The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1

Eight cuts from the first two sessions were first issued as 78s in 1949 and 1951, then as a 10-inch LP, with Vol. 1 (BLP 1503) in March 1956 and Vol. 2 the following month, the first two 12-inch releases in Blue Note's 1500 series; Blue Note's own page and Wikipedia differ on the dates of the earlier LP. Leonard Feather wrote the liner notes, Rudy Van Gelder mastered it, and Francis Wolff took the photographs. AllMusic's Scott Yanow gave Vol. 1 five stars. Barry Kernfeld wrote that the three takes of "Un Poco Loco" let listeners hear the evolution of a masterpiece.