art direction, design Lisa Po-Ying Huang tracks 1-13 to 1-15, disc two bass Paul Chambers coordinator Aric Lach Morrison coordinator [design coordinated by] Nichell Delvaille tracks 1-13 to 1-15, disc two drums Jimmy Cobb edited by [liner notes] Peter Pullman guitar Wes Montgomery liner notes Howard Mandel liner notes James Isaacs mastered by Suha Gur tracks 1-13 to 1-15, disc two piano Wynton Kelly producer [original recordings produced by] Creed Taylor research Ben Young research Phil Schaap supervised by Michael Lang supervised by, compiled by [selected and sequenced by] Richard Seidel Mastered At PolyGram Studios Phonographic Copyright (p) PolyGram Records, Inc. Copyright (c) PolyGram Records, Inc. Manufactured By Verve Records Marketed By Verve Records 1-1, 1-2 recorded November 18, 1964 at Van Gelder Recording Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Original LP issue: [m82172] Verve V6-8610; available on CD: 810 045-2
1-3 to 1-5 recorded December 7, 1965 at Van Gelder Recording Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Original LP issue: [m82168] Verve V6-8642; available on CD: 825 676-2
1-6 recorded September 16, 1966 at Van Gelder Recording Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Original LP issue: [m82190] Verve V6-8672; available on CD: 827 842-2
1-7, 1-8 recorded September 21 and 23, 1966 at Van Gelder Recording Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. 1-7 original LP issue: [m33162] Verve V6-8766; available on CD: 314 519 802-2 1-8 original LP issue: [m447638] Verve V6-8804; available on CD: Further Adventures Of Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery 314 519 802-2
1-9 to 1-11 recorded September 29, 1966 at Van Gelder Recording Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. 1-9, 1-11 original LP issue: [m33162] Verve V6-8766; available on CD: 314 519 802-2 1-10 original LP issue: [m33174] Verve V6-8678; available on CD: 821 577-2
1-12 recorded March 17, 1966 at Van Gelder Recording Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Original LP issue: [m447638] Verve V6-8804; available on CD: Tequila 831 671-2
1-13 to 1-15, 2-6, 2-8 and 2-10 recorded probably June 26, 1965 at the Half Note, New York City. 2-1 to 2-3 recorded September 22, 1965 at Van Gelder Recording Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. 2-4, 2-5 recorded June 24, 1965 at the Half Note, New York City. 2-7, 2-9 recorded between June 22 and 27, 1965 at the Half Note, New York City. 1-13, 2-6, 2-10 original LP issue: [m306725] Verve VE2-2513 1-14, 2-7, 2-9 original LP issue: [m82211] Verve V6-8765 2-1 to 2-5 original LP issue: [m82198] Verve V6-8633; available on CD: Smokin' At The Half Note 829 578-2 2-8 original CD issue: [m1264176]
1-13, 2-6, 2-10: although these tracks were issued on The Small Group Recordings, they first appeared with overdubbed orchestra on [m82211] Verve V6-8765
1-15: all previous issues of this track were edited, including the truncation of solos and the duplication at the end of the piece of part of the opening chorus. This version restores as much of the original performance as is possible. Editing of the existing tape makes it impossible to recreate the original in its entirety.
2-8: although this track was issued on [m1264176], it first appeared with overdubbed orchestra on [m82211] Verve V6-8765.
2-1 to 2-3: although these tracks were issued on Smokin' at the Half Note, it is now believe that they came from this recording session. Barcode: 731452169020 (Scanned) Barcode: 7 31542 16902 0 (Text) Mastering SID Code: IFPI L006 (Variant 1, CD1) Mould SID Code: IFPI 0329 (Variant 1, CD1) Mastering SID Code: IFPI L005 (Variant 1, CD2) Mould SID Code: IFPI 0394 (Variant 1, CD2) Matrix / Runout: 314 521 688-2 02! (Variant 2, CD1) Mastering SID Code: IFPI L005 (Variant 2, CD1) Mould SID Code: IFPI 0346 (Variant 2, CD1) Matrix / Runout: 314 521 689-2 03! (Variant 2, CD2) Mastering SID Code: IFPI L005 (Variant 2, CD2) Mould SID Code: IFPI 0348 (Variant 2, CD2) Other: MADE IN USA BY PMDC (Variant 2, CD2 inner mould) Matrix / Runout: 314 521 6882 03@ (Variant 3, CD1) Mastering SID Code: IFPI L006 (Variant 3, CD1) Mould SID Code: IFPI 0381 (Variant 3, CD1) Matrix / Runout: 314 521 689-2 03! (Variant 3, CD2) Mastering SID Code: IFPI L005 (Variant 3, CD2) Mould SID Code: IFPI 0372 (Variant 3, CD2) Other: MADE IN USA BY PMDC (Variant 3, CD2 inner mould)