Musicians :
Herbie Hancock (acoustic & electric piano), Johnny Coles (flugelhorn), Garnett Brown (trombone), Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone, alto flute), Buster Williams (bass), Tony Studd, Jack Jeffers (bass trombone), Hubert Laws (flute), Jerome Richardson (bass clarinet, flute), Romeo Penque (bass clarinet), Tootie Heath (drums).

- All Analog 180 Gram Vinyl LP !
- Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series !
- Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio From Original Analog Tape !
- Produced By Music Matters' Joe Harley !
- Pressed at RTI !

The Prisoner is the seventh Herbie Hancock album, his final on the Blue Note label, released and recorded in 1969. Dedicated to the memory of Martin Luther King, Jr., Hancock suggested in 1969 that he had been able to get closer to his real self with this album than on any other previous. Hancock praised flute player Hubert Laws on the album, suggesting that Laws was one of the finest flute players in classical or jazz music.

Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series :
"Tone Poet" Joe Harley-co-founder and co-producer of the acclaimed Music Matters audiophile vinyl series is the producer of this new series of all-analog, mastered from the original master-tape 180 gram audiophile vinyl reissues in deluxe gatefold packaging. Mastering was done by Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio) and vinyl was manufactured at Record Technology Incorporated (RTI). The titles were handpicked by Harley and cover lesser-known Blue Note classics, modern era standouts, and albums from other labels under the Blue Note catalog.

Extreme attention to detail has been paid to getting these right in every conceivable way, from the jacket graphics and printing quality to superior LP mastering (direct from the master tapes) by Kevin Gray to superb 180 gram audiophile LP pressings by Record Technology Inc. Every aspect of these Blue Note / Tone Poet releases is done to the highest possible standard. It means that you will never find a superior version. This is IT.

The so-called Tone Poet (Joe Harley) is confident that his audiophile reissues will allow 21st-century listeners to hear what the musicians heard as the master tape was played back on the studio monitors in Rudy Van Gelder's studio 50 or 60 years ago. He believes that, in terms of quality, Blue Note albums have never sounded or looked better. "Every aspect of these Blue Note releases is done to the highest possible standard", he says. "It means that you will never find a superior version".