ðɪ ˈælbəm wʌz ɚɹˈɪdʒɪnəli ɹᵻlˈiːst ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti ˌɔn nˈoʊvəs ɹˈɛkɚdz ˌɔn sˌiːdˈiː, ˌɛlpˈiː ænd ˌɛmsˈiː, ðə fˈɜːst ʌv fˈoːɹ sˈʌbsᵻkwənt ɹᵻkˈoːɹdɪŋz baɪ mək ɹˈeɪ ɹᵻlˈiːst ɔnðə bˌiːˌɛmdʒˈiː sˈʌbleɪbəl, bᵻfˌoːɹ nˈoʊvəs ɡɑːt dᵻfˈʌŋkt ɪnðə mˈɪd nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti z.
The album was originally released in 1990 on Novus Records (on CD, LP and MC), the first of four subsequent recordings by McRae released on the BMG sublabel, before Novus got defunct in the mid-1990s.