artwork Tanja Hastedt
image editor [photo restoration] Erich Hülsenbeck
image editor [photo restoration] Tanja Hastedt
image editor [photo scans] Andy Merck
image editor [photo scans] Erich Hülsenbeck
liner notes Colin Escott
mastered by Jürgen Crasser
photography by Showtime Music Archives
reissue producer David Booth
research David Booth
research Richard Weize
research Victor Pearlin
transferred by David Booth
transferred by Walter Devenne
Phonographic Copyright (p) Bear Family Records
Copyright (c) Bear Family Records
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Licensed From King Records, Inc.
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This compilation is Ⓟ 2005 & © 2005 Bear Family Records
Made In Germany
Trifold digipak with additional 80-page booklet.

The artist credits that appear in the track list on the back of the digipak are in some cases different from those that appear in the booklet. On the back they are shortened to, e.g., just the name of the band leader or vocalist. Those in the booklet more closely match the artists named on the original releases. The track list above has the artist names as they appear in the booklet.


Tracks 1 to 4, 6 are ℗ 1954.
Tracks 5, 7 to 29 are ℗ 1955.

Original releases:
1. Atlantic 1047
2. Checker 804
3. Chess 1581
4. Vee Jay 119
5. Modern 947
6. Dootone 348
7. Atlantic 1050
8. Combo 64
9. Duke 136
10. Checker 811
11. Atlantic 1053
12. Atlantic 1055
13. Herald 452
14. Checker 814
15. Savoy 1155
16. RPM 428
17. Excello 2056
18. Imperial 5348
19. Aladdin 3289
20. Chess 1604
21. Imperial 5356
22. Vee Jay 147
23. Checker 824
24. Mercury 70633
25. Herald 458
26. Specialty 561
27. Vee Jay 155
28. Spark 122; Atco 6059
29. King 4818

Barcode: 4000127167101
Label Code: LC 05197
Price Code: AS
Rights Society: GEMA
Other: 3-89916-103-3 (ISBN)
Matrix / Runout: BCD 16710
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LT22