art direction, design Vaughan Oliver tracks 1 to 4 bass Leslie Langston tracks 14 to 16 clarinet Chris Taplin tracks 9 to 11 drum programming Ray Shulman tracks 1 to 4 drums, percussion David Narcizo tracks 5 to 8, 12, 14 to 16 engineer John Fryer tracks 14 to 16 flute Kate Holmes tracks 1 to 4 guitar, percussion, vocals Tanya Donelly tracks 1 to 4 lead guitar, vocals [lead] Kristin Hersh tracks 14 to 16 percussion Michele Allardyce photography by [a.r. kane] Juergen Teller photography by [frazier chorus] Jeff Veitch photography by [m/a/r/r/s], artwork by [m/a/r/r/s: set construction] Panni Charrington photography by [throwing muses] Andrew Catlin tracks 1 to 4, 14 to 16 producer Gil Norton tracks 5 to 8 producer John Fryer tracks 9 to 11 producer Robin Guthrie tracks 5 to 8 producer, performer [all instruments], percussion, vocals, artwork by [sleeve] The Wolfgang Press tracks 14 to 16 vocals Tim Freeman tracks 5, 6, 8 vocals [additional] Ruby James tracks 9 to 11, 13 written-by A.R. Kane tracks 5 to 8 written-by Andrew Gray tracks 14 to 16 written-by Frazier Chorus tracks 1, 3, 4 written-by Kristin Hersh tracks 5 to 8 written-by Mark Cox tracks 5 to 8 written-by Michael Allen Licensed Through Jade Music Co., Ltd. Japanese CD compilation of six* 12-inch records released in 1987 by 4AD: 1 to 4 from Throwing Muses: Chains Changed (BAD 701) 5 to 8 from The Wolfgang Press: Big Sex (BAD 702) Recorded at Blackwing Studios, London, December 1986. 9 to 11 from A.R. Kane: Lollita (BAD 704) 12 from M A R R S: Pump Up the Volume (Remix) (BAD 707R) *[only side A] 13 from M A R R S: Pump Up the Volume (BAD 707) *[only side B] 14 to 16 from Frazier Chorus: Sloppy Heart (BAD 708)
Licensed from 4AD through Jade Music Co., Ltd.
At the time of release, everything was unavailable elsewhere on CD with the exception of the M A R R S tracks. Even after the wave of 4AD-related reissues in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the A.R. Kane and Frazier Chorus tracks remained unavailable on CD except on this compilation. As of 2018 only Frazier Chorus tracks are still unavailable on CD.