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A1	It's Necessary	8:19
A2	For Your Love Bass – Kevin Brandon	3:29
A3	Side-Mouthin'	8:05
B1	(My Little) Red Top	3:41
B2	Sometimes I'm Happy	4:35
B3	I've Got Love On My Mind	5:12
B4	Say It Again, Jim Bass – Kevin Brandon	7:21

Companies, etc.

• Distributed By – Phonogram S.P.A.

Credits

• Arranged By, Conductor – Jimmy Smith
• Design – Joe Kotleba
• Drums – Kenny Dixon*
• Engineer – Kelly Kotera
• Engineer [Assistant] – Jack Crymes, Mark Eshelman
• Flute – Stanley Behrens
• Flute, Saxophone – John Phillips
• Guitar – Ray Crawford
• Organ, Piano – Jimmy Smith
• Percussion – Buck Clarke
• Photography By [Portrait] – David Alexander
• Photography By [Still Life] – David Deahl
• Producer – Lola Smith
• Tenor Saxophone – Harold Land, Teddy Edwards
• Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Blue Mitchell

Notes

Recorded live from Jimmy Smith's Supper Club, North Hollywood, July 6 & 7, 1977.
Mixed and edited at Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles, California.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Rights Society: S.I.A.E.
• Matrix / Runout (side A runout area data): 6338 836 A 1 520 091277
• Matrix / Runout (side B runout area data): 6338 836 B 1 520 091277

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SRM-1-1189	Jimmy Smith	It's Necessary ‎(LP, Album)	Mercury	SRM-1-1189	US	1977
RJ-7344	Jimmy Smith	It's Necessary ‎(LP, Album)	Mercury	RJ-7344	Japan	1978
LP 4369, LP - 4369, 6338 836	Jimmy Smith	It's Necessary (Recorded Live At Jimmy Smith's Supper Club) ‎(LP, Album)	PGP RTB, PGP RTB, Mercury	LP 4369, LP - 4369, 6338 836	Yugoslavia	1978
SRM-1-1189	Jimmy Smith	It's Necessary (Recorded Live At Jimmy Smith's Supper Club) ‎(LP, Album)	Mercury	SRM-1-1189	US	1977
SRM-1-1189	Jimmy Smith	It's Necessary (Recorded Live At Jimmy Smith's Supper Club) ‎(LP, Album)	Mercury	SRM-1-1189	US	1977