tracks

Ruby, My Dear
Well, You Needn't
Don't Blame Me
Blue Monk
Epistrophy
I Love You Sweetheart Of All My Dreams

notes

Recording of a concert at Palo Alto High School, 1968.
Issued in gatefold jacket with printed inner sleeve.

Includes 12-page 8" x 8" booklet with photos, essays and credits, as well a 12-page 5.25" x 8.25" replica concert program by the Palo Alto High School International Club, and 16.5" x 10.5" replica concert poster.

Hype sticker affixed to shrink with release cat. #: "Unknown. Unheard. Until Now. Thelonious Monk 1968."

Originally scheduled for release on July 31, 2020 but withdrawn due to a legal dispute between Sony Music and Monk's estate.
Once resolved, the estate announced an offical street date of 18 September, 2020.

NB: On July 30, multiple copies of the European vinyl pressing appeared at the Concerto record store in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and via its affiliated website, Platomania.

B0032181-01 appears on the label. Issued in gatefold jacket with printed inner sleeve.

Includes 12-page 8" x 8" booklet with photos, essays and credits, as well a 12-page 5.25" x 8.25" replica concert program by the Palo Alto High School International Club, and 16.5" x 10.5" replica concert poster.

Hype sticker affixed to shrink with release cat. #: "Unknown. Unheard. Until Now. Thelonious Monk 1968."

Issued on reproduction Impulse labels.

Artist on jacket front: "Monk"

Labels:
Impulse! appears on jacket front, spine, labels.
Logos for UMe, Verve and Rhythm-A-Ning Entertainment, Inc., appear on jacket back.
Logos for Impulse! and Rhythm-A-Ning Entertainment, Inc., appear in booklet.

Recorded by The Staff at Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA | October 27, 1968
Mastered by Seth Foster at Universal Music Mastering Studios, NY and Grand Mixer DXT
Lacquers cut at Sterling Sounds Studios, NJ
Engineered, Sonic Restoration and Forensic Editing by Grand Mixer DXT
Tape transfer done by Sterling Sound Mastering
Analog tape restoration by Kevin Przybylowski at Sonicraft A2DX Lab, Red Bank, NJ

℗© 2020 Rhythm-A-Ning Entertainment, Inc.

A few days before the planned release on July 31, 2020, this release was withdrawn due to a legal dispute between Monk's estate and his previous label. Copies found their way into retail anyway. The new release date was set to Sept. 18, 2020.

credits

A&R [Administration] – Femi Onafowokan, Melody Ewing
A&R [Manager] – Natalie Weber
Art Direction [Creative Direction], Design – Ryan Rogers
Co-producer – Zev Feldman
Coordinator [Production/Release] – Eric Neuser, Rafaela Hernández
Double Bass – Larry Gales
Drums – Ben Riley (3)
Executive-Producer – Ken Druker, TS Monk,
Lacquer Cut By – Ryan Smith (2)
Liner Notes – Danny Scher, Robin D. G. Kelley
Mastered By – Grand Mixer DXT, Seth Foster
Photography By [Cover, Inside] – Larry Fink
Photography By [Inside] – Jim Marshall (3), Lee Tanner, Veryl Oakland
Piano – Thelonious Monk
Producer – Grand Mixer DXT, Danny Scher, Douglas Holloway, TS Monk,
Producer [Associate] – Zak Shelby-Szyszko
Recorded By – Danny Scher
Restoration [Analog Tape] – Kevin Przybylowski
Restoration, Edited By [Forensic] – Grand Mixer DXT,
Tenor Saxophone – Charlie Rouse
A&R [Administration] – Femi Onafowokan, Melody Ewing
A&R [Manager] – Natalie Weber
Bass – Larry Gales
Co-producer – Zev Feldman
Coordinator [Production / Release Coordinator] – Eric Neuser, Rafaela Hernandez,
Creative Director, Design – Ryan Rogers
Drums – Ben Riley
Engineer, Edited By – Grand Mixer DXT,
Executive-Producer – Ken Druker, TS Monk,
Lacquer Cut By – Ryan Smith (2)
Liner Notes – Danny Scher, Robin D. G. Kelley
Mastered By – Grand Mixer DXT, Seth Foster
Photography By [Cover Photo] – Larry Fink
Photography By [Inside Gatefold, Pages 3 And 7] – Jim Marshall (3)
Photography By [Page 4] – Lee Tanner
Photography By [Page 8] – Veryl Oakland
Piano – Thelonious Monk
Producer – Grand Mixer DXT, Danny Scher, Douglas Holloway, TS Monk,
Producer [Associate] – Zak Shelby-Szyszko
Public Relations [Marketing] – Oliver Schrage
Recorded By – Danny Scher
Restoration [Analog Tape] – Kevin Przybylowski
Restoration [Sonic] – Grand Mixer DXT,
Tenor Saxophone – Charlie Rouse

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Rhythm-A-Ning Entertainment Inc.
Copyright (c) – Rhythm-A-Ning Entertainment Inc.
Licensed To – UMG Recordings, Inc.
Record Company – Universal International Music B.V.
Pressed By – Optimal Media GmbH – BK08446
Published By – EMI Robbins Catalog Inc.
Published By – Embassy Music Corp.
Published By – Regent Music Corp.
Published By – Thelonious Music Corporation
Published By – Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
Mastered At – Universal Music Studios East, NYC
Engineered At – Sterling Sound
Engineered At – Sonicraft
Lacquer Cut At – Sterling Sound
Record Company – Impulse Records (10)
Record Company – Universal International Music B.V.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Rhythm-A-Ning Entertainment Inc.
Copyright (c) – Rhythm-A-Ning Entertainment Inc.
Licensed To – UMG Recordings, Inc.
Distributed By – UMG Commercial Services
Recorded At – Palo Alto High School
Produced At – Sonicraft
Produced At – Sterling Sound
Mastered At – Universal Music Studios East, NYC
Lacquer Cut At – Sterling Sound
Published By – Embassy Music Corp.
Published By – Regent Music Corp.
Published By – EMI Robbins Catalog
Published By – Thelonious Music Corporation
Published By – Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.

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