art direction John Vince baritone vocals [bionic baritone] Ike Willis bass Scott Thunes tracks a1 to a5, b2 to b5 composed by, arranged by Frank Zappa drums Chad Wackerman engineer Bob Stone engineer Dave Jerden engineer Mark Pinske guitar [impossible guitar parts (on strat & acoustic)] Steve Vai guitar, vocals Ray White guitar, vocals, synthesizer [arp 2600], drum machine [lynn drum machine], producer Frank Zappa harmonica Craig Steward keyboards Tommy Mars keyboards, bass, bass [micro-bass], rhythm guitar Arthur Barrow keyboards, saxophone [sax], vocals Bobby Martin mandolin Dick Fegy mastered by [disk mastering by] Jo Hansch percussion Ed Mann saxophone [saxophones] Marty Krystall soprano vocals [boy soprano] Bob Harris typography [alphabet], illustration Liberatore vocals [pachuco falsettos, etc.] Roy Estrada Distributed By CBS Records Phonographic Copyright (p) Barking Pumpkin Records Copyright (c) Barking Pumpkin Records Copyright (c) Munchkin Music Published By Limax Music Published By Modern Music Pub. Co. Recorded At UMRK Recorded By UMRK Mobile Mixed At UMRK Mastered At K Disc Mastering Lacquer Cut At Dinkum Recording Services Pressed By Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman Studio cuts recorded and mixed at U.M.R.K. Central Live cuts recorded by U.M.R.K. Remote Disk mastering for Dinkum Disk cutting facility: K-Disc
Includes a black & white printed lyrics inner sleeve.
Some copies had a golden promo stamp. Matrix / Runout: P FW-38403-AS-Re 1 ③ ʌ Dinkum. (Side A Runout Variant 1) Matrix / Runout: P FW-38403-BS-Re 1 ① Dinkum. (Side B Runout Variant 1) Matrix / Runout: P FW-38403-B⃫S⃫AS-Re 1 ② Dinkum (Side A Runout Variant 2) Matrix / Runout: P FW-38403-A⃫S⃫BS-Re 1 ② Dinkum (Side B Runout Variant 2) Matrix / Runout: P FW-38403-B⃫S⃫AS-Re 1 ① Dinkum (Side A Runout Variant 3) Matrix / Runout: P FW-38403-A⃫S⃫BS-Re 1 ② Dinkum (Side B Runout Variant 3) Matrix / Runout: P FW-38403-B⃫S⃫AS-Re 1 ③ ʌ Dinkum. (Side A Runout Variant 4) Matrix / Runout: P FW-38403-A⃫S⃫BS-Re 1 ② Dinkum. (Side B Runout Variant 4) Matrix / Runout: P FW-38403-B⃫S⃫AS-Re 1 ③ Dinkum (Side A Runout Variant 5) Matrix / Runout: P FW-38403-A⃫S⃫BS-Re 1 ② Dinkum (Side B Runout Variant 5) Matrix / Runout: P FW-38403-B⃫S⃫AS Re 1 ④ Dinkum. (Side A Runout Variant 6) Matrix / Runout: P FW-38403-A⃫S⃫BS Re 1 ② Dinkum (Side B Runout Variant 6) Matrix / Runout: P FW-38403- ̶B̶S̶ - Re 1 ③ [ʌ] Dinkum. ·AS· (Side A, Runout Variant 7, etched, []stamped) Matrix / Runout: P FW-38403- ̶A̶S̶ - Re 1 ② Dinkum [C] BS (Side B, Runout Variant 7, etched, []stamped) Matrix / Runout: P FW-38403- B̶̷̶S̶̷̶ AS • Re 1 I ② Dinkum. (Side A Runout Variant 8 ) Matrix / Runout: FW-38403- A̷̶̷S̷̶̷ - BS Re 1 ④ P Dinkum (Side B Runout Variant 8 ) Rights Society: ASCAP Rights Society: BMI