Nathan Davis – Happy Girl
Label: |
MPS Records – 0220391MSW |
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Series: |
Triple A Series |
Format: |
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Country: |
Worldwide |
Released: |
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Genre: |
Jazz |
Style: |
Modal |
Tracklist
| A1 | The Flute In The Blues | 4:52 | |
| A2 | Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most | 6:31 | |
| A3 | Happy Girl | 7:18 | |
| B1 | Evolution | 7:15 | |
| B2 | Theme From Zoltan | 5:20 | |
| B3 | Along Came Byrd | 2:17 | |
| B4 | Mister E. | 3:22 |
Companies, etc.
- Record Company – edel music & entertainment GmbH
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – MPS Records
- Copyright © – MPS Records
- Made By – Optimal Media GmbH
- Pressed By – Optimal Media GmbH – BO28552
- Recorded At – Saba-Studio, Villingen
- Published By – Manuskript
- Published By – Wolf-Mills
Credits
- Bass – Jimmy Woode
- Drums – Billy Brooks (2)
- Engineer [Recording Engineer] – R. Donner*
- Ensemble – Nathan Davis Quintet
- Flute – Nathan Davis (tracks: A1)
- Graphics [Grahics Work], Cover – Gigi Berendt
- Lacquer Cut By – HL*
- Liner Notes [Gatefold Interior: Translated By] – Nigel Whittaker*
- Liner Notes [Gatefold Interior] – Joachim E. Berendt*
- Liner Notes [Insert] – Scott Yanow
- Photography By [Booklet Pictures By (P. 1/3)] – Manfred Schaeffer
- Photography By [Booklet Pictures By (P. 2)] – German Hasenfratz
- Photography By [Fotos: (Liner Fotos)] – German Hasenfratz
- Photography By [Fotos: (Reverse Side)] – Manfred Schaeffer
- Piano – Larry Young
- Producer [Produced By] – Joachim E. Berendt*
- Recording Supervisor [Recording Director] – Willi Fruth
- Remastered By [Original Tape Remastered By] – Christoph Stickel
- Soprano Saxophone [Sopransaxophone] – Nathan Davis (tracks: B4)
- Tenor Saxophone – Nathan Davis (tracks: A2 to B3)
- Trumpet – Woody Shaw
Notes
Comes in a single open pocket gatefold jacket with a bi-fold LP-sized insert and a plain white poly-lined inner sleeve. The gatefold interior has credits, musician images, plus notes in German and English. The insert includes musician and tape box images, as well as notes in English and German. The front of the shrink-wrap has a "Record Store Day April 12, 2025" hype sticker on its front.
[Artist]
Nathan Davis <> front cover, gatefold interior, insert front
Nathan Davis Quintet <> spine and labels
[Back cover, on attached sticker]
℗ & © 2025 MPS, a label of Edel Music & Entertainment GmbH.
Made in by optimal media GmbH
[Gatefold interior]
Recorded January 31, 1965
Saba-Tonstudio Villingen/Schwarzwald
Microphones: U 67 (6x Neumann Kondensator Microphone)
Tape Recorder: Saba T 600
[Labels]
℗ & © 2025 MPS, a label of Edel Music & Entertainment GmbH.
Made in
[Insert back page]
On the track "Mister E" you will notice that the sound is very briefly muted around 00:38. As this mute is on the original master tape and could only be fixed with digital tools, we decided to leave it as it is, to be able to provide a true AAA release.
[US RSD release page]
Quantity: 1800
Release type: 'RSD First' Release
While some copies have no indication that this is a Record Store Day release, others have a hype sticker confirming that it is (see Images).
[Sticker]
Remastered from the original Master Tape
180g AAA Vinyl
Runouts are stamped, except for the faintly inscribed "geometric" marks '1|' which are also mirrored.
[Artist]
Nathan Davis <> front cover, gatefold interior, insert front
Nathan Davis Quintet <> spine and labels
[Back cover, on attached sticker]
℗ & © 2025 MPS, a label of Edel Music & Entertainment GmbH.
Made in by optimal media GmbH
[Gatefold interior]
Recorded January 31, 1965
Saba-Tonstudio Villingen/Schwarzwald
Microphones: U 67 (6x Neumann Kondensator Microphone)
Tape Recorder: Saba T 600
[Labels]
℗ & © 2025 MPS, a label of Edel Music & Entertainment GmbH.
Made in
[Insert back page]
On the track "Mister E" you will notice that the sound is very briefly muted around 00:38. As this mute is on the original master tape and could only be fixed with digital tools, we decided to leave it as it is, to be able to provide a true AAA release.
[US RSD release page]
Quantity: 1800
Release type: 'RSD First' Release
While some copies have no indication that this is a Record Store Day release, others have a hype sticker confirming that it is (see Images).
[Sticker]
Remastered from the original Master Tape
180g AAA Vinyl
Runouts are stamped, except for the faintly inscribed "geometric" marks '1|' which are also mirrored.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Text): 4 029759 203919
- Barcode (Scanned, EAN-13): 4029759203919
- Rights Society: GEMA
- Label Code: LC 01666
- SPARS Code: AAA
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): BO28552-01 A1 HL 1|
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): BO28552-01 B1 HL 1|
Other Versions (5 of 7)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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New Submission
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Happy Girl (LP, Album) | International Polydor Production | 658 001 | 1965 | |||
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Recently Edited
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Happy Girl (LP, Album) | SABA | SB 15025 ST | 1965 | |||
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Recently Edited
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Happy Girl (LP, Album, Reissue) | BASF | ULX-69-P | Japan | 1976 | ||
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Recently Edited
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Happy Girl (CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve) | MPS Records | UCCM-9236 | Japan | 2006 | ||
| Happy Girl (7×File, MP3, Album, Reissue, VBR) | MPS Records | none | 2006 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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I don't see any thing but 5 stars on this. Davis is superb as usual and with Woody Shaw and Larry Young (too bad he only made it to 37yrs.)only makes a great album even better! Flat, dead quiet and well balanced! Thanks! MPS -
A great re-release of a great album - I'll give it 4 1/2 star.
Flat pressing w. very low noise. Music sound good though not on par with the best masteringes/recordings we get these years.
Nice gatefold and insert w. photos and interesting information of the musicians, recording etc.
Recommended. -
The reissue is very nice and the sound quality is very good but not fantastic. A little better than hip walk. I own some Saba originals and the sound quality on those are magical. With that in mind this is very good. -
Agree with all of the reviewers here - what a nice package and amazing sound quality remastered from the original analog master tapes. They even left a muting flaw in the track “Mister E” that existed on the master tape, and could only be fixed digitally, so they could keep it a true AAA analog recording and master. The insert is great as well. A+ all the way around and such an amazing album! This was my top jazz pick from record store day as well! -
Ooooooooo this is really nice! Cheap, flat, clean out of the sleeve and gorgeously lush sounding. My second favorite Nathan Davis after the triple live set on Sam Records! -
So happy with this release. It was at the top of my list for this past RSD and it does not disappoint. A stellar release, sound quality is amazing! -
This is absolutely one stellar release! The quality of the pressing and the mastering is to die for! Highly recommended. -
Edited one month agoOf all the Jazz releases this RSD this is the one I was most looking forward to and it does not disappoint in the least. -
Absolutely perfect. One of the best releases I’ve heard in awhile. Sound is huge and 3D. Disc is flat, centered, dead quiet (without any cleaning), poly lined inner, etc. Why can’t this level of quality/cost be the standard?
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