The album set was designed to be used in four types of academic courses: music appreciation, American history, literature, and social studies.
This album set Spears' international pop culture icon image and launched her career.
The 1951 album set contained more than two-thirds of the opera, for the first time ever in the history of recording.
(An album set was also made of this performance.)
Its vinyl release is a Double album set.
It was also the first Sinatra "album" to not have a 78rpm album set release.
A two album set was produced for collectors.
In addition, each night's album set was recorded and made available to the attendees that night.
Volume 2 was released in 1974 however, in 1994, both were re-released as a double album set.
After reaching the number 15431 (in early 1949), the old series was resumed, at 542, though 15000-series numbers were used for album sets.