JIMMY SMITH - Jimmy Smith's Greatest Hits!

Item Description

2 x Vinyl, , Gatefold
LP Compilation

Blue/white Blue Note labels with rim text "BLUE NOTE RECORDS • A DIVISION OF LIBERTY RECORDS, INC." it is also a label variation: the writers credits per track are printed right under the track titles and not next to them. Also, the fonts used for the cat.nrs., main artist name and album title differ from [url=https://www.discogs.com/Jimmy-Smith-Jimmy-Smiths-Greatest-Hits/release/3644680]this version[/url], it's immediately clear when checked with an A/B comparison [see and compare images].

Printed inside gatefold: "tracks A1 and A2 are electronically rechanneled" - this was done to create fake stereo, which can be heard with headphones.

Recording dates and places:
A1: Manhattan Towers, NYC, February 12, 1957
A2: Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, March 27, 1956
B: Manhattan Towers, NYC, February 25, 1958
C1: Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, April 25, 1960
C2: Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, January 4, 1960
D1: Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, February 7, 1963
D2: Manhattan Towers, NYC, February 25, 1958

Published By – Prestige Music Co. - A1
Published By – Atlantic Music Corp. - A2
Published By – Edmy Music - B, C1, D1, D3
Published By – Tempo Music Inc. D2

Original US pressing distributed by Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd. with Japanese liner notes and obi.