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Tracklist

1	Watermelon Man	7:09
2	Three Bags Full	5:27
3	Empty Pockets	6:09
4	The Maze	6:45
5	Driftin'	6:58
6	Alone And I	6:25
7	Watermelon Man (Alt Take)	6:33
8	Three Bags Full (Alt Take)	5:31
9	Empty Pockets (Alt Take)	6:27

Credits

• Bass – Butch Warren
• Drums – Billy Higgins
• Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
• Liner Notes – Leonard Feather
• Producer – Alfred Lion
• Reissue Producer – Michael Cuscuna
• Remastered By [Digitally] – Ron McMaster
• Tenor Saxophone – Dexter Gordon
• Trumpet – Freddie Hubbard

Notes

Reissue of the original 1962 LP release with three alternative takes as bonus cuts. Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on May 28, 1962.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
BLP 4109	Herbie Hancock	Takin' Off ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Blue Note	BLP 4109	US	1962
37053	Herbie Hancock	Takin'Off ‎(LP, Album, Dlx, Ltd, RE, 180)	Jazz Images	37053	Europe	2017
DOL882H	Herbie Hancock	Takin' Off ‎(LP, Album, RE, 180)	DOL	DOL882H	Europe	2015
BST 84109	Herbie Hancock	Takin' Off ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Blue Note	BST 84109	France	1982
TOCJ-4109, BNST-84109	Herbie Hancock	Takin' Off ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Blue Note, Blue Note	TOCJ-4109, BNST-84109	Japan	1994