| No Cover, No Minimum | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | August 30, 1960 | |||
| Recorded | 1960 | |||
| Venue | New Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas | |||
| Genre | Jazz, Traditional pop | |||
| Length | 64:54 | |||
| Label | Roulette | |||
| Producer | Teddy Reig | |||
| Billy Eckstine chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [1] |
No Cover, No Minimum is a live album by Billy Eckstine that was recorded in Las Vegas. [2] The album was released by Roulette in 1960 and reissued by Blue Note in 1992 with ten additional tracks.
‡: previously unreleased tracks, from the 1992 reissue.
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