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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 – Phonodisc, Inc.
• Manufactured By – Phonogram, Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Phonogram, Inc.
• Recorded At – Jimmy Smith's Supper Club
• Recorded By – Record Plant Mobile, Los Angeles
• Mastered At – Kendun Recorders
• Mixed At – Record Plant, Los Angeles
• Edited At – Record Plant, Los Angeles

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

Center label variation: Mercury logo on top of the label area. Track listing below the spindle hole. Company credits on the upper rim of the label. Unlike, Jimmy Smith - It's Necessary (Recorded Live At Jimmy Smith's Supper Club), however, this label says "Side One" and "Side Two" instead of "Side A" and "Side B." "Stereo" is listed on right side of label and catalog number is on the left (it is reversed on the aforementioned release).

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

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
6338 836	Jimmy Smith	It's Necessary ‎(LP, Album)	Mercury	6338 836	Italy	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