art direction Peter Whorf
banjo [5 string] Larry McNeely
banjo [tenor], guitar Tommy Tedesco
composed by [slave blues], vocals [slave blues] Big Joe Turner
composed by, conductor, directed by Gerald Fried
drums [signal drums], composed by [signal drums] Shelly Manne
edited by Andy MacDonald
edited by Dan Wallin
edited by Jim Saunders
fiddle, composed by [the death of fidler] Bobby Bruce
flute [african] Sheridon Stokes
harmonica Tommy Morgan
illustration [cover] David Jarvis
liner notes John Mendelsohn
narrator Buster Jones
producer Stan Cornyn
research [assistant] Esther Geller
research [history advisor] David Geller
on spine:
3WS 3048 Roots / Official Original Sound Track 1498 1978 Warner Bros. Records Inc. Printed In U.S.A.

The Official Original Sound Track Album of the David L. Wolper Production of Alex Haley's Roots

record 1 contains sides 1 and 6
record 2 contains sides 3 and 4
record 3 contains sides 2 and 5

℗ © 1978 Warner Bros. Records Inc.