design [cover] Pacific Eye & Ear
drums, percussion Joey Kramer
electric bass Tom Hamilton
engineer Jay Messina
engineer [assistant] Rod O'Brien
engineer [assistant] Sam Ginsberg
guitar Brad Whitford
guitar, vocals Joe Perry
producer Jack Douglas
producer, arranged by Aerosmith
vocals, keyboards Steven Tyler
tracks a1, a3, b3, b4 written-by Joe Perry
written-by Steven Tyler
Manufactured By Columbia Records
Manufactured By CBS Inc.
Produced For Contemporary Communications Corp.
Produced For Waterfront Productions LTD.
Phonographic Copyright (p) CBS Inc.
Copyright (c) CBS Inc.
Pressed By Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
Published By Daksel Music Corp.
Published By Vindaloo Productions
Published By Song And Dance Music Co.
Recorded At The Wherehouse
Recorded At Record Plant, N.Y.C.
Mastered At Sterling Sound
This original release of Rocks comes with a textured cover on both the front & back, the title Rocks is shown in quotes, it contains a printed inner sleeve, and it lacks the All Rights Reserved... text on the back cover near the bottom.

Later pressings feature: A) Plain smooth cover, B) The title Rocks is shown without quotes. C) The text All Rights Reserved... is printed on the back cover near the bottom.

Dedicated to the memories of Anthony D. Perry and Herb Spar.

STERLING & P are stamped in runouts
The stamped P denotes a [l447694] pressing.
Variant 6 side A has no STERLING stamp
Rights Society: BMI
Pressing Plant ID: P (Stamped in runouts)
Price Code: X698 (Printed on spine)
Matrix / Runout: AL 34165 (Label A)
Matrix / Runout: BL 34165 (Label B)
Matrix / Runout: AL-34165-1B STERLING P (Runout A, etched, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: BL-34165-1B STERLING P (Runout B, etched, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: AL 34165-1AB STERLING P (Runout A, etched, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: BL 34165-1AA STERLING P (Runout B, etched, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: AL 34165-1G STERLING P (Runout A, etched, variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: AL 34165-1F STERLING P (Runout B, etched, variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: AL 34165-1B STERLING P (Runout A, etched, variant 4)
Matrix / Runout: BL 34165-1K STERLING P (Runout B, etched, variant 4)
Matrix / Runout: AL-34165-1A STERLING P (Runout A, etched, variant 5)
Matrix / Runout: BL-34165-1B STERLING P (Runout B, etched, variant 5)
Matrix / Runout: P AL 34165-1AB P (Runout A, etched, variant 6)
Matrix / Runout: BL-34165-1B STERLING P (Runout B, etched, variant 6)
Matrix / Runout: AL-34165-1B STERLING P (Runout A, etched, variant 7)
Matrix / Runout: BL-34165-1C STERLING P (Runout B, etched, variant 7)
Matrix / Runout: AL-34165-1B STERLING 3 A P (Runout A, etched, variant 8)
Matrix / Runout: BL-34165-1A STERLING P (Runout B, etched, variant 8)
Matrix / Runout: AL-34165-1F STERLING C13 (Runout A, etched, variant 9)
Matrix / Runout: BL-34165-1F STERLING E11 (Runout B, etched, variant 9)
Matrix / Runout: AL-34165-1C STERLING A P (Runout A, etched, variant 10)
Matrix / Runout: BL-34165-1B STERLING P (Runout B, etched, variant 10)