The sixth track, "Santa Claus Is Watching You," was electronically re-recorded to simulate stereo.

The essay mentions how Stevens' breakthrough in the music industry came with the release of "Jeremiah Peabody's Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills" and then his next hit "Ahab the Arab" helped establish him as a singer and songwriter of the music genres of comedy and novelty.

Businessman" (which was released a year after this compilation) and has had his own television series during the summer that temporarily replaced The Andy Williams Show.

The essay ends with the quote: "Ray is bound to become more successful than ever before, and this album of greatest hits stands as a permanent monument to his artistic genius."

Ironically, at the time of this album's release, Stevens was signed to a label called "Monument Records".