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Release Date: 1997Twenty tracks listed on sleeve and in booklet, but only nineteen tracks on CD. Title "I'll Be Home" appears just once, and tracks 11 to 19 are numbered 12 to 20 on release.
Tracks 1, 4. Recorded March 21, 1955. Originally Checker single 815
Track 2. Recorded March 21, 1955. Previously unreleased
Track 3. Recorded March 21, 1955. Originally Checker single 830
Tracks 5, 6. Recorded June 15, 1955. Originally Checker single 821
Track 7. Recorded June 15, 1955. Originally Checker single 853
Track 8. Recorded June 15, 1955. Originally Checker single 915
Track 9. Recorded 1955. Originally on MCA LP 1430, "Vintage Music, Vol. 2"
Track 10. Recorded 1955. Originally on Checker LP 1433, "The Flamingos", or originally Checker single 830, depending on whether track on release is single cut or alternate
Track 11. Recorded March 28, 1956. Previously unreleased
Track 12. Recorded March 28, 1956. Originally Checker single 837
Track 13. Recording date unknown. Originally Checker single 837
Track 14. Recorded 1956. Originally Checker single 846
Tracks 15, 17. Recorded 1956. Originally on Chess LP 9177, "Flamingos"
Track 16. Recorded 1956. Originally Checker single 915
Track 18. Recorded July, 1956. Originally Checker single 846
Track 19. Recorded July, 1956. Originally Checker single 853.