art direction Laurie Rosenwald
backing vocals [extra] Curtis King
backing vocals [extra] Joy Askew
backing vocals [extra] Nikki Gregoroff
backing vocals [extra] Peter Hewlett
bass, acoustic guitar, vocals Rick Ford
booking [booking agents] International Talent Group
booking [booking agents] Joel Peresman
booking [booking agents] Wayne Forte
coordinator [co-ordinated by] Joy Askew
crew [road crew, drums (and much more)] Jim Skiathetis
crew [road crew, guitars (and much more)] Ted Leonard
crew [road crew], engineer [sound] Al Tucker
crew [road crew], production manager [live production co-ordinator], engineer [onstage sound engineer] Jeremy Darby
crew [road crew], technician [piano] John Borland
crew [road crew], tour manager Frankie Enfield
design concept [package concept] Joe Jackson
drums Gary Burke
edited by [digital editor] Scott Hull
engineer [recording] Michael Frondelli
guitar, vocals Vinnie Zummo
illustration [cover] Serge Clerc
lacquer cut by Bob Ludwig
management [business] Bill Zysblat
management [personal representation] Art Collins
management [personal representation] Barry Taylor
management [personal representation] Collins & Taylor Management
mastered by [direct to metal mastering] Bob Ludwig
photography by Gary Green
producer David Kershenbaum
producer Joe Jackson
public relations [publicity and public relations] Burt Miller
public relations [publicity and public relations] JLM
public relations [publicity and public relations] Jody Miller
recorded by [remote recording production co-ordinator] David Hewitt
songwriter Joe Jackson
technician [digital tape] Eddie Ciletti
technician [onstage] David Roberts
technician [remote recording technician] Guy Charbonneau
vocals, piano, recorder, accordion, melodica Joe Jackson
Record Company A&M Records, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) A&M Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) A&M Records, Inc.
Recorded At The Roundabout Theatre
Recorded By Le Mobile
Mastered At Masterdisk
Lacquer Cut At A&M Mastering Studios
Pressed By RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis
Published By Pokazuka Ltd.
Published By Almo Music Corp.
Three-sided double LP issued in a non-gatefold jacket, with a 12×12 8-page folded glossy color insert with credits and lyrics in several languages.

I stamp in runouts denotes RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis, pressing. Remainder of runouts mostly etched, plating may be stamped.

~25mm/1 pressing ring. (A version with larger pressing rings also exists: Big World.)

There is no music on side D.

Labels:
All songs published by Pokazuka Ltd. (PRS). Administered in the U.S. and Canada by Almo Music Corp. (ASCAP).

First catalog number (SP-6021) on labels.
Second catalog number (SP6021) on jacket spine and back cover.

Jacket back:
This is a three sided, digital, live, direct-to-two-track recording.
Side 4 label:
There is no music on this side.

Recorded at The Roundabout Theatre, East 17th Street, New York City, January 23rd, 24th, and 25th (except C6, recorded during rehearsals January 22nd).
Remote Recording Facility > LeMobile

Hype sticker affixed to front cover (catalog number SP-6021) on some copies:
Printed In U.S.A.
Specially Priced
Joe Jackson
Big World
A Three Sided, Digital, Direct-To-Two-Track Recording, Includes Eight Page Booklet With Lyrics And Information In English, German, Japanese, French, Italian, And Spanish.

℗ © 1986 [l74446]
Barcode: 0 7502-16021-1 (Text)
Barcode: 075021602113 (Scanned)
Rights Society: PRS
Rights Society: ASCAP
Pressing Plant ID: I
Matrix / Runout: SP-06021-A (Side A label)
Matrix / Runout: SP-06021-B (Side B label)
Matrix / Runout: SP-06021-C (Side C label)
Matrix / Runout: SP-06021-D (Side D label)
Matrix / Runout: SPO-6021-A 1̶ RCA1 RL I EDMISF2SM1 A1 C (Side A runout, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: SPO-6021-B-RCA2 RL I EDMISF1SM8 A1 D (Side B runout, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: SPO-6021-C-RCA1 RL I A4 A EDMISF1SM3 (Side C runout, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: SPO-6021-D-RCA-1 RL ℗ [Trumpet logo] I A4 F (Side D runout, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: SPO-6021-A 1̶ RCA1 RL I EDMISF2SM1 A1 A (Side A runout, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: SPO-6021-B-RCA2 RL I EDMISF1SM8 A1 I (Side B runout, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: SPO-6021-C-RCA2 RL I A1 B EDMISF1SM8 (Side C runout, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: SPO-6021-D-RCA-1 RL ℗ [Trumpet logo] I (Side D runout, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: SPO-6021-A1̶-RCA1 RL I EDMISF2S141 A1A (Side A runout, variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: SPO-6021-B-RCA2 RL I EDM1SF1 SM8 A1C (Side B runout, variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: SPO-6021-C-RCA2 RL I A1B EDM1SF1 S148 (Side C runout, variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: SP-06021-D RCA-1 ℗ [Trumpet logo] I (Side D runout, variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: SPO-6021-A 1̶-RCA2 RL EDMISF2SM9 A1H (Side A runout, variant 4)
Matrix / Runout: SPO-6021-B-RCA2 RL EDM1SF1 SM8 A1D (Side B runout, variant 4)
Matrix / Runout: SPO-6021-C-RCA2 RL I A1C EDM1SM8 (Side C runout, variant 4)
Matrix / Runout: SP-06021-D RCA-1 ℗ [Trumpet logo] A5F (Side D runout, variant 4)
Matrix / Runout: SPO-6021-A 1̶-RCA2 RL EDMISF2SM9 I A1B (Side A runout, variant 5)
Matrix / Runout: SPO-6021-B-RCA2 RL I EDM1SF1 SM8 A1E (Side B runout, variant 5)
Matrix / Runout: SPO-6021-C-RCA2 RL I A1D EDM1SM8 (Side C runout, variant 5)
Matrix / Runout: SP-06021-D RCA-1 ℗ [Trumpet logo] I (Side D runout. variant 5)