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A1	D. B. Blues Written-By – C. Beaks*, L. Young*	2:57
A2	Lester Blows Again Written-By – L. Young*	2:30
A3	These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) Written-By – H. Link*, H. Marvell*, J. Strachey*	3:06
A4	Jumpin' At Mesners Written-By – L. Young*	2:40
A5	It's Only A Paper Moon Written-By – B. Rose*, E.Y. Harburg, H. Arlen*	3:04
A6	After You've Gone Written-By – H. Creamer*, T. Layton*	2:38
B1	Lover, Come Back To Me! Written-By – O. Hammerstein II*, S. Romberg*	2:37
B2	Jammin' With Lester Written-By – L. Young*	3:00
B3	Lester Leaps In Written-By – L. Young*	2:50
B4	You're Driving Me Crazy Written-By – L. Young*	3:02
B5	She's Funny That Way Written-By – C. N. Daniels*, R. A. Whitting*	3:17
B6	Lester's Be-Bop Written-By – L. Young*	3:11
C1	Sunday Written-By – B. Krueger*, C. Cohn*, J. Stein*, N. Miller*	2:22
C2	S. M. Blues	3:00
C3	No Eyes Blues Written-By – L. Young*	2:50
C4	Jumpin' With Symphony Sid Written-By – C. Beaks*, L. Young*	3:10
C5	Sax-O-Be-Bop Written-By – L. Young*	2:57
C6	On The Sunny Side Of The Street Written-By – J. McHugh-D. Fields*	2:57
C7	Movin' With Lester Written-By – L. Young*	3:08
C8	Lester Smooths It Out Written-By – L. Young*	2:50
D1	Jumpin' At The Woodside Written-By – C. Basie*	2:55
D2	Easy Does It Written-By – L. Young*	2:30
D3	Just Cooling Written-By – L. Young*	2:56
D4	I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) Written-By – A. Neiburg*, D. Daughtery*, A. Reynolds*	2:30
D5	Sheik Of Araby Written-By – F. Wheeler*, H. Smith*, T. Snyder*	2:28
D6	East Of The Sun Written-By – B. Bowman*	3:07
D7	Something To Remember You By Written-By – A. Schwartz-H. Dietz*	2:43

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc.
• Distributed By – Dischi Ricordi S.p.A.

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Willie Smith (tracks: A5 to B2)
• Art Direction, Design – Bob Cato
• Bass – Curley Russell* (tracks: D5 to D7), Curtis Counce (tracks: A5 to B2), Red Callender (tracks: A1 to A4, B3 to B6), Rodney Richardson (tracks: C1 to C6), Ted Briscoe (tracks: C7 to D4)
• Drums – Chico Hamilton (tracks: B3 to B6), Henry Tucker Green (tracks: A1 to A4), Johnny Otis (tracks: A5 to B2), Lyndall Marshall (tracks: C1 to C6), Roy Haynes (tracks: C7 to D4), Tiny Kahn (tracks: D5 to D7)
• Guitar – Chuck Wayne (tracks: D5 to D7), Fred Lacey (tracks: C1 to D4), Freddie Green (tracks: A1 to A4), Irving Ashby (tracks: B3 to B6)
• Liner Notes – Leonard Feather
• Photography By – Chuck Stewart
• Piano – Argonne Thornton* (tracks: C1 to D4), Dodo Marmarosa (tracks: A1 to A4), Gene DiNovi (tracks: D5 to D7), Joe Albany (tracks: B3 to B6), Wesly Jones* (tracks: A5 to B2)
• Reissue Producer – Michael Cuscuna
• Supervised By [Recorded Under The Supervision Of] – Leonard Feather (tracks: D5 to D7)
• Tenor Saxophone – Lester Young
• Trombone – Vic Dickenson (tracks: A1 to B2)
• Trumpet – Howard McGhee (tracks: A5 to B2), Shorty McConnell (tracks: C1 to D4)

Notes

"For the first time, the complete Aladdin combo recordings in one packaged. Rare recordings considered among the finest by this tenor saxophone giant and leade of the bop era."

Tracks A1 to A4 recorded in Los Angeles in October, 1945.
Tracks A5 to B2 recorded in Los Angeles in early 1946.
Tracks B3 to B6 recorded in Los Angeles in August, 1946.
Tracks C1 to C6 recorded in Chicago on Feb. 18, 1947.
Tracks C7 to D4 recorded in New York City in December, 1947.
Tracks D5 to D7 recorded in New York City on Dec. 29, 1948 under the supervision of Leonard Feather.
All selections previously issued on the Aladdin label.
All tunes mono.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (A SIDE Etching): ABNST 236517-1 10-7-78
• Matrix / Runout (B SIDE Etching): ABNST 236517-2 10-7-78
• Matrix / Runout (C SIDE Etching): ABNST 236517-3 10-7-78
• Matrix / Runout (D SIDE Etching): ABNST 236517-4 10-7-78

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
BN-LA456-H2	Lester Young	The Aladdin Sessions ‎(2xLP, Comp, Mono)	Blue Note	BN-LA456-H2	US	1975
BND 4022	Lester Young	The Aladdin Sessions ‎(2xLP, Comp, Mono)	Blue Note	BND 4022	US	1975
BND 4022	Lester Young	The Aladdin Sessions ‎(2xLP, Comp, Mono)	Blue Note	BND 4022	UK	1975
BST 84 483/84 XC	Lester Young	The Aladdin Sessions ‎(2xLP, Comp)	Blue Note	BST 84 483/84 XC	Germany	1975