bass Melvin Gibbs
bass Reverend Bruce Johnson
design [cover design] Tony Wright
drums, arranged by Ronald Shannon Jackson
engineer Robert Musso
engineer [mixing assistant] Mike Krowiak
engineer [recording assistant] Ken Steiger
guitar, banjo, guitar synthesizer Vernon Reid
mastered by Howie Weinberg
photography by George DuBose
producer Bill Laswell
soprano saxophone, alto saxophone Eric Person
synthesizer [yamaha dx7] Onaje Allan Gumbs
trombone Robin Eubanks
violin Akbar Ali
Recorded At Electric Lady Studios
Distributed By ATCO Records
Copyright (c) Island Records Inc.
Mastered At Masterdisk
Published By Cymbata Music
Published By MCA Music
Mixed At RPM Studios
Pressed By Specialty Records Corporation
1st cat.# on spine, 2nd cat.# on cover and labels
EAST embossed in label, SP suffix on label matrix and SRC logo in runouts denotes Specialty Records Corp. pressing
publishing :
All except A1 Cymbata Music
A1 MCA Music
Decoding Society Chorus : Ann Boyle, David D Hershkovits, Robin Eubanks, Akbar Ali, Jim Grant, Eric Person, Melvin Gibbs, Reverend Bruce Johnson, Abel Domingues, Ronald Shannon Jackson
Rights Society: ASCAP
Pressing Plant ID: EAST (embossed in label)
Matrix / Runout: ST-IL-845605-A MASTERDISK HW 1-1 [SRC LOGO] (Side A runout)
Matrix / Runout: ST-IL-845606-A MASTERDISK 1-1 [SRC logo] (Side B runout)