Neil Diamond Beautiful Noise
1976 Vinyl Gatefold, Terre Haute Pressing
Soft Rock
Ballad
Vocal

Main image
Columbia
tracks a2, b2 acoustic bass Bob Boucher
tracks a4 acoustic guitar Neil Diamond
tracks a1, a3, b1, b4 acoustic guitar Richard Bennett
tracks a3, b1, b2, b4 arranged by [strings, horns] Bob James
tracks a1, a2, a6 arranged by [strings, horns] Nick DeCaro
backing vocals [background singers] Carolyn Willis
backing vocals [background singers] Clydie King
backing vocals [background singers] Gerald Garrett
backing vocals [background singers] Jesse Kirkland
backing vocals [background singers] Jim Gilstrap
backing vocals [background singers] Joe Greene
backing vocals [background singers] Julia Waters
backing vocals [background singers] Mildred Lane
backing vocals [background singers] Mona Lisa Harrington
backing vocals [background singers] Oma Drake
backing vocals [background singers] Oren Waters
backing vocals [background singers] Venetta Fields
backing vocals [background singers] Verlene Rogers
tracks a1 bass Bob Boucher
design [album] Bob Cato
tracks a1 to a3, a6, b5 drums Dennis St. John
effects [sound effects] Freddy Demann
effects [sound effects] Hank Altman
effects [sound effects] Sue Roberts
tracks a3, a5 to b1, b4, b5 electric bass Bob Boucher
tracks a5, a6, b3, b4 electric guitar Richard Bennett
tracks a4, b4 electric piano [rhodes] Larry Knechtel
engineer [mastering] Kent Duncan
engineer [mastering] Rick Collins
engineer [mixing] John Calder
engineer [mixing] Neil Brody
engineer [recording] Ed Anderson
engineer [recording] John Calder
engineer [recording] Nat Jeffrey
engineer [recording] Neil Brody
engineer [recording] Tim Kramer
horns Art Maebe
horns Bernie Fleischer
horns Bill Perkins
horns Bob Findley
horns Bobby Bryant
horns David Duke
horns Don Menza
horns Don Waldrop
horns Ernie Watts
horns Gary Grant
horns Gene Cipriano
horns Harold Garrett
horns Hugo Raimondi
horns Jack Nimitz
horns Jack Redmond
horns Jerome Richardson
horns Lew McCreary
horns Maurice Spears
horns Norman Benno
horns Oscar Brashear
horns Paul Hubinon
horns Ralph Lee
horns Snooky Young
horns Steve Madaio
lacquer cut by Allen Zentz
tracks b1 lead guitar Richard Bennett
lettering [hand lettering] Michael Manoogian
tracks a6 percussion Dennis St. John
photography by Reid Miles
photography by [director of photography] Ron Coro
tracks a2, a5, b3 piano Alan Lindgren
tracks a3, a4, a6, b2, b4, b5 piano Larry Knechtel
producer Robbie Robertson
tracks b1 rhythm guitar Neil Diamond
strings Armand Kaproff
strings Bernard Kundell
strings David Hungate
strings Dennis Karmazyn
strings Elliott Fisher
strings Glenn Dicterow
strings Harold Dicterow
strings Harry Bluestone
strings Harry Shlutz
strings Henry Ferber
strings Herschel Wise
strings Isabelle Daskoff
strings James Getzoff
strings Jay Rosen
strings Jesse Ehrlich
strings Joy Lyle
strings Michael Nowak
strings Murray Adler
strings Paul Shure
strings Ray Kelley
strings Ronald Folsom
strings Samuel Boghossian
strings Selene Hurford
strings Sidney Sharp
strings Stanley Plummer
strings Tibor Zelig
strings William Kurasch
strings Yukiko Kamei
tracks a4, b3 synthesizer [arp bass] Bob Boucher
tracks a1, a5, a6, b3, synthesizer [moog] Alan Lindgren
written-by Neil Diamond
Phonographic Copyright (p) CBS Inc.
Copyright (c) CBS Inc.
Manufactured By Columbia Records
Recorded At Shangri-La, Malibu, CA
Recorded At The Village Recorder
Recorded At Kendun Recorders
Mixed At Kendun Recorders
Mastered At Kendun Recorders
Mastered At Customatrix
Pressed By Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
In gatefold sleeve with printed inner sleeve.

Runouts are mostly etched, Customatrix o and final mastering IDs i.e. C, G, A, etc. are stamped.
Rights Society: ASCAP
Pressing Plant ID: T (Both sides runout etched)
Matrix / Runout: AL 33965 (Label A)
Matrix / Runout: BL 33965 (Label B)
Matrix / Runout: PAL-33965-1G (Runout A, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: PBL-33965-1A A2 (Runout B, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: T/ PAL-33965-1J AZ (Runout A, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: T/ PBL-33965-1F AZ (Runout B, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: T/PAL-33965-1P C8 (Runout A, variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: T/ PBL-33965-1J AZ (Runout B, variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: T/PAL-33965-1E AZ C6 (Runout A, variant 4)
Matrix / Runout: T/ PBL-33965-1J AII (Runout B, variant 4)
Matrix / Runout: o T1 PAL-33965-1J AZ G4 (Runout A, variant 5)
Matrix / Runout: o T1 PBL-33965-1E AZ A23 (Runout B, variant 5)
Matrix / Runout: R XT PAL-33965-1C AZ C2 (Runout A, variant 6)
Matrix / Runout: T \ PBL-33965- / J, AZ, D 2 o (Runout B, variant 6)
Matrix / Runout: PAL-33965-1D AZ (Runout A, variant 7)
Matrix / Runout: PBL-33965-1D AZ (Runout B, variant 7)
Matrix / Runout: o T I PAL-33965-1J AZ B1 (Runout A, variant 8)
Matrix / Runout: T I PBL-33965-1E AZ C1 (Runout B, variant 8)
Matrix / Runout: T PAL-33965-1N AZ (Runout A, variant 9)
Matrix / Runout: I PBL-33965-1D AZ (Runout B, variant 9)



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