Archival Tape Edition No. 14
Oscar Peterson Trio / Night Train
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Album producer Norman Granz had sold the record label Verve, but remained Peterson's manager, and so supervised the Night Train recording session. The brief duration of many of the tracks has been attributed to a desire to have them played on commercial radio, which was reluctant to play any tracks longer than a few minutes.
Night Train’s only original Oscar Peterson composition, "Hymn to Freedom" was written on the spot in the studio to close the album, following Norman Granz' suggestion that the band include a song with a "definitive early-blues feel". Peterson named the new song "Hymn to Freedom" in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., and after Harriette Hamilton wrote accompanying lyrics a year later, it became an unofficial anthem of the Civil Rights Movement.
MUSICIANS
- Piano: Oscar Peterson
- Double Bass: Ray Brown
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Drums: Ed Thigpen
SIDE A
- Night Train
- C Jam Blues
- Georgia On My Mind
- Bag's Groove
- Moten Swing
- Easy Does It
- Honey Dripper
- Things Ain't What They Used To Be
- I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
- Band Call
- Hymn To Freedom
- Date of Recording: 1962 December 15 & 16
- Location: Los Angeles, CA
- Original tape numbers: Side A: 01-001392 / Side B: 01-001393
- Recording Engineer: Val Valentin
- Director of Engineering: Norman Granz
- Producer: Norman Granz
BOOKLET CONTENT LIST
- A MINOLTA EP415Z COPY OF THE RECORDING INFORMATION
- A RISOGRAPH OF THE ORIGINAL TAPE BOX
- A CYANOTYPE OF OSCAR PETERSON(UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER/GETTY IMAGES)
- POLAROID OF MICROSCOPIC VIEW OF THE REAL GROOVE, FROM SIDE B, TRACK 5: "HYMN TO FREEDOM"
- A RISOGRAPH AFTER AN ORIGINAL PHOTO OF THE SUPERSENSE LIVINGROOM STUDIO.
PHOTOGRAPHER: ÁKOS BURG, 2021. - HOW TO CARESS, BY FLORIAN DOC KAPS. AN INFO SHEET ABOUT THE SUPERSENSE MASTER RECORDS AND HOW TO CARE FOR THEM.
- PROJECT MASTERCUT, BY FLORIAN DOC KAPS. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE MASTERCUT EDITIONS.
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As of today, the following different productions have been released:
Premier Cut: 01-99
USA Edition: 01-500
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