art direction, design Tøni Schifer
artwork [black forest turntable] Oliver Ruts
compilation producer [assistant] Daniel Sprenger
compilation producer, liner notes Stephan Steigleder
direct metal mastering by Günter Pauler
liner notes [translation liner notes] John C. Constable
mastered by Bo Kondren
Distributed By EFA
Mastered At Calyx Mastering
Mastered At Pauler Acoustics
Subtitled: More smokin' Grooves from the legendary MPS Label > [l28381].

Gatefold sleeve.
Tracks D2, D3 and D4 are vinyl bonus tracks.

This record is dedicated to the memory of Joachim Ernst Berendt (R.I.P).

A1 recorded 24th-27th October 1977 at MPS Studios Villingen, Black Forest. Originally released on [m368269].

A2 recorded December 1974 & January 1975 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg. Originally released on [m226206].

A3 recorded 19th-21th May 1975, Musicland Studios, Munich. Originally released on [m1500079].

B1 recorded 1973 at Los Angeles, California. Originally released on [m36885].

B2 recorded August 1973 at Soundpush Studios, Blaricum, Holland. Originally released on [m206504]

B3 recorded 11th-13th July 1977 at Easy-Sound-Studio, Copenhagen, Dänemark. Originally released on [m550497].

C1 recorded 24th-26th January 1972, Union Studios, Munich. Originally released on [m56514].

C2 recorded August & September 1971, Bavaria Tonstudio, Munich. Originally released on [m380495].

C3 recorded June 18th - 21st 1972, at Somil Studios, Rio de Janeiro. Originally released on [m324653].

C4 recorded February 1968, Cologne. Originally released on [m420205].

D1 recorded 29th January 1975, at Cornet Studio in Cologne. Originally released on [m397668].

D2 recorded 19th November 1963 at Cue Studios, New York. Originally released on [m108491], on SABA as Black Christ Of The Andes.

D3 recorded 1st of June 1966, at Studio Riosom S/A and 2nd June 1966 at Studio Atonal Ltda., Rio de Janeiro. Originally released on [m186970].

D4 recorded June 1974, at MPS Studio Villingen, Black Forest. Originally released on [m164148].

Mastered for vinyl at Calyx.
Tracks used with kind permission of Universal Classic Jazz and Family Entertainment Hamburg.
More MPS-Records available through Universal-Jazz.
Produced by Crippled Dick Hot Wax!
Made In Germany
Direct Metal Mastering
Barcode: 7 18750 44171 3
Rights Society: GEMA
Label Code: LC 9759
Matrix / Runout: EFA-LP-04417 A / DMM G.P. (Run-out Side A)
Matrix / Runout: EFA-LP-04417 B / DMM G.P. (Run-out Side B)
Matrix / Runout: EFA-LP-04417 C / DMM G.P. (Run-out Side C)
Matrix / Runout: EFA-LP-04417 ´D / DMM G.P. (Run-out Side D)