1973 Original 2LP Gatefold Compilation, Small CC. Blue Note "Black B" Label. Jacket VG+, Small Crease On Back Corner, With Light Rubs To Edges And Other Corners. "In 1973, To Celebrate The Acquisition Of Blue Note Records By United Artists (A Move That Would Temporarily Kill The Label), Three Two-lp Sets Were Released, Each Containing Performances From A Different Decade. The First Two-Fer Was The Most Valuable For It Expertly Traces Blue Note's Earliest Years As A Swing And Dixielandish Label (With Performances By Albert Ammons, Sidney Bechet, Earl Hines, Meade Lux Lewis, George Lewis, James P. Johnson, Josh White, Sidney Deparis, Art Hodes, Sidney Bechet, Ike Quebec And Bunk Johnson Among Others) Up To Its Sudden Immersion In Bebop (With Tadd Dameron, James Moody And Two Selections From Thelonious Monk). All Of This Fine Music Has Since Been Reissued." AMG Review By Scott Yanow.