tracks 10 to 18 alto saxophone Lou Donaldson
tracks 1 to 9 alto saxophone Sahib Shihab
tracks 1 to 9 bass Al McKibbon
tracks 10 to 18 bass Nelson Boyd
creative director [reissue] Gordon H Jee
design [cover] Paul Bacon
tracks 1 to 9 drums Art Blakey
tracks 10 to 18 drums Max Roach
engineer [recording] Doug Hawkins
liner notes [reissue] Bob Blumenthal
photography by [cover photograph, liner photographs] Francis Wolff
piano Thelonious Monk
producer Alfred Lion
reissue producer Michael Cuscuna
tracks 10 to 18 tenor saxophone Lucky Thompson
transferred by [disc transfers and digital audio restoration, 2001], mastered by [2001] Rudy Van Gelder
tracks 10 to 18 trumpet Kenny Dorham
tracks 1 to 9 vibraphone Milt Jackson
tracks 1 to 5, 7 to 12, 14, 16 to 18 written-by Thelonious Monk
Phonographic Copyright (p) Capitol Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) Capitol Records, Inc.
Recorded At WOR Studios
Designed At The Boland Design Company
CD states VOLUME TWO but cover uses vol. 2.

Recorded at WOR Studios, New York City on July 23, 1951 (#1-9) and May 30, 1952 (#10-18).
All transfers from the original lacquer discs (#1-9) and the original analog tapes (#10-18) to digital were made at 24 bit resolution.
These are mono recordings.
The cover of this CD uses the artwork from the original Blue Note 10 LP release. All titles have previously been issued on CD 81511 using the 12 LP cover art.
Because this CD does not conform in content to the original 12 LP, we have not included the original liner notes. The original LP mixed various sessions in incomplete form. This CD reissue presents the music of each session as it was recorded and in complete form.

BLUE NOTE® is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc. ℗© 2001 Capitol Records, Inc.

Track 7 is mistakenly labeled 'Nice Work If You Can Get It', composed by G. & I. Gershwin, on the back cover. The booklet and disc give the correct label 'Four In One (Alternate Take)'.

Made in USA on disc
Printed in USA on back cover
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