tracks 2-6 to 2-10 engineer [recording] Bunny Robine
tracks 1-11 to 1-15 engineer [recording] Don Blake
tracks 1-1 to 1-10 engineer [recording] John Kraus
tracks 2-1 to 2-5 engineer [recording] Thorne Nogar
mastered by Kurt Lundvall
tracks 1-11 to 2-10, 3-1 to 3-15 producer [original sessions] Don Clark
tracks 1-1 to 1-10 producer [original sessions] Herbert Kimmel
tracks 2-11 to 2-15 producer [original sessions] Richard Bock
reissue producer Michael Cuscuna
transferred by, mastered by Ron McMaster
Manufactured By EMI Music Special Markets
Phonographic Copyright (p) EMI Music Special Markets
Copyright (c) Mosaic Records, L.L.C.
Recorded At Capitol Studios
Recorded At Western Recorders
Recorded At Radio Recorders
Recorded At Master Recorders
Recorded At Annex Studios, Hollywood
Recorded At Audio Arts (4)
#1-1 to 1-10
Recorded at Capitol Studios, Los Angeles on August 1956.
Originally issued on THE RETURN OF ART PEPPER (Jazz West JWLP-10)

#1-11 to 1-15
Recorded at Western Recorders, Los Angeles on January 3, 1957
Originally issued on COLLECTIONS - JOE MORELLO (Intro ILP-608)

#2-1 to 2-5
Recorded at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles on December 28, 1956
#2-6 to 2-10
Recorded at Master Recorder, Los Angeles on January 14, 1957
#2-1 to 2-8 Originally issued on MODERN ART (Intro ILP-606)
#2-9 & 2-10 originally issued on the CD version of MODERN ART (Blue Note B2-46868)

#2-11 to 2-15
Recorded at the Radio Annex Studio in Los Angeles on December 11, 1956
Angel Eyes, which does not include Pepper, originally issued on SOLO FLIGHT (Pacific Jazz JWC 505)
All others originally issued on JUST FRIENDS - BILL PERKINS Pacific Jazz PJM 401

#3-1 to 3-15
Recorded at Audio Arts, Los Angeles on April 1, 1957
The alternate takes were originally issued on THE ART OF THE ART Nadja (Japan) PA-3140/41.
All others originally issued on THE ART OF PEPPER (Omega reel-to-reel tapes OMT 7020 & ST-2030)

#3-1 to 3-15 are stereo. All others are mono.

Note: The periodic cymbal distortion on #3-1 to 3-15 is in the original tapes, as is the flutter at 1:56 of Holiday Flight, the drop-out at 5:06 of Begin The Beguine and the muffled audio at 3:48 on Surf City.


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