tracks 18 to 20 bass Leroy Vinnegar
tracks 1 to 17 bass Percy Heath
design [reissue] Franko Caligiuri
tracks 1 to 10 drums "Philly" Joe Jones
tracks 11 to 17 drums Art Blakey
tracks 18 to 20 drums Frank Butler
liner notes Ira Gitler
photography by Francis Wolff
piano Elmo Hope
tracks 1 to 17 producer Alfred Lion
tracks 18 to 20 producer Richard Bock
producer [produced for release] Michael Cuscuna
tracks 1 to 17 recorded by Rudy Van Gelder
tracks 11 to 17 tenor saxophone Frank Foster
tracks 18 to 20 tenor saxophone Harold Land
transferred by [digital transfers] Ron McMaster
tracks 11 to 17 trumpet Freeman Lee
tracks 18 to 20 trumpet Stu Williamson
tracks 2, 3, 5 to 9, 11 to 20. written-by Elmo Hope
Copyright (c) Capitol Records, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) Capitol Records, Inc.
Manufactured By Capitol Records, Inc.
Pressed By Capitol Jax
Designed At Inkwell, Inc.
Tracks 1-10 recorded in Hackensack, New Jersey on June 18, 1953.
Tracks 11-17 recorded in Hackensack, New Jersey on May 9, 1954.
Tracks 18-20 recorded in LA, California on October 31, 1957.

Note: This compact disc combines Elmo Hope's two 10 Blue Note LPs, TRIO (BLP 5029) with an alternate take and an additional tune and QUINTET (BLP 5044) with an alternate take, with the half album that he later recorded for Pacific Jazz. This represents all of Elmo Hope's sessions as a leader for EMI, adding up to about 76 minutes of music!

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(C)(P) 1991 Capitol Records, Inc Manufactured by Capitol Reocrds, Inc., a subsidary of Capitol-EMI Music, Inc., Hollywood and Vine Streets, Hollywood, California. Printed in Canada
Barcode: 0 7777-84438-2 7
Matrix / Runout: B2 84438 S1320C 1-1-4 CAPITOL JAX 4 C