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A1	Thing's Ain't What They Used To Be Written-By – Duke Ellington
A2	Spring's Swing Written-By – Vivian S. Hamilton*
A3	Phoenix Written-By – Al Sears
B1	Love Me Or Leave Me Lyrics By – Kahn*Music By – Donaldson*
B2	I May Be Wrong But I Think You're Wonderful Written-By – Ruskin*, Sullivan*
B3	Vic's Spot Written-By – Vic Dickenson

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Hilton Jefferson (tracks: A2, B1)
• Bass – Joe Benjamin (tracks: A1, A3, B2, B3), Wendell Marshall (tracks: A2, B1)
• Clarinet – Pee Wee Russell (tracks: A1, A3, B2, B3)
• Clarinet, Arranged By – Jimmy Hamilton (tracks: A2, B1)
• Drums – Billy English* (tracks: A2, B1), J.C. Heard (tracks: A1, A3, B2, B3)
• Guitar – Danny Barker (tracks: A1, A3, B2, B3), Tiny Grimes (tracks: A2, B1)
• Liner Notes – Joe Goldberg
• Piano – Claude Hopkins (tracks: A2, B1), Cliff Jackson (tracks: A1, A3, B2, B3)
• Recorded By – Rudy Van Gelder
• Recording Supervisor – Esmond Edwards
• Tenor Saxophone – Coleman Hawkins (tracks: A2, B1)
• Tenor Saxophone, Arranged By – Al Sears (tracks: A1, A3, B2, B3)
• Trombone – J.C. Higginbotham (tracks: A2, B1), Vic Dickenson (tracks: A1, A3, B2, B3)
• Trumpet – Joe Newman (tracks: A2, B1), Joe Thomas (tracks: A1, A3, B2, B3)

Notes

This version: Bright red deep groove labels - unlike other version with dark purple labels.

Recorded April 14 and May 19, 1961
An identical LP with the same Category is side A and B of the 2 LP set Things Ain't What They Used To Be - The First Annual Prestige Swing Festival, Spring 1961.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
XTRA 5031	Coleman Hawkins	Things Ain't What They Used To Be ‎(LP, Mono)	XTRA	XTRA 5031	UK	1967
SVLP 2024	Swingville All Stars	Thing's Ain't What They Used To Be ‎(LP)	Swingville Records	SVLP 2024	US	Unknown
AMR 4334	The Swingville All-Stars*	Swingville Volume 24: Things Ain't What They Used To Be ‎(6xFile, MP3, Album, 320)	Sinetone AMR	AMR 4334	2014