...The Way It Was! - Very Good Plus (VG+) / Very Good Plus (VG+)

Notes

#A1-A4: recorded Nov. 26, 1956. Previously unreleased.
#B1: recorded Jan. 19, 1957. Previously unreleased from session for "Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section" (Contemporary S7532)
#B2: recorded Nov. 23, 1960. Previously unreleased from session for "Art Pepper: Intensity" (Contemporary S7607)
#B3: recorded Feb. 29, 1960. Previously unreleased session for "Art Pepper: Gettin' Together" (Contemporary S7573)

All sessions recorded at Contemporary's Studio in Los Angeles.
℗ 1972 Contemporary Records, Inc.

Cover photo taken at the January 19, 1957 session.
Liner Notes by Art Pepper, told to Laurie Miller Sept. 13, 1972. (Laurie Miller is a free-lance photographer and writer with whom Art Pepper is working on his autobiography.
Album front cover and liner © 1972 by Contemporary Records, Inc.