5 CD set w/5 original Blue Note albums: Our Thing (1964) In 'N' Out (1964) Inner Urge (1965) The State Of The Tenor: Live At The Village Vanguard Volume 1 (1986) The State Of The Tenor: Live At The Village Vanguard Volume 2 (1987)

1 to 5 originally released as LP " In Pursuit Of Blackness " (Milestone 9034) in 1971.
6 to 10 originally released as LP " Black Is The Color " (Milestone 9040) in 1972.

Tracks 1, 3 and 5 recorded at Decca Studios, New York City, May 12, 1971.
Tracks 2 & 4 recorded at The Lighthouse Cafe, Hermosa Beach, CA, September 25 & 26, 1970. Mixed at Soundwave Studios, New York City.
Tracks 6 to 10 recorded and mixed at Mercury Sound Studios, New York City, March/April 1972.

Tracks published:
1 and 4 to 10 Johen Music ( BMI )
2 EMI Robbins Cat. / Webster Music Corp. ( ASCAP )
3 EMI Unart Cat. ( BMI )

2 LP's on 1 CD

? 1973
© 1994

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on January 27, 1966.

Recorded at Sear Sound, New York, March 26, 1991.