artwork Tanja Hastedt
liner notes Colin Escott
mastered by Jürgen Crasser
photography by Showtime Music Archives
photography by [photo restoration], restoration Erich Hülsenbeck
photography by [photo restoration], restoration Tanja Hastedt
photography by [photo scans] Andreas Merck
photography by [photo scans] Erich Hülsenbeck
reissue producer David Booth
research [tape] David Booth
research [tape] Richard Weize
Phonographic Copyright (p) Bear Family Records
Copyright (c) Bear Family Records
Licensed From Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
This compilation is Ⓟ 2006 & © 2006 Bear Family Records
Trifold Digipak with additional 88-page booklet


The artist credits that appear in the track list on the back of the digipak are in a few cases different from those that appear in the booklet. On the back they are shortened to just the name of the vocalist. Those in the booklet more closely match the artists named on the original releases. The track list above has the artist names as they appear in the booklet.

Tracks 1, 2, 4 to 6, 9, 23 are ℗ 1959.
Tracks 3, 7, 8, 10 to 22, 24 to 31 are ℗ 1960.

Original releases:
1. Fire 1008
2. Cub 9049
3. Tamla 54027; Anna 1111
4. Duke 314
5. Abner 1032
6. Vee-Jay 332
7. Mercury 71565
8. Brunswick 55166
9. Vee-Jay 333
10. Old Town 1076
11. Ron 328
12. United Artists 208
13. Argo 5359
14. Columbia 41628
15. Federal 12370
16. Fire 1022
17. Minit 607
18. ABC-Paramount 45-10122
19. Imperial 5675
20. Chess 1762
21. Scepter 1208
22. Promo 1002
23. Veltone 103; Check 103
24. King 5400
25. Vee Jay 354
26. Mercury 71652
27. Sue 730
28. Herald 552
29. Atlantic 2071
30. Ric 972; Roulette 4304
31. Legrand 1003

Barcode: 4 000127 167156 (Text)
Barcode: 4000127167156 (Scanned, EAN-a3)
Label Code: LC 05197
Other: 3-89916-177-7 (ISBN)
Price Code: AS
Rights Society: GEMA
Matrix / Runout: BCD 16716
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LT22
Mould SID Code: IFPI UU019