arranged by Charles Carter art direction Stan Hochstadt bass guitar Buddy Hankerson co-producer [associate producer] Slave, Ball & Chain concept by [l.p. concept] Stephen C. Washington coordinator [production coordinator] Jennifer Ivory creative director [graphic direction] Lloyd Gelassen design concept [cover concept] Stephen C. Washington design, illustration Jane Beaulieu directed by Stephen C. Washington engineer [recording engineer] John Bradley engineer [recording engineer] Joseph Intile III engineer [recording engineer] Peter Roulinavage III engineer [recording engineer] Sam Lewin engineer [recording engineer] Stephen C. Washington engineer [recording engineer] Tom Lockett engineer [recording engineer] Wayne Tarnowski executive-producer Joe Cayre executive-producer Ken Cayre executive-producer Stan Cayre guest [special guests], backing vocals Kharmia De Lemos guest [special guests], backing vocals, percussion William Young guest [special guests], bass guitar Mark Adams guest [special guests], drums, percussion, backing vocals Steve Arrington guest [special guests], flute, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone David Conley guest [special guests], guitar, trumpet Stephen C. Washington guest [special guests], handclaps Jennifer Ivory guest [special guests], keyboards Raye Turner guest [special guests], percussion Dave Reyes guest [special guests], percussion Sam Carter guest [special guests], saxophone, percussion Tom Lockett guest [special guests], trombone Ken Johnston guest [special guests], trombone, electronic drums [syndromes], timbales, congas, percussion Floyd Miller guest [special guests], trumpet Drew Sadler keyboards, flute, backing vocals, percussion, saxophone Charles Carter lacquer cut by [runout etching ✩] Greg Calbi lead vocals, guitar, backing vocals, percussion Curt Jones mixed by Charles Carter mixed by John Bradley mixed by Stephen C. Washington producer Charles Carter producer Stephen C. Washington producer Tom Lockett recorded by [recording assistant] Peter Roulinavage III recorded by [recording assistant] Sam Lewin recorded by [recording assistant] Tom Lockett vocals, backing vocals Starleana Young Phonographic Copyright (p) Dream Records (2) Copyright (c) Dream Records (2) Produced For Upstairs Productions (2) Recorded At House Of Music, West Orange, NJ Recorded At Blank Tape Studios Lacquer Cut At Sterling Sound Pressed By RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis Manufactured By Salsoul Record Corp. Published By Red Aurra Published By Lucky Three Music Publishing Co. Arranged by Charles Carter, Aurra Recording Organization Price Code: 0798 (On spine) Rights Society: BMI (Labels) Pressing Plant ID: I (Runouts) Matrix / Runout: DA 3503 A (Label A) Matrix / Runout: DA 3503 B (Label B) Matrix / Runout: DA-3503-A 1 ✩ STERLING I A2B (Runout A, variant 1) Matrix / Runout: DA-3503-B 1 ✩ STERLING I A2E (Runout B, variant 1) Matrix / Runout: DA-3503-A 1 ✩ STERLING I Ʌ2A (Runout A, variant 2) Matrix / Runout: DA-3503-B 1 ✩ STERLING I Ʌ2H (Runout B, variant 2)