For the most part these two CDs document Montgomery's pre-fame years when he split his waking hours between being a welder for a radio parts manufacturer by day (7am to 3pm) and his evenings gigging around Indianapolis, mainly at the Turf Bar (9pm to 2am) before moving on to The Missile Room (2.30am to 5am). His nocturnal pursuits were mainly in the company of his brothers Buddy and Monk in a quintet he co-led with local tenor sax hero Alonzo ‘Pookie’ Johnson. It's on the bandstand of these two local hotspots that the majority of this package was taped. And that was the nightly routine until 1959 when Cannonball Adderley recommended Wes to Riverside Records. This being a gigging outfit their repertoire consisted mainly of popular standards that included ‘How High The Moon’, ‘Caravan’, ‘I Should Care’ but found room to rework ‘Robbin's Nest’, ‘A Night In Tunisia’, Miles' ‘Four’ along with a pair lifted from the MJQ – ‘Django’ and ‘Ralph's New Blues’. For the most part the sound quality is quite acceptable if a bit rough in places. But it doesn't distract the listener of what took place back in the day. Of added interest (and value) is a previously unreleased studio session produced by Quincy Jones for Epic, which is made up of three Wes originals plus ‘Undecided’ and ‘Love For Sale’. Almost all his signature tricks were already in place (‘All The Things You Are’) and connecting with club-goers, so for the Wes Montgomery completist who needs to own everything – this is definitely for you.