arranged by [horn arrangement by] Yoichi Murata
art direction, design Eisaku Ono
backing vocals Leon Daniels
backing vocals Melodie Sexton
drums Masaharu Ishikawa
engineer Paul Staveley O'Duffy
engineer [assistant] Tatsuya Shimokawa
engineer [assistant] Yutaka Shimoyama
engineer [assistant] Yutaka Uematsu
flute Hideyo Takakuwa
guitar [guitars] Masayoshi Furukawa
illustration [watercolour by] Corinne Drewery
keyboards Andy Connell
liner notes [dream text by] Kenichi Eguchi
management Bennett Freed
producer Paul Staveley O'Duffy
technician [recording co-ordinator] Kenji Sakai
tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone Osamu Koike
tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone Takuo Yamamoto
trombone, bass trombone Yoichi Murata
trumpet [trumpets] Masahiko Sugasaka
trumpet [trumpets] Toshio Araki
vocals Corinne Drewery
written-by Andy Connell
written-by Corinne Drewery
written-by Paul Staveley O'Duffy
Phonographic Copyright (p) Mercury Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.
Copyright (c) Mercury Records, Inc.
Record Company Mercury Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.
Record Company PolyGram
Distributed By PolyGram K.K.
Recorded At Burnish Stone Recording Studio
Recorded At JVC Studios
Recorded At Tokyu Fun
Cardboard gatefold sleeve
Insert is a 2-sided, continuous/folded stream of 5 panels (10 panels in total).
Comes with obi strip.

Recorded at Burnish Stone Studios, JVC Studios, and Tokyu Fun Studios in May 1996, Tokyo, Japan
Recording Co-ordinator - Kenji Sakai (CMC Inc.)

Assistants – Yutaka Uematsu (Burnish Stone Studios), Tatsuya Shimokawa (Digital Solutions), Yutaka Shimoyama (Victor Entertainment, Inc.) [listed on the Shapes And Patterns album as 'Assistant Engineers']

'The Big Elsewhere' concept by Swing Out Sister
Photos taken from video clip of Now You're Not Here directed by Sonia Phillips
Art Direction and Design by Eisaku Ono (NANA)

Management: Bennett Freed for One Love Management
Yoichi Murata (Solid Brass) appears courtesy of JVC Records

(P)1996 Mercury Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.
(C)1996 Mercury Records Inc.
Mercury Music Entertainment Co., Ltd. a PolyGram company
Made in Japan
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Track 1 is the same version as on the Shapes And Patterns album, except intro is different.
Track 8 is an instrumental version of Track 1, with longer ending.
Tracks 2 to 7, all instrumental, are new/different recordings – not (re)mixes:
2: jazzy synth instrumental variation
3: piano theme
4: vocalese jazzy instrumental variation
5: organ instrumental variation
6: xylophone/vibes instrumental variation
7: piano, guitar & percussion theme
Barcode: 4 988011 351211 (Text)
Barcode: 4988011351211 (String)
Rights Society: JASRAC
Matrix / Runout: FGB01B SA (Mirrored)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L462
Mould SID Code: IFPI 7825