tracks e1 to f4 arranged by Garnett Brown tracks e1 to f4 arranged by Roland Kirk tracks e1 to f4 arranged by [voices arranged by] Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson tracks e1 to f4 bass Eddie Mathias tracks a1 to b5 bass Michael Fleming tracks c1 to d3 bass Richard Davis tracks g1 to h4 bass Ronnie Boykins tracks e1 to f4 congas Montego Joe tracks c1 to d3 drums Elvin Jones tracks g1 to h4 drums Grady Tate tracks e1 to f4 drums Sonny Brown tracks a1 to b5 drums Walter Perkins tracks e1 to f4 flugelhorn Martin Banks flute, alto flute, tenor saxophone, siren, clarinet, castanets [castenets], saxophone [stritch], flute [american wooden flute] Roland Kirk tracks f4 harp [nagoya harp] Sonny Brown lacquer cut by Ryan Smith mastered by [mastered from the original tapes by] Ryan Smith tracks e2, f1, f4 percussion, vocal coach [vocal choir] Manuel Ramos tracks c1 to d3 piano Jaki Byard tracks g1 to h4 piano Lonnie Liston Smith tracks a1 to b5, e1 to f4 piano, celesta, vibraphone Horace Parlan tracks a1 to b5 producer Bobby Scott tracks g1 to h4 producer Creed Taylor tracks e1 to f4 producer Hal Mooney tracks c1 to d3 producer Jack Tracy producer [produced for release by] Michael Cuscuna tracks e1 to f4 recorded by Bob Arnold tracks c1 to d3, g1 to h4 recorded by Rudy Van Gelder tracks a1 to b5 supervised by Jack Tracy tracks e1 to f4 trombone Garnett Brown tracks e1 to f4 trumpet Virgil Jones tracks a5 vibraphone Bobby Moses tracks a1, b2 vocals Crystal-Joy Albert Record Company UMG Recordings, Inc. Manufactured By Universal Music Enterprises Copyright (c) Mosaic Records, L.L.C. Phonographic Copyright (p) Island Def Jam Music Group Phonographic Copyright (p) The Verve Music Group Recorded At Nola Recording Studios Recorded At Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey Recorded At Capitol Studios, New York City Mastered At Sterling Sound Pressed By Quality Record Pressings Lacquer Cut At Sterling Sound Designed At Inkwell, Inc. Limited to 3,500 numbered copies, booklet is numbered.
SESSIONS DATE AND LOCATION: # A1 to B5: Recorded at Nola Studios, New York City on September 16 & 17, 1964. # C1 to D3: Recorded at the Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on January 13, 1965. # E1 to F4: Recorded Capitol Studios, New York City on November 16 & 17, 1965. # G1 to H4: Recorded at the Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on May 2, 1967.
All runouts etched, except STERLING stamped Matrix / Runout: MRLP-3006 B0019596-01 LP1-A RKS STERLING (Runout side A) Matrix / Runout: MRLP-3006 B0019596-01 LP1-B RKS STERLING (Runout side B) Matrix / Runout: MRLP-3006 B0019596-01 LP2-A RKS STERLING (Runout side C) Matrix / Runout: MRLP-3006 B0019596-01 LP2-B RKS STERLING (Runout side D) Matrix / Runout: MRLP-3006 B0019596-01 LP3-A RKS STERLING (Runout side E) Matrix / Runout: MRLP-3006 B0019596-01 LP3-B RKS STERLING (Runout side F) Matrix / Runout: MRLP-3006 B0019596-01 LP4-A RKS STERLING (Runout side G) Matrix / Runout: MRLP-3006 B0019596-01 LP4-B RKS STERLING (Runout side H)