Features:

• First official LP release of the opening night (February 7, 1966 & March 21, 1966) recordings officially endorsed by the estates of Thad Jones & Mel Lewis.
• Limited-edition of 180-gram, hand-numbered 2LP sets mastered by Bernie Grundman, cut at 33 1/3, and pressed by RTI.
• Ahead-of-its-time audiophile recording by Resonance label owner George Klabin when he was 19 years old, transferred/remastered from the original tapes.
• Astounding sound quality, recorded direct to two track, using six microphones on February 7, 1966 and 10 microphones on March 21, 1966 to capture every thrilling moment.
• 20-page insert includes essays and interviews by Chris Smith (author of The View from the Back of the Band: The Life and Music of Mel Lewis), executive
• producer George Klabin, composer/pianist Jim McNeely, trombonist/educator John Mosca, and producer Zev Feldman; as well as musicians heard on the
• recordings including Jerry Dodgion, Richard Davis, Eddie Daniels, Jimmy Owens, Garnett Brown, Tom McIntosh and Marv "Doc" Holladay.
• Rare and previously unpublished photos by Chuck Stewart, Raymond Ross and Jan Persson.

 

 

	SIDE A
	1. Back Bone
	2 All My Yesterdays
	3. Big Dipper
	SIDE B
	1. Mornin’ Reverend
	2. The Little Pixie
	3. Big Dipper (Alt. Take)
	SIDE C
	1. Low Down
	2 Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)
	3. Ah, That’s Freedom
	SIDE D
	1. Don‘t Ever Leave Me
	2. Willow Weep For Me
	3. Mean What You Say
	SIDE E
	1. Once Around
	2. Polka Dots & Moonbeams
	3. Mornin’ Reverend
	SIDE F
	1. All My Yesterdays
	2. Back Bone