Yusef Lateef – Eastern Sounds

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Label:	Prestige – 7319
Format:	Vinyl , LP, Album, Reissue, Mono , Diskmakers Pressing
Country:	US
Released:	1964
Genre:	Jazz
Style:	Spiritual Jazz

Tracklist

A1		The Plum Blossom Written-By – Yusef Lateef
A2		Blues For The Orient Written-By – Yusef Lateef
A3		Ching Miau Written-By – Yusef Lateef
A4		Don't Blame Me Written-By – Jimmy McHugh
B1		Love Theme From Spartacus Written-By – Alex North
B2		Snafu Written-By – Yusef Lateef
B3		Purple Flower Written-By – Yusef Lateef
B4		Love Theme From The Robe Written-By – Alfred Newman
B5		Three Faces Of Balal Written-By – Yusef Lateef

Companies, etc.

Record Company – Prestige Records Inc.
Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Lacquer Cut At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Pressed By – Diskmakers

Credits

Bass, Rabab [Rabat] – Ernie Farrow
Design, Photography By [Photo] – Don Schlitten
Drums – Lex Humphries
Lacquer Cut By – RVG*
Liner Notes – Joe Goldberg
Piano – Barry Harris (2)
Recorded By [Recording] – Rudy Van Gelder
Supervised By [Supervision] – Esmond Edwards
Tenor Saxophone, Flute [Bamboo], Oboe – Yusef Lateef

Notes

Label variation - dark blue labels with silver trident at right and PR 7319 catalog number above side indicators at left.

Recorded September 5, 1961.

First catalog number on front cover and labels, second on spine and back cover.

Runouts are hand etched except for RVG that is stamped.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Pressing Plant ID (Etched side A runout): △M
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): MVLP#̶2̶2̶ ·A· PR 7319 A 11 H △M ZA1 RVG
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): MVLP#22·B· PR 7319 B A 1/1 X ZA1 RVG

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
New Submission	Eastern Sounds (LP, Album, Mono)	Moodsville	MV 22	US	1962
Recently Edited	Eastern Sounds (LP, Album, Stereo)	Moodsville	MV 22, MVST 22	US	1962
New Submission	Eastern Sounds (LP, Album, Mono)	Moodsville	MV 22	US	1962
New Submission	Eastern Sounds (LP, Album, Repress, Mono)	Moodsville	MV 22	US	1962
New Submission	Eastern Sounds (LP, Album, Misprint, Mono)	Fontana	688 202 ZL	UK	1962

Reviews

L3Nola Jan 13, 2025
A total classic and in my opinion a jazz grail that should be in every collection. Certainly a cornerstone piece and the Van Gelder mastered mono vinyl on this dark blue label pressing with silver trident at right sounds downright terrific. Better than any repressing I’ve heard and noticeably so.