tracks a1, a3, b1 to b3 arranged by Charles Stepney
tracks b4, b5 arranged by Jerry Peters
tracks a4 arranged by Tom Tom 84
bass trombone Lew McCreary
cello Dennis Karmazyn
cello Harry Shlutz
cello Marie Fera
cello Ronald Cooper
concertmaster Charles Veal Jr.
design, illustration Tommy Steele
drums, percussion Fred White
drums, percussion Ralph Johnson
engineer [assistant at wally heider studio 3] Richard Goodman
engineer [assistant at westlake audio] Dean Rod
engineer, remix George Massenburg
french horn Art Maebe
french horn David Duke
french horn Marilyn Robinson
french horn Sidney Muldrow
guitar Johnny Graham
guitar, percussion Al McKay
harp Dorothy Ashby
management Cavallo-Ruffalo Management
percussion Harvey Mason
photography by Ethan Russell
photography by [assisted] Jim Shea
piano Jerry Peters
piano, organ, synthesizer [moog] Larry Dunn
producer Charles Stepney
producer, vocals, kalimba, drums, timbales Maurice White
saxophone Don Myrick
saxophone, percussion Andrew Woolfolk
trombone Charles Loper
trombone George Bohanon
trombone Louis Satterfield
trumpet Chuck Findley
trumpet Michael Harris
trumpet Oscar Brashear
trumpet Steve Madaio
tuba John Thomas Johnson
viola Barbara Thomason
viola David Campbell
viola Denyse Buffum
viola James Dunham
viola Linn Subotnick
viola Marilyn Baker
viola Paul Polivnick
viola Rollice Dale
violin Assa Drori
violin Carl LaMagna
violin Haim Shtrum
violin Harris Goldman
violin Joy Lyle
violin Kenneth Yerke
violin Sandy Seemore
violin Winterton Garvey
vocals, bass, percussion Verdine White
vocals, congas, percussion Philip Bailey
tracks b1, b4 written-by Al McKay
tracks a2, a3 written-by Charles Stepney
tracks b5 written-by Jerry Peters
tracks a4, b3 written-by Larry Dunn
tracks a2 to b4 written-by Maurice White
tracks a2, a3, b1 written-by Philip Bailey
tracks b2 written-by Skip Scarborough
Phonographic Copyright (p) CBS Inc.
Copyright (c) CBS Inc.
Manufactured By Columbia Records
Manufactured By CBS Inc.
Produced For Kalimba Productions
Recorded At Wally Heider Recording Studio, Los Angeles
Recorded At The Burbank Studios
Recorded At Hollywood Sound Recorders
Recorded At Westlake Audio
Mastered At The Mastering Lab
Published By Kalimba Music
Published By Saggifire Music
Issued with custom inner-sleeves with lyrics and credits.

Includes Kalimba Productions logo on label.

On the back cover of some pressings, the track list isn't the same order as on the label.

Recorded Wally Heider Studios 3; Burbank Studios; Hollywood Sound Recorders; Westlake Audio, Los Angeles.

Publishing:
A1: Kalimba Music (ASCAP)
A2, A3, B1 to B5: Saggifire Music (BMI)

Price Code: X698 (Spine)
Rights Society: ASCAP (Track A1)
Rights Society: BMI (Tracks A2 to B5)
Matrix / Runout: AL 34241 (Side A label)
Matrix / Runout: BL 34241 (Side B label)
Matrix / Runout: PAL 34241 1D TML-S K (Side A runout etched - Variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: PBL 34241 1E TML-S c B (Side B runout etched - Variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: PAL 34241 1E TML M (Side A runout etched & stamped - Variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: PBL 34241 1D TML-5 (Side B runout etched & stamped - Variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: PAL 34241 1D TML-S (Side A runout etched & stamped - Variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: PBL 34241 1D TML-S (Side B runout etched & stamped - Variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: PAL 34241 1D; TML-S (Side A runout stamped - Variant 4)
Matrix / Runout: PBL 34241 1C; JML -M (Side B runout stamped - Variant 4)
Matrix / Runout: PAL 34241 1A TML-M B4 (Side A runout etched - Variant 5)
Matrix / Runout: PBL 34241 1K TML-M A8 (Side B runout etched - Variant 5)
Matrix / Runout: PAL 34241 1A TML-M (Side A runout etched - Variant 6)
Matrix / Runout: PBL 34241 1A TML-M (Side B runout etched - Variant 6)