tracks

The "In" Crowd
Limelight
Delilah
Black Eye Peas
Carmen
Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
Consider The Source
Little Liza Jane
Here 'Tis
Something You Got
Hang On Sloopy
A Hard Day's Night
Hi-Heel Sneakers
Wade In The Water
Up Tight
Day Tripper
One, Two, Three
Soul Man

notes

This compilation ℗ & © 2000 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. Track 1 recorded between May 13 and 15, 1965 at the Bohemian Caverns, Washington, D.C.;
Original-LP issue: The In Crowd, available on CD
Track 2 recorded 1956 in Chicago
Original-LP issue: Ramsey Lewis And His Gentlemen Of Swing
Track 3 recorded February 9, 1958 in Chicago
Original-LP issue: Ramsey Lewis And His Gentle-men Of Jazz - Volume 2
Tracks 4, 5 recorded 1958 in Chicago
Original 45-rpm issue: Black Eye Peas
Track 6 recorded November 6, 1958 at Ter-Mar Recording Studios, Chicago
Original-LP issue: Down To Earth (Music From The Soil), available on CD
Track 7 recorded April 1959 in Chicago
Original 45-rpm issue: C.C. Rider / Consider The Source
Tracks 8, 9 recorded 1960 in Chicago
Original-LP issue: Stretching Out
Track 10 recorded June 4 or 6, 1964 at the Bohemian Caverns, Washington, D.C.
Original-LP issue: At The Bohemian Caverns
Tracks 11 to 13 recorded between October 14 and 17, 1965 at the Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach, California
Original-LP issue: Hang On Ramsey!
Tracks 14, 15 recorded May 26, 1966 at Universal Recording Studio, Chicago
Original-LP issue: Wade In The Water
Track 16 recorded June 7, 1966 at Universal Recording Studio, Chicago
Original-LP issue: Wade In The Water
Track 17 recorded 1967 in Chicago
Original-LP issue: Goin' Latin
Track 18 recorded October 1967 in Chicago
Original-LP issue: Up Pops Ramsey Lewis

℗ 2000 The Verve Music Group.
© 2000 The Verve Music Group.
Made in the EU.
All photographs are
© 2000 Joe Alper and Don Bronstein

Issued in a jewel case with clear tray and fold-out insert. Some copies with sticker on front: "Ramsey Lewis's Finet Hour / 60 minutes never sounded so good! The very best of Ramsey Lewis. / Ramsey Lewis mastered the art of jazzifying the biggest hits of the day. From classics like 'Hang On Sloopy' to 'The In Crowd' Ramsey's performances make him the funkiest guy on the block. 543 763-2"

credits

Art Direction – Hollis King
Bass – Cleveland Eaton (tracks: 14 to 18), Eldee Young (tracks: 1 to 13)
Compiled By [Selected & Sequenced], Liner Notes – Bill Dahl
Coordinator [Production & Research] – Carlos Kase, Tom Greenwood (3)
Design – Dawn Agard
Design [Original Series Designed By] – Robert Appleton (2)
Drums – Maurice White (tracks: 14 to 18), Redd Holt, (tracks: 1 to 13)
Liner Notes [Notes Edited By] – Peter Keepnews
Management [Art Production Managed By] – Sherniece Smith
Management [Production Managed By] – Bryan Koniarz
Mixed By, Mastered By – Kevin Reeves
Piano – Ramsey Lewis
Producer – Esmond Edwards, Jack Tracy
Research – Ben Young (3)
Research [Photography] – Cynthia Sesso
Research [Production & Research Assistance] – John Wriggle
Art Direction – Hollis King
Art Direction [Series], Design [Series] – Robert Appleton (2)
Bass – Cleveland Eaton (tracks: 14 to 18), Eldee Young (tracks: 1 to 13)
Compiled By [Selected & Sequenced By] – Bill Dahl
Conductor – Richard Evans (2) (tracks: 14 to 18)
Coordinator [Production And Research] – Carlos Kase, Tom Greenwood (3)
Design – Dawn Agard
Drums – Maurice White (tracks: 14 to 18), Redd Holt, (tracks: 1 to 13)
Liner Notes – Bill Dahl
Liner Notes [Edited By] – Peter Keepnews
Mixed By, Mastered By – Kevin Reeves
Photography By [Back Cover] – Don Bronstein
Photography By [Front Cover] – Joe Alper
Piano – Ramsey Lewis
Producer [Assistant], Research [Assistant] – John Wriggle
Producer [Original Recordings] – Esmond Edwards, Jack Tracy
Product Manager [Art Production] – Sherniece Smith
Production Manager – Bryan Koniarz
Research – Ben Young (3)
Research [Photograph] – Cynthia Sesso

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – The Verve Music Group
Copyright (c) – The Verve Music Group
Record Company – UMG Recordings, Inc.
Glass Mastered At – Sony DADC
Record Company – Universal Music
Phonographic Copyright (p) – The Verve Music Group
Copyright (c) – The Verve Music Group
Copyright (c) – Joe Alper
Copyright (c) – Don Bronstein
Made By – Universal M & L, Germany – 51039027
Recorded At – The Bohemian Caverns
Recorded At – Ter Mar Studios
Recorded At – The Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach
Recorded At – Universal Recording Studio

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