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A1	Sing Hallelujah Written-By – M. Settle*	2:30
A2	One Foot In The Gutter Written-By – C. Terry*, O. Brown Jr.*	2:23
A3	So Help Me (A Little 3/4 For God And Co.) Written-By – L. McCann*, O. Brown Jr.*	2:57
A4	Man, Ernest Boy Written-By – O. Brown Jr.*	2:31
A5	The Tree And Me Written-By – O. Brown Jr.*	3:08
A6	Jeannine Written-By – D. Pearson*, O. Brown Jr.*	3:04
B1	The Snake Written-By – O. Brown Jr.*	2:41
B2	A Young Girl Written-By – C. Aznavour*, O. Brown Jr.*	3:45
B3	All Blues Written-By – M. Davis*, O. Brown Jr.*	4:06
B4	If I Only Had Written-By – C. Aznavour*, O. Brown Jr.*	3:18
B5	Tall Like Pine Written-By – O. Brown Jr.*	2:37

Companies, etc.

• Copyright (c) – Columbia Records
• Recorded At – Columbia Recording Studios, Chicago
• Mastered At – Columbia Recording Studios
• Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman

Credits

• Arranged By, Conductor [Conducted By] – Floyd Morris
• Photography By [Cover Photo] – Henry Parker
• Producer – Mike Berniker

Notes

Side A has a total playing time of 16:58
Side B has a total playing time of 16:47

Label typesetting supplied by Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Bridgeport.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (A side stamping): p XLP-59156-1D
• Matrix / Runout (B side stamping): | XLP-59157-1D б

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CS 8825	Oscar Brown Jr.	Tells It Like It Is! ‎(LP, Album, T, )	Columbia	CS 8825	US	1963
CS 8825	Oscar Brown Jr.	Tells It Like It Is! ‎(LP, Album)	Columbia	CS 8825	US	1963
CL 2025	Oscar Brown Jr.	Tells It Like It Is! ‎(LP, Album)	Columbia	CL 2025	US	1963
CL 2025	Oscar Brown Jr.	Tells It Like It Is! ‎(LP, Album, Mono, Promo)	Columbia	CL 2025	US	1963
BPG 62174, CL 2025	Oscar Brown Jr.	Tells It Like It Is! ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	CBS, Columbia	BPG 62174, CL 2025	UK	1963

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copies with matrix XLP-59156-1A / XLP-59156-1B come with "MONO" on labels instead of "Guaranteed High Fidelity" / without "nonbreakable" - otherwise the same (incl. "Guaranteed High Fidelity" on cover)

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