Plas Johnson

• 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