1.Better Days
2.Free Sample
3.After School
4.Balloons
5.Burning Spear
6.Head Start
7.It's Too Late
8.Gotcha
9.Alison
10.We'll Be Together Again

Joe Pass-(guitar); Ray Brown-(acoustic bass on 4, 6,10 & electric bass on 9); Carol Kaye-(acoustic bass on 2, 3 & electric bass on 1, 5, 7 & 8); Paul Humphrey-(drums on 1, 2, 5 & 6), Earl Palmer-(drums); Milt Holland-(percussion); Conte Candoli-(flugelhorn, trumpet); Tom Scott-(tenor, flute & alto flute); J.J.Johnson-(trombone); Joe Sample-(Keyboard): Recorded at Mo-West studio(then known as 'Poppi'), L.A. in end of 1971.

· Hot Wire Records reissued "Better Days"(HOT 9014C) in 1995. The contents are same as original, but add 7 unissued sessions of 1970:---> Carol Kaye announced that Hot Wire products are Pirates on her website. And she issued "Better Days" as a CD format on 2003, it covers all 17 tunes, also she re-mixed all tunes beautifuly, so forget about Hot Wire products ! Hot Wire made CD from the cassette tape, not from Carol's Master tape. There is no rason to keep the bad quality illegal version. Let's throw away ! Why don't you buy from Carol, herself ?! (Apr. 29, '06)
You can buy "Better Days" at Carol Kaye web site:

11.The Preacher
12.Bass Blues
13.Flying Down Baja
14.My Bonnie
15.Love Is
16.In The City
17.Slick Cat
The personnel of 11~17; Joe Pass-(guitar); Carol Kaye-(electric bass); Paul Humphrey-(drums)
· 11~17 and "Boogaloo" on #46-2 were recorded at O'Jai studio, Calif. in 1970.
· The recording information from Carol Kaye. Thanks Carol !!

· P-Vine(blues interactions,inc.) will issue "Better Days" on July 7th as a CD format only in Japan. The contens are same as above mentioned 17 tunes. (re-mix from Carol Kaye's master tape)
The sound quality is GREAT, indeed !! (see bellow for more info, Jul. 26, 06)
· I add Joe Sample-(Keyboard) as a member.(May 7, '06)

· P-Vine(blues interactions,inc.) just issued "Better Days" as CD format using the original cover jacket.
It contain 18 tunes. The running order is same as Carol's mix CD but they add "Better Days" (alternate take). This alternate take is in Carol's re-mixed CD (issued on 2003).
In other words, Carol's re-mixed CD (Joe's face on CD) has 17 tracks, it has "Better Days" as re-mixed version not as original LP version. And this P-Vine's CD covers both versions. So must be . . .
1.Better Days (original LP version)
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18.Better Days (alternate take=re-mixed version)
Carol says this alternate take was recorded before LP version on the liner note of P-Vine. (Jul. 26, '06)