acoustic bass Arni Egilsson
acoustic bass Milton Kestenbaum
arranged by Bill Summers
arranged by Caiphus Semenya
arranged by Dave Grusin
arranged by Herbert W. Spencer
arranged by Johnny Mandel
arranged by Quincy Jones
arranged by Rev. James Cleveland
arranged by Richard Hazard
arranged by Tom Bahler
artwork [album design] Chuck Beeson
artwork [art direction] Roland Young
artwork [roots logo typography design] Al Nagy
banjo Al Hendrickson
cello Jeffrey Solow
cello Jesse Ehrlich
cello Paul Bergstrom
cello Ronald Cooper
tracks a2, a9, b1, b5 composed by Gerald Fried
concept by [conceived by], producer, conductor Quincy Jones
tracks a5, b8 conductor [choir] Tom Bahler
conductor [the wattsline choir] Rev. James Cleveland
electric bass Chuck Rainey
electric bass Ed Reddick
engineer [assistant] Chuck Trammell
engineer [assistant] Steve Katz
engineer, remix Norm Kinney
french horn Alan Robinson
french horn David Duke
french horn James Decker
guitar David T. Walker
guitar Lee Ritenour
harp Catherine Gotthoffer
harp Dorothy Remsen
keyboards Dave Grusin
keyboards Ian Underwood
keyboards Michael Boddicker
keyboards Pete Jolly
keyboards Richard Tee
mastered by Bernie Grundman
percussion Bill Summers
percussion Bobbye Hall
percussion Caiphus Semenya
percussion Emil Richards
percussion King Errisson
percussion Milt Holland
percussion Paul Bryant
percussion Shelly Manne
percussion Tommy Vig
percussion Victor Feldman
percussion Zak Diouf
performer Bill Summers
performer Caiphus Semenya
performer Letta Mbulu
performer Louis Gossett, Jr.
performer Quincy Jones And His Orchestra
performer The Wattsline
photography by [back cover] Bruce Talamon
trombone Bill Watrous
trombone Dick Nash
trombone Maurice Spears
trumpet Bobby Bryant
trumpet Buddy Childers
trumpet John Audino
tuba John Thomas Johnson
viola Alexander Neiman
viola Marilyn Baker
viola Robert Ostrowsky
viola Rollice Dale
violin Bobby Bruce
violin Erno Neufeld
violin Gerald Vinci
violin Harry Bluestone
violin Irv Katz
violin Janice Gower
violin John Santulis
violin Joseph Livoti
violin Joseph Stepansky
violin Ralph Schaeffer
violin Robert Sushel
violin Sheldon Sanov
violin Wilbert Nuttycombe
vocals Alex Brown
vocals Caiphus Semenya
vocals Deborah Tibbs
vocals Jim Gilstrap
vocals John Lehman
vocals Linda Evans
vocals Paulette McWilliams
vocals Rev. James Cleveland
vocals Stephanie Spruill
vocals [featured soloist] Letta Mbulu
vocals [the wattsline choir] Charles May
vocals [the wattsline choir] David Pridgen
vocals [the wattsline choir] Mortonette Jenkins
vocals [the wattsline choir] Rodney Armstrong
vocals [the wattsline choir] Sherwood Sledge
woodwind Ernie Watts
woodwind Jerome Richardson
woodwind Ted Nash
woodwind Terry Harrington
woodwind William Green
Pressed By Monarch Record Mfg. Co.
Phonographic Copyright (p) A&M Records, Inc.
Some copies may have a CRC sticker on the back.

Printed inner sleeve features artist and dialogue credits.

Music from and inspired by the David L. Wolfer production of Roots. ROOTS the saga of an American family.

Recorded at A&M Studios and United Western Recorders

℗ 1977

Contains 12 x 24 poster: Behold...The only thing greater than yourself

B4 title on label is What Shall I Do? (Hush, Hush, Somebody's Calling My Name)

Runouts are etched except 'MR' which is circled, is stamped.
Matrix / Runout: A&M SP4989(RE-1)-M5 △21994 (Runout side A, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: A&M SP4990-M2 △21994-X161 (Runout side B, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: A&M SP4989(RE-1)-M3 MR △21994 (Runout side A, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: A&M SP4990-M4 MR △21994X(10) (Runout side B, variant 2)