"This two-disc set, the first volume in a series covering the RPM [Records] part of the story, extends from 1950 to 1953, and includes sides by some well-known names like B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf, and Ike Turner (who was a longtime talent scout for the Bihari Brothers), but also sides by lesser-known artists like the great Rosco Gordon, with roughly half of these 52 tracks featured in either alternate or previously unreleased versions, all of which makes this a wonderful historical and archival release".