art direction Kaoru Taku
design Mayumi Ono
liner notes Takao Ogawa
photography by Francis Wolff
tracks 1 to 5 producer Alfred Lion
tracks 1, 2, 4, 5 recorded by Rudy Van Gelder
Record Company Toshiba EMI Ltd
Manufactured By Toshiba EMI Ltd
Japan-only single CD soundtrack to Blue Note - A Story Of Modern Jazz.

In jewel case with white tray and obi. Four page booklet includes personnel and staff credits in English. An additional insert includes liner notes in Japanese.

Track 1 recorded at The Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on October 2, 1961
From MOSAIC by Art Blakey
Track 2 recorded at The Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on March 6, 1954 [sic, actually September 15, 1957]
From BLUE TRAIN by John Coltrane
Track 3 recorded at Apex Studios, New York City on October 11, 1948
From THE COMPLETE BLUE NOTE AND CAPITOL RECORDINGS OF FATS NAVARRO AND TADD DAMERON
Track 4 recorded at The Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on March 6, 1954
From MILES DAVIS-VOLUME ONE by Miles Davis
Track 5 recorded at The Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on December 21, 1963
From THE SIDEWINDER by Lee Morgan
Track 6 recorded live at Town Hall, New York City on February 22, 1985
From ONE NIGHT WITH BLUE NOTE - VOLUME 1
Track 7 recorded at Flame Studios, London, UK in 1992
From HAND ON THE TORCH by Us3

A promo sticker with a tracking number on the inlay and a print of SAMPLE NOT FOR SALE in black on the white ring around the center hole of the disc. This is not a pre-released promo.
Barcode: 4 988006 774582
Matrix / Runout: TOCJ-66063 1 A1
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L152
Mould SID Code: ifpi 28V1
Rights Society: JASRAC