tracks 1, 2, 4, 7 to 9 a&r Frank Morin tracks 19 accordion Flaco Jimenez tracks 3, 5, 6 arranged by Doug Sahm tracks 1, 2, 4, 8 arranged by Frank Morin art direction Anne MacLean tracks 17, 18 bajo sexto Doug Sahm tracks 11 to 13 bass Bob Moore tracks 1, 2, 4, 8 to 10 bass Harvey Kagan tracks 17 to 19 bass Jack Barber tracks 7 bass Jance Garfat tracks 14 to 16, 21, 22 bass Jim Stallings tracks 20 bass Steve Vargas tracks 3, 5, 6 bass Whitney "Hershey" Freeman compilation producer Gregg Geller design Joey Reinleib tracks 17, 18 drums Ernie Durawa tracks 3, 5, 6, 9, 19, 20 drums George Rains tracks 7 drums Jim Jenkins tracks 1, 2, 4, 8, 10, 14 to 16, 21, 21 drums Johnny Perez tracks 11 to 13 drums Kenny Buttrey tracks 1, 2, 4, 8 engineer Dan Healy tracks 14 to 16 engineer Doyle E. Jones tracks 1, 2, 4, 8, 10 engineer George Horn tracks 1, 2, 4, 8, 14 to 16 engineer Greg Venable tracks 3, 5, 6 engineer Jay Snyder tracks 19 engineer Jimmy Douglass tracks 20 engineer Ken Hopkins tracks 7, 9 engineer Mark Harman executive-producer Bill Levenson tracks 21, 22 executive-producer Neil Bogart tracks 11 to 13 fiddle Buddy Spicher tracks 1 to 6, 8, 10, 19 fiddle Doug Sahm tracks 19 fiddle Kenny Kosek tracks 11 to 13 fiddle Tommy Jackson tracks 7 guitar Byron Farlow tracks 11 to 13 guitar Chip Young tracks 1 to 10, 14 to 22 guitar Doug Sahm tracks 7 guitar Hewlett Crist tracks 21, 22 guitar John Reed tracks 11 to 13 guitar Ray Edenton tracks 14 to 16 harmony vocals Atwood Allen tracks 3, 5, 6, 9 horns Bill Atwood tracks 1 to 6, 8 to 10 horns Frank Morin tracks 3, 5, 6, 9 horns Martin Fierro tracks 3, 5, 6, 9 horns Mel Martin tracks 3, 5, 6 horns Terry Henry tracks 1, 2, 4, 8, 10, 14 to 18 keyboards Augie Meyers tracks 20 keyboards Barry Goldberg tracks 21, 22 keyboards Link Davis, Jr. liner notes Gene Santoro mastered by Dennis Drake tracks 2, 21 mixed by Rick Rowe tracks 10 mixed by [mixing engineer] Bert Frilot tracks 21, 22 organ Doug Sahm tracks 19 pedal steel guitar Charlie Owens tracks 11 to 13 pedal steel guitar Pete Drake tracks 14 to 16 percussion Leonidas Baety photography by Baron Wolman tracks 15 piano Doug Sahm tracks 11 to 13 piano Hargus Robbins tracks 3, 5 to 7, 9 piano Wayne Talbert tracks 1, 2, 4, 8 producer Amigos De Musica tracks 19 producer Arif Mardin tracks 17 producer Atwood Allen tracks 3, 5, 6, 17 to 19, 21, 22 producer Doug Sahm tracks 10 producer Huey P. Meaux tracks 11 to 13 producer Jerry Kennedy tracks 19 producer Jerry Wexler tracks 14 to 16, 20 producer [vocals] Doug Sahm tracks 14 to 16 producer [vocals] [with help from] Doyle E. Jones tracks 14 to 16 producer [vocals] [with help from] Huey P. Meaux tracks 14 to 16 tenor saxophone Rocky Morales tracks 19 vocals Bob Dylan tracks 1 to 10, 14, 22 vocals Doug Sahm tracks 11 to 13 vocals Wayne Douglas Phonographic Copyright (p) PolyGram Records, Inc. Copyright (c) PolyGram Records, Inc. Produced For Amigos De Musica Manufactured By PolyGram Records, Inc. Marketed By PolyGram Records, Inc. Recorded At Columbia Studios Recorded At Amigo Studios Recorded At Mercury Sound Studios West Recorded At Amigos De Musica Recorded At Monument Recording Studio Recorded At Doyle Jones' Studio Recorded At Devonshire Studios Recorded At Atlantic Studios Recorded At Wally Heider Studios Mixed At Baby Monster Studios Mastered At PolyGram Studios Glass Mastered At PDO, USA Recorded in San Francisco, California, March - June 1968 (tracks 3, 5, 6). Recorded at Columbia Recording, San Francisco and Amigo Recording, N. Hollywood, California, 1969 (tracks 1, 2, 4, 8). Recorded at Mercury Sound Studio West, San Francisco, California, 1970 (tracks 10). Recorded at Amigos De Musica, Los Angeles and Mercury Sound Studio West, San Francisco, California, 1970 (track 7, 9). Recorded at Monument Studios, Nashville, Tennessee, 1970 (tracks 11 to 13). Recorded at Doyle Jones Studios, Houston, Texas and Devonshire Sound, N. Hollywood, California, 1971 (tracks 14 to 16). Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, 1973 (track 19). Recorded at Wally Heider Recording Studios, San Francisco, California, 1973 (track 20). Recorded in Hollywood, California, 1975 (tracks 21, 22). A&R - Amigos De Musica (tracks, 7, 9)
European release LINK The Best Of Doug Sahm & The Sir Douglas Quintet 1968-1975 has a different SPARS Code. American repress The Best Of Doug Sahm & The Sir Douglas Quintet 1968-1975 has a Mastering SID Code and a Mould SID Code and does not include the number 0704 on the lower right corner of the back cover and of the last page of the booklet, as on on this version
Previously unreleased - tracks 2, 4 (Alternate Mix), 11, 21 From the album [m396845] Smash SRS 67115 - tracks 2, 4, 8 From the album [m868524] Smash SRS 67108 - tracks 3, 5, 6 From the album [m362780] Philips PHS 600-244 - tracks 7, 9, 13. From the album [m628321] Smash SRS 67130 - track 10 From the single Be Real / I Don't Want To Go Home Mercury 73098 - track 12 From the album [m479874] Philips PHS 600-353 - tracks 14 to 16 From the single [m1501214] Mercury 73257 - track 17, 18 (track 17 from the Columbia Pictures release 'Cisco Pike'.) From the album [m152060] Atlantic SD 7254 - track 19 From the album [m457196] Atlantic SD 7287 - track 20 From the single [m517399] Casablanca 0828 - track 22.
12 page front booklet. Barcode: 0 422-846586-2 1 SPARS Code: AAD Matrix / Runout: 846 586-2 01@ F MADE IN USA BY PDO (Variant 1) Matrix / Runout: 846 586-2 02@ T (Variant 2) Matrix / Runout: 846 586-2 01@ K MADE IN USA (Variant 3) Other: 0704 (Bottom right -back cover and last page of booklet)