Comes in a gatefold cardboard box set with two threefold jewel cases (Volume 1 for CDs 1 to 4, Volume 2 for CDs 5 to 8) and a 40-page booklet. Box manufactured by Imperial Paper Box Corp., Brooklin, NY, USA. Booklet printed by the Queens Group, Inc., Edison, NJ, USA.
This compilation includes all 12 Milestone albums of Joe Henderson with some previously unissued tracks as well as some tracks from releases where Joe Henderson primarily appeared as a guest soloist: • 1-1 to 1-8 recorded NY, August 10, 1967 (1-1 to 1-7) and Sept. 27, 1967 (1-8), issued on [m127688] • 1-9 to 2-1 recorded NY, Sept. 27, 1967 (1-9 to 1-11) and May 16, 1968 (1-10 to 2-1), issued on [m280490] • 2-2 recorded NY, Sept. 25, 1967 and issued on [m530586] • 2-3 to 2-5 recorded NY, January 19, 1968 and issued on [m955168] • 2-6 to 2-12 recorded NY, May 23 & 29, 1968 and issued on [m272686] • 3-1 to 4-2 recorded live at the Lighthouse,Cafe, Hermosa Beach, CA, Sept. 24-26, 1970; 3-2 to 3-4 previously unissued, 3-1 & 3-5 to 3-9 issued on [m366430], • 4-1 & 4-2 issued on [m176817] with 4-3 to 4-5, recorded NY, May 12, 1971 • 4-6 to 5-1 recorded live at the Junk Club, Tokyo, Japan, August 4, 1971 and issued on [m176822] • 5-2 to 5-6 recorded NY, March & April, 1972 and issued on [m341277] • 5-7 to 6-2 recorded NY, January 30-31, 1973, with additional recording in February & April, 1973, issued [m176823] • 6-3 to 6-7 recorded October 1-3, 1973 and issued on [m203631] except 6-7, previously unissued • 6-8 to 7-3 recorded Los Angeles, October 15- 16, 1973 and issued on [m89197] • 7-4 to 7-7 recorded Berkeley, December 3 & 4, 1973 and issued on [m141990] • 7-8 to 8-3 recorded Paris, France, October, 1974 (7-8 to 8-1) and Berkeley, April 26, 1975 (8-2, 8-3), with additional recording in April, 1975, July & September, 1976, issued on Black Miracle • 8-4 to 8-9 recorded Berkeley, February 13 & 14, 1975, with additional recordings in April & September, 1975, issued on [m176815] • 8-10 and 8-12 recorded Los Angeles, August- September, 1976 with additional recording in December, 1976 and January, 1977, issued on [m141991], • 8-11 recorded Los Angeles, August, 30, 1976 with additional recording in September & December, 1976 and January, 1977, issued on [m141996] Barcode: 0 25218 - 4413 - 2 2 (Text) Matrix / Runout: DIDX-023300 1 (CD 1) Matrix / Runout: DIDX-023301 2 (CD 2) Matrix / Runout: DIDX-023302 1 (CD 3) Matrix / Runout: DIDX-023303 2 (CD 4) Matrix / Runout: DIDX-023304 1 (CD 5) Matrix / Runout: DIDX-023305 1 (CD 6) Matrix / Runout: DIDX-023306 3 (CD 7) Matrix / Runout: DIDX-023307 2 (CD 8) Mastering SID Code: none Mould SID Code: none Other: DIDX 023300 (Printed on CD 1) Other: DIDX 023301 (Printed on CD 2) Other: DIDX 023302 (Printed on CD 3) Other: DIDX 023303 (Printed on CD 4) Other: DIDX 023304 (Printed on CD 5) Other: DIDX 023305 (Printed on CD 6) Other: DIDX 023306 (Printed on CD 7) Other: DIDX 023307 (Printed on CD 8) SPARS Code: AAD