tracks 8 bass Curtis Mayfield
tracks 7 bass Dave Shipp
tracks 3 bass Milton Rector
tracks 16 drums Al Duncan
tracks 4 drums Albert King
tracks 2, 3, 6,8-15 drums Earl Phillips
tracks 7 drums Ray Scott
tracks 1, 5 drums Vernell Fournier
tracks 1,4-7,9-14,17 guitar Eddie Taylor
tracks 2, 15,16,18 guitar Jimmy Reed, Jr.
tracks 4 guitar John Littlejohn
tracks 8 guitar Lee Baker
tracks 2, 8, 13,15,16 guitar Lefty Bates
tracks 6,16 guitar Phil Upchurch
tracks 11,12,14 guitar Remo Biondi
tracks 3 guitar W.C. Dalton
tracks 3 piano Henry Gray
tracks 2,8,13,15,16 vocals Mama Reed
vocals, harmonica, guitar Jimmy Reed
Licenced from Charly International Aps. Courtesy of Charly Holdings Inc.

Digitally Remastered (CEDAR)

Recorded in Chicago:
29 December 1953 (No. 4)
24 March 1955 (No. 7)
18 July 1955 (No. 3)
5 December 1955 (No. 1)
11 July 1956 (No. 5)
9 January 1957 (Nos. 9, 10)
3 April 1957 (Nos. 11, 12)
11 September 1958 (No. 14)
25 August 1959 (No. 6)
29 March 1960 (No. 8)
13 December 1960 (No. 13)
1961 (Nos. 2, 15)
1962 (No. 16)
July/August 1964 (No. 17)
1965 (No. 18)
Rights Society: SACEM
Matrix / Runout: CD PLANT TECVAL ECO 50135-WIS 613