – Engineer (12 - 13)
  • Dave Weichman – Engineer (16 - 18)
  • Lewis Hahn– Engineer (19)
  • Carmen Rubino – Engineer (20)

    • Songs

    1I Don't Worry About a Thing2:19
    2Your Mind Is on Vacation2:37
    3It Didn't Turn Out That Way2:44

    References

    The Best of Mose Allison Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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