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1	Sputnik Written-By – Lou Donaldson	10:02
2	Dewey Square Written-By – C. Parker*	7:16
3	Strollin' In Written-By – Lou Donaldson	14:31
4	Groovin' High Written-By – Dizzy Gillespie	6:23

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Toshiba EMI Ltd
• Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Lou Donaldson
• Bass – George Joyner
• Design [Cover] – Reid Miles
• Drums – Art Taylor
• Engineer [Recording], Remastered By – Rudy Van Gelder
• Liner Notes – Robert Levin
• Piano – Sonny Clark
• Producer – Alfred Lion
• Trombone – Curtis Fuller
• Trumpet – Donald Byrd

Notes

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on December 15, 1957.

Comes in mini LP replica with OBI & Japanese insert.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4 988006 771987
• Rights Society: JASRAC

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
BLP 1591	Lou Donaldson	Lou Takes Off ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Blue Note	BLP 1591	US	1958
BST 81591	Lou Donaldson	Lou Takes Off ‎(LP, Album)	Blue Note	BST 81591	US	1966
BST 81591	Lou Donaldson	Lou Takes Off ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Blue Note	BST 81591	US	1973
DAD 1026	Lou Donaldson	Lou Takes Off ‎(DVD-V, Album, 24/)	Classic Records	DAD 1026	US	2009
none	Lou Donaldson	Lou Takes Off ‎(4xFile, AIFF, Album, RE, RM, 24b)	Blue Note	none	US	2014