art direction [art director] Don Sheldon art direction [art director] Robin Bray artwork [art studio] E. James White Co., Inc. artwork [art studio] Edwina C. Smith artwork [art studio] Nina Bridges coordinator [production & copy coordinator], producer [associate producer] Brian Miller cover [cover art] Ernest Norcia cover [cover art] Jeffrey Oh cover [cover art] John Maggard cover [cover art] Richard Waldrep cover [cover art] Steven Chorney creative director Don Sheldon creative director Robin Bray engineer [cutting engineer] Alan Moy executive-producer Charles McCardell executive-producer Douglas B. Graham liner notes [the author] Joe Sasfy management [associate director of production] Karen Hill management [chief financial officer] Chris Hearing management [executive committee] Jerry Rendich management [executive committee] Joan Mayor management [executive committee] Marla Hoskins management [executive committee] Richard G. Scheiner management [marketing director] Martin Shampaine management [marketing director] William Crowley management [new product development] William Crowley management [president] John Hall management [president] Paul R. Stewart management [vice president] Fernando Pargas management [vice president] Terence J. Furlong photography by [page 6] Bettmann Archive producer [assistant producer], editor [text editor] Charles McCardell producer [produced by] Time Life Music producer [recording producer] Bill Fry producer [recording producer] Joe Sasfy producer [recording producer] Michael Brooks producer [recording producer] Steve Carr product manager Kathy O'Day research William L. Schurk Record Company Warner Communications Manufactured For Time Life Music Manufactured By Warner Special Products Phonographic Copyright (p) Warner Special Products Copyright (c) Time-life Books Inc. Mastered At Fry Systems Engineered At Fry Systems Remastered At Hit And Run Studios Remastered At Masterdisk Licensed From Atlantic Recording Corporation Licensed From Roulette Records, Inc. Licensed From Vee Jay Records Licensed From PolyGram Special Projects Licensed From EMI AMERICA Records Licensed From Gusto Records (2) Licensed From Dootone Records Licensed From Specialty Records Inc. Licensed From Kent Music, Inc. Licensed From Sun International Corporation Licensed From Murray Sporn Licensed From RCA/Ariola International Licensed From Capitol Records, Inc. Licensed From Barnaby Records Licensed From G.M.L. Inc Licensed From Regent Music Corp. Licensed From MCA Records, Inc. Licensed From Janus Records Licensed From Arista Records, Inc. Licensed From Challenge Records (10) Licensed From Jamie Record Co. Licensed From Dominion Entertainment, Inc. Licensed From Sid Talmadge Licensed From Old Town Record Corp. Licensed From Rhino Records (2) Licensed From Wilbert Harrison Licensed From Pausa Records Licensed From BMG Music Licensed From RCA Records Label Licensed From BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. Licensed From Monument Record Corp. Licensed From Warner Bros. Records Inc. Licensed From Legrand Records International Licensed From Bug Records (5) Licensed From Celebrity Licensing, Inc. Licensed From Motown Record Corporation Licensed From K-tel International Inc. Licensed From Rhino Records (2) Licensed Through Continental Communications Corp. Licensed Through Laurie Productions, Inc. Glass Mastered At Specialty Records Corporation Featuring over 154 songs by the original artists
Proprietary equipment and engineering by Fry Systems, using AEG professional audio tape recorders.
Produced in cooperation with Warner Special Products
Box: Manufactured for Time-Life Music by Warner Special Products, a Warner Communications Company ℗ 1987 Warner Special Products
Back cover inlays: Manufactured for Time-Life Music by Warner Special Products, a Warner Communications Company ℗ 1988 Warner Special Products ℗ 1987 Warner Special Products ℗ 1992 Warner Special Products
Booklets: Time Life Music: Special Contributors: Edwina C. Smith, Brian Miller, Charles McCardell, Betty H. Weatherley
The Author: Joe Sasfy is a regular contributor to The Washington Post and the City Paper of Washington, D.C., and his articles have also appeared in Musician, Country Music and Creem. He is chief consultant for The Rock 'n' Roll Era.
Research: William L. Schurk of the Music Library and Sound Recordings Archives, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, for providing valuable reference material.
Manufactured for Time-Life Music by Warner Special Products, a Warner Communications Company ℗ 1988 Warner Special Products ℗ 1986, 1987 Warner Special Products ℗ 1992 Warner Special Products
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