a&r [coordination, the blues series] Darren Salmieri
a&r [coordination, the blues series] Patti Matheny
a&r [director, the blues series], producer [the blues series] Steve Berkowitz
a&r [the blues series] Alex Gibney
a&r [the blues series] Jerry Rappaport
art direction [the blues series] Adam Owett
art direction [the blues series] Christopher Austopchuk
art direction [the blues series] Howard Fritzson
art direction, art direction [the blues series] Vartan
compiled by, producer, a&r [director, the blues series], producer [the blues series] Andy McKaie
coordinator [production] Beth Stempel
coordinator [project, the blues series] Michele Horie
design [blues "guitar man" icon, the blues series] Ellen Nygaard
design [the blues series] Jo Hay
design [the blues series] Margery Greenspan
executive-producer [the blues series] Jeff Jones
executive-producer [the blues series] Pat Lawrence
liner notes Mary Katherine Aldin
liner notes [introduction] Martin Scorsese
management [project manager, the blues series] John Jackson
management [project manager, the blues series] Rhonda Shields
mastered by Gavin Lurssen
photography by [booklet back cover, pg. 5] Peter Amft
photography by [cover, cd tray, pg. 7, outer inlay] Ray Flerlage
photography by [pgs. 6, 8, 10, 13] Brian Smith
producer [associate] Dana Smart
producer [the blues series] Jeffrey Peisch
research [photo, the blues series] Dan Luskin
research [photo, the blues series] Geary Chansley
research [photo, the blues series] Ryan Null
research [photo, the blues series] Salimah El-Amin
tracks 2 transferred by Steven Lasker
tracks except as noted written-by J.B. Lenoir
Distributed By Universal Music & Video Distribution, Corp.
Phonographic Copyright (p) MCA Records
Copyright (c) MCA Records
Mastered At The Mastering Lab
Glass Mastered At Technicolor Universal Media Services
Ⓟ & Ⓒ 2003 MCA Records

All tracks recorded in Chicago.

Track 1 recorded October 6, 1954. Originally Parrot 802.
Track 2 recorded circe January 1951. Originally Chess 1449 as J.B. & His Bayou Boys.
Track 3 recorded October 6, 1954. Originally Parrot 809.
Track 4 recorded October 6, 1954. Originally on Chess LP 208, J.B. Lenoir.
Track 5 recorded March 14, 1955. Originally on Chess LP 208, J.B. Lenoir.
Tracks 6 & 7 recorded September 14, 1955. Originally on Chess LP 410, Natural Man.
Tracks 8 & 9 recorded September 14, 1955. Originally on Chess LP, J.B. Lenoir.
Track 10 recorded December 19, 1956. Originally Checker 856.
Tracks 11 & 13 recorded December 19, 1956. Originally Checker 874.
Track 12 recorded December 19, 1956. Originally on Chess LP, J.B. Lenoir.
Tracks 14 & 15 recorded circa March 1958. Originally on Chess LP 208, J.B. Lenoir.

Barcode: 6 02498 60314 7 (Text)
Barcode: 602498603147 (Scanned)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L771
Mould SID Code: ifpi 2A41
Matrix / Runout: B000061702 1104114708