art direction, design Julie Vlasak
bass Elpidio Vásquez
booklet editor [editorial supervision] Julee Stover
booklet editor [editorial supervision] Steven Chean
booklet editor [editorial supervision] Vanessa Atkins
chorus Bienvenido Granda
chorus Carlos M. Díaz
chorus Celio González
chorus Laito Sureda
compilation producer [compilation coproduced for release by] Alan Geik
compilation producer [compilation coproduced for release by] Nina Lenart
liner notes Nina Lenart
liner notes [a&r liner note supervision] Ted Myers
maracas Carlos M. Díaz
percussion [tumbadora] Angel Alfonso Furias
piano, arranged by Lino Frias
producer [original recordings produced by] Rogelio Martínez
remastered by Bob Fisher
research [research assistance] Andrew Sandoval
research [research assistance] Gary Peterson
research [research assistance] Michael Wesley Johnson
supervised by [project supervision] James Austin
supervised by [project supervision] Laura Canellias
timbales José Rosario Chávez
tres, music director Rogelio Martínez
trumpet [first], arranged by Calixto Leicea
trumpet [second] Pedro Knight
Licensed From West Side Latino Records Corp.
Phonographic Copyright (p) Rhino Entertainment Company
Copyright (c) Rhino Entertainment Company
Glass Mastered At WEA Mfg. Olyphant
Pressed By WEA Mfg. Commerce
Recorded At Estudios CMQ
Recorded At Estudios Radio Progreso
Recorded At Beltone Studios
Recorded At Plaza Sound Studios
Tracks 1 to 14 recorded between September 1951 and May 1960 in Havana, Cuba.
Tracks 15 to 19 recorded between June 1962 and November 1964 in New York City, USA.

According to the liner notes, Celia Cruz and La Sonora Matancera left Cuba permanently for the United States in 1960.
Barcode: 0 8122-72816-2 5
Matrix / Runout: [WEA Mfg. Olyphant logo] W1223 3 R2 72816-2 01 ⁎M2 S4
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L901
Mould SID Code: IFPI 2V2E
Pressing Plant ID: WEA mfg. / CA (stamped into inner plastic ring)