Arranged By [Horns, Strings] – Bill Meyers (tracks: A1, A2), Tom Tom 84 (tracks: A3)
Arranged By [Horns, Strings], Keyboards – George Del Barrio (tracks: A4, B5)
Arranged By [Horns], Trumpet – Jerry Hey (tracks: B2 to B5)
Art Direction – Monte White, Roger Carpenter
Backing Vocals, Guitar – Beloyd Taylor
Bass – Verdine White
Cello – Douglas Davis, Earl Madison, Frederick Seykora, Larry Corbett, Ronald Cooper, Suzie Katayama
Concertmaster – Assa Drori, David Frisina
Double Bass – Arni Egilsson
Drums, Percussion – Fred White
Engineer [Assistant] – Robert Spano, Steve Crimmel
Guitar – Roland Bautista
Harp – Dorothy Remsen
Illustration – Shusei Nagaoka
Keyboards – Eddie Del Barrio, Rick Kelly, Skip Scarborough, Wayne Vaughn
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Mixed By [Additional] – Tom Perry
Other [Exclusive Representation] – Cavallo-Ruffalo-Fargnoli Management
Other [Production Staff] – Geri White, Leonard Smith, Monte White
Other [Steel Drums Made By] – Rudolph Chiles
Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa, Ralph Johnson
Piano – Maxanne Lewis
Producer, Vocals, Drums, Kalimba – Maurice White
Recorded By, Mixed By – Mick Guzauki
Saxophone – Donald Myrick
Steel Drums – Robert Greenidge
Synthesizer [Pianon], Programmed By [Synthesizer] – Larry Dunn
Synthesizer [Prophet] – Azar Lawrence
Tabla – Zakir Hussein
Tenor Saxophone – Andrew Woolfolk
Trombone – Bill Reichenbach , Charles Lopez, George Bohanon, Lew McCreary, Louis Satterfield
Trumpet – Chuck Findley, Gary Grant, Michael Harris, Oscar Brashear, Rahmlee Michael Davis
Viola – Alan Deveritch, Allan Harshman, Carole Mukogawa, David Schwartz, Joel Soultanian, Linn Subotnick, Milton Kestenbaum, Pamela Goldsmith, Roland Kato, Rollice Dale
Violin – Anatol Kaminsky, Arnold Belnick, Bill Hybel, Bob Sanov, Brenton Banks, George Kast, Haim Shtrum, Harold Bluestone, Janet Lakatos, Karen Jones , Marshall Sosson, Miwako Watanabe, Myer Bello, Nathan Ross, Nicole Bush, Pamela Tompkins, Robert Lipsett, Robert Sushel, Ron Clarck, Shari Zippert, Sheldon Sanov, Stanley Plummer
Vocals [Additional] – Ms. Pluto
Vocals, Percussion – Philip Bailey
Written-By – Azar Lawrance (tracks: A2, B2, B5), Beloyd Taylor (tracks: A2, B2, B4), Eddie Del Barrio (tracks: A4, B5), Fred Washington (tracks: A4), Jon Lind (tracks: B5), Marry D'Astugues (tracks: B5), Maurice White (tracks: A1 to A3, B1 to B5), Philip Bailey (tracks: A4), Roxanne Seeman (tracks: A4), Tony Haynes (tracks: B1), Wanda Vaughn (tracks: A1, A3, B1, B3), Wayne Vaughn (tracks: A1, A3, B1, B3)
Arranged By [Horns, Strings] – Bill Meyers (tracks: 1, 2), Tom Tom 84 (tracks: 3)
Arranged By [Horns, Strings], Keyboards – George Del Barrio (tracks: 4, 9)
Arranged By [Horns], Trumpet – Jerry Hey (tracks: 6 to 9)
Art Direction – Monte White, Roger Carpenter
Backing Vocals, Guitar – Beloyd Taylor
Bass – Verdine White
Cello – Douglas Davis, Earl Madison, Frederick Seykora, Larry Corbett, Ronald Cooper, Suzie Katayama
Concertmaster – Assa Drori, David Frisina
Double Bass – Arni Egilsson
Drums, Percussion – Fred White
Engineer [Assistant] – Robert Spano, Steve Crimmel
Guitar – Roland Bautista
Harp – Dorothy Remsen
Illustration – Shusei Nagaoka
Keyboards – Eddie Del Barrio, Rick Kelly, Skip Scarborough, Wayne Vaughn
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Mixed By [Additional] – Tom Perry
Other [Exclusive Representation] – Cavallo-Ruffalo-Fargnoli Management
Other [Production Staff] – Geri White, Leonard Smith, Monte White
Other [Steel Drums Made By] – Rudolph Chiles
Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa, Ralph Johnson
Piano – Maxanne Lewis
Producer, Vocals, Drums, Kalimba – Maurice White
Recorded By, Mixed By – Mick Guzauki
Saxophone – Donald Myrick
Saxophone [Tenor] – Andrew Woolfolk
Steel Drums – Robert Greenidge
Synthesizer [Pianon], Programmed By [Synthesizer] – Larry Dunn
Synthesizer [Prophet] – Azar Lawrence
Tabla – Zakir Hussein
Trombone – Bill Reichenbach , Charles Lopez, George Bohanon, Lew McCreary, Louis Satterfield
Trumpet – Chuck Findley, Gary Grant, Michael Harris, Oscar Brashear, Rahmlee Michael Davis
Viola – Alan Deveritch, Allan Harshman, Carole Mukogawa, David Schwartz, Joel Soultanian, Linn Subotnick, Milton Kestenbaum, Pamela Goldsmith, Roland Kato, Rollice Dale
Violin – Anatol Kaminsky, Arnold Belnick, Bill Hybel, Bob Sanov, Brenton Banks, George Kast, Haim Shtrum, Harold Bluestone, Janet Lakatos, Karen Jones , Marshall Sosson, Miwako Watanabe, Myer Bello, Nathan Ross, Nicole Bush, Pamela Tompkins, Robert Lipsett, Robert Sushel, Ron Clarck, Shari Zippert, Sheldon Sanov, Stanley Plummer
Vocals [Additional] – Ms. Pluto
Vocals, Percussion – Philip Bailey
Written-By – Azar Lawrance (tracks: 2, 6, 8), Beloyd Taylor (tracks: 2, 6, 8), Eddie Del Barrio (tracks: 4, 9), Fred Washington (tracks: 4), Jon Lind (tracks: 9), Marry D'Astugues (tracks: 9), Maurice White (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 9), Philip Bailey (tracks: 4), Roxanne Seeman (tracks: 4), Tony Haynes (tracks: 5), Wanda Vaughn (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 7), Wayne Vaughn (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 7)
Notes
Pitman pressing with "P" etched in the runout vinyl on both sides of the record.
Printed inner sleeve with lyrics and credits.A very special thanks to our Production Staff and Ron Ellison. Special thanks to: Jon Land. A sincere thanks to Larkin Arnold. Special thanks to the Creator, Our Guiding Light.
Barcodes
Barcode: none
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): 35DP-44 71A5
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): 35DP-44 71A5 +++++ (1 dot each in upper corners of 1. +)
Rights Society: BIEM STEMRA
Label Code: LC 0149
Price Code: CB 701
Other: DIDP 44
Other (on Mould hub): CSR
Barcode (Scanned): 074643836715
Barcode (Text): 0 7464-38367-1
Rights Society: ASCAP
Rights Society: BMI
Matrix / Runout (A side label): AL 38367
Matrix / Runout (B side label): BL 38367
Matrix / Runout (A side runout, etched, variant 3): PAL-38367-3B
