[4] Produced by Bill Hall, the album was recorded at Gold Star Studios, in Houston, Texas.

[5] Nine of the tracks, recorded in 1962 and 1963, had already been released as singles; "Icy Blue", "Kool Aide", and "Shiver 'n Shake" date to April 1965 sessions.

[6] The Detroit Free Press opined that "the dynamic levels, moods, metronomic speeds, and rhythms ... are so very similar that it's practically impossible to tell one selection from another.

"[16] The Province said that Collins has "striven for an instrumental approach that, while acknowledging the profound influence of [T-Bone] Walker and [Albert] King, is an immediately recognizable, wholly personable mode of expression.

"[18] The San Francisco Examiner stated that the 1991 reissue "restores a crucial classic of the literature.