tracks 6 to 16 alto saxophone Robert Parker
tracks 1 to 5 baritone saxophone Alvin Tyler
tracks 1 to 5 bass Edgar Blanchard
bass Unknown Artist
compiled by Ilhan Mimaroglu
compiled by Jerry Wexler
concept by [series] Pete Lowry
design Stanislaw Zagorski
tracks 6 to 16 drums Al Miller
tracks 1 to 5 drums Earl Palmer
tracks 6 to 16 drums John Woodrow
liner notes Mike Leadbitter
mastered by Stephen Innocenzi
photography by James LaRocca
piano Henry Roeland Byrd
tracks 1 to 16 producer Ahmet Ertegun
tracks 6 to 16 producer Herb Abramson
tracks 1 to 5 producer Jerry Wexler
reissue producer Bob Porter
tenor saxophone Charles Burbeck
tracks 1 to 5 tenor saxophone Lee Allen
vocals Henry Roeland Byrd
written-by Henry Roeland Byrd
Mastered At Atlantic Studios
Copyright (c) Atlantic Recording Corporation
Phonographic Copyright (p) Atlantic Recording Corporation
Pressed By Specialty Records Corporation
Tracks 1 to 5 recorded in New Orleans, Louisiana in November 1953. Personnel as listed above.

Tracks 6 to 16 recorded in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1949. Personnel is: Roy Byrd, vocal & piano; Robert Parker, alto sax; Al Miller or John Woodrow, drums. The tenor sax and bass players are unknown. The tenor sax player is thought to be Charles Burbeck.

Tracks 2, 7 & 8 bonus tracks.
Barcode: 0 7567-81419-2 8
Barcode: 0075678141928 (scanned)
Matrix / Runout: 3 7225-2 SRC-02 M1S8 (Variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: 3 7225-2 SRC-02 M1S3 (Variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: 3 7225-2 SRC=04 M1S4 (Variant 3)