Only the Blues
Studio album by Sonny Stitt
Released	1957
Recorded	October 11, 1957
Genre	Jazz
Length	75:03
Label	Verve
Producer	Norman Granz
Sonny Stitt chronology
Sonny Stitt with the New Yorkers (1957) Only the Blues (1957) Sonny Side Up (1957)

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Allmusic	[1]

Only the Blues is a 1957 album by Sonny Stitt, accompanied by Roy Eldridge and Oscar Peterson.^[2]

Track listing

1. "The String (The Eternal Triangle)" (Sonny Stitt) – 10:01
2. "Cleveland Blues" (Stitt) – 12:02
3. "B.W. Blues (Boogie Woogie Blues)" (Stitt) – 11:35
4. "Blues for Bags" (Stitt) – 10:39

   Studio outtakes included on the CD reissue:

5. "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:31
6. "I Remember You" (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger) – 3:54
7. "I Know That You Know" (Anne Caldwell, Vincent Youmans) – 4:39
8. "I Know That You Know" (False Start) – 4:55
9. "I Know That You Know" – 4:47
10. "I Know That You Know" (Coda Rehearsal) – 3:19
11. "I Know That You Know" (Composite Master Take) – 4:43

A subsequent Fresh Sound CD issue gives tracks 5 and 6 plus I Know That You Know with only 1 alternate take.

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