[Pre Order] Lou Donaldson - Sunny Side Up - Blue Note Classic Series LP *

Release Date: October 16, 2026

Stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.

A quintessential Blue Note hard bop outing, Lou Donaldson's 1960 album Sunny Side Up presented a winsome program of swinging standards and bluesy originals given deeply felt performances by a quintet with trumpeter Bill Hardman, pianist Horace Parlan, bassists Sam Jones and Laymon Jackson, and drummer Al Harewood.

Features

• Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition (stereo)
• All-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes
• 180-gram vinyl pressed at Optimal
• Label: Blue Note Classic Series

Track Listing

Side A:

1. Blues for J.P.
2. The Man I Love
3. Politely
4. It's You Or No One

Side B:

5. The Truth
6. Goose Grease
7. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise