Advisor [Musical Advisor], Conductor – Kirby Johnson
Art Direction – Ed Thrasher
Balalaika – Allan Reuss, Leon Stewart, Nicolai Bolin, Thomas Tedesco, Vasil Crienica, William Nadel
Brass – Arthur Briegleb, Richard Hyde, Richard Perissi, Thomas Shepard, Vincent De Rosa
Choir [Authentic Folk Choir] – Billie J. Barnum, Durrie Parks, Gaile Parks, Gerri Engemann, James Hendricks, Julia E. Rinker, Karen Gunderson, Nick Woods, Paul Jay Robbins, Vanessa Hendricks
Contractor – Donald Lanier, Tommy Tedesco
Coordinator [Co-Ordination] – Michael Vosse
Design [Album Design] – The Corporate Head
Effects [Sound Effects] – El Supremo, Jack Glaser
Engineer [Engineering Supervised By] – Lee Herschberg
Engineer [Stereo & Monaural Compositions By] – Bruce Botnick
Graphics – Tom Wilkes
Guitar – Dick Rosmini, Ron Elliott
Harp – Gayle Levant
Liner Notes – Paul Jay Robbins
Percussion – Earl Palmer, Gary Coleman, Hal Blaine, James Gordon
Performer [Folk] – Steve Young
Photography By – Guy Webster
Piano – George Washington Brown (tracks: B2), Randall Newman (tracks: A1)
Producer – Leonard Waronker
Strings – Armand Kaproff, Charles Berghofer, Darrel Terwilliger, Dennis Budimer, Donald Bagley, Frederick Seykora, Gregory Bemko, Harry Bluestone, Jerry Reisler, Jesse Erlich, Joseph Ditullio, Joseph Saxon, Leonard Malarsky, Leonard Selic, Lyle Ritz, Nathan Gershman, Philip Goldberg, Ralph Schaffer, Orville (Red) Rhodes, Robert West, Samuel Boghossian, Trefoni Rizzi, William Kurasch
Viola [Solo] – Virginia Majewski
Violin [Solo] – Misha Goodatieff
Woodwind, Reeds – George Fields, Jay Migliori, James Horn, Norman Benno, Ted Nash , Thomas Morgan, Thomas Scott, William Green
Notes
First version:
- gold label
- back cover with liner notes and musician credits, a lyric insert exists (included?) "Lyrics to the songs are available by writing Copyright Dept., Warner Bros. Records, Burbank, Calif."
- also on back: printed b&w WB logo & Mono & Stereo info at left; '5' printed in bottom-right corner
- no durations
Barcodes
Matrix / Runout (Side A label): S39319
Matrix / Runout (Side B label): S39320
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched, 'o' stamped, var. 1): 393I9-I A WS-1727-A o AZ
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched, 'o' stamped, var. 1): 39320-I A WS-1727-B o A I
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched, 'o' and 'D' stamped, var. 2): o 39319-1A WS-1727-A D
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched, 'o' stamped, var. 2): 39320-1A WS-1727-B o A 3 2 1