The Best Of Herbie Hancock

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Release Date: 1988

Label: Blue Note

Tracks 1, 2: Recorded on May 28, 1962. Originally issued on Takin' Off, Blue Note BST-84109.
Tracks 3, 4: Recorded on March 17, 1965. Originally issued on Maiden Voyage, Blue Note BST-84195.
Tracks 5, 6: Recorded on June 17, 1964. Originally issued on Empyrean Isles, Blue Note BST-84175.
Tracks 7, 8: Recorded on March 6, 1968. Originally issued on Speak Like A Child, Blue Note BST-84279.
Track 9: Recorded on March 19, 1963. Originally issued on My Point Of View, Blue Note BST-84126.

Recorded in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

Tracks 2 & 9 do not appear on LP configuration.

The classic Blue Note albums which span the mid 1950's to late 1960's were recorded directly on to two track analog tape. No multitrack recording was used and consequently no mixing was required. Therefore, this CD was made by transferring the one step analog master to digital.

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