 Originally released on the United Artists label with eight tracks, it was reissued by Capitol Records in 1993 with seven previously unreleased tracks from a 1965 recording session that included Kenny Burrell on guitar.Carter said in 1979 that "Inside Betty Carter" was one of her two favorite albums out of the eleven she had recorded to date.Scott Yanow, writing for AllMusic, gave "Inside Betty Carter" two and a half stars out of five.