Count Basie - Basie Picks The Winners (LP, Album, MGM) (Very Good Plus (VG+))

Media Condition:  Very Good Plus (VG+)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Country:    US  
Released:  1965
Genre:       Jazz
Style:         Big Band

Comments:
FEW LIGHT HAIRLINES, LIGHT COVERWEAR
 

Notes:

This record has been engineered and manufactured in accordance with standards developed by the Record Industry Association of America, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to the betterment of recorded music and literature.

®© Metro-Goldwyn, Inc./Printed in U.S.A.

The back cover lists 
a) Irv Cottler or J.C. Heard as drummers (with Irv Cottler being misspelled as Irv Cotler) and 
b) January 13 & 14, 1965 as recording dates at United Recording Studios, Hollywood, California. 

A more detailed listing of session dates and instruments played by the musicians is given in Chris Sheridan's book "Count Basie - A Bio-Discography", from which the following information is taken:

1965-01-12, Hollywood, United Recording Studios (tracks A1, A2, A5)
1965-01-13, Hollywood, United Recording Studios (track B2)
Al Aarons, George 'Sonny' Cohn, Wallace Davenport, Sam Noto (tp), Henderson Chambers, Al Grey, Grover Mitchell (tb), Bill Hughes (b-tb), Bobby Plater (as) Marshall Royal (as, cl), Eddie Lockjaw Davis (ts), Eric Dixon (ts, fl), Charlie Fowlkes (bars), Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (g), Wyatt Ruther (b), Irv Cottler (dr), Billy Byers (arr)

1965-01-14, Hollywood, United Recording Studios (tracks A3, A4, B1, B3 to B6)
Al Aarons, George 'Sonny' Cohn, Wallace Davenport, Sam Noto (tp) Henderson Chambers, Al Grey, Grover Mitchell (tb), Bill Hughes (b-tb), Bobby Plater (as, fl), Marshall Royal (as, cl), Eddie Lockjaw Davis (ts),  Eric Dixon (ts, fl), Charlie Fowlkes (bars), Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (g), Wyatt Ruther (b), James C. Heard (dr), Billy Byers (arr)
except B5: Leon Thomas (voc) added

A1. Watermelon Man 3:11
A2. That's All 3:20
A3. I Won't Cry Anymore 2:22
A4. Main Theme From "Exodus" 3:06
A5. I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You) 3:16
B1. My Kind Of Town 2:40
B2. I'm Walkin' 3:34
B3. Come Rain Or Come Shine 2:53
B4. Volare (Nel Blu, Dipinto Di Blu) 2:45
B5. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out 2:06
B6. Oh, Lonesome Me 2:59

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Matrix / Runout 65-VGS-520
Matrix / Runout 65-VGS-521
Matrix / Runout V6-8616 SiDE-1 65-VGS-520-1
Matrix / Runout V6-8616 SiDE-1 65-VGS-521
Matrix / Runout Block S
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Record Company MGM Records
Record Company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
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