I never buy CDs anymore. I just download the particular tracks I want. I bought this CD because I absolutely love the movie and had heard about the fictionalized liner notes on the CD. The notes are allegedly written by Tom Hanks' character Mr. White, and they detail the careers of all of the performers featured on the album. The music is delightful - very authentic to that period of time. I have imported several of the tunes into my MP3 library and look forward to playing them in my oldies playlist, even though they're technically not oldies. They still have that feel. The Del Paxton jazz piano piece is great as well and goes in my serious jazz playlist.