Recording at Clinton Recording Studios, New York City (# 3, 5: Aug. 30, 1995 and # 1, 2, 4, 6, 7: Oct. 7, 1995).
Remixed and Edited on January 12-15, 1996 at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley.
Recording dates and locations:
1: Dec. 19, 1957 in N.Y.
2. Aug. 3, 1958 in Lenix, Mass.
3. July 11, 1958 in N.Y.
4. Aug. 3, 1958 in Lenix, Mass.
5. Feb. 16, 1956 in N.Y.
6. July 11, 1958 in N.Y.
7. Feb 16, 1956 in N.Y.
8. Dec. 11, 1957 in N.Y.
9. Feb 16, 1956 in N.Y.
10. July 10, 1958 in N.Y.
A compilation of tracks selected from the three Sonny Rollins Lps on Impulse!: "On Impulse", "Alfie" & "East Broadway Run".
Discs in separate cardboard sleeves housed inside cardboard slipcase box with 52 page booklet containing extensive notes & photos.
Recording sessions:
1-1 Sonny Rollins Quartet, New York, Jan 17, 1951 (on "Sonny Rollins Quartet" album)
1-2 to 1-9 Sonny Rollins Quartet, New York, Dec 17, 1951 (on "Sonny Rollins Quartet" album)
1-10 to 1-13 Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet, Hackensack NJ, Oct 7, 1953 (on "Sonny Rollins with Modern Jazz Quartet" album)
1-14 to 1-17 Sonny Rollins Quintet, Hackensack NJ, Aug 18, 1954 (on "Sonny Rollins Quintet" album)
1-18 to 1-19 & 2-1 Sonny Rollins Quartet, Hackensack NJ, Oct 25, 1954 (on "Sonny Rollins and Thelonious Monk" album)
2-2 to 2-6 Sonny Rollins Quartet, Hackensack NJ, Dec 2, 1955 (on "Worktime" album)
2-7 to 2-11 Sonny Rollins Plus Four, Hackensack NJ, Mar 22, 1956 (on "Plus 4" album)
3-1 to 3-5 Sonny Rollins Quartet/Quintet, Hackensack NJ, May 24, 1956 (on "Tenor Madness" album)
3-6 to 3-10 Sonny Rollins Quartet, Hackensack NJ, Jun 22, 1956 (on Saxophone Colossus" album)
3-11 & 4-1 to 4-2 Sonny Rollins Quintet, Hackensack NJ, Oct 5, 1956 (on "Rollins Plays For Bird" album)
4-3 to 4-8 Sonny Rollins Quartet, Hackensack NJ, Dec 7, 1956 (on "Tour de Force" album)
4-9 Sonny Rollins Quintet, Hackensack NJ, Dec 16, 1956 (on "Sonny Rollins Volume 1" album)