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art direction Henry Marquez
compilation producer, research Ron Furmanek
compiled by Ron Furmanek
compiled by, liner notes [track annotations] Steve Kolanjian
coordinator [project] David Eno
design Randall Martin
executive-producer Bruce Harris
remastered by Kevin Reeves
tracks 13 written-by Al Lewis
tracks 4 written-by Chris Kenner
tracks 1 to 4, 6 to 11, 15 to 18 written-by Dave Bartholomew
tracks 1 to 17 written-by Fats Domino
tracks 14 written-by Jack Jessup
tracks 14 written-by Murphy Maddux
tracks 18 written-by Pearl King
tracks 13 written-by Sylvester Bradford
Remastered At Capitol Studios
Manufactured By EMI Swindon
Phonographic Copyright (p) EMI Records
Copyright (c) EMI Records
Marketed By EMI
Distributed By EMI
Track: 1, Travis Music Co.
RECORDED: Decembre 10, 1949
RELEASED: February 1950 on Imperial 5058
Track: 2, Commodore Music Co.
RECORDED: July 2, 1956
RELEASED: Decembre 5, 1956 on Coral LP Johnny Burnette And The Rock 'N Roll Trio (CRL 57080)
Track: 3, Travis Music Co.
RECORDED: April 21, 1958
RELEASED: July 1958 on Imperial LP Ricky Nelson (LP 9050), and January 1963 on Imperial single 5910
Track: 4, Travis Music Co.
RECORDED: April 22, 1957
RELEASED: May 1957 on Imperial single 5448, and july 1961 on Imperial single 5767
Track: 5, Travis Music Co.
RECORDED: April 12, 1956
RELEASED: April 1956 on RCA Victor single 47-6519
Track: 6, Travis Music Co.
RECORDED: January 22, 1957
RELEASED: March 1957 on Imperial single 5439
Track: 7, Commodore Music Co.
RECORDED: June 1958
RELEASED: July 1958 on Laurie single 3015
Track: 8, Reeve Music Co.
RECORDED: September 30, 1961
RELEASED: Decembre 1961 on Imperial LP Fats Domino Presents Dave Bartholomew And his Great Big Band (LP 9162/LP 12076)
Track: 9, Travis Music Co.
RECORDED: March 15, 1955
RELEASED: April 1955 on Imperial single 5348
Track: 10, Travis Music Co.
RECORDED: October 22, 1962
RELEASED: January 1963 on Liberty LP Something Old, Something New, Something Blue, Somethin' Else !!!!!! (LRP-3272/LST-7272)
Track: 11, Travis Music Co.
RECORDED: April 2, 1965
Previously Unreleased
Track: 12, Travis Music Co.
RECORDED: June 24, 1962
RELEASED: September 1962 on Imperial LP Golden Hits (LP 9202/LP 12202)
Track: 13, Post Msic Inc./Vanderbilt Music Cosp.
RECORDED: January 29, 1973
RELEASED: October 15, 1973 on Capitol LP Moondog Matinee (SW-11214)
Track: 14, Travis Music Co.
RECORDED: July 1984
RELEASED: January 14, 1985 on EMI America LP Maverick (ST-17145)
Track: 15, Travis Music Co.
RECORDED: April 28 or 30, 1978
RELEASED: 1978 in Japan on EPIC LP Cheap Trick At Budokan (25-3P-5), and junary 1979 in the U.S. as Epic FE 35795 and July 1979 as Epic single 50743
Track: 16, Travis Music Co.
RECORDED: March 20, 1969
RELEASED: July 8, 1969 on Liberty LP Hallelujah (LST-7618)
Track: 17, Travis Music Co.
RECORDED: January 3, 1957
RELEASED: February 1957 on Imperial single 5428
Track: 18, Travis Music Co.
RECORDED: February 2, 1962
RELEASED: 1987 in the UK on Charly R&B LP Shine On (CRB 1181)

Mastered from the original 1, 2, 3 and 4-track master session tapes, and original mono and stereo mixdown tapes
All tracks are stereo ADD except tracks 13-18 which are stereo AAD and track 1-7 and 9, which are mono AAD

℗ & © This Compilation 1996 EMI Records
Made in U.K.
Barcode: 7 24385 26972 1
Matrix / Runout: 852697 2 1:1:1: EMI SWINDON
Label Code: LC 0542
Rights Society: BIEM