The Best of Mose Allison

The Best of Mose Allison
Greatest hits album by Mose Allison
Released	1988
Recorded	1962-1972
Genre	Blues/Jazz
Length	53:39
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Bob Porter (CD)
Mose Allison chronology
Ever Since the World Ended (1987) The Best of Mose Allison (1988) My Back Yard (1989)

The Best of Mose Allison is a 1988 compilation album by the pianist/songwriter Mose Allison. Originally released in 1970 as a 12 track LP the CD edition edition added later tracks drawing from five of the artist's albums in the Atlantic library, covering most of Allison's better-known recordings from 1962-1972.

Track listing

All Songs Written by Mose Allison except as noted

1. "I Don't Worry About A Thing" – 2:41
2. "Your Mind is On Vacation" – 2:35
3. "It Didn't Turn Out That Way" – 2:41 (Bonus Track)
4. "If You're Goin' to the City" – 3:49
5. "Swingin' Machine" – 2:31
6. "I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues" (Duke Ellington, Don George) – 3:56 (Bonus Track)
7. "Stop This World" – 3:24
8. "I'm the Wild Man" (Stanley Willis, Don Barksdale) – 1:58
9. "New Parchman" – 3:04
10. "Rollin' Stone" (McKinley Morganfield) – 2:58
11. "Don't Forget to Smile" – 2:48 (Bonus Track)
12. "Seventh Son" (Willie Dixon) – 2:26
13. "I Love The Life I Live" (Willie Dixon) – 2:21
14. "What's With You" – 2:55 (Bonus Track)
15. "That's the Stuff You Gotta Watch" (Buddy Johnson) – 2:10 (Bonus Track)
16. "Your Molecular Structure" – 2:05
17. "Just Like Livin'" – 1:44 (Bonus Track)
18. "Everybody Cryin' Mercy" – 2:39
19. "Night Club" – 2:36 (Bonus Track)
20. "One of These Days" – 4:29 (Bonus Track)

Personnel

• Mose Allison – Piano, Vocals (all), Producer (16 - 18)
• Addison Farmer – Bass (1 - 7)
• Osie Johnson – drums (1 - 3)
• Jimmy Knepper – Trombone (4 - 7)
• Jimmy Reider – Tenor Sax (4 - 7)
• Frankie Dunlop – Drums (4 - 7)
• Ben Tucker – Bass (8 - 11)
• Ron Lundberg – Drums (8 - 11)
• Stan Gilbert – Bass (12 - 13)
• Mel Lee – Drums (12 - 13)
• Earl May – Bass (14 - 15)
• Paul Motian – Drums (14 - 15)
• Red Mitchell – Bass (16 - 18)
• Bill Goodwin – Drums (16 - 18)
• Chuck Rainey – Electric Bass (19)
• Billy Cobham – Drums (19)
• Al Porcino – Trumpet (20)
• David Sanborn – Alto Sax (20)
• Joe Farrell – Tenor Sax (20)
• Jack Hannah – Bass (20)
• Jerry Granelli – Drums (20)
• Nesuhi Ertegün – Producer (1 - 15)
• Arif Mardin – Producer (14 - 15)
• Joel Dorn – Producer (19)
• Ilhan Mimaroglu – Producer (20)
• Tom Dowd – Engineer (1 - 7)
• Phil Iehle – Engineer (1 - 3, 8 - 11, 14 - 15)
• Joe Atkinson – Engineer (4 - 7)
• Wally Heider – Engineer (12 - 13)
• Dave Weichman – Engineer (16 - 18)
• Lewis Hahn– Engineer (19)
• Carmen Rubino – Engineer (20)