In The Music Lover's Guide to Record Collecting, author Dave Thompson writes, "Of additional interest among Cadence LPs of this period was [company founder Archie] Bleyer's insistence on adding droll commentaries" to the cover design.

[5] For example, the cover for the album Kenneth Patchen Reads His Poetry quotes Bleyer as saying, "' Puts muscles in your ears.

[5] The cover photo alongside it shows Williams standing next to a quail and a squatting figure in a lion costume with a man in the far background seated on a stool with his back to the camera.

[7] A much simpler cover design featuring the artist's name and photo with a list of the album's contents was eventually released.

"[2] Ruhlmann also warned, "Anyone accustomed to the later Andy Williams of "Moon River" may find this album somewhat schizophrenic, but it is an accurate portrait of the successful early days of the singer's career.