tracks 1-3, 1-4 acoustic guitar James Taylor
tracks 2-9 arranged by [strings and horns] Carole King
tracks 2-4 to 2-8 arranged by [strings], conductor David Campbell
tracks 2-4 to 2-8 arranged by [strings], conductor Norman Kurban
art direction, design Dave Burle
tracks 1-3, 1-4, 2-11 to 2-13 backing vocals Abigale Haness
tracks 1-5 to 2-1, 2-3, 2-9, 2-16, 2-17 backing vocals Carole King
tracks 1-3, 1-4 backing vocals Delores Hall
tracks 1-11 backing vocals James Taylor
tracks 1-11 backing vocals Joni Mitchell
tracks 1-12, 1-14 backing vocals Julia Tillman Waters
tracks 2-13 to 2-15 backing vocals Louise Goffin
tracks 1-10, 1-12, 1-14 backing vocals Merry Clayton
tracks 2-13 to 2-15 backing vocals Sherry Goffin
tracks 2-11 to 2-13 backing vocals The Eddie Kendricks Singers
tracks 1-14 baritone saxophone Curtis Amy
tracks 1-1 to 1-4, 2-10 to 2-15 bass Charles Larkey
tracks 2-16, 2-17 bass Leland Sklar
tracks 2-9 cello Denis Brott
tracks 2-9 cello Dennis Karmazyn
tracks 2-11 to 2-13 cello Frederick Seykora
tracks 2-11 to 2-13 cello Godfried Hoogeveen
tracks 2-9, 2-11 to 2-13 cello Jeffrey Solow
tracks 2-9 cello Judy Perett
tracks 2-4 to 2-8 cello Nathaniel Rosen
tracks 2-11 to 2-13 cello Nina deVeritch
tracks 1-10, 1-11, 2-4 to 2-8, 2-18 cello Terry King
tracks 2-4 to 2-8 clavinet, electric piano [fender rhodes], organ [wurlitzer] Carole King
compilation producer Lou Adler
tracks 1-7, 1-9, 1-11 congas Danny Kortchmar
tracks 1-18 congas Theresa Colderon
tracks 2-9 congas, bongos Bobbye Hall
tracks 1-17 to 2-1, 2-3 congas, bongos, tambourine Bobbye Hall
tracks 1-11, 2-4 to 2-9, 2-18 double bass [string bass] Charles Larkey
tracks 1-10 double bass [string bass] Perry Steinberg
tracks 2-11 to 2-13 double bass [string bass] Richard Feves
tracks 2-9, 2-11 to 2-13 double bass [string bass] Susan Ranney
tracks 1-13, 1-16 to 2-1, 2-3 double bass [upright bass] Charles Larkey
tracks 2-11 to 2-15 drums Andy Newmark
tracks 2-4 to 2-10 drums Harvey Mason
tracks 1-1, 1-2 drums Jim Gordon
tracks 1-3 to 2-1, 2-3 drums Joel O'Brien
tracks 1-5 to 1-16, 2-16, 2-17 drums Russ Kunkel
tracks 1-5 to 2-9 electric bass Charles Larkey
tracks 1-3 to 2-1, 2-3 electric guitar, acoustic guitar Danny Kortchmar
tracks 1-14 electric piano Ralph Schuckett
tracks 1-3, 1-4 engineer Andrew Berliner
tracks 1-1, 1-2 engineer Eric Weinbang
tracks 1-5 to 2-10, 2-14 to 2-18 engineer Hank Cicalo
tracks 2-11 to 2-13 engineer Norm Kinney
tracks 2-11 to 2-17 engineer [assistant] Milt Calice
tracks 1-17 to 2-1, 2-3 engineer [assistant] Norm Kinney
tracks 2-4 to 2-9 engineer [assistant] Steve Mitchell
tracks 2-9, 2-10 euphonium George Bohanon
tracks 2-1 flugelhorn Oscar Brashear
tracks 1-6 flute Curtis Amy
tracks 2-4 to 2-8 flute Ernie Watts
tracks 2-3 flute [quartet] Buddy Collette
tracks 2-3 flute [quartet] Ernie Watts
tracks 2-3 flute [quartet] Plas Johnson
tracks 2-3 flute [quartet] William Green
tracks 1-1, 1-2, 2-4 to 2-8, 2-11 to 2-13, 2-16, 2-17 guitar Danny Kortchmar
tracks 2-4 to 2-10 guitar David T. Walker
tracks 2-11 to 2-13 guitar Dean Parks
tracks 2-16, 2-17 guitar Waddy Wachtel
tracks 2-11 to 2-13 horns Chuck Findley
tracks 2-11 to 2-13 horns Dick Hyde
tracks 2-11 to 2-13 horns Ernie Watts
tracks 2-11 to 2-13 horns Fred Jackson, Jr.
