art direction Arnold Levine art direction Janet Boye tracks 2-10, 3-4 to 3-6, 5-9, 6-1 composed by Anthony Williams tracks 1-4, 2-8, 3-3, 3-7, 3-8, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3 composed by Herbie Hancock tracks 1-6, 1-8, 4-3 to 4-8, 5-5 to 5-8, 6-2, 6-4 to 6-6 composed by Miles Davis tracks 1-2 composed by Ron Carter tracks 1-1, 1-5, 1-9, 1-10, 2-2 to 2-7, 2-9, 2-11, 3-1, 3-2, 3-9 to 3-11, 4-1, 5-1, 5-4 composed by Wayne Shorter liner notes Todd Coolman liner notes [annotations] Bob Belden liner notes [booklet consultant] Charlie Lourie liner notes [discography] Bob Belden liner notes [discography] Michael Cuscuna management [packaging manager] Nicholas Bennett mixed by [remixed from the original four-track tapes] Mark Wilder tracks 2-3 performer [personnel], bass Buster Williams tracks 1-1 to 2-2, 2-4 to 6-6 performer [personnel], bass Ron Carter tracks 6-2 to 6-6 performer [personnel], bass guitar Ron Carter tracks 4-4 performer [personnel], celesta Herbie Hancock tracks 4-4, 4-5 performer [personnel], chimes Miles Davis performer [personnel], drums Anthony Williams performer [personnel], electric piano Herbie Hancock tracks 4-6 performer [personnel], guitar Bucky Pizzarelli tracks 5-1, 5-4, 5-6 performer [personnel], guitar George Benson tracks 4-4, 4-5 performer [personnel], guitar Joe Beck tracks 4-5, 4-6 performer [personnel], harpsichord Herbie Hancock performer [personnel], piano Herbie Hancock performer [personnel], tenor saxophone Wayne Shorter performer [personnel], trumpet Miles Davis photography by [book front cover] Jan Persson photography by [book front cover] Valerie Wilmer photography by [inside back cover] Lee Tanner photography by [inside front cover] Jan Persson tracks 3-10 to 4-2 producer Howard A. Roberts tracks 1-1 to 1-7, 2-3 producer Irving Townsend tracks 1-8 to 2-2, 2-4 to 3-9, 4-3 to 6-6 producer Teo Macero reissue producer Bob Belden reissue producer Michael Cuscuna remastered by [mastered by] Mark Wilder remastered by [mastered by] Rob Schwarz Manufactured By Columbia Records Phonographic Copyright (p) Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Copyright (c) Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Copyright (c) Miles Davis Pressed By Sony Music, Pitman Pressed By Sony Music, Pitman Pressed By Sony Music, Pitman Pressed By Sony Music, Pitman Pressed By Sony Music, Pitman Pressed By Sony Music, Pitman Published By Jazz Horn Music Published By Sony / ATV Music Publishing Published By Miyako Music Published By Irving Music, Inc. Published By Hancock Music Published By Retrac Productions Inc. Published By Tillmon Music Co. Published By Seventh House Ltd. Published By MJQ Music, Inc. Recorded At Columbia Recording Studios Recorded At Columbia Studios, Hollywood Remastered At Sony Music Studios, New York City The complete Columbia Studio recordings of the Miles Davis Quintet. Recorded at the Columbia Studio B, NYC, the 30th Street Studio, NYC, and the Columbia Studios LA between January 20, 1965 and June 21, 1968.
Tracks 1-1 to 1-7 taken from [m=62363], originally released 1965 Tracks 1-8 to 1-11, 2-1, 2-2 taken from [m=65601], originally released 1967 Tracks 2-4, 2-5, 2-7 to 2-10 taken from [m=65117], originally released 1967 Tracks 3-1, 3-6, 3-8, 3-10, 4-1, 4-2 taken from [m=33067], originally released 1968 Tracks 5-1, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 taken from [m=65085], originally released 1968 Tracks 6-3, 6-5, 6-6 taken fro [m=62368], originally released 1969 Tracks 2-11, 3-2, 3-9 taken from [m=65128], originally released 1976 Tracks 5-4 to 5-6 taken from [m=62333], originally released 1979 Tracks 2-3, 4-5, 4-6 taken from [m=64679], originally released 1981 Track 3-11 taken from [m=302978], originally released 1988 Tracks 2-6, 3-3 to 3-5, 3-7, 4-3, 4-7, 5-2, 5-3, 5-8, 5-9, 6-4 previously unissued. Track 4-4 previously unissued in full.
On track 5-2 'I Have A Dream (Rehearsal Take)' either George Benson or Joe Beck is added on guitar. The Quintet never completed a take of either of these Hancock compositions (tracks 5-1, 5-2) and never returned to them.
Mastered by Mark Wilder and Rob Schwartz, Sony Music Studios, New York
Publishing Information All compositions by Miles Davis under license from Jazz Horn Music administered by Sony/ATV Songs LLC (BMI) All compositions by Wayne Shorter under license from Miyako Music, all rights administered by Irving Music, Inc. (BMI) All compositions by Herbie Hancock under license from Hancock Music Co. (BMI) All compositions by Ron Carter under license from Retrac Productions, Inc. (BMI) All compositions by Tony Williams under license from Tillmon Music Co. (BMI) Freedom Jazz Dance by Eddie Harris under license from Seventh House, Ltd. (BMI) Gingerbread Man by Jimmy Heath under license from MJQ Music, Inc. (BMI)
Six discs housed inside a hard back die cut hessian book pack with etched metal spine inside an outer slipcase box. The 116-page integral booklet contains extensive liner notes, full discography of the time period and photographs.