tracks 15 bass Drumbo
tracks 5, 9, 16 bass Eric Drew Feldman
tracks 2, 3, 10 bass Ira Ingber
tracks 6, 15, 18, 19 bass Richard Snyder
tracks 1, 7, 12 bass Rockette Morton
tracks 4, 8, 11, 14, 17 bass [fretless] Richard Redus
tracks 5, 9, 13, 16 clarinet [bass] Don Van Vliet
compiled by, liner notes [sleevenotes by] Simon Hopkins
tracks 1, 7, 12 drums Art Tripp
tracks 6, 15, 18, 19 drums Cliff Martinez
tracks 15 drums Drumbo
tracks 2, 3, 10 drums Gene Pello
tracks 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17 drums Robert Arthur Williams
tracks 4, 6, 8, 11, 13 to 19 electric piano [rhodes] Eric Drew Feldman
tracks 5, 6, 9, 15, 16, 18, 19 gong [chinese] Don Van Vliet
tracks 1, 7, 12 guitar Alex St. Clair Snouffer
tracks 2, 3, 10 guitar Dean Smith
tracks 5, 9, 13, 16 guitar Drumbo
tracks 6, 15, 18, 19 guitar Gary Lucas
tracks 4 to 6, 8, 9, 11, 13 to 18 guitar Jeff Moris Tepper
tracks 4, 8, 11, 14, 17 guitar Richard Redus
tracks 1, 7, 12 guitar Zoot Horn Rollo
tracks 2, 3, 10 guitar [bottleneck] Dean Smith
tracks 4, 8, 11, 14, 17 guitar [bottleneck] Richard Redus
tracks 6, 15, 18, 19 guitar [glass finger] Gary Lucas
tracks 1, 7, 12 guitar [glass finger] Zoot Horn Rollo
tracks 6, 15, 18, 19 guitar [national steel duolian] Gary Lucas
tracks 5, 9, 13, 16 guitar [nerve] Jeff Moris Tepper
tracks 4, 8, 11, 14, 17 guitar [spell] Jeff Moris Tepper
tracks 1, 7, 12 harmonica Captain Beefheart
tracks 2 to 6, 8 to 11, 13 to 19 harmonica Don Van Vliet
tracks 4, 8, 11, 14, 17 horns [air bass] Bruce Fowler
tracks 6, 15, 18, 19 horns [prop-horn] Don Van Vliet
tracks 2, 3, 10 instruments [star machine] Jimmy Caravan
tracks 2, 3, 10 keyboards Jimmy Caravan
tracks 2, 3, 10 keyboards Mark Gibbons
tracks 1, 7, 12 keyboards Mark Marcellino
tracks 2, 3, 10 keyboards Micheal Smotherman
tracks 4, 8, 11, 14, 17 marimba Art Tripp
tracks 5, 9, 13, 16 marimba Drumbo
tracks 6, 15, 18, 19 marimba Richard Snyder
tracks 5, 9, 16 mellotron, grand piano, electric piano Eric Drew Feldman
tracks 1, 7, 12 percussion Art Tripp
tracks 4, 8, 11, 14, 17 percussion Robert Arthur Williams
tracks 2, 3, 10 percussion Ty Grimes
tracks 4, 8, 11, 14, 17 percussion [additional] Art Tripp
producer Don Van Vliet
tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 13, 16 producer Pete Johnson
tracks 5, 9, 16 slide guitar Drumbo
tracks 6, 15, 18, 19 slide guitar Gary Lucas
tracks 4 to 6, 8, 9, 11, 13 to 18 slide guitar Jeff Moris Tepper
tracks 4, 8, 11, 14, 17 slide guitar Richard Redus
tracks 4 to 6, 8, 9, 11, 13 to 19 soprano saxophone Don Van Vliet
tracks 6, 15, 18, 19 steel guitar [steel appendage], acoustic guitar Jeff Moris Tepper
tracks 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17 synthesizer Eric Drew Feldman
tracks 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17 trombone Bruce Fowler
tracks 1, 7, 12 vocals Captain Beefheart
tracks 2 to 6, 8 to 11, 13 to 19 vocals Don Van Vliet
tracks 6, 15, 18, 19 voice Richard Snyder
tracks 6,15,18,19 washboard [glass], instruments [shake bouquet], drums [metal] Cliff Martinez
tracks 4, 8, 11, 14, 17 whistling Don Van Vliet
written-by Don Van Vliet
Manufactured By Unknown (VK)
Matrix / Runout: VK-346