It gives an extensive overview of Thompson's long career without including content from any of his mainstream albums.

While many of the songs included are familiar to Thompson fans, the tracks are mostly live, nearly all of them previously unreleased, and the arrangements are often different from those of the original recordings.

Of particular interest are live tracks by Richard and Linda Thompson (including a few from the 1982 "tour from hell"), songs demo-ed for his first solo album Henry the Human Fly as well as several of Thompson's comic songs ("Madonna's Wedding" and his lampooning of Janet Jackson's infamous breast-baring moment at the Super Bowl) and several songs that Thompson himself had never released.

As with the actual track selection Thompson had input into the book and was involved in the proofreading and supplied some of the photos that are included.

A sixth CD "RT on FR" is offered free of charge by returning a coupon included in the box.