tracks 2-17 arranged by [string arrangement] Gene Page
art direction Hugh Brown
art direction Julie Vlasak
tracks 2-17 backing vocals [additional background vocals] The Waters
tracks 2-13 backing vocals [background vocals] Debbie Moman
tracks 1-7 to 1-11, 1-17 to 2-5, 2-16, 2-17 backing vocals [background vocals] Milton Myrick
tracks 1-7 to 1-15, 1-17 to 2-05 backing vocals [background vocals] Sharon Scott
tracks 1-17 to 2-5, 2-12 to 2-17 backing vocals [background vocals], congas Moses Wheelock
tracks 1-1 to 2-11 bass, percussion, vocals B.B. Dickerson
tracks 2-11 to 2-15 bass, vocals Luther Rabb
booking [booking agent] Nick Caris
booking [booking agent] The Agency Group
tracks 1-1 to 2-15 congas [conga], bongos, percussion, vocals Papa Dee Allen
tracks 2-16, 2-17 drums, percussion, backing vocals [background vocals] Sal Rodriguez
drums, percussion, vocals Harold Brown
tracks 2-12 to 2-17 drums, percussion, vocals Ronnie Hammon
tracks 1-17 to 2-5 engineer Andrew Berliner
tracks 1-1 to 2-15 engineer Chris Huston
tracks 1-16 to 2-11 engineer Ed Barton
tracks 2-12 to 2-15 engineer John Fischbach
tracks 1-3 to 1-6 engineer Richard Moore
tracks 2-16, 2-17 engineer, mixed by Larry Goetz
executive-producer Glenn Stone
executive-producer Jerry Goldstein
guitar, percussion, vocals Howard Scott
tracks 2-16, 2-17 harmonica Tetsuya Nakamura
tracks 1-1 to 2-15 harmonica, percussion, vocals Lee Oskar
illustration [cover illustration] ICU Art
illustration [cover illustration] Relic
tracks 2-17 lead vocals [lead vocal], acoustic guitar José Feliciano
liner notes Barry Alfonso
liner notes [discographical annotation] Gary Peterson
liner notes [editorial supervision] Cory Frye
management [war management] Avenue Management Group
management [war management] Bruce Garfield
organ, piano, synthesizer, guitar, timbales, percussion, vocals Lonnie Jordan
tracks 2-17 percussion Jerry Goldstein
tracks 2-11 percussion, vocals Alice Tweed Smyth
photography by [photos] Avenue Records
photography by [photos] Michael Ochs Archives
producer [original recordings produced by] Jerry Goldstein
tracks 1-7 to 2-11 producer [original recordings produced with] Howard Scott
tracks 1-7 to 2-11 producer [original recordings produced with] Lonnie Jordan
tracks 2-12 to 2-17 producer [original recordings produced with] Lonnie Jordan
tracks 2-16 producer [produced by] Howard Scott
producer [this compilation produced for release by] David McLees
producer [this compilation produced for release by] Jerry Goldstein
product manager Emily Cagan
tracks 2-17 programmed by [music programming] Matt Hyde
tracks 2-16, 2-17 programmed by [music programming], drums [drum fills], backing vocals [background vocals] Rae Valentine
project manager [project assistance] Becky Wagner
project manager [project assistance] David McLees
project manager [project assistance] Jerry Goldstein
project manager [project assistance] Jerry Levine
project manager [project assistance] John Austin
project manager [project assistance] Leigh Hall
project manager [project assistance] Randy Perry
project manager [project assistance] Reggie Collins
project manager [project assistance] Tim Scanlin
project manager [project management for avenue] Peter Durango
remastered by [remastering] Bill Inglot
remastered by [remastering] Dan Hersch
tracks 2-13 saxophone [sax] Bill Bergman
tracks 2-13 saxophone [sax] Greg Smith
tracks 2-13 saxophone [sax] Jim Coile
tracks 2-16, 2-17 saxophone [sax] Kerry Campbell
tracks 1-1 to 2-11 saxophone [sax], clarinet, flute, percussion, vocals Charles Miller
tracks 2-12 to 2-15 saxophone [sax], flute, vocals Pat Rizzo
tracks 2-16 saxophone [sax], soloist [solo] Charles Green
tracks 2-13 trumpet John Berry
tracks 2-13 trumpet Lee Thornburg
tracks 1-1, 1-2 vocals, percussion Eric Burdon
Record Company Audio Visual Entertainment, Inc.
Record Company Warner Music Group
Record Company AOL Time Warner
Record Company UMG Recordings, Inc.
Licensed From Universal Music Enterprises
Distributed By Warner Strategic Marketing
Manufactured By Warner Strategic Marketing
Recorded By Far Out Remote Unit
Phonographic Copyright (p) MCA Records, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) Avenue Records
Copyright (c) Avenue Records
Made By Warner Music Manufacturing Europe
Pressed By Cinram GmbH
Recorded At Wally Heider Studios
Recorded At Crystal Sound
Recorded At Wally Heider Recording Studio, Los Angeles
Recorded By Far Out Remote Unit
Recorded At Caribou Ranch
Recorded At The High Chaparral, Chicago, IL
Recorded At Far Out Studios
Recorded At Cherokee Studios
Recorded At Record Plant, Sausalito
Recorded At ABC Recording Studios
Recorded At Sound City Studios
Mixed At Sound City Studios
Recorded At Beechwood Studios
Recorded At Skywalker Sound
Recorded At Can-Am Recorders
Recorded At Rumbo Recorders
Recorded At Cornerstone Studios
Mixed At Cornerstone Studios
Remastered At Digiprep
Issued in a right-hand-side hinged double clear tray jewel case with a 20-page booklet, in an embossed card O-card.
Some copies issued with a sticker on the O-card front.

