In December 1977, “Nippon Columbia” label released “Alone Too Long”, the tenth Tommy Flanagan album. It was recorded in December 1977, at “Sound Ideas Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Yoshio Ozawa.

Personnel:

• Tommy Flanagan – piano
• Jim McCurdy – engineer
• Kaoru Yamamoto – engineer
• Takeaki Anazawa – engineer
• Reginald Workman – A&R
• Tsutomu Ueno – program coordinator, cover photography
• Satoshi Saitoh – design
• Masataka Hasegawa – lithography
• Hideki Sato – liner notes

Track listing:

1. Parisian Thoroughfare – Bud Powell
2. In Your Own Sweet Way – Dave Brubeck
3. Like a Butterfly – Tommy Flanagan
4. Here’s That Rainy Day – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
5. Alone Too Long – Shorty Rogers, Sidney Keith ‘Bob’ Russell
6. Maybe September – Ray Evans, Percy Faith, Jay Livingston
7. Strollin’ – Kenny Clarke
8. Billie Holiday Medley: Glad to Be Unhappy – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers / No More – Salvador Camarata  / That Ole Devil Called Love – Allan Roberts, Doris Fisher
9. Bean and Boys / In Walked Bud – Coleman Hawkins, Thelonious Monk
10. Ultima Thule – Tommy Flanagan
11. The Very Thought of You – Tommy Ray Noble
12. Dignified Appearance – Tommy Flanagan