Tracklist

A1	Watermelon Man
A2	Three Bags Full
A3	Empty Pockets
B1	The Maze
B2	Driftin'
B3	Alone And I

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
• Manufactured By – Toshiba EMI Ltd

Credits

• Bass – Butch Warren
• Design [Cover], Photography By [Cover Photo] – Reid Miles
• Drums – Billy Higgins
• Liner Notes – Leonard Feather
• Piano – Herbie Hancock
• Producer – Alfred Lion
• Recorded By [Recording By] – Rudy Van Gelder
• Tenor Saxophone – Dexter Gordon
• Trumpet – Freddie Hubbard

Notes

Recorded on May 28, 1962. Van Gelder Studios,Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Blue Note 4000 Series Ultra Collection - Nr. 163
Comes in laminated sleeve with OBI. Including 4-page insert promoting other records from the reissue series.

Made in Japan
BN 4109 t

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4988006680081
• Other: 93.0.24 on OBI
• Matrix / Runout: BNST - 84109 A 1S 0 1
• Matrix / Runout: BNST - 84109 B - 1S2 0 1
• Rights Society: JASRAC

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
BLP 4109	Herbie Hancock	Takin' Off ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Blue Note	BLP 4109	US	1962
DOL882H	Herbie Hancock	Takin' Off ‎(LP, Album, RE, 180)	DOL	DOL882H	Europe	2015
TOCJ-4109, BNST-84109	Herbie Hancock	Takin' Off ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Blue Note, Blue Note	TOCJ-4109, BNST-84109	Japan	1994
HS068VL	Herbie Hancock	Takin' Off ‎(LP, Album, RE, 180)	Heavenly Sweetness	HS068VL	France	2012
BST 84109	Herbie Hancock	Takin' Off ‎(LP, Album, RE, RM)	Blue Note	BST 84109	US	1986

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