tracks 1, 3 to 11, 15 to 19, 21b, 23 to 26, 32 baritone saxophone Alvin Tyler tracks 27, 29 baritone saxophone James Hudson tracks 12, 14, 16, 20 baritone saxophone Jewell Grant tracks 13, 22 baritone saxophone Samuel Parker tracks 1, 3 to 11, 15 to 19, 21b, 23 to 26, 32 bass Frank Fields tracks 27, 29 bass George Holloway Jr. tracks 2, 21a bass Lloyd Lambert tracks 12 to 14, 16, 20, 22 bass Olsie Richard Robinson design Jettoki DB tracks 12 to 14, 16, 20, 22 drums Charles Connor tracks 27, 29 drums Donald Clark tracks 1, 3 to 11, 15 to 19, 21b, 23 to 26, 32 drums Earl Palmer tracks 30 drums Mildred Taylor tracks 2, 21a drums Oscar Moore tracks 30 guitar Eddie Lee Williams tracks 4, 6 to 10, 21b, 26 guitar Edgar Blanchard tracks 4, 10, 21b, 26 guitar Ernest McLean tracks 1, 5, 31 guitar Justin Adams tracks 12 to 14, 16, 20, 22 guitar Nathaniel Douglas tracks 3, 11, 15, 17 to 19, 23 to 25, 32 guitar Roy Montrell tracks 2, 21a guitar William "Frosty" Pyles tracks 30 organ, piano, trumpet, trombone Raymond Taylor tracks 27, 29 piano Julius Wimby tracks 1 to 4, 6 to 26, 28, 32 piano Little Richard tracks 5, 31 piano Melvin Dowden tracks 1, 3 to 11, 15, 17 to 19, 21b, 23 to 26, 31, 32 recorded by Cosimo V. Matassa tracks 2, 21a saxophone Joe Tillman tracks 27, 29 tenor saxophone Albert Dobbins tracks 2, 21a tenor saxophone Clarence Ford tracks 12 to 14, 16, 20, 22 tenor saxophone Clifford Burks tracks 27, 29 tenor saxophone Fred Jackson tracks 12 to 14, 16, 20, 22 tenor saxophone Grady Gaines tracks 1, 3 to 11, 15 to 19, 21b, 23 to 26, 32 tenor saxophone Lee Allen tracks 12 to 14, 16, 20, 22 tenor saxophone Wilbert Smith tracks 2, 21a trumpet Renald Richard tracks 27, 29 trumpet Walter Roy Mays tracks 30 vocals Barry Lee Gilmore tracks 30 vocals Billy Brooks tracks 30 vocals Jimmy Swan vocals Little Richard Recorded At WGST Studio Recorded At ACA Studios Recorded At Specialty Studios Recorded At J & M Studio, New Orleans Recorded At Radio Recorders Recorded At Master Recorders Phonographic Copyright (p) Hoodoo Records Copyright (c) Hoodoo Records Pressed By www.mpo.es Track 2, 21A are partly credited to Guitar Slim's Band, consisting of William Frosty Pyles, Clarence Ford and Renald Richard. Track 30: Artists are credited as The Tempo Toppers With The Deuces Of Rhythm, where The Tempo Toppers consists of Little Richard, Barry Lee Gilmore, Billy Brooks and Jimmy Swan, and The Rhythm Deuces consists of Eddie Lee Williams, Mildred Taylor and Raymond Taylor.
Recording dates and locations in chronological order: - Tracks 27, 29 recorded at WGST Studio, Atlanta, Georgia, October 16, 1951. - Track 30 recorded at ACA Studio, Houston, Texas, February 25, 1953. - Track 25 recorded January 1955, at Specialty Office Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana. - Tracks 1, 5, 31 recorded at J&M Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 14, 1955. - Tracks 2, 21A recorded at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California, November 29, 1955. - Tracks 6 to 9 recorded at J&M Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 2, 1956. - Tracks 4, 10, 21B, & 26 recorded at J&M Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 9, 1956. - Tracks 3, 17, 18, 24, 25 recorded at J&M Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana, July-August, 1956. - Track 12 recorded at Master Recorders, Los Angeles, California, September 6, 1956. - Tracks 11, 15, 19, 23, 32 recorded at J&M Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana, October, 1956. - Tracks 13, 22 recorded at unknown radio station, Washington D.C., January 16, 1957. - Tracks 14, 16, 20 recorded at Master Recorders, Los Angeles, California, October 18, 1957.