Love Potion No. 9 (album)

Love Potion #9
Studio album by Johnny "Hammond" Smith
Released	1967
Recorded	September 28, 1966 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre	Jazz
Label	Prestige PR 7482
Producer	Cal Lampley
Johnny "Hammond" Smith chronology
The Stinger Meets the Golden Thrush (1966) Love Potion #9 (1966) Gettin' Up (1967)

Love Potion #9 is an album by jazz organist Johnny "Hammond" Smith recorded for the Prestige label in 1966.^[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating "Since there is less than half-an-hour of music here and nothing unexpected occurs, this is just an average outing, although it should please jazz organ fans".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Johnny "Hammond" Smith except as indicated

1. "Love Potion #9" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) - 2:50
2. "A Taste of Honey" (Bobby Scott, Ric Marlow) - 3:20
3. "The Impossible Dream" (Mitch Leigh, Joe Darion) - 3:10
4. "Blues on Sunday" - 5:10
5. "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) - 3:10
6. "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) - 3:40
7. "Kimberly's Delight" - 2:50
8. "Up Comes Monday" - 5:30

Personnel

• Johnny "Hammond" Smith - organ
• Virgil Jones - trumpet
• Gene Walker - tenor saxophone
• Eddie Diehl - guitar
• John Harris - drums

Production

• Cal Lampley - producer
• Rudy Van Gelder - engineer

References