1-1, 1-2:
[m=116928]
MGM #SE-4663 (3/70)
Recorded at Wally Heider Recording, San Francisco, CA; Crystal Studios, Hollywood, CA

1-3 to 1-6:
[m=116934]
MGM #SE-4710-2 (11/70)
Recorded at Wally Heider Recording, San Francisco, CA; Wally Heider Recording, Hollywood, CA; Crystal Studios, Hollywood, CA and on location with The Far Out Remote

1-7 to 1-11:
[m=116938]
United Artists #UAS-5546 (10/71)
Recorded at Crystal Studios, Hollywood, CA

1-12 to 1-15:
[m=100781]
United Artists #UA-LA128-F (8/73)
Recorded at Crystal Studios, Hollywood, CA; Caribou Ranch, Nederland, CO; Wally Heider Recording, Hollywood, CA; Crystal Studios, Hollywood, CA

1-16:
WAR Live!
United Artists #UA-LA193-J2 (3/74)
Recorded at The High Chaparral, Chicago, IL

1-17 to 2-5:
[m=116935]
United Artists #UA-LA441-G (6/75)
Recorded at Wally Heider Recording, Hollywood, CA; Crystal Studios, Hollywood, CA; Far Out Studios, Hollywood, CA; Wally Heider Recording, San Francisco, CA

2-6:
[m=116968]
United Artists #UA-LA648-G (8/76)
Various Recording Studios

2-7, 2-8:
[m=118593]
Far Out/Blue Note #BN-LA690-J2 (6/77)
Various Recording Studios

2-9:
[m=116937]
MCA #MCA-3030 (11/77)
Recorded at Far Out Studios, Hollywood, CA; Cherokee Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA; Record Plant, Sausalito, CA; ABC Studios, Hollywood, CA; Sound City, Van Nuys, CA; Crystal Studios, Hollywood, CA. Mixed at Sound City, Van Nuys, CA

2-10:
Youngblood: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
United Artists #UA-LA904-H (7/78)
Recorded at Cherokee Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA; ABC Studios, Hollywood, CA; Sound City, Van Nuys, CA; Beechwood Studios. Mixed at Sound City, Van Nuys, CA

2-11:
[m=116939]
MCA #MCA-3085 (3/79)
Various Recording Studios

2-12 to 2-15:
[m=116952]
RCA #AFL1-4208 (2/82)
Recorded at Far Out Studios, Hollywood, CA

2-16:
Avenue maxi-single [edit] #76024 (5/94)
Recorded at Skywalker Ranch, Nicasio, CA; CAN-Am Recorders, Tarzana, CA; Rumbo Recorders, Canoga Park, CA; Cornerstone Studios, Chatsworth, CA; Crystal Studios, Hollywood, CA. Mixed at Cornerstone Studios, Chatsworth, CA

2-17:
[m=153082]
Avenue #71706 (6/94)
Recorded at Skywalker Ranch, Nicasio, CA; CAN-Am Recorders, Tarzana, CA; Rumbo Recorders, Canoga Park, CA; Cornerstone Studios, Chatsworth, CA; Crystal Studios, Hollywood, CA. Mixed at Cornerstone Studios, Chatsworth, CA

Remastering at Digiprep.

2-9 ℗ 1977 MCA Records, Inc.; 2-11 ℗ 1979 MCA Records, Inc., under license from Universal Music Enterprises, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

Booklet page 19:
This compilation ℗ 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1994 & 2003 Avenue Records, a Division of Audio Visual Entertainment, Inc.

Booklet page 20:
© 2003 Avenue Records, a Division of Audio Visual Entertainment, Inc.

Disc:
This compilation ℗ 2003 Avenue Records, a Division of Audio Visual Entertainment, Inc. Made in Germany

O-card, tray inlay:
This compilation ℗ & © 2003 Avenue Records, a Division of Audio Visual Entertainment, Inc. Manufactured & distributed by Warner Strategic Marketing. Warner Music Group, an AOL Time Warner company.

Made In Germany by [Warner 'W' logo] WARNER MUSIC MANUFACTURING EUROPE.
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