Tracklist

A1	–Red Allen*, Cozy Cole All Stars	Buddy Bolden Said
A2	–Red Allen*, Cozy Cole All Stars	Kiss The Baby
A3	–Charlie Shavers	Cotton Tail

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Metropole Cafe, New York

Credits

• Drums – Cozy Cole (tracks: A3)
• Trumpet – Charlie Shavers (tracks: A3)
• Trumpet, Vocals – Red Allen*

Notes

One-sided Factory Sample

Title of the original release: "Jazz At The Metropole Cafe", cf. Henry "Red" Allen - Cozy Cole - Charlie Shavers Narrations: Al "Jazzbo" Collins* - Jazz At The Metropole Cafe

'Made In England. Factory Sample. Not For Sale. 33⅓ Long Playing. Notice.-This Pressing is not necessarily representative of the finished record and must not be used for review purposes.' [center label, partially stickered over]

Recorded at "Metropole Cafe", NYC, May, 1955

Sticker on A-side center label: 'Jazz At The Metronome [sic] Cafe' [written on typewriter, red and underlined], 'Buddy Bolden Said, Kiss The Baby (Barker; Allen), *Cotton Tail (Ellington)' [written on typewriter, blue], (Red Allen - Cozy Cole All Stars, *Charlie Shavers' [written on typewriter, red], 'LTZ-N 15010-ABL 318' [written on typewriter, blue]. 'Aritsts' [stamped, violet]

Plain black center label on reverse side.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, stamped): ABL-318-1B 1 B RT
• Matrix / Runout (A-side label): ABL 318
• Other (UK Purchase Tax Code in runout area): RT

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
BCP 21, BCP-21	Henry "Red" Allen - Cozy Cole - Charlie Shavers Narrations: Al "Jazzbo" Collins*	Henry "Red" Allen - Cozy Cole - Charlie Shavers Narrations: Al "Jazzbo" Collins* - Jazz At The Metropole Cafe ‎(LP, Mono)	Bethlehem Records, Bethlehem Records	BCP 21, BCP-21	US	1955
LTZM 15010	Red Allen*, Cozy Cole All Stars, Charlie Shavers	Red Allen*, Cozy Cole All Stars, Charlie Shavers - Jazz At The Metropole Cafe ‎(LP, Mono)	London Records	LTZM 15010	New Zealand	Unknown
AMR 5931	Henry Red Allen*	Jazz At The Metropole Cafe ‎(6xFile, MP3, Album, 320)	Sinetone AMR	AMR 5931	2016
CDSOL-6100	Henry "Red" Allen - Cozy Cole - Charlie Shavers Narrations: Al "Jazzbo" Collins*	Henry "Red" Allen - Cozy Cole - Charlie Shavers Narrations: Al "Jazzbo" Collins* - Jazz At The Metropole Cafe ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Solid Records	CDSOL-6100	Japan	2013
LTZ-N 15010	Red Allen*, Cozy Cole All Stars, Charlie Shavers	Red Allen*, Cozy Cole All Stars, Charlie Shavers - Jazz At The Metronome Cafe ‎(LP, Mono)	London Records	LTZ-N 15010	UK	1956