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~ Release by Herbie Hancock (see all versions of this release, 5 available)

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Available in 96kHz/24‐bit

GRid: A10301A00014135042

Archives.org shows it on Spotify 2013-10-08. TIDAL & 7digital have a release date of 2013-11-20. It was not released in 2008. Discogs has since removed that date. HDtracks shows 2008‑09‑16, however, HDtracks inherited a ton of bogus placeholder dates from early Sony digital archives. These dates were never real release dates—they were internal metadata artifacts.

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Annotation last modified on 2026-02-03 07:05 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1Butterfly
recording engineer:
Brian Bell (engineer), Fred Catero and Tomoo Suzuki
assistant engineer:
Hirohiko Yamanaka and Takeshi Sukegawa
producer:
David Rubinson & Friends Inc.
mixer:
Fred Catero and David Rubinson
drums (drum set):
Alphonse Mouzon (from 1978-10-17 until 1978-10-18)
electric bass guitar:
Paul Jackson (jazz bassist) (from 1978-10-17 until 1978-10-18)
electric guitar:
Ray Obiedo (from 1978-10-17 until 1978-10-18)
keyboard [keyboards]:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) (from 1978-10-17 until 1978-10-18)
percussion:
Bill Summers (from 1978-10-17 until 1978-10-18)
recorded at:
CBSソニースタジオ (CBS/Sony Studio) in Ichigaya, Shinjuku (Shinjuku-ku), Tokyo, Japan (from 1978-10-17 until 1978-10-18)
recording of:
Butterfly (original 1974 jazz instrumental)
composer:
Jacques Burvick, Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) and Bennie Maupin
publisher:
Hancock Music
7:56
2Shiftless Shuffle
recording engineer:
Brian Bell (engineer), Fred Catero and Tomoo Suzuki
assistant engineer:
Hirohiko Yamanaka and Takeshi Sukegawa
producer:
David Rubinson & Friends Inc.
mixer:
Fred Catero and David Rubinson
drums (drum set):
Alphonse Mouzon (from 1978-10-17 until 1978-10-18)
electric bass guitar:
Paul Jackson (jazz bassist) (from 1978-10-17 until 1978-10-18)
electric guitar:
Ray Obiedo (from 1978-10-17 until 1978-10-18)
keyboard [keyboards]:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) (from 1978-10-17 until 1978-10-18)
percussion:
Bill Summers (from 1978-10-17 until 1978-10-18)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1979)
recorded at:
CBSソニースタジオ (CBS/Sony Studio) in Ichigaya, Shinjuku (Shinjuku-ku), Tokyo, Japan (from 1978-10-17 until 1978-10-18)
recording of:
Shiftless Shuffle
composer:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer), Paul Jackson (jazz bassist), Harvey Mason (jazz drummer), Bennie Maupin and Bill Summers
publisher:
Hancock Music
7:11
3I Thought It Was You
recording engineer:
Brian Bell (engineer), Fred Catero and Tomoo Suzuki
assistant engineer:
Hirohiko Yamanaka and Takeshi Sukegawa
producer:
David Rubinson & Friends Inc.
mixer:
Fred Catero and David Rubinson
drums (drum set):
Alphonse Mouzon (from 1978-10-17 until 1978-10-18)
electric bass guitar:
Paul Jackson (jazz bassist) (from 1978-10-17 until 1978-10-18)
electric guitar:
Ray Obiedo (from 1978-10-17 until 1978-10-18)
keyboard [keyboards]:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) (from 1978-10-17 until 1978-10-18)
percussion:
Bill Summers (from 1978-10-17 until 1978-10-18)
recorded at:
CBSソニースタジオ (CBS/Sony Studio) in Ichigaya, Shinjuku (Shinjuku-ku), Tokyo, Japan (from 1978-10-17 until 1978-10-18)
recording of:
I Thought It Was You (from 1978-10-17 until 1978-10-18)
writer:
Jeffrey Cohen (70s/80s US funk/soul producer/songwriter), Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) and Melvin Ragin
publisher:
Hancock Music Co., Notting Hill Music (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd. and Wah Watson Music
15:31