Love Potion No. 9 (album)

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Love Potion #9
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Studio album by
Johnny "Hammond" Smith
Released1967
RecordedSeptember 28, 1966
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length29:40
Label Prestige
PR 7482
Producer Cal Lampley
Johnny "Hammond" Smith chronology
The Stinger Meets the Golden Thrush
(1966)		Love Potion #9
(1967)		 Gettin' Up
(1967)

Love Potion #9 is an album by jazz organist Johnny "Hammond" Smith recorded for the Prestige label in 1966. [1] [2]

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating "Since there is less than half-an-hour of music here and nothing unexpected occurs, this is just an average outing, although it should please jazz organ fans". [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Johnny "Hammond" Smith except where noted

  1. "Love Potion #9" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) - 2:50
  2. "A Taste of Honey" (Bobby Scott, Ric Marlow) - 3:20
  3. "The Impossible Dream" (Mitch Leigh, Joe Darion) - 3:10
  4. "Blues on Sunday" - 5:10
  5. "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) - 3:10
  6. "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) - 3:40
  7. "Kimberly's Delight" - 2:50
  8. "Up Comes Monday" - 5:30

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. ↑ Prestige Records discography accessed April 29, 2013
  2. ↑ Johnny "Hammond" Smith discography accessed April 29, 2013
  3. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic listing accessed April 24, 2013.
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