tracks 1-9 to 1-12, 2-17 to 2-22 alto saxophone Willie Smith
tracks 2-13 to 2-16 bass Curly Russell
tracks 1-9 to 1-12 bass Curtis Counce
tracks 2-17 to 2-22 bass Junior Rudd
tracks 1-1 to 1-8, 1-13 to 1-16 bass Red Callender
tracks 1-17 to 2-5, 2-10 to 2-12 bass Rodney Richardson
tracks 2-5 to 2-9 bass Ted Briscoe
tracks 1-13 to 1-16 drums Chico Hamilton
tracks 1-5 to 1-8, 2-17 to 2-22 drums Henry Tucker Green
tracks 1-9 to 1-12 drums Johnny Otis
tracks 1-17 to 2-4, 2-10 to 2-12 drums Lyndall Marshall
tracks 2-5 to 2-9 drums Roy Haynes
tracks 2-13 to 2-16 drums Tiny Kahn
tracks 2-13 to 2-16 guitar Chuck Wayne
tracks 2-17 to 2-22 guitar Dave Barbour
tracks 1-17 to 2-9 guitar Fred Lacey
tracks 1-13 to 1-16 guitar Irving Ashby
tracks 2-10 to 2-12 guitar Nasir Barakaat
liner notes [from 1975 issue] Leonard Feather
photography by [vic dickerson, roy haynes] Francis Wolff
tracks 1-17 to 2-12 piano Argonne Thornton
tracks 1-5 to 1-8 piano Dodo Marmarosa
tracks 2-13 to 2-16 piano Gene DiNovi
tracks 2-17 to 2-22 piano Jimmy Bunn
tracks 1-13 to 1-16 piano Joe Albany
tracks 1-1 to 1-4 piano Nat King Cole
tracks 1-9 to 1-12 piano Wesley Jones
tracks 2-13 to 2-16 producer Leonard Feather
tracks 1-1 to 1-8, 2-17 to 2-22 producer Norman Granz
reissue producer Michael Cuscuna
restoration [sound], mastered by Malcolm Addey
tenor saxophone Lester Young
tracks 1-5 to 1-12 trombone Vic Dickenson
tracks 1-9 to 1-12 trumpet Howard McGhee
tracks 1-17 to 2-12 trumpet Shorty McConnell
tracks 2-18 to 2-22 vocals Helen Humes
Phonographic Copyright (p) Capitol Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) Capitol Records, Inc.
Marketed By EMI
Distributed By EMI
Pressed By EMI Uden
Glass Mastered At CDM (10)
Made in Holland. Printed in Holland

# 1-1 to 1- 4: Recorded in Los Angeles, July 15, 1942
# 1-5 to 1-8: Recorded in Los Angeles, December, 1945
# 1-9 to 1-12: Recorded in Los Angeles, January 1946
# 1-13 to 1-16: Recorded in Los Angeles, August 1946
# 1-17 to 2-4: Recorded in Chicago, October 1946
# 2-5 to 2-9: Recorded at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, February 18, 1947
# 2-10 to 2-12: Recorded in New York City, April 2, 1947
# 2-13 to 2-16; Recorded at WOR Studio, New York City, December 29, 1947
# 2-17 to 2-22: Recorded in Los Angeles, December 22, 1947

Special thanks to Henry Renard, Scott Wenzel and the Institute Of Jazz Studies for making their 78 collections available to us.
Lester Young photos courtesy of Colin Escott.

Note: Aladdin 78-126 contained It's Better To Give Than To Receive backed with See See Rider. On a handful of initial copies, an untitled instrumental (which we are calling Riffin' Without Helen) was accidentally used in place of See See Rider. Henry Renard, who purchased one of these at the time of release, notified Jerry Valburn of its existence and kindly loaned us this priceless disc for transfer.
Barcode: 7 24383 27872 5 (Text)
Label Code: LC 0133 (Blue Note Records)
Price Code: PM 520 (France)
Rights Society: bel BIEM
Matrix / Runout: EMI 8338932 CDM02 1-1-6-NL (CD1, Variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: EMI 8338942 CDM02 1-1-4-NL (CD2, Variant 1)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 1523 (CD1 and CD2 ,Variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: EMI 8338932 CDM02 1-1-2-NL (CD1, Variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: EMI 8338942 CDM02 1-1-1-NL (CD2, Variant 2)
Mould SID Code: ifpi 1519 (CD1, Variant 2)
Mould SID Code: ifpi 151C (CD2, Variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: EMI 8338932 CDM02 1-2-2-NL (CD1, Variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: EMI 8338942 CDM02 1-2-1-NL (CD2, Variant 3)
Mould SID Code: ifpi AAHD4 (CD1, Variant 3)
Mould SID Code: ifpi AAHD4 (CD2, Variant 3)