tracks 8 to 14 bass Jymie Merritt
tracks 1 to 7 bass Paul Chambers
design Patrick Roques
drums Wes Landers
engineer [recording] Rudy Van Gelder
liner notes Ben Sidran
mastered by [with 20-bit super bit mapping] Ron McMaster
photography by Francis Wolff
piano Sonny Clark
producer [original sessions] Alfred Lion
producer [produced for release] Michael Cuscuna
Phonographic Copyright (p) Capitol Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) Capitol Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) Mosaic Images
Marketed By EMI
Distributed By EMI
Recorded At Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Glass Mastered At EMI Uden
Pressed By EMI Uden
Recorded on November 16 (#8-14) and December 7 (#1-7), 1958 at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey.
All selections previously issued only on Blue Note singles or in Japan.
NOTE: The wow on the first note of Ain't No Use exists in the only surviving master tape.
Barcode: 7 24382 12832 8 (Text)
Matrix / Runout: EMI UDEN 8212832 @ 1 1-1-2-NL (Variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: EMI UDEN 8212832 @ 1 1-1-3-NL (Variant 2)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L046 (Variants 1 and 2)
Mould SID Code: ifpi 1522 (Variant 2)
Rights Society: bel BIEM
Matrix / Runout: EMI UDEN 8212832 @ 1 1-1-1-NL (Variant 3)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LB046 (Variant 3)
Mould SID Code: ifpi 1509 (Variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: EMI UDEN 8212832 @ 1 1-1-1-NL (Variant 4)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L046 (Variant 4)
Mould SID Code: ifpi 154A (Variant 4)