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    Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith

    Artist: 
    Roland Kirk
    €39,99

    Release date: March 21, 2025

    Released in 1967 with personnel including Lonnie Liston Smith (piano), Ronnie Boykins (bass), and Grady Tate (drums), Now Please Don’t You Cry… marked the beginning of Roland Kirk’s groovier explorations that would eventually lead him to record Blacknuss (1971). It’s vintage Kirk in a pared-down setting and is considered an essential Kirk album.

    VERVE ACOUSTIC SOUNDS SERIES: Stereo, mastered fully analogue from the original tapes by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound, QPR pressing (180 g), firm tip-on gatefold (Stoughton Printing), padded inner sleeve.


    Tracklisting:
    A1. Blue Rol
    A2. Alfie
    A3. Why Don't They Know
    A4. Silverlization
    B1. Fallout
    B2. Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith
    B3. Stompin' Grounds
    B4. It's A Grand Night For Swinging

    Roland Kirk (tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, flute) / Lonnie Liston Smith (piano) / Ronnie Boykins (bass) / Grady Tate (drums)