5 Fun (take 28/16/30)
12" LP: Columbia KC2 36474, CBS/Sony 38AP 2017/8, Mosaic MQ10-177
CD: Columbia Legacy C6K 67398, Columbia Legacy C6K 90925, CBS/Sony CSCS 5135/6, Sony SRCS 9310/1, Sony SRCS 9759/60, Sony SICJ 30111/2, Sony SRCS 8575/80, Sony SICP 663/8, Sony SRCS 9761/62, Sony SICJ 30113/4, Columbia Legacy 86975 24922 [= Columbia (F) 86975 52492] (CD 12)

The version of "Fun" included on the Quintet box (Mosaic MQ10-177, Columbia Legacy C6K 67398) is slightly different from the original issued on Directions (Columbia KC2 36474, released 1981). The original version replaces an eight-measure piece at the end of Shorter's tenor saxophone solo (2:44-2:56) with an excerpt of the opening theme (0:16-0:28); in the newer version Shorter's solo is intact. The issued "Fun" is a composite:

"Fun" proved to be a very difficult tune. The day before this session, this group devoted more than an hour to it, and all 38 takes were rejected. At this session almost 45 minutes of recording yielded only one complete take, only parts of which were used to compile the issued take.

Joe Beck is wrongly listed on guitar on Columbia KC2 36474 and equivalents. Hancock plays RMI Electra Piano, not electric harpsichord as stated in the Mosaic notes. Thanks to Frederik Adlers for help identifying the keyboards.

In the first six weeks of 1968 Davis spent a lot of time in the studio with the Quintet and several guests. He was interviewed on January 22 by Art Taylor for his book Notes and Tones (see the quotation in the notes to the January 16 session). The frenetic studio activity continued until mid-February, at which point the Quintet resumed an active touring schedule.