art direction, design Wherefore Art? compilation producer Bill Levenson compilation producer Trevor Wyatt compilation producer [in association with] Steve Winwood coordinator [project coordination] Terri Tierney directed by [project direction] Richard Bauer liner notes [booklet essay] John McDermott management Ron Weisner Entertainment mastered by [chop 'em out studios] Simon Heyworth mastered by [polygram studios] Joseph M. Palmaccio tracks 4-9 to 4-15 mixed by Tom Lord-Alge photography by Baron Wolman photography by Barrie Wentzell photography by David Gahr photography by Fin Costello photography by Island Archives photography by Jeffrey Mayer photography by Pictorial Press photography by Star File photography by [back cover; bottom left] Michael Putland photography by [back cover; bottom right] Tony Gale photography by [back cover; top] London Features photography by [front cover; bottom right] Chuck Pulin photography by [front cover; centre] Bob Gruen photography by [front cover; lower left] Michael Putland photography by [front cover; top right] London Features tracks 1-1 to 1-3, 1-5 to 1-7, 1-10, 2-7 to 2-12, 3-2, 3-10 to 3-12 producer Chris Blackwell tracks 1-10 to 2-3 producer Jimmy Miller tracks 4-9 to 4-12 producer Russ Titelman tracks 2-7 to 3-3, 3-10 to 4-12, 4-15 producer Steve Winwood tracks 3-4 to 3-7 producer Traffic Phonographic Copyright (p) Island Records Ltd. Copyright (c) Island Records Ltd. Recorded At Lansdowne Studios Recorded At Olympic Studios Recorded At Pye Studios Recorded At I.B.C. Studios Recorded At Record Plant, N.Y.C. Recorded At Morgan Studios Recorded At Hyde Park Recorded At Island Studios Recorded At Strawberry Hill Studios Recorded At Netherturkdonic Studios Recorded At Island Mobile Recorded At Trident Studios Recorded At Palais Des Sports, Paris Recorded At Basing Street Studios Recorded At Chipping Norton Recording Studios Recorded At Windmill Lane Studios Recorded At McClear Place Recorded At Emerald Sound Studios Mixed At Basing Street Studios Remastered At PolyGram Studios Remastered At Chop 'Em Out Made By PMDC, USA Tracks taken: 1-01 from single A-side (August 1964) and LP Their First LP (1965) 1-02 from single A-side (October 1964) and LP Their First LP (1965) 1-03 from single A-side (January 1965) and LP Their First LP (1965) 1-04 from single A-side (May 1965) and LP Their Second Album (1966) 1-05 from single A-side (November 1965) and LP Their Second Album (1966) 1-06 from single A-side (March 1966) and LP Autumn '66 (1966) 1-07 from single A-side (July 1966) and LP Autumn '66 (1966) 1-08 & 1-09 from LP compilation V/A What's Shakin' (1966) 1-10 from single A-side (1966) 1-11 from single A-side (1967) 1-12 from single A-side (1967) and US LP Mr. Fantasy (1968) 1-13 to 1-16 and 1-18 from LP Mr. Fantasy (1967) 1-17 from single B-side of Hole In My Shoe and US LP Mr. Fantasy (1968) 1-19 to 1-21 from LP Traffic (1968) 1-22 from single B-side of Medicated Goo (December 1968) and LP Last Exit (1969) 1-23 from single A-side (December 1968) and LP Last Exit (1969) 1-24 from single B-side of Feelin' Alright (September 1968) and LP Last Exit (1969) 2-01 & 2-03 from LP Blind Faith (1969) 2-02 previously unreleased electric version 2-04 & 2-05 previously unreleased 2-05 to 2-10 from LP John Barleycorn Must Die (1970) 2-11 & 2-12 from LP The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys (1971) 3-01 from LP Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory (1973) 3-02 from 2-LP On The Road (1973) 3-03 from LP Aiye-Keta (1973) 3-04 to 3-07 from LP When The Eagle Flies (1974) 3-08 from LP Go (1976) 3-09 from LP Go Live From Paris (1978) 3-10 to 3-12 from LP Steve Winwood (1977) 4-01 to 4-05 from LP Arc Of A Diver (1980) 4-06 & 4-07 from LP Talking Back To The Night (1982) 4-08 from LP soundtrack V/A They Call That An Accident (1983) 4-09 to 4-12 from LP / CD Back In The High Life (1986) 4-13 & 4-14 from LP / CD Roll With It (1988) 4-15 from LP / CD Refugees Of The Heart (1990)
Tracks recorded: 1-01 at Lansdowne Studios, London, April 13, 1964 1-02 at Olympic Studios, London 1-03 at Lansdowne Studios, London 1-04 at Lansdowne Studios, London 1-05 at Pye Studios, London, October 21, 1965 1-06 at Pye Studios, London, March 2, 1966 1-07 at Lansdowne Studios, London 1-08 & 1-09 February 1966 1-10 at Pye Studios and Olympic Studios, London 1-11 at I.B.C. Studios and Olympic Studios, London 1-12 at Olympic Studios, London, April 20, 1967 1-13 at Olympic Studios, London, September 25 & October 30, 1967 1-14 at Olympic Studios, London, July 15, 1967 1-15 at Olympic Studios, London, July 31, 1967 1-16 at Olympic Studios, London, November 17, 1967 1-17 at Olympic Studios, London, July 6, 1967 1-18 at Olympic Studios, London, August 30, 1967 1-19 at Record Plant Studios, New York City, April 28, 1968 1-20 at Olympic Studios, London, January 3, 1968 1-21 at Olympic Studios, London, May 26, 1968 1-22 & 1-23 at Morgan Studios, London, November 1968 1-24 at Olympic Studios, London, February 29, 1968 2-01 at Olympic Studios, London, June 24, 1969 2-02 at Olympic Studios, London, May 27, 1969 2-03 at Olympic Studios, London, May 28, 1969 2-04 & 2-05 live at Hyde Park, London, June 7, 1969 2-06 t Olympic Studios, London, early 1970 2-07 & 2-08 at Island Studios, London, May 6, 1970 2-09 at Island Studios, London, April 29, 1970 2-10 at Island Studios, London, May 11, 1970 2-11 at Island Studios, London, September 1, 1971 2-12 at Island Studios, London, September 21, 1971 3-01 at Strawberry Hill Studios, Jamaica, December 1972 3-02 live in Dusseldorf, Germany, April 1973 3-03 at Island Studios, London, January 1973 3-04 at Netherturkdonic Studios, Gloucestershire, UK, Basing Street Studios, London and Island Mobile, June 1974 3-05 to 3-07 at Netherturkdonic Studios, Gloucestershire, UK, Basing Street Studios, London and Island Mobile, July 1974 3-08 at Trident Studios, London, February 1976 3-09 live at Palais Des Sports, Paris, France, June 12, 1976 3-10 at Basing Street Studios, London 3-11 at Basing Street Studios, London and Island Mobile 3-12 at Chipping Norton Studios, Oxon, UK and mixed at Basing Street Studios, London 4-01 to 4-08 at Netherturkdonic Studios, Gloucestershire, UK 4-13 & 4-14 at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland and McClear Place, Toronto, Canada 4-15 at Netherturkdonic Studios, Gloucestershire, UK and Emerald Sound Studios, Nashville, TN
No producer credits listed for 2-04 & 2-05 (previously unreleased).
Mastered at PolyGram Studios and at Chop Em Out Studios, London
Photographers credited with a studio: Bob Gruen/Star File Michael Putland/Retna Chuck Pulin/Star File Tony Gale/Star File/Pictorial Press Barry Wentzell/Repfoto/Star File
Includes a 48 pages booklet with liner notes, discography annotations and photos. Unopened item comes with a hype sticker attached to shrinkwrap on front.