Swingville All Stars – Thing's Ain't What They Used To Be (The First Annual Prestige Swing Festival)

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A1		Thing's Ain't What They Used To Be Written-By – Duke Ellington
A2		Spring's Swing Written-By – Vivian S. Hamilton*
A3		Phoenix Written-By – Al Sears
B1		Love Me Or Leave Me Lyrics By – Kahn* Music By – Donaldson*
B2		I May Be Wrong But I Think You're Wonderful Written-By – Ruskin, Sullivan
B3		Vic's Spot Written-By – Vic Dickenson

Alto Saxophone – Hilton Jefferson (tracks: A2, B1)
Bass – Joe Benjamin (tracks: A1, A3, B2, B3), Wendell Marshall (tracks: A2, B1)
Clarinet – Pee Wee Russell (tracks: A1, A3, B2, B3)
Clarinet, Arranged By – Jimmy Hamilton (tracks: A2, B1)
Drums – Billy English* (tracks: A2, B1), J.C. Heard (tracks: A1, A3, B2, B3)
Guitar – Danny Barker (tracks: A1, A3, B2, B3), Tiny Grimes (tracks: A2, B1)
Liner Notes – Joe Goldberg
Piano – Claude Hopkins (tracks: A2, B1), Cliff Jackson (tracks: A1, A3, B2, B3)
Recorded By – Rudy Van Gelder
Recording Supervisor – Esmond Edwards
Tenor Saxophone – Coleman Hawkins (tracks: A2, B1)
Tenor Saxophone, Arranged By – Al Sears (tracks: A1, A3, B2, B3)
Trombone – J.C. Higginbotham (tracks: A2, B1), Vic Dickenson (tracks: A1, A3, B2, B3)
Trumpet – Joe Newman (tracks: A2, B1), Joe Thomas (4) (tracks: A1, A3, B2, B3)

This version: Bright red deep groove labels - unlike other version with dark purple labels.

Recorded April 14 and May 19, 1961
An identical LP with the same cat# is side A and B of the 2 LP set Things Ain't What They Used To Be - The First Annual Prestige Swing Festival, Spring 1961.

	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
New Submission	Things Ain't What They Used To Be (LP, Mono)	XTRA	XTRA 5031	UK	1967
New Submission	Swingville Volume 24: Things Ain't What They Used To Be (6×File, MP3, Album, 320 kbps)	Sinetone AMR	AMR 4334		2014
New Submission	Thing's Ain't What They Used To Be (LP, Stereo)	Swingville Records	SVLP 2024	US	Unknown
New Submission	Thing's Ain't What They Used To Be (The First Annual Prestige Swing Festival) (LP, Reissue, Stereo)	Swingville Records	SVST 2024	US	Unknown