• LIMITED EDITION 6-PANEL DIGIPACK
• 2 ORIGINAL ALBUMS ON 1 CD
• INCLUDES 2 BONUS TRACKS
Presented here are Johnson’s two LPs as a leader for Capitol Records in their entireties: This Must Be the Plas! (Capitol Records ST-1281) and Mood for the Blues (Capitol Records ST-1503). Two songs from a rare 1959 single, which appear here on CD for the first time ever, have been added as a bonus.
PERSONNEL:
- PLAS JOHNSON,
- alto, tenor & baritone sax on all tracks, plus:
- [1-12]: THIS MUST BE THE PLAS!
- Larry Bunker, Gene Estes, Vic Feldman (vibes), Paul Smith (p),
- Ernie Freeman (Hammond organ), Howard Roberts, Bill Pittman (g),
- Red Callender (b),Earl Palmer (d).
- Los Angeles, March 11-23, 1959.
- [13-24]: MOOD FOR THE BLUES
- Ray Johnson (p), Ernie Freeman (Hammond organ),
- René Hall, Bill Pittman (g), Red Callender (b),
- Earl Palmer (d), plus String Section.
- Los Angeles, May-June 1960.
- (*) BONUS TRACKS (25-26): FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ON CD!
- Plas Johnson (ts) & His Band. Los Angeles, 1959.
TRACKS:
- 01 Too Close for Comfort
- 02 I Hadn’t Anyone Till You
- 03 Heart and Soul
- 04 Poor Butterfly
- 05 Memories of You
- 06 Just One of Those Things
- 07 There’s No Greater Love
- 08 If I Had You
- 09 My Silent Love
- 10 Day In, Day Out
- 11 My Old Flame
- 12 S’il Vous Plait
- 13 Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying
- 14 One Mint Julep
- 15 How Long Has This Been Going On?
- 16 Blues in My Heart
- 17 I’ve Got a Right to Cry
- 18 Please Send Me Someone to Love
- 19 Tanya
- 20 Fool That I Am
- 21 Chloe
- 22 Since I Fell for You
- 23 A Mood for the Blues
- 24 I Wanna Be Loved