Half a Sixpence (album)

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Half a Sixpence
Studio album by
Released1968
RecordedNovember 9 & 10, 1967
New York City
GenreJazz
LabelDot
DLP 25834
ProducerTeddy Reig and Tom Mack
Count Basie chronology
The Happiest Millionaire
(1967)
Half a Sixpence
(1968)
The Board of Directors
(1967)

Half a Sixpence is an album pianist and bandleader Count Basie and His Orchestra featuring performances of music from the motion picture Half a Sixpence recorded in 1967 and released on the Dot label.[1][2]

Track listing[edit]

All compositions by David Heneker except as indicated

  1. "Half a Sixpence" - 2:27
  2. "A Proper Gentleman" - 2:09
  3. "She's Too Far Above Me" - 3:01
  4. "I Know What I Am" - 2:06
  5. "This Is My World" (Heneker, Irwin Kostal) - 2:24
  6. "All in the Cause of Economy" - 2:59
  7. "If the Rain's Got to Fall" - 2:45
  8. "I Don't Believe a Word Of It" - 2:30
  9. "Flash, Bang, Wallop!" - 1:59
  10. "The Race Is On" - 2:07
  11. "I'm Not Talking to You" - 2:32
  12. "Money to Burn" - 2:10
  • Recorded in New York City on November 9, 1967 (tracks 3, 5, 6 & 11) and November 10, 1967 (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7-10 & 12)

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kitora, R., Count Basie Discography, accessed November 17, 2015
  2. ^ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Dot Album Discography, Part 4: LPs 25501-25852, accessed November 17, 2015