tracks 7 alto saxophone Sonny Stitt
tracks 6, 8 arranged by [strings], conductor [strings] William S. Fischer
art direction Jamie Putnam
tracks 1, 2 bass Buster Williams
tracks 5, 6, 8 bass Ron Carter
compilation producer, liner notes, recording supervisor [all selections originally supervised by] Bob Porter
tracks 1, 2 congas Candido
design Deb Sibony
tracks 3, 4 drums Bernard Purdie
tracks 1, 2 drums Frankie Jones
tracks 5 to 9 drums Idris Muhammad
tracks 3, 4 electric bass Bob Bushnell
tracks 9 electric bass Chuck Rainey
tracks 6 electric piano Harold Mabern
tracks 9 electric piano Roland Hanna
tracks 3, 8 guitar Billy Butler
tracks 5 to 7 guitar George Freeman
tracks 9 guitar Ted Dunbar
tracks 7 organ Leon Spencer, Jr.
tracks 3, 4 organ Sonny Phillips
tracks 9 percussion Omar Clay
photography by Tony Lane
tracks 5 piano Harold Mabern
tracks 1, 2 piano Junior Mance
remastered by Rudy Van Gelder
tenor saxophone Gene Ammons
tracks 1 tenor saxophone Houston Person
tracks 1, 2 tenor saxophone Prince James
tracks 8, 9 tenor saxophone Richard Landry
tracks 8, 9 trombone Garnett Brown
tracks 8, 9 trumpet Ernie Royal
tracks 8, 9 trumpet Robert Prado
Phonographic Copyright (p) Fantasy, Inc.
Copyright (c) Fantasy, Inc.
Recorded At Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Remastered At Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Tracks from:
The Boss is Back. Track 1.
Brother Jug! Tracks 2 to 4.
The Black Cat. Tracks 5, 6.
You Talk That Talk. Track 7.
My Way. Tracks 8,9.

Remastering 1998.
24-bit by RVG - All transfers from analog to digital were at 24-bit resolution.
Barcode: 025218901826
Matrix / Runout: OJCCD-6018 Y8918G
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L532
Mould SID Code: IFPI 9220
SPARS Code: AAD