bass Ray Brown
tracks 2-1 to 2-10 drums Buddy Rich
tracks 1-13 to 1-24, 2-11 to 2-22 drums Ed Thigpen
tracks 1-1 to 1-12 guitar Barney Kessel
tracks 2-1 to 2-10 guitar Herb Ellis
liner notes [sleeve notes] Peter Gamble
piano Oscar Peterson
producer [compilation produced for re-issue] Glenn Gretlund
producer [original releases] Norman Granz
tracks 2-11, 2-15 written-by Al Dubin
tracks 2-6 written-by Bill Bird
tracks 2-17, 2-19, 2-22 written-by Billy Rose
tracks 1-4, 1-10 written-by Billy Strayhorn
tracks 1-9, 1-12 written-by Bob Russell
tracks 2-4, 2-7, 2-9, 2-10 written-by Count Basie
tracks 1-13, 1-16, 1-20, 1-21, 1-23 written-by Dorothy Fields
tracks 1-1 to 1-9, 1-11, 1-12 written-by Duke Ellington
tracks 2-3 written-by Earle Warren
tracks 2-8 written-by Eddie Durham
tracks 2-17 to 2-19, 2-22 written-by Edward Eliscu
tracks 2-18 written-by Gus Kahn
tracks 2-21 written-by Harold Adamson
tracks 1-11 written-by Harry Carney
tracks 2-10 written-by Harry Edison
tracks 2-11 to 2-16 written-by Harry Warren
tracks 2-6 written-by Henri Woode
tracks 1-19 written-by Ira Gershwin
tracks 1-7 written-by Irving Gordon
tracks 1-7, 1-11 written-by Irving Mills
tracks 1-13 to 1-24 written-by Jerome Kern
tracks 2-7 written-by Jerry Livingston
tracks 1-13, 1-20 written-by Jimmy McHugh
tracks 1-4 written-by Lee Gaines
tracks 2-1, 2-2 written-by Lester Young
tracks 2-7 written-by Mack David
tracks 2-12 to 2-14, 2-16, 2-21 written-by Mack Gordon
tracks 1-13 to 1-15, 1-17, 1-18 written-by Oscar Hammerstein II
tracks 1-13, 1-22, 1-23 written-by Otto Harbach
tracks 1-14 written-by P.G. Wodehouse
tracks 1-6 written-by Paul Francis Webster
tracks 2-2 written-by Sy Oliver
tracks 1-3 written-by Ted Persons
tracks 2-6 written-by Teddy McRae
tracks 2-17 to 2-22 written-by Vincent Youmans
tracks 2-3 written-by William Engvick
Phonographic Copyright (p) Not Now Music Limited
Copyright (c) Not Now Music Limited
Distributed By Not Now Music Limited
Label variant - tan/gold simulated labels on CD vs. Songbooks.

This Compilation ℗ & © 2009 Not Now Music Limited.
Distributed by Now Music Limited
Made in the E.U. MCPS

Tracks 1-1 to 1-12 recorded Nov-Dec 1952, Los Angeles, CA.
Originally released on [m293147].
Tracks 1-13 to 1-24 recorded Dec 1952-Dec 1953, Los Angeles, CA.
Originally released on [m293148]
Tracks 2-1 to 2-10 recorded December 27th, 1955, Los Angeles, CA.
Originally released on [m356680].
Tracks 2-11 to 2-22 recorded November 15th, 1954, Los Angeles, CA.
Originally released on [m871137]

Packaged in slim double jewel case with cardboard slipcase.

Note: back cover misidentifies personnel on tracks 2-11 to 2-22 [Drums - Buddy Rich; Guitar Herb Ellis]. Credited as on original releases.
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Matrix / Runout: ★ NOT2CD286 CD1 ★ (CD 1)
Matrix / Runout: ★ NOT2CD286 CD2 ★ (CD 2)