tracks 2-11 to 2-13 horns Gene Goe
tracks 2-11 to 2-13 horns George Bohanon
tracks 2-11 to 2-13 horns Mike Altschul
tracks 1-1, 1-2, 2-10, 2-16 to 2-18 keyboards Carole King
liner notes [and discographical information] Stephen K. Peeples
mastered by [digitally] Vic Anesini
tracks 1-3, 1-4 mixed by Gerry Goffin
tracks 1-3, 1-4, 2-1 organ Ralph Schuckett
tracks 2-10 percussion Bobbye Hall
tracks 2-9 percussion Harvey Mason
tracks 1-3 to 1-16 percussion Joel O'Brien
tracks 2-16, 2-17 percussion Ralph MacDonald
tracks 1-5 to 1-16 percussion Russ Kunkel
tracks 1-3, 1-4, 1-6, 1-8, 1-10, 1-13, 2-4 to 2-9, 2-11 to 2-13 piano Carole King
tracks 1-3, 1-4 producer John Fischbach
tracks 1-1, 1-2, 1-5 to 2-18 producer Lou Adler
producer [reissue] Bob Irwin
tracks 2-9, 2-10 saxophone Curtis Amy
tracks 2-9, 2-10 saxophone Ernie Watts
tracks 2-9, 2-10 saxophone Mike Altschul
tracks 2-9, 2-10 saxophone Tom Scott
tracks 2-12 saxophone [solo] Jim Horn
tracks 1-7 soprano saxophone Curtis Amy
tracks 2-16, 2-17 soprano saxophone Tom Scott
tracks 2-4 to 2-8 steel guitar Red Rhodes
tracks 1-3, 1-4 synthesizer [moog] John Fischbach
tracks 2-4 to 2-8 tambourine, shaker, bells, congas, bongos Bobbye Hall
tracks 1-10, 1-17, 1-18, 2-1 tenor saxophone Curtis Amy
tracks 2-11, 2-16, 2-17 tenor saxophone [solo] Tom Scott
tracks 2-9, 2-10 trombone Charles Loper
tracks 2-9, 2-10 trombone Dick Hyde
tracks 2-4 to 2-10 trombone George Bohanon
tracks 2-9, 2-10 trumpet, flugelhorn Al Aarons
tracks 2-4 to 2-8 trumpet, flugelhorn Bobby Bryant
tracks 2-9, 2-10 trumpet, flugelhorn Chuck Findley
tracks 2-4 to 2-8 trumpet, flugelhorn Harry Edison
tracks 2-9, 2-10 trumpet, flugelhorn Ollie Mitchell
tracks 2-4 to 2-9 vibraphone Harvey Mason
tracks 1-3, 1-4 vibraphone Joel O'Brien
tracks 2-9 viola Alan DeVeritch
tracks 2-4 to 2-8 viola Carole Mukogawa
tracks 2-11 to 2-13 viola Dan Neufeld
tracks 1-10, 1-11, 2-4 to 2-9, 2-11 to 2-13, 2-18 viola David Campbell
tracks 2-11 to 2-13 viola Denyse Buffum
tracks 2-9 viola Denyse Buffum
tracks 2-9, 2-11 to 2-13 viola Paul Polivnick
tracks 1-10, 1-11, 2-9, 2-18 violin Barry Socher
tracks 2-4 to 2-8 violin Barry Socher
tracks 2-4 to 2-8 violin Eliot Chapo
tracks 2-9 violin Glenn Dicterow
tracks 2-11 to 2-13 violin Gordon Marron
tracks 2-4 to 2-9 violin Gordon Marron
tracks 2-9, 2-11 to 2-13 violin Haim Shtrum
tracks 2-11 to 2-13 violin Jay Rosen
tracks 2-9 violin Kathleen Lenski
tracks 2-9 violin Kenneth Yerke
tracks 2-11 to 2-13 violin Lya Stern
tracks 2-11 to 2-13 violin Marcy Dicterow
tracks 2-4 to 2-8 violin Marcy Dicterow
tracks 2-11 to 2-13 violin Mari Tsumura
tracks 2-11 to 2-13 violin Maurice Dicterow
tracks 2-9 violin Miwako Watanabe
tracks 2-4 to 2-9, 2-11 to 2-13 violin Polly Sweeney
tracks 2-11 to 2-13 violin Richard Kaufman
tracks 2-11 to 2-13 violin Robert Dubow
tracks 2-9 violin Robert Lipsett
tracks 2-9 violin Ronald Folsom
