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| A1 | –The Dave Brubeck Octet | The Way You Look TonightArranged By – Dave BrubeckWritten-By – Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern |
| A2 | –The Dave Brubeck Octet | Love Walked InArranged By – Dave Van KriedtWritten-By – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin* |
| A3 | –The Dave Brubeck Octet | What Is This Thing Called Love?Written-By – Cole Porter |
| A4 | –The Dave Brubeck Octet | September In The RainArranged By – Dave Van KriedtWritten-By – Al Dubin, Harry Warren |
| A5 | –The Dave Brubeck Octet | PreludeWritten-By – Dave Van Kriedt |
| A6 | –The Dave Brubeck Octet | Fugue On Bop ThemesWritten-By – Dave Van Kriedt |
| A7 | –The Dave Brubeck Octet | Let's Fall In LoveArranged By – Dave Van KriedtWritten-By – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler |
| A8 | –The Dave Brubeck Octet | IPCAWritten-By – Smith* |
| A9 | –The Dave Brubeck Octet | Closing ThemeWritten-By – Dave Brubeck |
| A10 | –The Dave Brubeck Trio | IndianaWritten-By – Ballard MacDonald, James F. Hanley |
| A11 | –The Dave Brubeck Trio | Blue MoonWritten-By – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers* |
| A12 | –The Dave Brubeck Trio | LauraWritten-By – David Raksin, Johnny Mercer |
| A12 | –The Dave Brubeck Trio | UndecidedWritten-By – Charlie Shavers, Sid Robin |
| B1 | –The Dave Brubeck Trio | Tea For TwoWritten-By – Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans |
| B2 | –The Dave Brubeck Trio | That Old Black MagicWritten-By – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer* |
| B3 | –The Dave Brubeck Trio | Sweet Georgia BrownWritten-By – Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard |
| B4 | –The Dave Brubeck Trio | Let's Fall In LoveWritten-By – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler |
| B5 | –The Dave Brubeck Trio | AvalonWritten-By – Al Jolson, Buddy G. De Sylva, Vincent Rose |
| B6 | –The Dave Brubeck Trio | Singin' In The RainWritten-By – Arthur Freed, Nacio Herb Brown |
| B7 | –The Dave Brubeck Trio | Squeeze MeWritten-By – Clarence Williams, Fats Waller |
| B8 | –The Dave Brubeck Trio | AlwaisWritten-By – Irving Berlin |
| B9 | –The Dave Brubeck Trio | 'S WonderfulWritten-By – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin* |
| B10 | –The Dave Brubeck Trio | Body And SoulWritten-By – Edward Heyman, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Robert Sour |
| B11 | –The Dave Brubeck Trio | Too Marvelous For WordsWritten-By – Johnny Mercer, Richard Whiting |
| C1 | –The Dave Brubeck Quartet | Give A Little WhistleWritten-By – Leigh Harline, Ned Washington |
| C2 | –The Dave Brubeck Quartet | You Go To My HeadWritten-By – Haven Gillespie, J. Fred Coots |
| C3 | –The Dave Brubeck Quartet | Over The RainbowWritten-By – E.Y. Harburg, Harold Arlen |
| C4 | –The Dave Brubeck Quartet | This Can't Be LoveWritten-By – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers* |
| C5 | –The Dave Brubeck Quartet | Star DustWritten-By – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish |
| D1 | –The Dave Brubeck Quartet | Lulu's Back In TownWritten-By – Al Dubin, Harry Warren |
| D2 | –The Dave Brubeck Quartet | A Foggy DayWritten-By – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin* |
| D3 | –The Dave Brubeck Quartet | The Trolley SongWritten-By – Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane |
| D4 | –The Dave Brubeck Quartet | Look For The Silver LiningWritten-By – Buddy G. De Sylva, Jerome Kern |
| D5 | –Dave Brubeck | Sweet Cleo BrownWritten-By – Dave Brubeck |
| D6 | –Dave Brubeck | I'm Old FashionedWritten-By – Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer |
| D7 | –Dave Brubeck | ImaginationWritten-By – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke* |
| D8 | –Dave Brubeck | They Say It's WonderfulWritten-By – Irving Berlin |
Credits
- Alto Saxophone – Paul Desmond (tracks: A1 to A9, C1 to C5, D1 to D4)
- Bass – Fred Dutton (tracks: D2), Jack Weeks (tracks: A1 to A9), Ron Crotty (tracks: A10 to A12, B1 to B11, D3), Wyatt "Bull" Ruther* (tracks: C4 to C5, D1, D4)
- Bassoon – Fred Dutton (tracks: D2)
- Clarinet – Bill Smith* (tracks: A1 to A9)
- Design – Christos Peterson
- Drums – Cal Tjader (tracks: A10 to A12, B1 to B11), Herb Barman (tracks: C4, D2, D4), Lloyd Davis (tracks: C1 to C3, C5, D1, D3)
- Edited By – Kyle Kinsey, Susan Schwartzman
- Percussion – Cal Tjader (tracks: A1 to A12, B1 to B11)
- Photography By [Cover] – David Gahr
- Piano – Dave Brubeck
- Research – Catherine Shallis Morphet, Iola Brubeck, Russell S. Gloyd*
- Tenor Saxophone – Dave Van Kriedt (tracks: A1 to A9)
- Trombone – Bob Collins (tracks: A1 to A9)
- Trumpet – Dick Collins (tracks: A1 to A9)
- Vibraphone – Cal Tjader (tracks: A10 to A12, B1 to B11)
Notes
The same track titles on the 3 LP set are all on the 2 cassette set.White cassette housing with white paper labels.
Program contents and sequence selected by Dave Brubeck, 1980.
All selections recorded in San Francisco from 1948-1953 except D1 to D3 which were recorded at Storyville in Boston, 1952 and D4 and E5 which were recorded at the Surf Club in Hollywood, 1951. Side Six was recorded in 1956 in San Francisco.
Other versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80-5547 | Dave Brubeck, The Dave Brubeck Trio, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, The Dave Brubeck Octet | Dave Brubeck, The Dave Brubeck Trio, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, The Dave Brubeck Octet - Early Fantasies (3xLP, Comp, Mono + Box) | Book-Of-The-Month Records | 80-5547 | US | 1980 |
