art direction Ron Coro tracks a1, b2, b3 cello Edgar Lustgarten tracks a1, b2, b3 cello Gloria Strassner tracks a1, b2, b3 cello Jesse Ehrlich tracks a1, b2, b3 cello Joan Lunde tracks a1, b2, b3 concertmaster Harry Bluestone design Alana Coghlan design Ron Coro design concept [illustration concept] Lee Oskar edited by John Hanlon engineer [recording & remixing engineer] Chris Huston engineer [segue], effects [sound effects by] Greg Errico engineer [segue], effects [sound effects by] Lee Oskar engineer [segue], effects [sound effects by] Mickey Hart executive-producer Jerry Goldstein tracks a1, b2, b3 harp Stella Castellucci tracks a1, b2, b3 horns [horn section] Gary Grant tracks a1, b2, b3 horns [horn section] Gene Cipriano tracks a1, b2, b3 horns [horn section] Jerome Richardson tracks a1, b2, b3 horns [horn section] Lew McCreary tracks a1, b2, b3 horns [horn section] Ollie Mitchell tracks a1, b2, b3 horns [horn section] Tommy Shepard illustration Joe Garnett management Far Out Management Ltd. management Steve Gold mastered by Wally Traugott producer Greg Errico recorded by [sound effects] Brett Cohen recorded by [sound effects] Mickey Hart typography [front cover] Bill Franks tracks a1, b2, b3 viola Alexander Neiman tracks a1, b2, b3 viola Gareth Nuttycombe tracks a1, b2, b3 viola Robert Ostrowsky tracks a1, b2, b3 viola Virginia Majewski tracks a1, b2, b3 violin Anatol Kaminsky tracks a1, b2, b3 violin Bernard Kundell tracks a1, b2, b3 violin Bonnie Douglas tracks a1, b2, b3 violin Donald Palmer tracks a1, b2, b3 violin Harry Bluestone tracks a1, b2, b3 violin Henry Roth tracks a1, b2, b3 violin Israel Baker tracks a1, b2, b3 violin Jack Shulman tracks a1, b2, b3 violin Jacob Krachmalnick tracks a1, b2, b3 violin Marshall Sosson tracks a1, b2, b3 violin Nathan Ross tracks a1, b2, b3 violin Paul Shure Record Company MCA Records Ltd. Manufactured By EMI Records Ltd. Distributed By EMI Records Ltd. Produced For Far Out Productions Phonographic Copyright (p) Far Out Productions Pressed By EMI Records Published By Leeds Music Ltd. Recorded At Sound City Studios Recorded At Air Studios Recorded At Record Plant, Los Angeles Recorded At Record Plant, Sausalito Recorded At Wally Heider Studios Recorded At ABC Recording Studios Recorded At Clover Recorders Mastered At Capitol Records Recorded at the following studios: Sound City, Van Nuys; Air London, London; Record Plant, LA & SF; Wally Heider, SF; ABC, LA; Clover, LA
Made in Great Britain
Includes printed inner sleeve MCF 2870 (I) with credits and lyrics.
Copies exist with stickers placed over EMI Records' Ltd. details on back cover: MCA Records - 1 Great Pulteney Street, London W1R 3FW - Distributed by CBS Records The sticker reflects a change in distribution of MCA Records in the UK, effective 1 July 1979.
For later reissue, without EMI RECORDS LTD on label perimeter, see: Before The Rain. Matrix / Runout: MCF.2870A (Side A label) Matrix / Runout: MCF.2870B (Side B label) Matrix / Runout: MCF 2870 - A - 1 (Runout etching side A) Matrix / Runout: MCF 2870 - B - 1 (Runout etching side B)