art direction Roland Young
bass Rick Anderson
design Michael Cotten
design Prairie Prince
design [design tech] Chuck Beeson
drums Prairie Prince
engineer [assistant] David Raeder
engineer [assistant] Jim Sintetos
engineer [assistant] John Henning
engineer [assistant] Mike Beiriger
engineer [assistant] Warren S. Richardson Jr.
engineer, co-producer [production assistance] Don Wood
illustration [front cover] Prairie Prince
keyboards Vince Welnick
lead guitar, vocals Roger Steen
lead guitar, vocals, supervised by [le gran fromage] Bill Spooner
lead vocals Fee Waybill
management Bag-O-Bucks
management Gary Peterson
management Mort Moriarty
mastered by Bernie Grundman
mixed by Bill Spooner
mixed by Don Wood
mixed by John Anthony
percussion Mingo Lewis
photography by [back cover] Gerald Kudo
photography by [back cover] Peter Ogilvie
photography by [liner photos] Alvin Meyerowitz
photography by [liner photos] Mort Moriarty
producer John Anthony
synthesizer Michael Cotten
vocals Re Styles
Pressed By Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
Recorded At His Master's Wheels
Recorded At Record Plant, Los Angeles
Recorded At Record Plant, Sausalito
Recorded At Funky Features
Mixed At Record Plant, Los Angeles
Mastered At A&M Studios
Phonographic Copyright (p) A&M Records, Inc.
Published By Pseudo Songs
Published By Almo Music Corp.
Published By Bern Doubt Music
Published By Kama Sutra Music, Inc.
Published By Warner Bros. Music, Inc.
Published By Lucky Pork Publ.
Vinyl contained in top-opening (black & white half-tone) varnish-printed liner, with band photos & credits on both sides.

Recorded at His Masters Wheels, San Francisco, The Record Plant, Los Angeles, The Record Plant, Sausalito, and Funky Features, San Francisco. Mixed at The Record Plant, Los Angeles.

Runouts are hand-etched. Except in some cases one or the other stamped character found in the runouts, e.g. variant 5 stamped character Λ found in runouts on side B.
Special thanks to: Captain Beefheart, Bernie Krause, Rick Bright and his Sounds Of Delight Orchestra, Rob Lawrence and Harry Duncan.

Mingo Lewis appears courtesy of Mingo Lewis

℗ 1977 A&M Records, Inc.
All selections published by Psuedo Songs, Admin. by Almo Music Corp. (ASCAP) except:
A3, A4 published by Psuedo Songs, Admin. by Almo Music Corp. (ASCAP) and Bern Doubt Music (BMI)
A5 published by Kama Sutra Music Inc. (BMI)
B4 published by Warner Bros. Inc.
B5 published by Lucky Pot Pub. (ASCAP)

This is the Green/Red back cover version.
Pressing Plant ID: T (Etched in runouts)
Rights Society: ASCAP (A1 to B6)
Rights Society: BMI (A3 to A5)
Matrix / Runout: T1 A&M SP5001 RE-1 T3 (Side A runout, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: T1 A&M SP5002-T1 (Side B runout, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: T1 A&M SP5001 RE-1 T4 (Side A runout, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: T1 A&M SP5002-P1 (Side B runout, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: T1 A&M SP5001-RE-1 ̶P̶3̶ T4 (Side A runout, variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: T1 A&M SP5002-T2 (Side B runout, variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: T1 A&M SP5001-RE-1 ̶P̶3̶ T4 (Side A runout, variant 4)
Matrix / Runout: T1 A&M SP5002-T1 (Side B runout, variant 4)
Matrix / Runout: T1 A&M SP5001-RE-1 ̶P̶3̶ T4 A 3 (Side A runout, variant 5)
Matrix / Runout: T1 A&M SP5002-T1 Λ 4 (Side B runout, variant 5)