Tracks #1 to #12 originally released as Motown 638 ([m100687]), November 1965. Tracks #13 to #16 are bonus songs not on original album. Track #15 Noel is previously unreleased.
Band tracks recorded in Los Angeles, CA, August, 1965. Vocals recorded in Detroit, MI, September, 1965. (One other song from the recordings, Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem, is available on the CD collection A Motown Christmas Carol.)
Original album produced by Harvey Fuqua. Arrangements by Gene Page, H.B. Barnum and Ernie Freeman.
Compilation produced by Harry Weinger and Andrew Skurow.
All songs digitally remastered from the original stereo analog master tapes by Suha Gur at Universal Music Studios-East. The Christmas Song and Silent Night mixed from the original session tapes by Suha Gur at UMSE. Noel mixed from the original session tapes by Roland Alvarez at The Complex, Los Angeles, CA.
Back liner photo taken on location of Where The Action Is (Big Bear Mountain, Calif.) Original record ad courtesy of the Mary Wilson Collection. All other images courtesy of Norwin Simmons, Thomas A. Ingrassia and Andrew Skurow. Barcode: 602498603437 (String) Barcode: 6 02498 60343 7 (As Printed) Matrix / Runout: 012 153 3552 01 ! A Mastering SID Code: IFPI L005 Mould SID Code: IFPI 0318 Other: MADE IN USA BY UML (in mould/hub)