tracks 1-1, 1-3, 1-7 accordion Dermot Byrne
arranged by Altan
tracks 1-3 arranged by P.J. Curtis
tracks 1-14 backing vocals Anna Ní Mhaonaigh
tracks 1-1, 1-5, 1-7, 1-9 to 1-11, 1-13 to 1-15 backing vocals Ciaran Tourish
tracks 1-1, 1-5, 1-7, 1-11, 1-13, 1-14 backing vocals Dáithí Sproule
tracks 1-1 to 1-3, 1-5 to 1-7, 1-9 to 1-15 backing vocals Frankie Kennedy
tracks 1-1 to 1-3, 1-5 to 1-7, 1-9 to 1-15 backing vocals Mark Kelly
tracks 1-11, 1-14 bass [fretless] Steve Cooney
tracks 1-8, 1-16 bodhrán Colin Murphy
tracks 1-1, 1-2, 1-4, 1-14 bodhrán Donal Lunny
tracks 1-5, 1-9, 1-10, 1-15 bodhrán Tommy Hayes
tracks 1-8, 1-16 bodhrán [bass] Donal Lunny
tracks 1-9, 1-10, 1-15 bodhrán [bass] Tommy Hayes
bouzouki Ciaran Curran
tracks 1-1 to 1-3, 1-5 to 1-7, 1-9 to 1-15 bouzouki [bouzouki-guitar] Ciaran Curran
compiled by Thomas Rota
design Brian Wittman
tracks 1-2 double bass Garvan Gallagher
tracks 2-1 to 2-8 edited by Christian Scholze
tracks 2-1 to 2-8 edited by Jan Reichow
tracks 2-1 to 2-8 edited by Jean Trouillet
tracks 1-1, 1-7, 1-5, 1-9, 1-10, 1-11, 1-13, 1-14, 1-15 engineer Brian Masterson
tracks 1-2, 1-3, 1-6, 1-8, 1-12, 1-16 engineer Dan Fitzgerald
tracks 1-4 engineer Donal Lunny
tracks 1-1, 1-5, 1-7, 1-9 to 1-11, 1-13 to 1-15 fiddle Ciaran Tourish
fiddle Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
tracks 1-2, 1-3, 1-6, 1-8 to 1-10, 1-12, 1-15, 1-16, 2-1 to 2-8 fiddle Paul O'Shaughnessy
flute Frankie Kennedy
tracks 1-1, 1-5, 1-7, 1-11, 1-13, 1-14 guitar Dáithí Sproule
guitar Mark Kelly
tracks 1-2, 1-3, 1-6, 1-12 guitar [high strung] Mark Kelly
tracks 1-9, 1-10, 1-15 jew's harp Tommy Hayes
tracks 1-4, 1-9 to 1-11, 1-13, 1-15 keyboards Donal Lunny
tracks 1-8, 1-16 keyboards Phil Cunningham
liner notes Earle Hitchner
tracks 1-1, 1-5, 1-7, 1-11, 1-13, 1-14 low whistle Frankie Kennedy
tracks 2-1 to 2-8 mastered by Christian Scholze
tracks 2-1 to 2-8 mastered by Dieter Wegner
tracks 1-8, 1-16 percussion Steve White
tracks 1-9, 1-10, 1-14, 1-15 percussion Tommy Hayes
photography by Colm Henry
photography by Kevin Yatarola
tracks 1-6 piano Marie Askin
tracks 1-3 piano Séamus Quinn
tracks 1-1, 1-5, 1-7, 1-11, 1-13, 1-14 producer Altan
tracks 1-1, 1-5, 1-7, 1-11, 1-13, 1-14 producer Brian Masterson
tracks 1-4 producer Donal Lunny
tracks 1-2, 1-3, 1-6, 1-9, 1-10, 1-12, 1-15 producer P.J. Curtis
tracks 1-8, 1-16 producer Phil Cunningham
tracks 1-1, 1-7, 1-15c remastered by Brian Masterson
tracks 1-1, 1-7, 1-15c, 1-16 remastered by Donal Lunny
tracks 1-11 shaker Tommy Hayes
translated by Proinsias Ó Maonaigh
tracks 1-1 to 1-3, 1-5 to 1-16, 2-1 to 2-8 vocals Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
tracks 1-1, 1-5, 1-7, 1-9 to 1-11, 1-13 to 1-15 whistle Ciaran Tourish
tracks 1-2, 1-3, 1-6, 1-9, 1-10, 1-12, 1-15 whistle Frankie Kennedy
tracks 1-8, 1-16 whistle Phil Cunningham
Pressed By Disc Manufacturing, Inc.
Pressed By Disc Manufacturing, Inc.
The Best of Altan (GLCD1177) packaged together with an exclusive, Limited Edition Bonus CD (Altan recorded live at the Museum Bochum (Bochum, Germany) in January 15, 1989).

Track 1-4 from the CD Altan (GLCD 1078) and recorded in Aigle Studios, Dublin, Ireland.

Tracks 1-8, 1-16 from the CD Horse With A Heart (GLCD 1095) and recorded at Lansdowne Studio in Dublin, Ireland in July 1988. Track 1-16 remastered 1995.

Tracks 1-2, 1-3, 1-6, 1-12 from the CD The Red Crow (GLCD 1109) and recorded at Westland Studios, Sublin, Ireland, June 1990.

Tracks 1-9, 1-10, 1-15 from the CD Harvest Storm (GLCD 1117) recorded at Windmill Lane Studios, Dunlin, Ireland, September/October 1991.

Tracks 1-1, 1-7, 1-11, 1-13, 1-14, 1-5 from the CD Island Angel (GLCD 1137) recorded at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland, July 1993. Tracks 1-1, 1-7 remastered 1995.

Disc one has the cat no GLC 1177-1.
Disc two has the cat no GLC 1177-2.

Some copies came with a circular green hype sticker 'Limited Edition Bonus CD'

Barcode: 048248117722
Matrix / Runout: DISC MFG., INC. IFPI L801 W.O. 111417-2 S.O. GLC11177-1 (Disc 1. Text appears at 120 degree intervals. variant 1)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LL801 (Disc 1 variant 1)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 2F59 (Disc 1 variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: DISC MFG., INC. IFPI L801 W.O. 111418-2 S.O. GLCD1177-2 (Disc 2. Text appears at 120 degree intervals. variant 1)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L801 (Disc 2. variant 1)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 2F65 (Disc 2. variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: DISC MFG., INC. IFPI L801 W.O. 111417-2 S.O. GLC1177-1 (Disc 1. Text appears at 120 degree intervals. variant 2)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L801 (Disc 1 variant 2)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 2F57 (Disc 1 variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: DISC MFG., INC. IFPI L802 W.O. 111418-2 S.O. GLCD1177-2 (Disc 2. Text appears at 120 degree intervals. variant 2)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L802 (Disc 2. variant 2)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 2F59 (Disc 2. variant 2)