arranged by [strings arranged by] Joe Sample art direction Richard Seireeni backing vocals [background voices] Gwen Owens backing vocals [background voices] Julia Tillman backing vocals [background voices] Maxine Willard backing vocals [background voices] Melvin Franklin bass Abraham Laboriel bass Wilton Felder coordinator [production coordinator] Pamela Hope Lobue coordinator [special equipment coordination by] Michael Lovelady drums "Stix" Hooper drums Mike Baird engineer [engineered by] Jeremy Smith engineer [with, assisting] Bill Koepnick engineer [with, assisting] Hill Brin Swimmer guitar Dean Parks guitar Roland Bautista guitar Tim May tracks a2 guitar, soloist David T. Walker keyboards Joe Sample management [executive assistant - crusaders productions, inc.] Tom Hooper mastered by Bernie Grundman mixed by Howard Siegel tracks a1, a3, b1 mixed by Rick Ruggieri mixed by Robert Margouleff percussion Eddie "Bongo" Brown percussion Paulinho da Costa photography by Norman Seeff producer "Stix" Hooper producer Joe Sample producer Wilton Felder Phonographic Copyright (p) Warner Bros. Records Inc. Copyright (c) Warner Bros. Records Inc. Produced For Crusaders Productions, Inc. Recorded At Wizard Recording Studios, Los Angeles Recorded At Hollywood Sound Recorders Mastered At A&M Records Pressed By Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Los Angeles Record Company Warner Bros. Records Inc. Record Company Warner Bros. Inc. Record Company Warner Communications Published By Four Knights Music Co. Published By Irving Music, Inc. Published By Virginia Aaron Music Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Los Angeles pressing denoted by ✲ stamp in rurnouts. Issued with custom lyric/credit inner sleeve.
Produced for Crusaders Productions, Inc. Recorded at Wizard Recording Studios and Hollywood Sound Recorders in Los Angeles. Mastered at A&M Records.
A very special thanks to each and every one of you.
Dean Parks courtesy of Like A Movie, Inc. Abraham Laboriel courtesy of Elektra/Asylum Records Joe Sample, Stix Hooper and Wilton Felder courtesy of MCA Records, Inc. Maxine Willard and Julia Tillman courtesy of Arista Records Melvin Franklin courtesy of Atlantic Records Paulinho da Costa courtesy of Pablo Records
Runout details are etched except for 3 and ✲ ✲ stamped. Side B runout includes a raised • and the 3 is stamped horizontally.