tracks 2-4 to 2-9, 2-11 to 2-13 violin Sheldon Sanov
tracks 2-11 to 2-13 violin Thomas Buffum
tracks 2-9 violin Thomas Buffum
vocals Carole King
tracks 2-16 vocals [additional] James Taylor
tracks 2-18 vocals, guitar James Taylor
tracks 2-1 woodwind Buddy Collette
tracks 2-1 woodwind Ernie Watts
tracks 2-1 woodwind Plas Johnson
tracks 2-1 woodwind William Green
tracks 1-5 to 1-12, 1- 15 to 2-18 written-by Carole King
tracks 2-11, 2-13 written-by David Palmer
tracks 1-1 to 1-4, 1-13, 1-14, 1-16 written-by Goffin And King
tracks 1-16 written-by Jerry Wexler
tracks 2-14, 2-15 written-by Maurice Sendak
tracks 1-12, 2-1, 2-3 written-by Toni Stern
Glass Mastered At Sony Music, Pitman
Unlike A Natural Woman: The Ode Collection 1968-1976 which is in a thick jewel case, this release came in 2 separate cases per the Volume One/Two stated on front covers.

Tracks 1-1, 1-2: Now That Everything's Been Said (The City), Ode #Z12-44-012, released 12/18/1968. Recorded At Sound Recorders, Hollywood, August 1968.
Tracks 1-3, 1-4: Writer, Ode #77006, released 9/21/70. Recorded At Crystal Sound, Hollywood, March/April 1970.
Tracks 1-5 to 1-16: Tapestry, Ode #77009, released 2/10/71. Recorded At A&M Studios, Hollywood, January 1971.
Tracks 1-17 to 2-1, 2-3: Music, Ode #77013, released 11/30/71. Recorded At A&M Studios, August/September 1971.
Track 2-2: From the motion picture Pocket Money, B-side of Sweet Seasons, Ode single #66022, 1/11/72
Tracks 2-4, 2-5, 2-7: Rhymes & Reasons, Ode #77016, released 10/4/72. Recorded At A&M Studios, July 1972.
Tracks 2-6, 2-8: Rhymes & Reasons Outtakes. Previously unreleased.
Track 2-9: Fantasy, Ode #77018, 5/2/73. Recorded At A&M Studios, February 1973.
Track 2-10: Live In Central Park, New York City. Recorded 5/26/73. Previously unreleased.
Tracks 2-11 to 2-13: Wrap Around Joy, Ode #77024, 7/18/74. Recorded At A&M Studios, April 1974.
Tracks 2-14, 2-15: Really Rosie, 1/31/75. Recorded At A&M Studios, May/June 1974.
Tracks 2-16, 2-17: Thoroughbred, 12/15/75. Recorded At A&M Studios, August/September 1975.
Track 2-18: Live At Carnegie Hall, New York City, Recorded 6/18/71. Previously unreleased.

© 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Inc./℗ 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Inc./℗ 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1994 Ode Records.

Other: EK 48872 (Catalog# Disc 1)
Other: EK 48873 (Catalog# Disc 2)
Barcode: 074644883329 (Scanned)
Barcode: 0 7464-48833-2 (Text)
Other: DIDP 080986 (DADC Mastering Code Disc 1)
Other: DIDP 080987 (DADC Mastering Code Disc 2)
Matrix / Runout: EK-48872 F2 1A 08 (Disc 1)
Matrix / Runout: F1 1A EK48873 10 (Disc 2)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L422 (Disc 1)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 7287 (Disc 1)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L421 (Disc 2)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 7259 (Disc 2)