Releases

All tracks are taken from archive of PSL

Featuring:
— Freddie Hubbard
— Bob Degen
— Little Al Thomas and the Crazy House Band
— The Arthur Lyman Group
— Mighty Sam McClain
— Duke Ellington
— Oscar Peterson & Joe Pass
— Buddy Collette

tr. 1
Produced by Bob Thiele
Sound — Rudy Van Gelder
Freddie Hubbard — trumpet
Curtis Fuller — trombone
John Gilmore — tenor saxophone
Tommy Flanagan — piano
Art Davis — bass
Louis Hayes — drums
Recorded July 2, 1962

tr. 2
Produced by Matthias Winckelmann
Sound — Michael Marciano
Bob Degen — piano
Michael Formanek — bass
Bill Stewart — drums
Recorded April 29 — 30, 1997

tr. 3
Produced by John Edelmann
Sound — Blaise Barton
Little Al Thomas — vocals
The Crazy House Band:
Sidney James Wingfield — piano
John Edelmann — guitar (Gibson guitars and Victoria amplifiers)
Ed Galchick — bass
Tom “Mot” Dutko — drums
The Blues Swingers Horns: Dave Clark — tenor saxophone
Van Kelly — baritone saxophone; Paul Mundy — alto saxophone
Recorded at Acme Studios, Chicago

tr. 4
Produced by Richard Vaughn
Arthur Lyman — vibraphone
Alan Soares — piano
John Kramer — bass
Harold Chang — percussion
1961

tr. 5
Produced by Joe Harley
Sound — Michael C. Ross
Mighty Sam McClain — vocals
Bruce Katz — Hammond B-3
Kevin Barry — slide guitar
Michael Rivard — bass
Lorne Entress — drums
Recorded, November 14, 1992

tr. 6
Produced by Irving Townsend
Duke Ellington — piano
Ozzie Bailey — vocals
Ray Nance — violin
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: Johnny Hodges, Rick Henderson — alto saxophone
Russell Procope — alto saxophone, clarinet; Harry Carney — baritone saxophone
Paul Gonsalves — tenor saxophone; Jimmy Hamilton — tenor saxophone, clarinet
Cat Anderson, Clark Terry, «Shorty» Baker, Ray Nance, Willie Cook — trumpet
Britt Woodman, Quentin Jackson — trombone
John Sanders — bass trombone; Jimmy Wood — bass; Sam Woodyard — drums
Recorded, October 1, 1957, New York City

tr. 7
Produced by Norman Granz
Oscar Peterson — clavichord
Joe Pass — acoustic guitar
Recorded January 26, 1976, RCA, Los Angeles, CA

tr. 8
Buddy Collette — alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet
Howard Roberts — guitar
Frank Rosolino — trombone
Red Callender — tuba, bass
Red Mitchell — bass
Bill Douglass — drums
Recorded at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, January 24, 1958, Los Angeles, CA

Tr. 1 from «Expert-S — Sky-High 1”
Re-Mastered: 3.09. & 12-13.12.2015

Tr. 2 from «Expert-S — Sky-High 2”
Re-Mastered: 12.08.2016

Tr. 3 from «Expert-S — Sky-High 3”
Re-Mastered: 20.07.2017

Tr. 4 & 5 from «Expert-S — Sky-High 4”
Re-Mastered: 21.07.2017

Tr. 6 from «Expert-S — Sky-High 5”
Re-Mastered: 28.08.2017

Tr. 7 & 8 from «Expert-S — Sky-High 6”
Re-Mastered: 30.08.2017

Sound & Compilation: 23.11.2024

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Mode: CD-Audio

No EQ, no compressions or digital dynamic manipulations added to this mastering process

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the phonograms were processed and recorded using the aforementioned playback and recording systems

— DRIVE: CDM2PRO
— DRIVE: CDM4IND
— DRIVE: CDM9PRO
— DRIVE: CDM12PRO
— DRIVE: CDM12.4/05
— DRIVE: CDM12IND
— DRIVE: S.P.M. / PEA1030
— DRIVE: S.P.M. / PEA1335
— DRIVE: S.P.M. / PWY1004
— DRIVE: S.P.M. / PD-T09
— DRIVE: VRDS-25XS / KSS151A
— DRIVE: VRDS CMK-3.2 — KSS151A
— DRIVE: VRDS-50
— DAC: TDA1541
— DAC: TDA1547
— DAC: AD1862N-J
— DAC: 4XAD1862N-J-SM5843-CXD2545
— DAC: PD2026AX2
— DAC: PD2028AX2
— DAC: PD2028A/BX2
— DAC: PE8001A
— DAC: PCM58
— DAC: PCM63
— RECORDER MACHINE: RPD500PRO
— RECORDER MACHINE: RPD1000PRO
— TUBE CORRECTOR: TELEFUNKEN EF7 & EF11 / AD1
— MAGNETIC TAPE: BASF PROFESSIONAL HiFi LPR35
— MAGNETIC TAPE: BASF STUDIO MASTER 900 MAXIMA
— MAGNETIC TAPE: SONY SLH-11-1100BL
— MAGNETIC TAPE: AMPEX 795
— MAGNETIC TAPE: AMPEX 456 GRAND MASTER
— MAGNETIC TAPE: 3M 996 AUDIO MASTERING TAPE
— TAPE MACHINES: AMPEX ATR-100
— TAPE MACHINES: STUDER A80-2
— TAPE MACHINES: STUDER A807
— TAPE MACHINES: REVOX PR99
— HEADPHONE: BEYER DT990PRO
— EARS SPEAKER: STAX SR007
— HEADPHONE AMPLIFIER: TELEFUNKEN AD1 / EF12 / EL11

All tracks have been remade directly to 2-track tape

Recording tape speed 15 i.p.s.

This product is manufactured on demand using CD recordable media

mode: CD Audio
start of the project in 2024

WARNING!
This record should be played through «Direct Line» (Straight Line)
option of your amplifier to achieve the best performance