Backing Vocals – Debbie Wilson , George Duke, Kerry McNabb, Linda Sims, Napoleon M. Brock, Ray Collins, Robert 'Frog' Camarena, Ruben Ladron De Guevara, Susie Glover
Bass – Erroneous, Frank Zappa, Jack Bruce, Tom Fowler
Drums – Aynsley Dunbar, Jim Gordon, John Guerin, Ralph Humphrey
Engineer – Barry Keene, Bob Hughes, Kerry McNabb, Stephen W. Desper, Terry Dunavan
Graphics – Cal Schenkel
Keyboards – George Duke
Lead Vocals, Guitar [All] – Frank Zappa
Percussion – Ruth Underwood
Photography By [Back] – Mark Aalyson
Photography By [Front] – Emerson-Loew
Producer – Frank Zappa
Remastered By – Doug Sax, Robert Hadley, Sangwook Nam
Rhythm Guitar – Tony Duran (tracks: 2)
Saxophone – Ian Underwood, Napoleon M. Brock
Trombone – Bruce Fowler
Trumpet – Sal Marquez
Violin – Don "Sugarcane" Harris, Jean-Luc Ponty
Written-By – Frank Zappa, George Duke (tracks: 8), Jack Bruce (tracks: 7), Jim Gordon (tracks: 7)
Notes
Comes in a CD-sized papersleeve album replica, with obi-strip and insert of notes mostly in Japanese.
This recording was Digitally Re-EQ'd & Remastered by Bob Stone at Bernie Grundman, UMRK, 1987
'FZ approved master, 1993'
American Composer 1940-1993Source: 1974 Original Analog Master. Originally released 1974.
Vaultmeisterment & Analog Transfers by Joe Travers, March 2012, UMRK, DSD Signal Path: Ampex ATR-102/Meitner Mark II A/D Converter via Sonoma Digital Workstation, courtesy Gus Skinas, Super Audio Center. Digital Layout by Michael Mesker for Zappa Records.
"This is an album of songs and stories set to music performed for your dining and dancing pleasure by FZ and some people he likes to record with."