Clean Head's Back in Town

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Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings	[4]

AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow wrote that "...this infectious set finds him performing some of his best known tunes. With assistance by a medium-size group that plays in a Count Basie groove ... A good sampling of the great Cleanhead.".[3]

All compositions by Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Dossie Terry and William Gray except where noted

1. "Cleanhead's Back in Town" − 3:02
2. "That's the Way to Treat Your Woman" − 2:30
3. "Trouble in Mind" (Richard M. Jones) − 2:28
4. "Kidney Stew Blues" (Vinson, Leona Blackman) − 2:30
5. "Sweet Lovin' Baby" (Charles Darwin) − 2:58
6. "Caldonia" (Fleecie Moore) − 2:51
7. "It Ain't Necessarily So" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) − 2:49
8. "Cherry Red" (Pete Johnson, Big Joe Turner) − 2:44
9. "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" (Louis Jordan, Bill Austin) − 2:52
10. "I Just Can't Keep the Tears from Tumblin' Down" (Darwin) − 3:13
11. "Your Baby Ain't Sweet Like Mine" − 2:27
12. "Hold It Right There" − 2:30
13. "Trouble in Mind" [alternate take] (Jones) − 2:26
14. "Kidney Stew Blues" [alternate take] (Vinson, Blackman) − 2:28
15. "Hold It Right There" [alternate take] − 2:24

• Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson − alto saxophone, vocals
• Joe Newman − trumpet
• Henry Coker − trombone
• Bill Graham − alto saxophone (tracks 1, 4, 5, 7-11 & 13–15)
• Charlie Rouse (tracks 2, 3, 6 & 12), Frank Foster (tracks 1, 5, 10 & 11), Paul Quinichette (tracks 2–4, 6-9 & 12 to 15) − tenor saxophone
• Charles Fowlkes − baritone saxophone
• Nat Pierce − piano
• Freddie Green (tracks 2, 3, 6 & 12), Turk Van Lake (tracks 1, 4, 5, 7-11 & 13–15) − guitar
• Ed Jones − bass
• Ed Thigpen (tracks 2–4, 6-9 & 12–15), Gus Johnson (tracks: 1, 5, 10, 11) − drums
• Ernie Wilkins (tracks 1, 4, 7-9 & 11), Harry Tubbs (tracks 5, 6, 10 & 12), Manny Albam (tracks 2 & 3) − arranger