Listening back to the tape he had just recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's studio on March 8, 1959, Blue Note producer Alfred Lion didn't like what he heard. According to producer Michael Cuscuna, in Lions's recording logs and on one of the tape boxes, Lion wrote: "No Good. Do Not Issue." Which seems to be why he and Blakey decided to re-record most of the ma…
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