art direction Geoff Gans
tracks 1 backing vocals Alonzo Tucker
tracks 1 to 7 backing vocals Charles Sutton
tracks 1 to 7 backing vocals Henry Booth
tracks 8 to 11, 13 to 20 backing vocals The Midnighters
tracks 1 to 7 bass vocals Sonny Woods
compilation producer James Austin
tracks 5, 7 to 14 drums George De Hart
tracks 13 to 16 drums Phillip Paul
tracks 5, 7, 8 electric bass Joe Williams
tracks 11 to 16, 20 electric bass Navarre Hastings
tracks 2 to 4 guitar Arthur Porter
tracks 5 to 11 guitar Cal Green
tracks 1, 12 to 14 guitar John Faire
lead vocals Hank Ballard
tracks 13 to 17, 20 piano Jimmy Johnson
remastered by Randall Merryman
tracks 10 to 20 tenor saxophone Henry Moore
tracks 12 to 14, 16, 17 tenor saxophone J.C. Davis
tracks 12 to 18, 20 trumpet Mark Patterson
Copyright (c) Rhino Records Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) King Records (3)
Phonographic Copyright (p) Gusto Records (2)
Glass Mastered At Denon Digital Industries
Recorded 1953-1956 and 1958-1961.

[Cover:]
℗ 1993 Custom Made by King Records for Rhino Records Inc.
© 1993 Rhino Records Inc.

[CD:]
℗ 1993 King/Gusto Records.

Jewel case.

Barcode: 081227151225 (scanned)
Other: 1-56826-328-7 (ISBN)
Matrix / Runout: R271512 7/94 1DB1 (Variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: R271512 11/93 1DA1 (Variant 2)
Mastering SID Code: none
Mould SID Code: none