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A1	Begin The Blues Written-By – Barney Kessel	4:21
A2	Louisiana Written-By – Andy Razaf, Bob Schaefer*, J.C. Johnson	3:55
A3	Happy Feeling Written-By – Barney Kessel	3:55
A4	Embraceable You Written-By – Ira And George Gershwin*	3:21
A5	Wail Street Written-By – Barney Kessel	4:21
B1	Indiana Written-By – Ballard MacDonald, James F. Hanley	3:08
B2	Moten Swing Written-By – Bennie Moten, Buster Moten	3:56
B3	Midnight Sun Written-By – Lionel Hampton, Sonny Burke	3:05
B4	Contemporary Blues Written-By – Barney Kessel	4:05
B5	Don't Blame Me Written-By – Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh*	2:54
B6	12th Street Rag Written-By – Euday L. Bowman	2:56

Companies, etc.

• Copyright (c) – Contemporary Records

Credits

• Bass – Red Mitchell
• Design – William Claxton
• Drums – Irv Cottler (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1 to B3, B5, B6), Shelly Manne (tracks: A3, A5, B4)
• Engineer – John Palladino
• Guitar – Barney Kessel
• Liner Notes – Ralph J. Gleason
• Photography By – William Claxton
• Piano – Jimmy Rowles
• Recording Supervisor – Lester Koenig
• Rhythm Guitar – Al Hendrickson
• Tenor Saxophone – Bill Perkins (tracks: A3, A5, B4), Georgie Auld (tracks: A2, B1, B2, B6)
• Trumpet – Harry Edison (tracks: A2, A3, B1 to B5)

Notes

Copyright © 1955.
Non-deep groove re-issue from an unknown year.

Recording dates (in Los Angeles):
A3,A5,B4: March 28, 1955
All other tracks: July 26, 1955

(Bill) Perkins appears by arrangement with Pacific Jazz Records.

Publishers per track (all ASCAP, except B2 BMI):

A1: Composers Music
A2: Alfred Music
A3: Composers Music
A4: New World Music Corp.
A5: Composers Music
B1: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
B2: Peer International Corp.
B3: Crystal Music Publishers, Inc.
B4: Composers Music
B5: Robbins Music Corp.
B6: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side 1, LKL part stamped, △ part hand engraved, *=symbol): LKL 12-51 D4 * △19554
• Matrix / Runout (Side 2, LKL part stamped, △ part hand engraved, *=symbol): LKL 12-52 D4 * △19554-X

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
C 3513, C3513, C-3513	Barney Kessel	Vol. 3, To Swing Or Not To Swing ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Contemporary Records, Contemporary Records, Contemporary Records	C 3513, C3513, C-3513	US	1955
PWR 27278	Barney Kessel	To Swing Or Not To Swing ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Poll Winners Records	PWR 27278	Europe	2011
C-3513, OJC-317	Barney Kessel	Vol. 3, To Swing Or Not To Swing ‎(LP, Album)	Contemporary Records, Original Jazz Classics	C-3513, OJC-317	US	1987
C-3513, OJC-317	Barney Kessel	Vol. 3, To Swing Or Not To Swing ‎(LP, Album)	Contemporary Records, Original Jazz Classics	C-3513, OJC-317	Germany	1987
98.641, C-3513	Barney Kessel	Vol. 3, To Swing Or Not To Swing ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Original Jazz Classics, Contemporary Records	98.641, C-3513	France	1987