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1	Afro-Blue Written-By – Mongo Santamaria	3:17
2	Lonely House Written-By – Weill*, Hughes*	3:37
3	Let Up Written-By – Abbey Lincoln	5:27
4	Thursday's Child Written-By – Boyd*, Grand*	3:28
5	Brother, Where Are You? Written-By – Oscar Brown Jr.	3:06
6	Laugh, Clown, Laugh Written-By – Young*, Lewis*, Fiorito*	5:21
7	Come Sunday Written-By – Duke Ellington	5:12
8	Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise Written-By – Hammerstein*, Romberg*	2:44
9	Lost In The Stars Written-By – Weill*, Anderson*	4:07
10	Long As You're Living Written-By – Priester*, Brown*, Turrentine*	2:31

Companies, etc.

• Copyright (c) – Fantasy, Inc.

Credits

• Design [Cover] – Harris Lewine, Ken Braren, Paul Bacon
• Double Bass – Bobby Boswell* (tracks: 1, 3, 6, 10), Sam Jones (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 8, 9)
• Drums – Philly Joe Jones* (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 8, 9), Max Roach (tracks: 1, 3, 6, 10)
• Engineer – Jack Higgins
• Flute – Les Spann (tracks: 5)
• Guitar – Les Spann (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 8, 9)
• Liner Notes – Orrin Keepnews
• Mastered By – Jack Matthews
• Photography By – Lawrence N. Shustak
• Piano – Cedar Walton (tracks: 3, 6), Phil Wright (tracks: 7, 8, 9), Wynton Kelly (tracks: 2, 4)
• Producer – Bill Grauer, Orrin Keepnews
• Remastered By [Digital] – Joe Tarantino
• Tenor Saxophone – Stanley Turrentine (tracks: 1, 3, 6, 10)
• Trombone – Julian Priester (tracks: 1, 3, 6, 10)
• Trumpet – Kenny Dorham (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 8, 9), Tommy Turrentine (tracks: 1, 3, 6, 10)
• Vocals – Abbey Lincoln

Notes

Recorded in New York, Spring and Fall, 1959. Digital remastering, 1987 at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley.

© 1987, Fantasy, Inc.

Made in U.S.A. Printed in U.S.A.

Please note:

This is a repress of a late 1980s / early 1990s reissue. The SID codes indicate a release year after 1993.

Issued in a regular jewel case.

Track #1 credits on CD have Mongo Santamaria, but the insert reproducing the original liner notes has "Brown-Mann".

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0 25218 - 6069 - 2
• Barcode (Scanned!): 025218606929
• Matrix / Runout (Mirrored): OJCCD-069-2 Z7415B
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI L533
• Mould SID Code: IFPI 9219

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
RLP 12-308	Abbey Lincoln	Abbey Is Blue ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Riverside Records	RLP 12-308	US	1959
OJC20-069-2, RLP-1153	Abbey Lincoln	Abbey Is Blue ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM, Dig)	Original Jazz Classics, Riverside Records	OJC20-069-2, RLP-1153	Europe	Unknown
OJCCD-069-2	Abbey Lincoln	Abbey Is Blue ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Original Jazz Classics, Riverside Records	OJCCD-069-2	Europe	1987
00025218606929	Abbey Lincoln	Abbey Is Blue ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Original Jazz Classics, Riverside Records	00025218606929	Europe	2006
RLP 12-308	Abbey Lincoln	Abbey Is Blue ‎(LP, Album, RP, Mono)	Riverside Records	RLP 12-308	Italy	2014

Tracklist

1	Afro-Blue
2	Lonely House
3	Let Up
4	Thursday's Child
5	Brother Where Are You?
6	Laugh, Clown, Laugh
7	Come Sunday
8	Softly, As In The Morning Sunrise
9	Lost In The Stars
10	Long As You're Living

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Victor Entertainment, Inc.
• Distributed By – Victor Entertainment, Inc.

Notes

Recorded in 1959 in New York City.
Remastered using 20bit A/D converter with Digital K2 interface.
Cardboard sleeve / Mini LP CD replica.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
RLP 12-308	Abbey Lincoln	Abbey Is Blue ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Riverside Records	RLP 12-308	US	1959
OJC20-069-2, RLP-1153	Abbey Lincoln	Abbey Is Blue ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM, Dig)	Original Jazz Classics, Riverside Records	OJC20-069-2, RLP-1153	Europe	Unknown
OJCCD-069-2	Abbey Lincoln	Abbey Is Blue ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Original Jazz Classics, Riverside Records	OJCCD-069-2	Europe	1987
00025218606929	Abbey Lincoln	Abbey Is Blue ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Original Jazz Classics, Riverside Records	00025218606929	Europe	2006
RLP 12-308	Abbey Lincoln	Abbey Is Blue ‎(LP, Album, RP, Mono)	Riverside Records	RLP 12-308	Italy	2014

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