Grant GreenBorn To Be Blue

Label:

Blue Note – BST 84432

Series:

Blue Note Tone Poet Series

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo , 180g, Gatefold

Country:

Worldwide

Released:

Genre:

Jazz

Style:

Soul-Jazz

Tracklist

A1 Someday My Prince Will Come
Written-ByL. Morey*
6:26
A2 Born To Be Blue
Written-ByR. Wells*
4:52
A3 If I Should Lose You
Written-ByR. Rainger*
6:02
B1 Back In Your Own Backyard
Written-ByWood*
8:02
B2 My One And Only Love
Written-ByR. Mellin*
5:47
B3 Count Every Star
Written-ByS. Gallop*
6:18

Companies, etc.

  • Record CompanyCapitol Records, LLC
  • Record CompanyBlue Note Records Inc.
  • Record CompanyBlue Note Records
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Capitol Records, LLC
  • Copyright ©UMG Recordings, Inc.
  • Copyright ©Mosaic Images
  • Recorded AtVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
  • Mastered AtCohearent Audio
  • Lacquer Cut AtCohearent Audio
  • Mastered AtRecord Technology Incorporated – 33346
  • Pressed ByRecord Technology Incorporated
  • Designed AtMeat And Potatoes, Inc.

Credits

  • BassSam Jones
  • Design [Cover Design], Cover [Cover Design]Todd Gallopo
  • DrumsLouis Hayes
  • Engineer [Recording Engineer]Rudy Van Gelder
  • GuitarGrant Green
  • Lacquer Cut ByKPG*
  • Mastered By [LP Mastering By]Kevin Gray
  • Photography By [Photography]Francis Wolff
  • PianoSonny Clark
  • Producer [Original Session Produced By]Alfred Lion
  • Sleeve NotesRichard Seidel
  • Supervised By [LP Supervision By]Joe Harley
  • Tenor SaxophoneIke Quebec

Notes

A Blue Note Records release; ℗ 1985 Capitol Records, LLC © 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Blue Note® is a ed trademark of Capitol Records, LLC.

Recorded on March 1, 1962 and December 23, 1961, Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Count Every Star recorded on December 23, 1961. All other titles recorded on March 1, 1962.
Count Every Star was previously issued on Blue Note BST 84098.
All other titles are previously unreleased.

Catalog numbers:
B0030486-01 on spine, back cover footer, in rimtext label matrices.
BST 84432 on back cover, labels and spine.
84432 on front cover.

Track B1 on label: Back In Your Own Back Yard

Tone Poet series hype sticker affixed to front plastic bag.
Mastered from the original analogue tapes.
Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder
Reissue Supervised by Joe Harley
Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio
Manufactured at Record Technology Inc. (RTI) on 180 Gram Vinyl

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text): 6 02577 86844 3
  • Barcode (Scanned): 0602577868443
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A label): B0030486-01 A
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B label): B0030486-01 B
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched): B0030486-01-A KPG & JH@CA 33346.1(3)...
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, etched): B0030486-01-B KPG & JH@CA 33346.2(3)...

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Born To Be Blue (LP, Album, Remastered, DMM) Blue Note BST 84432 1985
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Born To Be Blue (LP, Album, Remastered) Blue Note BNJ 71082, BST 84432 Japan 1985
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Born To Be Blue (LP, Album, Remastered, DMM) Blue Note BST 84432 US 1985
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Born To Be Blue (Cassette, Album, Remastered, Dolby XH Pro, XDR) Blue Note 4BN 84432 Canada 1985
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Born To Be Blue (Cassette, Album, Remastered, XDR) Blue Note 4BN 84432 US 1985

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Reviews

  • vintage75's avatar
    vintage75
    A Fantastic Reissue from this Masterpiece . Grant Green at its best from the beautifull Tone Poets Series
    • Fidel_2006's avatar
      Fidel_2006
      The quality of this pressing is breathtaking. My audio system has never sounded this good before.
      • VonKush's avatar
        VonKush
        Born to Be Blue is One of my favorite Jazz albums.
        • JesperMailand's avatar
          JesperMailand
          Edited one year ago
          Flawwless record! No cliks, no background noices and the instruments are so well mastered..
          Grant Greens guitar and Ike Quebecs tenor saxophone on "My one and only Love" are sublime!
          • fabmeyer's avatar
            fabmeyer
            Absolutely fantastic pressing, warm, full, detailed sound. The guitar just sounds incredible. A pleasure.
            • AverageNerdGuy's avatar
              AverageNerdGuy
              I bought my copy 2nd hand from an Antique mall vinyl shop. Got it for a good price so figured why not. Wow was I surprised!

              1st off my copy is completely flat and doesn't have any of the audible issues others reported. It is clear, dynamic, quiet vinyl and Ike's sax is mesmerizing. I still wish they would get rid of the tear top plastic sleeve and give us resealable sleeves with these Tone Poet reissues though.

              In conclusion I got it cheap, but I would have gladly paid MSRP for it now that I have listened to it. Great recording and fantastic album. Highly recommend.
              • 1crosscutsaw's avatar
                1crosscutsaw
                Beautiful pressing and album. BN consistently delivers on their trend of great quality in the Tone Poet series with this re-release. Nice separation and little to no surface noise. Only small critique is the sax solo on B1 compared to the other solos throughout is a bit jarring as the sound feels 1.5x louder than the rest of the LP - kind of jarring for a pretty chill album.
                • pierre.millet's avatar
                  pierre.millet
                  "My One And Only Love" only justifies you buy this press/album. this tune is a killer.
                  • Drummore's avatar
                    Drummore
                    Wow... this IS a really nice album! Nice press - thanks BN/TP!
                    • clarinete13's avatar
                      clarinete13
                      Being a jazz fan in the U.K. is frustrating, I missed the first pressing of this lp and was hoping to pick up the second press but for some reason it isn’t easily available over here. I tried ing Blue Note three times but they just refer me to UMC customer services who just state the obvious that it is not available. All I want to know is whether it will be eventually shipped over here or not, seems a simple question but obviously isn’t.

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