History - America's Greatest Hits

The album actually has two names: "History", to keep with the group's tradition of issuing albums with names beginning with the letter 'H', and "America's Greatest Hits", to indicate that it is a compilation of the group's hits.
The first seven tracks of the album, having been recorded prior to producer George Martin's involvement with the group, were remixed by Martin for this release. For example, Martin added a layer of fiddles to "Don't Cross The River." Additionally, on this album's version of "A Horse With No Name," a voice can briefly be heard about two minutes into the track. And for this album's version of 'I Need You' George Martin remixed the studio recording by bringing the pitch down a quarter tone and bringing the bass guitar up further in volume from the original release.
The cover artwork is by Phil Hartman, later known as an actor and comedian. However, the liner notes spell his last name as "Hartmann" (which is the actual spelling of his name).
The first 1975 pressings were issued with a heavy stock silver inner lyric sleeve with maroon print. Later pressings came with a typical light gauge inner lyric sleeve with the same silver/maroon design.