Thelonious Monk - Palo Alto (LP) (Near Mint (NM or M-))

Media Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Sleeve Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)

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A few days before the planned release on July 31, 2020, this release was withdrawn due to a legal dispute between Monk's estate and his previous label.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.

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

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Barcode 0602507112844
Barcode 6 02507 11284 4
Matrix / Runout B0032181-01A RE1 RKS STERLING
Matrix / Runout B0032181-01B RE1 RKS STERLING
Other B0032181-01 EV01
Other B0032181-01 BK01
Other B0032181-01 BK02
Other B0032181-01 FL01
Rights Society BMI
Rights Society ASCAP

Record Company Impulse Records (10)
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
Engineered At Sonicraft
Engineered 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.