art direction, design Robert L. Heimall backing vocals Alex Ligertwood backing vocals Woodstock Children's Chorus bass Bucky Ballard design [re-issue design] Chas Fenoughty directed by [woodstock children's chorus] Ellen Todd drums Bobby Chouinard guitar Bruce Kulick keyboards Richard T. Bear keyboards, synthesizer David Sancious lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, percussion, written-by Billy Squier liner notes [foreword, inlay] Dante Bonutto liner notes [inlay] Derek Oliver liner notes [sleevenotes] Paul Suter management [coordination] Mitchell Kanner mastered by [originally mastered] Wally Traugott percussion Ernest Carter photography by Dick Kranzler producer Billy Squier producer Eddy Offord recorded by, mixed by Eddy Offord recorded by, mixed by Rob Davis remastered by Jon Astley research [acoustic audio files supplied by] Bill Goldstein research [acoustic audio files supplied by] Billy Squier research [archive photos supplied by] Billy Squier research [archive photos supplied by] Roger Chouinard Jr. research [archive photos supplied by] Ross Halfin Phonographic Copyright (p) Rock Candy Records Ltd. Copyright (c) Rock Candy Records Ltd. Bruce Kulick appears courtesy of Polydor Incorporated. David Sancious appears courtesy of Arista Records. Richard T. Bear appears courtesy of RCA Records. Woodstock Children's Chorus ('Billy's choir') under direction of Ellen Todd. Recorded & Mixed at: Eddy Offord Remote Studio, Woodstock, New York. Originally mastered at Capitol Studios, Los Angeles. All songs published by Songs of the Knight/BMI exept track 7 published by Songs of the Knight/Bomass Music Corporation/BMI; track 5 published by Songs of the Knight/Hostel Music/BMI; and track 6 published by Songs of the Knight/Desmobile Music Company/BMI/ASCAP. Remastered in 2005 for Close To The Edge Mastering. Sound shaped from 24-bit digital tools via POW-r.
Originally released in 1980 on Capitol Records ST 12062. Issued under license from EMI Music Ltd.
Marketed and Distributed By Days Of Glory.
Made in the UK.
Cat# variation on spine and CD: CANDY008 Cat# variation on inlay: CANDY 008
Some copies carry a sticker: Collector's Edition Remastered & Reloaded Track-by-track analysis by Billy Squier 16-page color booklet inc. archive photos plus extended sleevenotes from Paul Suter. Bonus acoustic material. Foreword by Dante Bonutto.