

Track 2 on the original pressing is "California Sun". The RE-2 reissue features drastically improved sound on nearly all tracks, likely from lower-generation source tapes. The "RE-2" reissue has only 22 tracks, omitting "To Know Him, Is To Love Him" and reordering the remaining tracks. The RE-1 release has 23 tracks, including "To Know Him, Is To Love Him". The original pressing is likely the "RE-1" release there are no known variants of this CD that lack the RE- designation. The other 20 tracks are digitally identical to the RE-1 reissue. Tracks 10 and 18 on a pressing on JCI Records are "Heart And Soul" and "Apache".

Tracks 10 and 18 on the original pressing are "Shop Around" and "Please Mr. The RE-2 reissue remained in print until at least 1994, as evidenced by a pressing with a Mould SID Code. Sound quality of the other tracks is comparable to the RE-1 reissue. Track 18 on the "RE-2" reissue is "Sherry". The RE-1 reissue features drastically improved sound on nearly all tracks, likely from lower-generation source tapes. The "RE-1" reissue has the same track listing and art/booklet as the original release, and can only be visually distinguished from the original release by the RE-1 in the matrix number on the CD. Track 18 on the original pressing is "Twistin' The Night Away".

There was also a pressing on JCI Records that uses the track listing and mastering of the RE-2 reissue. It is unclear if there was ever an RE-1 reissue for this disc. The RE-2 reissue has the same track listing and art/booklet as the original release, and can only be visually distinguished from the original release by the RE-2 in the matrix number on the CD.

The "RE-2" reissue has a total running time of 52:37. The original includes three tracks with electronically reprocessed stereo (Come Go With Me, I'm Walkin', Party Doll), and several tracks with truncated fades. The original pressing has a total run time of 52:18. The Time-Life numbering scheme is 2RNR-xx. 51 in 1996, four years after the original series ended. Some of these have been remastered or reissued with a few different tracks you can tell by “RE-1” or “RE-2” in the matrix number on the discs. These are all single discs, with about twenty-two tracks each. Remarkable track selection, probably the deepest 1950s pop set ever released. The early discs sound pretty bad, due to source material being shipped to Time-Life on analog reel-to-reel tapes.
