Pure Monk

The catalog# is printed as "Milestone 47004" on spine and cover but as "MSP-47004" on the labels. A1 originally issued on Riverside 201 - Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington. Recorded July 21 or 27, 1955. A2 originally issued on Riverside 209 - The Unique Thelonious Monk. Recorded March 17 or April 3, 1956. A3 originally issued on Riverside 226 - Thelonious Monk/Brilliant Corners. Recorded December, 1956. A4, B2 to C2 originally issued on Riverside 235 - Thelonious Himself. Recorde April 12 and 16, 1957. B1 was first issued on Jazzland 46 - Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane. Recorded at April 12, 1957. C3 to D6 originally issued on Riverside 312 - Thelonious Alone in San Francisco. Recorded October 21 and 22, 1959. Engineered at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack N.J. (A1, A2), Reeves Sound Studios, New York City (A3 to C2) and at Fugazi Hall, San Francisco (C3 to D6). Remastered 1973 at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, Cal. All selections are unaccompanied piano solos. Publishers: A1: American Academy of Music/ASCAP A2: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co/ASCAP A3: Mills Music/ASCAP A4: Warner Bros./ASCAP A5: American Academy of Music/ASCAP A6: Mills Music/ASCAP B1: Thelonious Music/BMI B2: Thelonious Music/BMI B3: Warner Bros./ASCAP C1: Dorsey Bros./ASCAP C2: Irving Berlin Music/ASCAP C3: Dorsey Bros./ASCAP C4: Paramount Music/ASCAP C5: Irving Berlin Music/ASCAP C6: Bourne/ASCAP D1: Thelonious Music/BMI D2: Consolidated Music/ASCAP D3: Thelonious Music/BMI D4: Thelonious Music/BMI D5: Thelonious Music/BMI D6: Thelonious Music/BMI ℗ 1973 Milestone Records.