The LP contains several hit singles that Jennings had scored during his first four years at RCA Victor, including "Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line."

In Europe, RCA added three songs to the album (including Waylon's then-current single, "Singer Of Sad Songs" and the #2 Chuck Berry cover "Brown Eyed Handsome Man"), making the European version slightly superior to the U.S. version.

Five years later, RCA issued an abridged (8-song) budget version eliminating "I Got You" and "Something's Wrong in California".

Although Jennings had attained chart success at RCA Victor, he felt stifled artistically, recalling in the audio version of his autobiography, "I never did feel at home.

I found myself trying to fit in and having people wedge me into places where I didn't work.