Boxset / Compilation · 1998
Tracklist
Disc 1
1. Three Wishes (5:13)
2. Empty Pockets (6:11)
3. Empty Pockets (alternate take) (6:29)
4. Three Bags Full (5:29)
5. Three Bags Full (alternate take) (5:38)
6. Watermelon Man (7:10)
7. Watermelon Man (alternate take) (6:44)
8. The Maze (6:48)
9. Driftin' (7:00)
10. Alone and I (6:29)
11. Yams (7:56)
Total Time: 71:11
Disc 2
1. A Tribute to Someone (8:43)
2. King Cobra (6:54)
3. Blind Man, Blind Man (8:19)
4. Blind Man, Blind Man (alternate take) (8:33)
5. The Pleasure Is Mine (4:04)
6. And What If I Don't (6:34)
7. Succotash (7:41)
8. Triangle (11:04)
9. Mimosa (alternate take) (10:05)
Total Time: 72:01
Disc 3
1. Mimosa (8:39)
2. A Jump Ahead (6:36)
3. Jack Rabbit (6:02)
4. Oliloqui Valley (alternate take) (10:48)
5. One Finger Snap (7:20)
6. Canteloupe Island (5:32)
7. The Egg (14:00)
8. One Finger Snap (alternate take) (7:36)
9. Oliloqui Valley (8:30)
Total Time: 75:06
Disc 4
1. Maiden Voyage (7:58)
2. The Eye of the Hurricane (6:01)
3. Dolphin Dance (9:19)
4. Survival of the Fittest (10:04)
5. Little One (8:49)
6. The Collector (6:56)
7. Maiden Voyage (5:50)
8. Theme From Blow Up (8:15)
Total Time: 63:16
Disc 5
1. Riot (alternate take 1) (4:56)
2. Riot (alternate take 2) (4:40)
3. Riot (4:39)
4. Speak Like a Child (7:50)
5. First Trip (6:01)
6. Goodbye to Childhood (alternate take) (5:53)
7. Goodbye to Childhood (7:07)
8. The Sorcerer (5:38)
9. Toys (5:50)
Total Time: 52:37
Disc 6
1. The Prisoner (alternate take) (5:47)
2. The Prisoner (7:57)
3. He Who Lives in Fear (6:53)
4. I Have a Dream (10:59)
5. Firewater (7:33)
6. Firewater (alternate take) (8:41)
7. Promise of the Sun (7:55)
8. Don't Even Go There (7:08)
Total Time: 62:56
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About this release
Blue Note – B2BN 7243 4 95569 2 8 (US)
Includes all seven albums that Herbie Hancock cut as a leader between 1962 and 1969 ('Takin' Off', "My Point Of View', 'Inventions And Dimensions', 'Empyrean Isles', 'Maiden Voyage', 'Speak Like A Child', 'The Prisoner') and 12 alternate takes.
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