The Pebbles album was originally released as an LP on Mastercharge Records in 1978 as a collaborative effort of several collectors in a limited edition of just 500 copies.

This edition was made with the BFD masters, so the skip in "Action Woman" is still in place, and "Crackin' Up" by The Wig is missing.

Also, when AIP issued the early volumes of CDs, they omitted some tracks from the corresponding LP for the stated reason that they were already widely available on other anthologies.

The first cut on the LP includes a skip during the break – on the original record, according to the liner notes – scrambling the line: "You say you love me, girl, but why are you so cold", but otherwise not really affecting the enjoyment of this genuine classic.

The frantic cover of the Count Five classic by Positively 13 O'Clock is from a one-time studio session that includes members of Mouse and the Traps; it also appears on a retrospective album of this band that was released on Eva Records.

"Spazz", by The Elastik Band, became a cult classic due to its inclusion on Volume 1, and was subsequently included on 1998's expanded Nuggets box set.

[11] Songs by well known bands are normally not included on Pebbles albums unless they are curiosities, and the track(s) by the Shadows of Knight – famed for their major hit with Van Morrison's "Gloria" – is no exception.

Following a brief clip of "Gloria", the band introduces themselves with corny yet charming answers – sample: "What kind of fans do you prefer?

Gary Mullinax, writing for The Morning News of Wilmington, Delaware, found the album's sound "crude" but "also powerful.