[2] The actor John Ireland provides spoken narration through a letter, while Garland expresses the emotions through her musical performance.

[2] In 1963, after a series of commercial successes with some of Garland's records (such as Judy at Carnegie Hall, 1961), the album was re-released under the title Our Love Letter.

[4] The CD tracks were digitally remixed and remastered in 24-bit, directly from the original multi-track stereo session tapes, by David McEowen at Capitol Mastering in Hollywood and was produced by Scott Schechter.

[5] The review of Billboard magazine compares the album to Jenkins' Manhattan Towers (1956) and praises it as a moving production, enhanced by excellent sound quality and appealing packaging.

In all, The Letter is a fair concept album, its interruptions annoying but its overall power raised by the twin talents of Garland and Jenkins...The original three-track stereo recording is exquisite, and upon its initial release, special copies of "the letter" were placed in envelopes and taped to the front of each record jacket".