V-8071: The Exciting Gene Krupa

Title: The Exciting Gene Krupa
Artist: Gene Krupa Sextet & Septet
Label: Verve/MGM
Catalog #: V-8071
Format: 12″ LP
Rel. Year: 1961
Issue Notes:
  1. Originally released as; Clef LP 12″: MGC-687 — The Exciting Gene Krupa (1956)
  2. Also released as; Verve LP 12″: MGV-8071 — The Exciting Gene Krupa (1957)
Track Date Matrix Title Time
A1 04/14/1953 1205-4 Coronation Hop
(Shavers)
2:50
A2 04/14/1953 1207-11 Overtime
(Shavers)
2:39
A3 09/10/1953 1308-1 Imagination
(Van Heusen, Burke)
4:46
A4 09/10/1953 1309-1 Don’t Take Your Love From Me
(Nemo)
4:33
A5 09/10/1953 1310-5 Midget
(Shavers)
3:26
B1 09/10/1953 1311-3 I’m Coming, Virginia
(Cook, Heywood)
4:35
B2 09/10/1953 1312-3 Payin’ Them Dues Blues
(Shavers)
3:15
B3 09/10/1953 1313-3 Jungle Drums
(Lecuona, Lombardo, O’Flynn)
3:29
B4 09/10/1953 1314-2 Showcase
(Shavers)
3:12
B5 09/10/1953 1315-5 Swedish Schnapps
(Shavers)
3:07
Collective Personnel
Willie Smith (as), Ben Webster (ts), Charlie Shavers (t), Bill Harris (tb), Herb Ellis, Steve Jordan (g), Teddy Wilson (p), Ray Brown, Israel Crosby (b), Gene Krupa (d)