Tracklist:

A1. Ruby, My Dear 7:00
A2. Well, You Needn't 13:16
B1. Don't Blame Me 6:36
B2. Blue Monk 14:02
B3. Epistrophy 4:26
B4. I Love You Sweetheart Of All My Dreams 2:02

Media Condition: Mint (M)
Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)

Cat # : B0032181-01

Barcode : 0602507112844

FACTORY SEALED WITH HYPE STICKER

Jazz / Hard Bop

Notes:

U.S. version, compare to [r=15705264. 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 impulse!, UMe, Verve and Rhythm-A-Ning Entertainment appear on jacket back. Logos for impulse! and Rhythm-A-Ning Entertainment appear in booklet. An Impulse! Records release. ℗© 2020 Rhythm-A-Ning Entertainment, Inc. under exclusive license to UMG Recordings, Inc. Distributed by UMG Commercial Services. 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at Sonicraft A2DX Lab, Red Bank, NJ A few days before the planned release on July 31, 2020, this release was withdrawn due to a legal dispute between Monk's estate and his previous label.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.