tracks 1 to 7, 9, 11 to 20, 22 to 30 composed by, arranged by Frank Zappa
design [package] Steven Jurgensmeyer
engineer [transfer & remix] Spencer Chrislu
illustration [illustrations], typography [text] Gabor Csupo
layout [2012] Michael Mesker
liner notes [altered states] Gail Zappa
liner notes [original 1995 liner notes] Rip Rense
photography by [fz] Hal Wilson
photography by [other] Diva Zappa
producer [produced], compiled by, edited by Frank Zappa
production manager Melanie Starks
research [vaultmeisterment], engineer [bakery magic], transferred by [1630 transfers] Joe Travers
Record Company UMG Recordings, Inc.
Licensed To Universal Music Enterprises
Phonographic Copyright (p) Zappa Family Trust
Copyright (c) Zappa Family Trust
Made By EDC, Germany
Published By Zappa Family Trust
Published By Munchkin Music
Recorded At Mount St. Mary's College
Recorded At Studio Z (3)
Recorded At Original Sound Studio
Recorded At Apostolic Studios
Recorded At Mayfair Recording Studios
Recorded At Paramount Recording Studios
Recorded At Bolic Sound
Recorded At Whitney Recording Studios
Recorded At Ocean Way Recording
Recorded At Record Plant, Los Angeles
Mixed At UMRK
Mixed At Paramount Recording Studios
Edited At UMRK
Issued in a clear jewel case with a 36-page booklet.

[Booklet:]
1, 2. Date: 1958 or '59
3, 4. Date: 1961 or '62, living room in Ontario, CA
5. Date: 1961 or '62
6. Date: Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, CA, 1963
7. Date: Studio Z, Cucamonga, CA, 1961
8. Date: Studio Z, Cucamonga, CA, 1962 or '63
9, 13. Date: Art Laboe's Original Sound, Hollywood, CA, 1963
10, 12, 14. Date: Studio Z, Cucamonga, CA, 1963
16, 17. Date: Apostolic, NYC, 1967
18. Date: Apostolic, NYC, 1967. Players: NYPD & Studio denizens on (breakfast) rolls
19. Date: Mayfair Studio, NYC, 1967. Original recording medium: 8-track analog
20. Date: 1969
21. Date: Zappa basement, Los Angeles, CA, 1969. Mix engineer: [...], UMRK
22. Date: Basement, circa 1969 & 1992. Mix engineer: [...], UMRK
23. Date: Basic tracks - Paramount Studios, Hollywood, CA 1972 / overdubs, Bolic Sound - 1973. Recording & mix engineer: [...], Paramount Studios
24. Date: Bolic Sound, Inglewood, CA, 1972. Recording & mix engineer: [...], Paramount Studios, Hollywood, CA
25, 27. Date: Whitney Studios, Glendale, CA, 1972. Recording & mix engineer: [...], Paramount Studios, Hollywood, CA
26. Date: Zappa basement, Los Angeles, CA, 1978
29. Date: Ocean Way Recorders, Hollywood, CA, 1980. Mix engineer: [...], UMRK
30. Date: Record Plant Studios, Hollywood, CA, 1970
All archive materials courtesy of the Vault.
Transfer & remix engineer [...], 1992, UMRK
Vaultmeisterment, bakery magic & 1610 transfers [...], 2011, UMRK
2012 layout [...] for Zappa Records
FZ 51

[Rear tray card:]
This album originally released 1996. All FZ titles copyright-controlled worldwide by the Zappa Family Trust dba Munchkin Music. ©℗ 1996, mmxii ZFT. [...] Under exclusive license to Universal Music Enterprises, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. Made in the EU. [...] Zappa, Frank Zappa, FZ, Grand Rights & [Zappa beard logo] are ZFT registered marks.
Source: 1992 1630 Digital Master. This is Official Release #64.

[Disc:]
©℗1996, mmxii Zappa Family Trust. [...] Frank Zappa, Zappa, FZ, Grand Rights, The Mothers & [Zappa beard logo] are Zappa Family Trust registered marks.
Barcode: 8 24302 38892 1 (Text)
Barcode: 824302388921 (Scanned)
Rights Society: BIEM/SDRM
Matrix / Runout: [4 x Universal logo] 08243 023 889-2 01 3 53160559
Matrix / Runout: MADE IN GERMANY BY EDC D (Hub text)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LZ87
Mould SID Code: IFPI 0122