a&r [project] Darren Salmieri
art direction Mark Larson
tracks 2-14 bass Randy Jackson
tracks 1-1 to 1-15, 2-1 to 2-13, 2-15, 2-16 bass, vocals, guitar Joe Bouchard
compilation producer Bruce Dickinson
tracks 2-13 to 2-15 drums Rick Downey
tracks 2-16 drums Thommy Price
tracks 1-1 to 15, 2-1 to 2-12 drums, vocals Albert Bouchard
tracks 2-13 guitar Robby Krieger
guitar [stun], lead vocals Eric Bloom
keyboards, guitar Allen Lanier
lead guitar, vocals, keyboards Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser
liner notes Lenny Kaye
mastered by Vic Anesini
photography by Don Hunstein
photography by Peter Mazèl
photography by Sandy Speiser
project manager Michael Cimicata
tracks 2-16 synthesizer, piano, organ Tom Zvoncheck
Phonographic Copyright (p) Sony Music Entertainment
Copyright (c) Sony Music Entertainment
Distributed By Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc.
Mastered At Battery Studios, New York
Compared to the US edition of The Essential Blue Öyster Cult this edition has different legal text printed on the inlay and features the Sony Music logo above the barcode, which the US version does not have.
The FBI Anti Piracy logo is missing on the inlay, but printed on both disc faces.
Barcode: 8 8691-93633-2 6 (Text)
Matrix / Runout: DIDX-805606 2 (CD 1)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L329 (CD 1)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 508A (CD 1)
Matrix / Runout: DIDX-805607 2 (CD 2)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L329 (CD 2)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 5088 (CD 2)