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After exiting the Spencer Davis Group, organist/singer Eddie Hardin and drummer Pete York teamed as a power duo…or, as they called themselves, "the world’s smallest big band." Mixing rock, blues, jazz and soul (a la Traffic and Procol Harum), Hardin & York became a hot commodity in Europe, leading to the appearance of one of Europe’s first vinyl bootlegs. That 1970 bootleg (a tape of a German gig that became known as the album "Smallest Big Band Live") is here with further live recordings in Germany (1969–70), additional documents of the band onstage (Marquee ’71, a 1972 BBC In Concert show and radio sessions from ’69 and ’70), studio outtakes, their three 1970–71 LPs ("Tomorrow, Today," "The World’s Smallest Big Band" and "For the World") and their 1974 reunion album "Hardin & York with Charlie McCracken." Inside the stylish box is a 24-page booklet with a 4000-word essay, rare photos and a scene-setting foreword by York. This definitive retrospective of an intriguing musical partnership includes "Candlelight," "Can’t Keep a Good Man Down," "I Can’t Find My Way Home," "I’ll Be Back Again," "Freedom," multiple versions of "Tomorrow Today," "Drinking My Wine," "The Pike," "Cowboy," "Lady Madonna/Norwegian Wood," "Jailhouse Rock/Mean Woman Blues" and more! Grapefruit.