THE COMPLETE GALAXY RECORDINGS contains 16 CDs worth of material recorded by Art Pepper during his 1978 to 1982 tenure with the Galaxy record label. This box set has 137 selections, including 53 previously unreleased tracks, with a total running time of 18 hours and 39 minutes. Also included is a 28-page booklet with an essay by Gary Giddins and rarely seen photos of Pepper from this period.
Personnel includes: Art Pepper (saxophone); Carl Burnett, George Cables, Ron Carter, Stanley Cowell, Tony Dumas, Tommy Flanagan, Al Foster, Charlie Haden, Roy Haynes, Billy Higgins, Hank Jones, Cecil McBee, Red Mitchel, Kenneth Nash, Howard Roberts, David Williams.
Disc: 1
1. Miss Who? - Art Pepper
2. Mambo Koyama - Art Pepper
3. Lover, Come Back to Me - Art Pepper, Hammerstein, Oscar
4. Patricia - Art Pepper
5. These Foolish Things - Art Pepper, Link, Harry
6. Chris's Blues - Art Pepper
7. Over the Rainbow - Art Pepper, Arlen, Harold
8. Yardbird Suite - Art Pepper, Parker, Charlie
9. I Love You - Art Pepper, Porter, Cole
10. Pepper Pot - Art Pepper
11. These Foolish Things - Art Pepper, Link, Harry
Disc: 2
1. Over the Rainbow - Art Pepper, Arlen, Harold
2. Straight, No Chaser - Art Pepper, Monk, Thelonious
3. Straight, No Chaser - Art Pepper, Monk, Thelonious
4. Yesterdays - Art Pepper, Harbach, Otto
5. A Night in Tunisia - Art Pepper, Gillespie, Dizzy
6. A Night in Tunisia - Art Pepper, Gillespie, Dizzy
7. Diane - Art Pepper
8. My Friend John - Art Pepper
Disc: 3
1. Duo Blues - Art Pepper
2. Blues for Blanche - Art Pepper
3. Landscape - Art Pepper
4. Stardust - Art Pepper, Carmichael, Hoagy
5. Donna Lee - Art Pepper, Parker, Charlie
6. Donna Lee - Art Pepper, Parker, Charlie
7. Blues for Blanche - Art Pepper
8. Blues for Blanche - Art Pepper
9. So in Love - Art Pepper, Porter, Cole
Disc: 4
1. Lover Man - Art Pepper, Davis, Jimmy [3]
2. Body and Soul - Art Pepper, Eyton, Frank
3. You Go to My Head - Art Pepper, Coots, J. Fred
4. Tin Tin Deo - Art Pepper, Fuller, Gil
5. Stardust - Art Pepper, Carmichael, Hoagy
6. Anthropology - Art Pepper, Gillespie, Dizzy
7. In a Mellow Tone - Art Pepper, Ellington, Duke
8. Desafinado - Art Pepper, Cavanaugh, Jesse
9. My Friend John - Art Pepper
10. My Friend John - Art Pepper
Disc: 5
1. True Blues - Art Pepper
2. Avalon - Art Pepper, DeSylva, Buddy
3. The Trip - Art Pepper
4. Landscape - Art Pepper
5. Sometime - Art Pepper
6. Mambo de la Pinta - Art Pepper
7. Red Car - Art Pepper
Disc: 6
1. Over the Rainbow - Art Pepper, Arlen, Harold
2. Mambo Koyama - Art Pepper
3. Straight Life - Art Pepper
4. Besame Mucho - Art Pepper, Skylar, Sunny
5. True Blues - Art Pepper
6. Avalon - Art Pepper, DeSylva, Buddy
7. The Shadow of Your Smile - Art Pepper, Mandel, Johnny
Disc: 7
1. Landscape - Art Pepper
2. Sometime - Art Pepper
3. Mambo de la Pinta - Art Pepper
4. Red Car - Art Pepper
5. Over the Rainbow - Art Pepper, Arlen, Harold
6. Mambo Koyama - Art Pepper
7. Straight Life - Art Pepper
Disc: 8
1. Besame Mucho - Art Pepper, Skylar, Sunny
2. But Beautiful - Art Pepper, Burke, Johnny
3. When You're Smiling - Art Pepper, Fisher, Mark
4. Surf Ride - Art Pepper
5. Nature Boy - Art Pepper, Ahbez, Eden
6. Straight Life - Art Pepper
