a&r Melani Gold
design, artwork by [direction] David Calderley
edited by The Two Andies
guitar, bass Charlie Hunter
mastered by Howie Weinberg
tracks 11, 14, 15 music by Hal Willner
tracks 1 to 9, 11 to 15 music by The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
tracks 10 music by, guitar, bass Charlie Hunter
tracks 11, 14, 15 music by, programmed by [synclavier] Pete Scaturro
photography by [back cover] Nelson Lyon
photography by [front cover] Kate Simon
photography by [inside] Les Michaels
producer Rono Tse
producer [associate] James Grauerholz
producer [associate] Susan Jacobs
producer [spoken segments] Nelson Lyon
producer, drum programming, bass, guitar Michael Franti
tracks 1, 3 to 8, 10 to 15 producer, recorded by [spoken segments], sequenced by Hal Willner
tracks 2, 9 recorded by Brad Murphy
recorded by [additional] Jeff Williams
recorded by [music], mixed by [music] Pete Scaturro
words by [words written by] William S. Burroughs
Distributed By I.L.S.
Phonographic Copyright (p) Island Records Inc.
Copyright (c) Island Records Inc.
Published By Nova Lark Music
Published By Salter Street Music
Published By Golden Hyena Music
Published By Beat Nigs Music
Published By CHT Music
Printed By Shorewood Packaging
Recorded At Hairball 3
Recorded At Red House Recording Studio
Recorded At Mutron Studio
Mixed At Mutron Studio
Edited At Soundtrack Studios
Mastered At Masterdisk
Packaging: standard plastic jewel box case, off-black tray, 6 page fold-out cover booklet. This version has the code 0501 printed on the inside and back cover and has a disc face with a clear mould/hub. There is a similar version without the code and with a different disc face: Spare Ass Annie And Other Tales.

Origin of the spoken sections:
• track 2 & 13 from Interzone (1989)
• track 4 from The Last Words of Dutch Schultz (1969)
• track 6 from Exterminator! (1973)
• track 7, 10 & 15 from Nova Express (1964)
• track 8 from The Cat Inside (1986)
• track 9 from The Naked Lunch (1959)
• track 11 from The Western Lands (1987)
• track 14 is unpublished and comes from a live performance.

W.S. Burroughs recorded at Hairball 3, Lawrence, KS. Trks 2 & 9 recorded at Red House Studio, Lawrence, KS. Music recorded and mixed at Mutron Studios, San Francisco, CA. Sequenced at Deep Creek World, New York. Edited together at Soundtrack Studio, NY. Mastered at Masterdisk, NY.

℗©1993 Island Records, Inc.
Barcode: 0 162-535003-2 7 (Text)
Barcode: 016253500327 (Scanned)
Other: 0501 (Printing code)
Matrix / Runout: 162 535 0032 01% D (Variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: 162 535 0032 01% A (Variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: 162 535 0032 39% C (Variant 3)