[1] The first four tracks were recorded by The Vendors in June 1964, featuring Dave Hill on guitar and Don Powell on drums.

[6] The compilation's Cherry Red re-issue accidentally omitted "Hurting Inside", although it was listed as a track on the album.

The Steve Brett & the Mavericks singles are pretty limp and corny mainstream pop/rockers heavily influenced by Elvis Presley ballads and sub-Elvis British crooners like Adam Faith.

The first lineup of the 'N Betweens boasted a far tougher R&B-rock British Invasion sound, but most of the tunes here are far below the standards of the Yardbirds, the Pretty Things, and the like.

"[8] In 2000, Record Collector said: "Like most acts who hit it big in the early 70s, the members of Slade had flailed around in the soft white underbelly of the mid-60s British music scene before finally discovering their own voice.

This reissued collection assembles 25 tracks cut by three pre-Slade acts to provide what is, undoubtedly, an essential document for Slade obsessives.