Volume 1 of a 50 volume set, sold by subscription and mail order.

Packaged in a gatefold box and issued with a fold-out track notation poster with B&W photos and Time-Life Music poly-lined inner sleeves (see photos)

Subscribers may have also recieved a "FREE Gift" certificate for a "Please Love me Tender" teddy bear, plus a "Welcome, friend...." introductory letter which describes the series and states that the series vinyl is "pressed on 100% liquid-dyed virgin vinyl so pure you can actually see light through it..."

All tracks mono (no fake stereo!)

Licensed From – Sun International Corporation – A1, C1
Licensed From – MCA Records, Inc. – A2, A5, B1, B6, D1, D2
Licensed From – EMI AMERICA Records – A3, B3
Licensed From – Specialty Records Inc. – A4, D5
Licensed From – Barnaby Records – B2
Licensed From – Atlantic Recording Corporation – B4, B5, C3, C4, D3
Licensed From – PolyGram Special Projects – C2
Licensed From – Regent Music Corp. – C5
Licensed From – Roulette Records, Inc. – D4, D6