art direction [art director] Don Sheldon
artwork [art studio] Edwina C. Smith
coordinator [copy coordinator] Brian Miller
cover [cover art] Steven Chorney
editor [text editor] Charles McCardell
engineer [cutting engineer] Alan Moy
executive-producer Douglas B. Graham
liner notes [the author] Joe Sasfy
management [executive committee] Jerry Rendich
management [executive committee] Joan Mayor
management [executive committee] Marla Hoskins
management [executive committee] Richard G. Scheiner
management [president] Paul R. Stewart
management [vice president] Terence J. Furlong
photography by [page 2 (left)] Movie Still Archives
photography by [page 6] Bettmann Archive
photography by [pages 2 (left), 4-5 (clockwise from top) courtesy] Michael Ochs Archives
photography by [pages 4-5 (clockwise from top) courtesy] Bill Smith
photography by [pictures] Betty H. Weatherley
producer [produced by] Time Life Music
producer [recording producer] Bill Fry
producer [recording producer] Joe Sasfy
Record Company Warner Communications
Copyright (c) Time-Life Books Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) Warner Special Products
Manufactured For Time Life Music
Manufactured By Warner Special Products
Remastered At Masterdisk
Glass Mastered At Specialty Records Corporation
Engineered At Fry Systems
Licensed From Atlantic Recording Corporation
Licensed From Old Town Record Corp.
Licensed From Rhino Records (2)
Licensed From Janus Records
Licensed From MCA Records, Inc.
Licensed From EMI AMERICA Records
Licensed From PolyGram Special Projects
Licensed From Wilbert Harrison
Licensed From Pausa Records
Licensed Through Continental Communications Corp.
No SID codes

Original pressings included sleepover party cover art.
Credit from the booklet: Cover art by Richard Waldrep © 1988 Time-Life Books Inc.

This is a later pressing featuring different cover art (Ritchie Valens on stage).
Aside from the cover, the rest of this later pressing booklet is identical to the original booklet except for one line in the credits: Cover art by Steve Chorney. © 1989 Time-Life Books Inc.
The audio of the original and later pressings is identical.

Track durations shown are as printed on the discography page of the booklet, except for track 1 (printed 2:18, actual 2:25). All others are accurate to within +/- 5 seconds.

Volume 13 of a 40 volume set, sold by subscription.

Produced in cooperation with Warner Special Products

Proprietary equipment and engineering, using AEG professional audio tape recorders

Back cover inlay:
Manufactured for Time-Life Music by Warner Special Products, a Warner Communications Company
℗ 1988 Warner Special Products

Booklet:
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.

Time-Life Music is a division of Time-Life Books, Inc.
© 1988 Time-Life Books, Inc.
Printed in U.S.A.
Time-Life is a trademark of Time Incorporated U.S.A.

Cover art by Steve Chorney © 1989 Time-Life Books, Inc.

Manufactured for Time-Life Music by Warner Special Products, a Warner Communications Company
℗ 1988 Warner Special Products

Disc:
Manufactured by Warner Special Products
℗ 1987 Warner Special Products
Made in U.S.A.
Matrix / Runout: [Specialty 'S' logo] 10 OPCD 2543-2 SRC**05 M2S5 (Variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: [Specialty 'S' logo] 10 OPCD 2543-2 SRC**05 M3S6 (Variant 2)