design Thomas E. Williams tracks 16 producer Ahmet Ertegun tracks 1 to 15 producer Art Rupe tracks 16 producer Jerry Wexler tracks 17, 18 producer John Dolphin tracks 19 to 22 producer Lee Rupe reissue producer, liner notes Billy Vera remastered by Kirk Felton transferred by Gordon Skene vocals, piano Floyd Dixon tracks 3, 5 to 7, 12, 13, 16 to 22 written-by Floyd Dixon Phonographic Copyright (p) Specialty Records Inc. Copyright (c) Specialty Records Inc. Remastered At Fantasy Studios Manufactured By Digital Audio Disc Corp. Glass Mastered At DADC Recorded unknown location, early 1953 (track 7), Universal Recorders, Hollywood, June 17, 1953 (tracks 1 to 6, 8, 15), Master Recorders, Hollywood, October 6, 1953 (tracks 9 to 14), New York City, November 10, 1954 (track 16), unknown location, ca. 1956 (tracks 17, 18), and unknown location, May 17, 1957 (tracks 19 to 22).
Tracks 5, 6, 9, 10, 12 to 15, 20, 21 are previously unissued. Track 7 is a previously unissued demo. Tracks 10, 13 to 15, 18, 21 marked as Bonus tracks (i.e., not on LP version). Barcode: 0 22211-7011-2 5 (text) SPARS Code: AAD Rights Society: BMI Matrix / Runout: DIDX-010394 1