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alto saxophone Gabe Baltazar
baritone saxophone Marvin Holladay
baritone saxophone, bass saxophone Wayne Dunstan
bass Peter Chivily
bass trombone Dave Wheeler
bass trombone Jim Amlotte
drums Jerry Lestock McKenzie
drums [latin] George Acevedo
ensemble Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
mellophone [mellophonium] Dwight Carver
mellophone [mellophonium] Gene Roland
mellophone [mellophonium] Gordon Davison
mellophone [mellophonium] Keith LaMotte
photography by [cover] Sherman Weisburd
producer Kent Larsen
producer Lee Gillette
tenor saxophone Paul Renzi
tenor saxophone Sam Donahue
trombone Bob Fitzpatrick
trombone Paul Heydorff
trumpet Bob Rolfe
tracks a1, a5, a6, b1, b2, b6 trumpet Bud Brisbois
trumpet Dalton Smith
trumpet Ernie Bernhardt
trumpet Larry McGuire
trumpet Sanford Skinner
tuba Clive Acker
Recorded At Goldwyn Studio
Mastered At Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Scranton
Pressed By Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Scranton
Manufactured By Capitol Records, Inc.
This album was one From the Creative World of Stan Kenton. The album featured an instrument mistakenly reported to be of Kenton's own design, the mellophonium (a mellophone that has been partially unwrapped to form a bell forward instrument), although his use of it brought the instrument to the fore. Kenton incorporated a four-man mellophonium section from September, 1960 through November, 1963, spanning 11 albums (subtitled From the Creative World of Stan Kenton). The instrument was designed and manufactured by C. G. Conn. Other companies also manufactured the instrument, but in different physical configurations than the Conn design that Kenton employed.

Recorded 13 March 1961 (2 sessions) and 20 March 1961 (2 sessions) at Goldwyn Studio, Sound Stage 5, Hollywood, CA.

ST 1533 on rear cover and spine, ST-1533 on labels.

Use of IAM in triangle as Scranton Pressing Plant ID was from 1963 to 1973, succeeding the use of the 'Anvil symbol.' Label style suggests early to mid '60's.

Rainbow labels with Capitol logo center justified along with The Romantic Approach and Stan Kenton And His Orchestra above spindle hole. STEREO is printed in bold font to the left center of spindle hole.
Matrix / Runout: ST1-1533 (Side A Label)
Matrix / Runout: ST2-1533 (Side B Label)
Matrix / Runout: ST-1-1533-X10 #2 [IAM in triangle] & (Side A, Stamped)
Matrix / Runout: ST-2-1533-X6 [IAM in triangle] & (Side B, Stamped)
Pressing Plant ID: I A M in triangle