tracks o1 to p5 accompanied by Reuben Phillips Band
tracks l7, l8, m1 to n7 arranged by Alan Lorber
tracks c9 to d3, e8 to f9 arranged by Belford Hendricks
tracks h1 to i5 arranged by Jerry Kennedy
tracks l3 to l6 arranged by Ray Ellis
tracks l9 to l11 arranged by Teacho Wiltshire
tracks d4 to e7 arranged by [strings] Carl Orff
tracks g8 to g11 arranged by, conductor Chuck Sagle
tracks h1 to j4, j9 to l2 backing vocals The Merry Melody Singers
tracks g4 to g7 backing vocals The Mike Stewart Singers
tracks c9 to d3, e8 to f9, g4 to g7 conductor Belford Hendricks
tracks a1 to c8 conductor Ray Ellis
tracks j5 to j8 conductor Stan Applebaum
tracks i6 to j4 engineer Bill Porter
tracks h1 to i5, j9 to l2 engineer Mort Thomasson
tracks m2 to n6 engineer Phil Ramone
tracks c9 to f9, g4 to g7 engineer Robert Fine
tracks h1 to i5, j9 to k9 engineer Selby Coffeen
tracks k10 to l2 engineer Tom Sparkman
tracks i6 to j4 engineer Tommy Strong
liner notes [biographical essay] Colin Escott
liner notes [discography] Richard Weize
mastered by Bob Jones
mastered by Jörg Siemer
tracks l3 to l6 orchestra Ray Ellis And His Orchestra
tracks l9 to l11 orchestra Teacho Wiltshire Orchestra
tracks l7, l8, m1 to n7 orchestra The Alan Lorber Orchestra
tracks c9 to g3 producer Clyde Otis
tracks l9 to l11 producer Ed Townsend
tracks o1 to p5 producer Luchi DeJesus
tracks a1 to c8 producer Ray Ellis
tracks g4 to l8, m1 to p5 producer Shelby S Singleton Jr.
reissue producer Richard Weize
Licensed From Polygram Schallplatten GmbH
Phonographic Copyright (p) Bear Family Records GmbH
Copyright (c) Bear Family Records GmbH
Includes a 107-page book with a biographical essay and a career-spanning discography / sessionography

The following tracks were previously unreleased:
B1, G1, G3, G5, G10, G11, I8, J6, K11, L1, L3, L5, L7, L8, L11, N7

Tracks O1 to P5 are from a live performance at Apollo Theatre, New York , c. June/July 1964.

Barcode: 4000127152718
Label Code: LC 5197
Other: BFX 15271-1 (Disc 1 Catalog Number)
Other: BFX 15271-2 (Disc 2 Catalog Number)
Other: BFX 15271-3 (Disc 3 Catalog Number)
Other: BFX 15271-4 (Disc 4 Catalog Number)
Other: BFX 15271-5 (Disc 5 Catalog Number)
Other: BFX 15271-6 (Disc 6 Catalog Number)
Other: BFX 15271-7 (Disc 7 Catalog Number)
Other: BFX 15271-8 (Disc 8 Catalog Number)
Matrix / Runout: 832 965-1 S 1 ══ 2 (runout A)
Matrix / Runout: 832 965-1 S 2 (runout B)
Matrix / Runout: 832 966-1 S 1 ══ 2 (runout C)
Matrix / Runout: 832 966-1 S 2 (runout D)
Matrix / Runout: 832 967-1 S 1 (runout E)
Matrix / Runout: 832 967-1 S 2 (runout F)
Matrix / Runout: 832 968-1 S 1 (runout G)
Matrix / Runout: 832 968-1 S 2 (runout H)
Matrix / Runout: 832 969-1 S 1 (runout I)
Matrix / Runout: 832 969-1 S 2 (runout J)
Matrix / Runout: 832 970-1 S 1 (runout K)
Matrix / Runout: 832 970-1 S 2 (runout L)
Matrix / Runout: 832 971-1 S 1 (runout M)
Matrix / Runout: 832 971-1 S 2 ══ 3 (runout N)
Matrix / Runout: 832 972-1 S 1 ══ 3 (runout O)
Matrix / Runout: 832 972-1 S 2 (runout P)