| Heads Up! | ||||
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| Released | December 8, 1968 [1] | |||
| Recorded | November 17, 1967 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 36:57 | |||
| Label | Blue Note BST 84272 | |||
| Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
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Heads Up! is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell recorded in 1967 and released on the Blue Note label. [2]
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