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A1	Pretty Please	8:00
A2	Please Mr. Person Vocals – Etta Jones	4:38
A3	I Hope I Can Love Again	5:00
B1	Freddie The Freeloader	5:29
B2	The Nearness Of You	4:59
B3	Mean To Me	5:18

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Muse Records

Credits

• Art Direction – Hal Wilson
• Bass – Mervyn Bronson*
• Drums – Grady Tate
• Electric Piano – Sonny Phillips
• Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
• Guitar – Melvin Sparks
• Liner Notes – Walter Parker
• Organ – Charlie Earland*
• Percussion – Lawrence Killian
• Tenor Saxophone, Producer – Houston Person
• Trumpet – Virgil Jones

Notes

Promotion Copy. Not For Sale.

Recorded at Van Gelder Recording Studio, Englewood Cliffs, N.J. - November 1977

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
MR 5178	Houston Person	The Nearness Of You ‎(LP, Album)	Muse Records	MR 5178	US	1978