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1	–Gary Burton	Four Or Less Written-By – Michael Gibbs	6:13
2	–The Gary Burton Quintet* w/ Eberhard Weber	The Colours Of Chloë Written-By – Eberhard Weber	7:11
3	–Gary Burton Quintet	Dreams So Real Written-By – Carla Bley	6:19
4	–Gary Burton Quintet	Ictus - Syndrome - Wrong Key Donkey Written-By – Carla Bley	10:22
5	–Gary Burton Quartet w/ Eberhard Weber	B & G (Midwestern Nights Dream) Written-By – Pat Metheny	8:22
6	–Gary Burton Quartet	Duke Ellington's Sound Of Love Written-By – Charles Mingus	8:08
7	–Gary Burton Quartet	Syndrome Written-By – Carla Bley	6:12
8	–Gary Burton Quartet	Ladies In Mercedes Written-By – Steve Swallow	6:14
9	–Gary Burton Quintet	La Divetta Written-By – Makoto Ozone	8:26

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Universal Classics & Jazz
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – ECM Records GmbH
• Copyright (c) – ECM Records GmbH
• Marketed By – Victor Entertainment, Inc.

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Jim Odgren (tracks: 6)
• Bass – Abraham Laboriel (tracks: 1), Eberhard Weber (tracks: 2, 5), Steve Swallow (tracks: 2 to 9)
• Drums – Bob Moses (tracks: 3, 4), Dan Gottlieb* (tracks: 5), Harry Blazer (tracks: 1), Martin Richards* (tracks: 9), Mike Hyman (tracks: 6 to 8)
• Electric Guitar – Pat Metheny (tracks: 2, 3, 5)
• Engineer – Jan Erik Kongshaug, John Nagy, Martin Wieland, Stan Tonkel
• Guitar – Mick Goodrick (tracks: 1 to 4), Pat Metheny (tracks: 2)
• Liner Notes – Gary Burton
• Liner Notes [Translated by] – 出口一也
• Marimba – Gary Burton (tracks: 8, 9)
• Percussion – Bob Moses (tracks: 2)
• Photography By – Anno Wilms, Davor Šiftar, Roberto Masotti
• Piano – Makoto Ozone (tracks: 7 to 9)
• Producer [Original Recordings] – Hans Wendl (tracks: 6), Manfred Eicher (tracks: 1 to 5, 7 to 9)
• Saxophone – Tommy Smith (tracks: 9)
• Twelve-String Guitar [Electric] – Pat Metheny (tracks: 3, 4)
• Vibraphone – Gary Burton (tracks: 1 to 7, 9)

Notes

Remastered to 24-bit / 96khz format

An ECM Production ℗ 2002 ECM Records GmbH for this compilation © 2002 ECM Records GmbH
℗ 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1985, 1987 ECM Records GmbH

Six-panel digipak featuring a 24-page illustrated booklet with liner notes by Gary Burton in English.
An additional eight-page booklet contains a Japanese translation of Burton's notes.

Made in Japan.

Recordings 1973–1986
1 from Gary Burton - The New Quartet, recorded March 1973, Fayville, Mass
2 from The Gary Burton Quintet* with Eberhard Weber - Ring, recorded July 1974, Ludwigsburg
3 and 4 from Gary Burton Quintet - Dreams So Real - Music Of Carla Bley, recorded December 1975, Ludwigsburg
5 from The Gary Burton Quartet* With Eberhard Weber - Passengers, recorded November 1976, Oslo
6 from Gary Burton Quartet - Picture This, recorded January 1982, New York
7 and 8 from Gary Burton Quartet - Real Life Hits, recorded November 1984, Ludwigsburg
9 from Gary Burton Quintet - Whiz Kids, recorded June 1986, Ludwigsburg

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text): 4988005299468
• Matrix / Runout: UCCE-4004 1K 11 V IFPI L237
• Rights Society: JASRAC

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
014 195-2	Gary Burton	Selected Recordings ‎(CD, Comp, RM)	ECM Records	014 195-2	Germany	2002
440 014 195-2	Gary Burton	Selected Recordings ‎(CD, Comp, RM)	ECM Records	440 014 195-2	US	2002