art direction Hollis King
bass Freddie Washington
coordinator [release coordination] John Newcott
coordinator [release coordination] Kelly Pratt
drums "Stix" Hooper
engineer [assistant] Alan Sanderson
engineer [assistant] Tom Sweeney
engineer [engineered by], mixed by Rik Pekkonen
engineer [pro-tools] Dan Pinder
tracks 5, 8, 10, 11 guitar Arthur Adams
guitar Dean Parks
tracks 1 to 7, 9 guitar Ray Parker Jr.
liner notes David Ritz
mastered by Bernie Grundman
percussion Lenny Castro
photography by [cover, internals] Walker Evans
photography by [photograph of the crusaders by] William Claxton
piano [acoustic pianos], electric piano [fender rhodes, wurlitzer], organ Joe Sample
producer [produced by] Stewart Levine
recorded by [sound of blackness] Tommy Tucker Jr.
tenor saxophone Wilton Felder
trombone Steve Baxter
Record Company Universal Music
Record Company UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marketed By The Verve Music Group
Produced For Wow Productions Ltd.
Manufactured By The Verve Music Group
Phonographic Copyright (p) PRA Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) PRA Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) Blue Ballet Music
Copyright (c) Wilfel
Copyright (c) Will Jennings Songs
Copyright (c) Status Cymbal Music Co.
Published By Blue Ballet Music
Published By Wilfel
Published By Will Jennings Songs
Published By Irving Music, Inc.
Published By Status Cymbal Music Co.
Recorded At Ocean Way Recording
Recorded At Cello Studios
Recorded At Record One, Los Angeles
Recorded At Master Mix Studios, Minneapolis
Mastered At Bernie Grundman Mastering
Manufactured By Disctronics Group, United Kingdom
Recorded at Oceanway Studios, Hollywood, CA; Cello Studios, Hollywood, CA; Record One, Sherman Oaks, CA
'Sound of Blackness' recorded at Master Mix Studios, Minneapolis, MN

Publishers & song copyrights ©:
1, 2, 4 to 7, 9, 10 Songs by Joe Sample © Blue Ballet Music (BMI)
3, 11 Song by Wilton Felder/George Shaw © Wilfel (BMI)
4, 5 Lyrics by Will Jennings © Will Jennings Songs, admin. by Irving Mills, Inc. (BMI)
6 Sony by Stix Hooper © Status Cymbal Music Co. (BMI)

Made in the EU.

Jewel case with a clear tray and an 8-panel foldout leaflet style cover booklet

Booklet panel-6 incorrectly credits Sounds of Blackness, background vocals to track 5, but correctly credits track 4 on back cover and under track positions in booklet.
Barcode: 0 44006 00772 4 (Text)
Barcode: 044006007724 (Scanned)
Label Code: LC 00383
Rights Society: BIEM/MCPS
Rights Society: BMI
Matrix / Runout: DISCTRONICS 0600772 01
Matrix / Runout: MADE IN THE UK BY UNIVERSAL M & L (Mould text)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L136
Mould SID Code: IFPI IFPI04H3