arranged by [string arrangements] Dale Frank art direction Ria Lewerke backing vocals Augie Johnson tracks a3, b1, b4 bass Wilton Felder cello Jesse Ehrlich cello Nathan Gershman cello Ray Kelley cello Victor Sazer tracks a3, b1, b4 congas Tony Ben design Bob Cato tracks a1, a2, a4, b2, b3, b5 drums Bruce Carter tracks a3, b1, b4 drums Steve Gutierrez tracks a1, a2, a4, b2, b3, b5 electric bass Nathaniel Phillips tracks a1, a2, a4, b2, b3, b5 electric piano, clavinet, synthesizer [arp] Donald Hepburn tracks a1, a2, a4, b2, b3, b5 electric piano, clavinet, synthesizer [arp] Michael Hepburn tracks a3, b1, b4 electric piano, clavinet, synthesizer [string ensemble] Bobby Lyle engineer [recording] F. Byron Clark executive-producer George Butler tracks a1, a2, a4, b2, b3, b5 guitar Marlon McClain lacquer cut by Malcolm Cecil tracks a1, a2, a4, b2, b3, b5 percussion Bruce Smith photography by Doug Metzler producer Wayne Henderson remix F. Byron Clark remix Rik Pekkonen remix Wayne Henderson tracks a1, a2, a4, b2, b3, b5 tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute Ronnie Laws violin Bonnie Douglas violin Carroll Stephens violin Elliott Fisher violin Felix Sitjar violin Gordon Marron violin Henry Ferber violin James Getzoff violin Joy Lyle violin Murray Adler violin Paul Shure violin Ronald Folsom violin William Kurasch Produced For At-Home Productions, Inc. Recorded At Total Experience Studios Mastered At Kendun Recorders Lacquer Cut At Kendun Recorders Published By Fizz Music Published By At-Home Music Published By Jay & Cee Music Corp. Published By Glendana Music Published By Tom-Ro Music Copyright (c) United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc. Phonographic Copyright (p) United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc. Manufactured By United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc. Record Company Blue Note Records Record Company United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc. Pressed By All Disc Records, Inc. Recorded At Total Experience Studios Mastered At Kendun Recorders Augie Johnson, Marlon The Magician, Nathaniel Phillips, Bruce Carter, Donald Hepburn, Michael Hepburn, Bruce Smith appear courtesy of Fantasy Records. Wilton Felder appears courtesy of ABC / Blue Thumb Records.
Recorded at The Total Experience Recording Studio during January, February and March, 1976 Mastered at Kendun Recorders, Burbank, California
The version is the All Disc Records pressing plant variation and can be identified by the 22 or 33 etched into the runout grooves and by the arrangement of the text on the labels. Rights Society: ASCAP (A1, A3 to B5) Rights Society: BMI (A2) Price Code: 0698 (Spine) Matrix / Runout: 22 BN-LA-628-1 MC KENDUN -A- (Runout side A etch.,KENDUN -A- stamp.- Var.1) Matrix / Runout: BN-LA-628-2 MC KENDUN -A- M1 (Runout side B etch.,KENDUN -A- stamp.- Var.1) Matrix / Runout: 22 BN-LA-628-1 MC KENDUN -A- M1 (Runout side A etch.,KENDUN -A- stamp.- Var.2) Matrix / Runout: BN-LA-628-2 MC KENDUN -A- M1 (Runout side B etch.,KENDUN -A- stamp.- Var.2) Matrix / Runout: 33 BN-LA-628-1 MC KENDUN -A- M1 (Runout side A etch.,KENDUN -A- stamp.- Var.3) Matrix / Runout: 33 BN-LA-628-2 MC KENDUN -A- M1 (Runout side B etch.,KENDUN -A- stamp.- Var.3)