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Track listing

:''All compositions by Gary McFarland except as indicated'' # " Old Folks" (Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison) – 4:52 # "I Wish I Knew" ( Mack Gordon) – 4:11 # "Once We Loved" – 2:46 # "It's a Blue World" (

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, Robert Wright) – 3:47 # " September Song" (

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, Maxwell Anderson) – 4:48 # " Over the Rainbow" (

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, Yip Harburg) – 5:02 # " Stella by Starlight" ( Victor Young, Ned Washington) – 4:36 # "One I Could Have Loved" – 3:13 # " You Go to My Head" (

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, Haven Gillespie) – 4:04 # "Does the Sun Really Shine on the Moon?" – 5:46 :*Recorded in London, England on November 28, 1966 (tracks 1–5 & 8–10), and November 30, 1966 (6 & 7)

Personnel

* Zoot Sims – tenor saxophone, vocals * David Snell – harp * Gary McFarland – arranger *Kenny Napper, (tracks 6 & 7), Jack Parnell (tracks 1–5 & 8–10) – conductor *Unknown Orchestra ;Technical *Robert Flynn – cover design *Arthur Halpern – cover photography * Nat Hentoff – liner notes

References

{{Authority control Impulse! Records albums Zoot Sims albums 1966 albums Albums arranged by Gary McFarland Albums conducted by Jack Parnell Albums produced by Bob Thiele Albums produced by Gary McFarland