Lester Swings

Tracklist

A1	I've Found A New Baby	4:04
A2	Back To The Land	3:52
A3	I Cover The Waterfront	4:03
A4	Somebody Loves Me	3:54
A5	I Want To Be Happy	3:56
A6	Mean To Me	4:09
B1	The Man I Love	4:48
B2	Peg O' My Heart	4:02
B3	Too Marvelous For Words	2:57
B4	'Deed I Do	3:11
B5	Encore	3:05
B6	Polka Dots And Moonbeams	3:37
B7	Up 'N Adam	3:42
C1	Three Little Words	3:09
C2	Count Every Star	2:39
C3	It All Depends On You	3:15
C4	Neenah	3:27
C5	Jeepers Creepers	2:50
C6	Thou Swell	2:54
C7	September In The Rain	3:02
C8	Undercover Girl Blues	2:41
D1	Frenesi	2:59
D2	Pete's Cafe	3:31
D3	Little Pee Blues	2:37
D4	A Foggy Day	2:50
D5	In A Little Spanish Town	3:07
D6	Let's Fall In Love	2:52
D7	Down 'N Adam	2:54
D8	Lester Swings	2:28
D9	Slow Motion Blues	2:54

Companies, etc.

• Marketed By – Polydor Incorporated
• Manufactured By – Polydor Incorporated
• Mastered At – Masterdisk
• Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman

Credits

• Bass – Gene Ramey (tracks: C6 to C8, D1 to D9), Joe Shulman (tracks: C1 to C5), Ray Brown (tracks: B3 to B7)
• Drums – Bill Clarke* (tracks: C1 to C5), Buddy Rich (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, A6, B1 to B7), Jo Jones (tracks: C6 to C8, D1 to D9)
• Engineer [Reissue] – Edwin Outwater
• Illustration [Cover Art] – Beverly Parker
• Lacquer Cut By [G.K. in rin outs] – GK*
• Liner Notes – Neil Tesser
• Mastered By [Credited On Liner] – Robert Ludwig*
• Piano – Hank Jones (tracks: B3 to B7), John Lewis (tracks: C1 to C8, D1 to D9), Nat King Cole (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, A6, B1, B2)
• Producer [Original] – Norman Granz
• Reissue Producer [Reissue Prepared By] – Robert Hurwitz
• Tenor Saxophone – Lester Young

Notes

0898/Verve appears on bottom of spine.
Robert Ludwig Credited inside Gatefold with Mastering.
Material previously released on V-8164, V-8162, V-8161 and V-8181.

Tracks A1 - B2 recorded in Los Angeles, December 1945.
Tracks B3 - B7 recorded in New York City, March 1950
Tracks C1 - C5 recorded in New York City, July 1950
Tracks C6 - D3 recorded in New York City, January 16, 1951
Tracks D4 - D9 recorded in New York City, March 8, 1951

Left top of each label reads "PROMOTION COPY NOT FOR SALE"

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Run out, side A / etched [except MASTERDISK, BA & P]): VE-2-2616-AM-CP1 MASTERDISK G.K. BA P
• Matrix / Runout (Run out, side B / etched [except MASTERDISK & P]): VE-2-2616-BM-CP MASTERDISK G.K. P
• Matrix / Runout (Run out, side C / etched [except MASTERDISK, A & P]): VE-2-2616-CM-CP1 MASTERDISK G.K. A P
• Matrix / Runout (Run out, side D / etched [except MASTERDISK & P]): VE-2-2616-DM-CP MASTERDISK G.K. P
• Other (International Number): 2632 067
• Other (Ind. Intl.): 2367 295
• Other (Price code on spine): 0898

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
VE-2-2516	Lester Young	Lester Swings ‎(2xLP, Comp, RE)	Verve Records	VE-2-2516	US	1977
VE-2-2516	Lester Young	Lester Swings ‎(2xLP, Comp, RE)	Verve Records	VE-2-2516	US	Unknown
VE-2-2516	Lester Young	Lester Swings ‎(2xLP, Comp, Mono, RE)	Verve Records	VE-2-2516	US	1977
VE-2-2516, 2367 295	Lester Young	Lester Swings ‎(2xLP, Comp)	Verve Records, Verve Records	VE-2-2516, 2367 295	France	1977
2632 067, 2367 295/96	Lester Young	Lester Swings ‎(2xLP, Comp)	Verve Records, Verve Records	2632 067, 2367 295/96	Germany	1977