7. September Song - Art Pepper, Anderson, Maxwell
8. Make a List (Make a Wish) - Art Pepper
9. Long Ago (And Far Away) - Art Pepper, Gershwin, Ira
Disc: 9
1. Nature Boy - Art Pepper, Ahbez, Eden
2. Our Song - Art Pepper
3. Here's That Rainy Day - Art Pepper, Burke, Johnny
4. That's Love - Art Pepper
5. Winter Moon - Art Pepper, Carmichael, Hoagy
6. When the Sun Comes Out - Art Pepper, Arlen, Harold
7. Blues in the Night - Art Pepper, Arlen, Harold
8. The Prisoner - Art Pepper, Lawrence, Jack
9. Ol' Man River - Art Pepper, Kern, Jerome
10. Here's That Rainy Day - Art Pepper, Burke, Johnny
Disc: 10
1. Winter Moon - Art Pepper, Adamson, Harold
2. When the Sun Comes Out - Art Pepper, Arlen, Harold
3. Our Song - Art Pepper
4. The Prisoner - Art Pepper, Lawrence, Jack
5. Mr. Big Falls His J.G. Hand - Art Pepper
6. Close to You Alone - Art Pepper, McBee, Cecil
7. There Will Never Be Another You - Art Pepper, Gordon, Mack
8. Melolev - Art Pepper
9. Goodbye, Again! - Art Pepper, Cowell, Stanley
10. Brazil - Art Pepper, Russell, Bob
11. There Will Never Be Another You - Art Pepper, Gordon, Mack
12. Melolev - Art Pepper
Disc: 11
1. Goodbye, Again! - Art Pepper, Cowell, Stanley
2. Donna Lee - Art Pepper, Parker, Charlie
3. What's New? - Art Pepper, Burke, Johnny
4. Landscape - Art Pepper
5. Valse Triste - Art Pepper
6. Thank You Blues - Art Pepper
Disc: 12
1. Road Waltz - Art Pepper
2. For Freddie - Art Pepper
3. But Beautiful - Art Pepper, Burke, Johnny
4. Mambo Koyama - Art Pepper
5. Landscape - Art Pepper
Disc: 13
1. Roadgame - Art Pepper
2. Mambo Koyama - Art Pepper
3. Everything Happens to Me - Art Pepper, Adair, Tom
4. Allen's Alley (Wee) - Art Pepper, Best, Denzil
5. Road Waltz - Art Pepper
Disc: 14
1. Samba Mom Mom - Art Pepper
2. When You're Smiling - Art Pepper, Fisher, Mark
3. But Beautiful - Art Pepper, Burke, Johnny
4. Roadgame - Art Pepper
5. For Freddie - Art Pepper
6. Arthur's Blues - Art Pepper
Disc: 15
1. Over the Rainbow - Art Pepper, Arlen, Harold
2. Tête-À-Tête - Art Pepper, Cables, George
3. Darn That Dream - Art Pepper, DeLange, Eddie
4. Body and Soul - Art Pepper, Sour, Robert
5. The Way You Look Tonight - Art Pepper, Fields, Dorothy
6. 'Round Midnight - Art Pepper, Hanighen, Bernie
7. A Night in Tunisia - Art Pepper, Gillespie, Dizzy
8. Samba Mom Mom - Art Pepper
9. Last Thing Blues - Art Pepper
10. Over the Rainbow - Art Pepper, Arlen, Harold
11. Body and Soul - Art Pepper, Eyton, Frank
Disc: 16
1. Goin' Home - Art Pepper,
2. Samba Mom Mom - Art Pepper
3. In a Mellow Tone - Art Pepper, Ellington, Duke
4. Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying - Art Pepper, Greene, Joe
5. Isn't She Lovely - Art Pepper, Wonder, Stevie
6. Billie's Bounce - Art Pepper, Parker, Charlie
7. Lover Man - Art Pepper, Davis, Jimmy [3]
8. The Sweetest Sounds - Art Pepper, Rodgers, Richard
9. You Go to My Head - Art Pepper, Coots, J. Fred
10. You Go to My Head - Art Pepper, Coots, J. Fred
11. Stardust - Art Pepper, Carmichael, Hoagy
12. Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying - Art Pepper, Greene, Joe
13. Darn That Dream - Art Pepper, DeLange, Eddie
14. Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying - Art Pepper, Greene, Joe
