art direction Johnny Lee
design Ginny Livingston
engineer Donna-Alexa Keefer
engineer Frank Blair
engineer Jon Walls
engineer Nick Patrick
engineer Renate Blauel
engineer Rick Keefer
engineer [assistant engineer] Carey Taylor
engineer [mastering engineer] Chris Bellman
horns [horn section], french horn Sidney Muldrow
horns [horn section], trumpet George Shaw
horns [horn section], trumpet Kenny Mason
horns [horn section], trumpet Ray Brown
illustration [cover illustration] Neil Breeden
photography by [back cover photography] Ron Slenzak
producer [produced], written-by, arranged by Marvin Gaye
project manager Brenda M. Boyce
project manager Simone Sheffield
rhythm section, bass Frank Blair
rhythm section, congas, percussion Gary Jones
rhythm section, drums Bugsy Wilcox
rhythm section, guitar Curtis Anthony Nolen
rhythm section, guitar Gordon Banks
rhythm section, keyboards Marvin Gaye
rhythm section, keyboards Raymond Crossley
rhythm section, percussion Sonship Theus
rhythm section, vibraphone [vibes] Elmira Collins
Recorded At Marvin Gaye Studio
Recorded At Seawest Recording Studio
Recorded At Odyssey Studios
Recorded At Air Studios
Mixed At Air Studios
Mastered At Allen Zentz Mastering
Phonographic Copyright (p) Motown Record Corporation
Copyright (c) Motown Record Corporation
Record Company Motown Record Corporation
This version can be identified by both the arrangement and the size of the text on the labels, particularly that of the matrix numbers, as well as by the runout grooves.

No pressing plant identifiable on this version, with 35mm/70mm two-step pressing ring. Runouts are etched, mastering stamped.

Recorded at Marvin Gaye Studios, Hollywood, California and Seawest Recording Studios, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Odyssey Recording Studio, London, England.
Mixed & Recorded at Air Recording Studios, London, England.
Mastered at Allen Zentz Mastering, Hollywood, California.

Special thanks to William Snoopy Bryant and Khaleefa Haamid for spiritual inspiration

Labels: ℗ 1981 & Trademark Motown Record Corporation
Spine: ℗1981, ©1981 & Trademark Motown Record Corporation
Matrix / Runout: T8-374M1A (Side A label)
Matrix / Runout: T8-374M1B (Side B label)
Matrix / Runout: T8-374-M1-(A-15A) ZXJ #13 BAK MASTERED AT ALLEN ZENTZ L.A., CALIF. (Runout side A, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: TB-374-M1(B)-13A ZXJ #13 BAL MASTERED AT ALLEN ZENTZ L.A., CALIF. (Runout side B, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: T8-374-M1-(A-15A) ZXJ #13 BAK MASTERED AT ALLEN ZENTZ L.A., CALIF. (Runout side A, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: TB-374-M1(B)-13A ZXJ #13 BAK MASTERED AT ALLEN ZENTZ L.A., CALIF. (Runout side B, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: T8-374-M1-(A-15A) ZXJ #13 BAK MASTERED AT ALLEN ZENTZ L.A., CALIF. (Runout side A, variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: T8-374-M1(B)-15A ZXJ #13 BAL MASTERED AT ALLEN ZENTZ L.A., CALIF. (Runout side B, variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: T8-374-M1-(A-15A) ZXJ #13 BAK MASTERED AT ALLEN ZENTZ L.A., CALIF. (Runout side A, variant 4)
Matrix / Runout: T8-374-M1(B)-15A ZXJ #13 BAK MASTERED AT ALLEN ZENTZ L.A., CALIF. (Runout side B, variant 4)