art direction Al Quattrocchi
art direction Jeff Smith
compilation producer Joachim Cooder
design Tornado Design
executive-producer James Austin
liner notes Michael Ondaatje
liner notes [discographical annotation] Steve Woolard
remastered by Bernie Grundman
Phonographic Copyright (p) Rhino Entertainment Company
Phonographic Copyright (p) Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) Slash Records
Phonographic Copyright (p) Perro Verde Records LLC
Phonographic Copyright (p) Nonesuch Records Inc.
Copyright (c) Rhino Entertainment Company
Manufactured By Rhino Entertainment Company
Marketed By Rhino Entertainment Company
Pressed By Cinram GmbH
Recorded At Amigo Studios
Recorded At Ardent Studios
Recorded At The Complex
Recorded At Moula Banda Studios
Recorded At Muscle Shoals Sound Studios
Recorded At Ocean Studios
Recorded At Ocean Way Recording
Recorded At Sound City Studios
Recorded At The Sound Factory
Recorded At Susade Studios
Recorded At United Western Studios
Recorded At The Village Recorder
Recorded At Warner Bros. Recording Studios
Recorded At Little Pink Studio
Recorded At Young Avenue Sound, Memphis
Released in a trifolded cardboard sleeve, containing a 40-page booklet.

℗ & © 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company.
Manufactured in the EU.

Tracks 1-3, 1-5 and 2-10 from Ry Cooder, Reprise #6402 (10/70)
Recorded at The Sound Factory & Western Studios, Hollywood
℗ 1970 Warner Bros. Records. Inc.

Tracks 1-4, 1-15, 2-4 and 2-9 from Into The Purple Valley, Reprise #2052 (2/72)
Recorded at Amigo Studios, Burkbank; Western Studios, Hollywood
℗ 1972 Warner Bros. Records. Inc.

Tracks 1-12, 1-16, 2-8 and 2-13 from Boomer's Story, Warner Bros. #2117 (11/72)
Recorded at Amigo Studios, Burbank; Ardent Recordings, Memphis; Muscle Shoal Sound, Muscle Shoals
℗ 1972 Warner Bros. Records. Inc.

Tracks 1-13, 1-14 and 2-3 from Paradise and Lunch, Reprise #2179 (4/74)
Selections recorded at Warner Bros. Studios, North Hollywood
Additional recording at the Burbank Studios
℗ 1974 Warner Bros. Records. Inc.

Tracks 1-11 and 2-11 from Chicken Skin Music, Warner Bros. #2254 (8/76)
Selections recorded at Amigo Studios, Burbank
℗ 1976 Warner Bros. Records. Inc.

Tracks 1-7, 1-8 and 2-17 from Bop Till You Drop, Warner Bros. #3358 (7/79)
Recorded at Warner Bros. Studio, North Hollywood
℗ 1979 Warner Bros. Records. Inc.

Track 1-17 from The Long Riders, Warner Bros. #3448 (4/80)
Recorded at Amigo Studios, Burbank
℗ 1980 Warner Bros. Records. Inc.

Track 2-5 and 2-14 from Borderline, Warner Bros. #3489 (10/80)
Recorded at Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank
℗ 1980 Warner Bros Records Inc.

Track 1-6 from The Slide Area, Warner Bros. #3651 (4/82)
Recorded at Susade Studios, Santa Monica
℗ 1982 Warner Bros Records Inc.

Track 2-1 from Paris, Texas, Warner Bros. #25270 (2/85)
Recorded at Ocean Way Studios, Los Angeles
℗ 1985 Warner Bros Records Inc.

Track 2-12 from Alamo Bay, Slash #25311 (8/85)
Recorded at Ocean Way Studios, Los Angeles
℗ 1985 Slash Records

Track 2-7 from Crossroads, Warner Bros. #25399 (4/86)
Recorded at Ocean Way Studios, Los Angeles
℗ 1986 Warner Bros Records Inc.

Track 1-1, 1-2 and 2-16 from Get Rhythm, Warner Bros #25639 (11/87)
Recorded at Ocean Way Studios, Los Angeles
℗ 1987 Warner Bros Records Inc.

Track 1-9 from Johnny Handsome, Warner Bros. #25996 (10/89)
Recorded at Moula Banda Studio, The Complex & Ocean Way Studios
℗ 1989 Warner Bros Records Inc.

Track 2-2 from Southern Confort originally issued in Music by Ry Cooder, Warner Bros. #45987 (8/95)
Various engineers & studios
℗ 1995 Warner Bros Records Inc.

Track 2-15 from Chávez Ravine, Nonesuch #79877 (6/05)
Recorded at Village Recorders, Los Angeles; Sound City Studios, Van Nuys
℗ 2005 Perro Verde Records LLC.

Track 2-6 from I Flathead, Nonesuch #465916 (6/08)
Recorded at Little Pink Studio, Los Angeles & Ocean Studio, Burbank
℗ 2008 Perro Verde Records LLC.

Track 1-10 previously unissued.
Recorded at Young Avenue Sound, Memphis TN
℗ Nonesuch Records, Inc.
Barcode: 0 8122 79891 9 4
Label Code: LC02982
Matrix / Runout: [Warner logo] 812279891-9/1 V01 CTC (CD1)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L011 (CD1)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 05Q1 (CD1)
Matrix / Runout: [Warner logo] 812279891-9/2 V01 LSU (CD2)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L016 (CD2)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 05T2 (CD2)
Rights Society: GEMA/BIEM