tracks a1 to a5 alto saxophone Joe Harris tracks b5 to b7 alto saxophone Meyer Kennedy tracks a6 to b1 baritone saxophone Unknown Artist bass Frank Fields concept by, compiled by Gilles Pétard tracks b2 to b4 drums Charles Williams tracks a1 to b1 drums Earl Palmer tracks b5 to b7 drums Robert T. French, Sr. tracks a1 to b1 guitar Ernest McLean tracks b2 to b7 guitar Justin Adams tracks a1 guitar Smiley Lewis liner notes John Broven tracks b5 to b7 musician [others] Unknown Artist tracks a2 to a5, b2 to b4 piano Edward Frank tracks b5 to b7 piano James Booker tracks a6 to b1 piano Salvador Doucette tracks a1 piano Tuts Washington research [discography] Kurt Mohr tracks a1 to b1, b5 to b7 tenor saxophone Clarence Hall tracks a2 to a5 tenor saxophone Herb Hardesty tracks a2 to a5 tenor saxophone Lee Allen tracks b5 to b7 tenor saxophone Warren Payne tracks a1 tenor saxophone [?] Herb Hardesty tracks a6 to b1 tenor saxophone [either] Herb Hardesty tracks a6 to b1 tenor saxophone [or] Lee Allen tracks b2 to b4 tenor saxophone [probably] Clarence Hall tracks b2 to b4 tenor saxophone [probably] Herb Hardesty tracks b2 to b4 tenor saxophone [probably] Lee Allen trumpet Dave Bartholomew vocals Smiley Lewis Distributed By Pathé Marconi S.A. Pressed By Pathé Marconi EMI, Chatou Pressed By Pathé Marconi EMI, Chatou Printed By Imprimerie JAT Record Company Pathé Marconi EMI Recorded New Orleans, 1951 (A1), June 14, 1954 (A2), November 11, 1954 (A3), May 23, 1955 ( A4, A5), March 17 &20, 1956 (A6, A7), August 4, 1956 (B1), January 25, 1957 (B2, B3), June 4, 1958 (B4), and December 9, 1960 (B5 to B7).
Tracks B2 to B7 are indicated as Previously Unreleased.