Bass – Arthur Barrow (tracks: 1-1, 1-9, 1-12, 2-7), Patrick O'Hearn (tracks: 1-1, 1-12), Roy Estrada (tracks: 1-11, 2-8, 2-12), Scott Thunes (tracks: 1-2, 1-4 to 1-8, 1-10, 1-13 to 1-15, 2-1 to 2-6, 2-11, 2-16, 2-18), Tom Fowler (tracks: 1-5, 1-16, 2-10)
Composed By – F.Z. (tracks: 1-1 to 1-13, 1-15, 1-16, 2-1 to 2-12)
Design [Package Design] – Kathleen Philpott
Drums – Arthur Dyer Tripp III (tracks: 1-11, 2-8, 2-12), Chad Wackerman (tracks: 1-2, 1-4 to 1-8, 1-10, 1-13 to 1-15, 2-1 to 2-6, 2-11, 2-16, 2-18), Chester Thompson (tracks: 1-5, 2-10), Jimmy Carl Black (tracks: 1-11, 2-8, 2-12), Vinnie Colaiuta (tracks: 1-1, 1-12, 2-7)
Electronics – Don Preston (tracks: 2-8, 2-12)
Engineer [Remix Engineer, Engineering Supervision] – Bob Stone
Guitar – Ike Willis (tracks: 1-2, 1-4 to 1-7, 1-9, 1-10, 1-13, 1-15, 2-3, 2-6, 2-11, 2-16), Lowell George (tracks: 1-11, 2-8, 2-12), Mike Kenneally (tracks: 1-14, 1-15), Ray White (tracks: 1-2, 1-4 to 1-9, 1-13, 2-1 to 2-6, 2-11, 2-16, 2-18)
Guitar [Stunt Guitar] – Steve Vai (tracks: 1-8, 2-1, 2-4, 2-5, 2-18)
Keyboards – Alan Zavod (tracks: 1-2, 1-4 to 1-7, 1-10, 1-13, 2-3, 2-6, 2-11, 2-16), Bobby Martin (tracks: 1-2, 1-4 to 1-8, 1-10, 1-13 to 1-15, 2-1 to 2-6, 2-11, 2-16, 2-18), Don Preston (tracks: 1-11, 2-8, 2-12), George Duke (tracks: 1-5, 1-16, 2-10), Peter Wolf (tracks: 1-1, 2-7), Tommy Mars (tracks: 1-1, 1-8, 1-9, 1-12, 2-1, 2-2, 2-4, 2-5, 2-7, 2-18)
Lead Guitar – F.Z. (tracks: 1-4, 1-5, 1-7, 1-10 to 1-16, 2-3, 2-6, 2-7, 2-10, 2-11)
Trombone – Bruce Fowler (tracks: 1-5, 1-14 to 1-16)
Trumpet – Buzz Gardner (tracks: 1-11, 2-8, 2-12)
Vocals – Bobby Martin (tracks: 1-2, 1-4 to 1-8, 2-2 to 2-6, 2-11, 2-16, 2-18), Denny Walley (tracks: 1-1, 2-7), F.Z. (tracks: 1-1, 1-2, 1-4 to 1-6, 1-8, 1-9, 2-4 to 2-7, 2-10 to 2-12, 2-16, 2-18), George Duke (tracks: 1-5, 2-10), Ike Willis (tracks: 1-2, 1-4 to 1-7, 1-9, 2-3, 2-6, 2-7, 2-11, 2-16), Lowell George (tracks: 2-8, 2-12), Napoleon Murphy Brock (tracks: 1-5, 2-10), Ray White (tracks: 1-2, 1-4 to 1-9, 2-1 to 2-6, 2-11, 2-16, 2-18), Roy Estrada (tracks: 1-11, 2-8, 2-12), Tommy Mars (tracks: 1-8, 2-1, 2-2, 2-4, 2-5, 2-7, 2-18)
Notes
1-1: Recorded October 31, 1979 at The Palladium, NYC 1-2: Recorded November, 1984 in Vancouver, B.C. 1-4: Recorded December 23, 1984 at The Universal Amphitheater, Hollywood 1-5: Recorded November, 1973 at The Roxy and December, 1984 at The Universal Amphitheater, Hollywood 1-6: Recorded December 23, 1984 at The Universal Amphitheater, Hollywood 1-7: Recorded summer 1984 at Odeon Hammersmith, London, England 1-8: Recorded summer 1982 at a soccer field in Pistoia, Italy 1-9: Recorded in 1980 at The Mudd Club, NYC 1-10: Recorded November, 1984 at Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, Amherst, Massachusetts 1-11: Recorded during spring tour 1969 at Columbia University 1-12: Recorded October 31, 1979 at The Palladium, NYC 1-13: Recorded November, 1984 in Vancouver, B.C. 1-14: Recorded summer 1988 in Bilbao, Spain 1-15: Recorded summer 1988 in Bilbao, Spain and Grenoble, France 1-16: Recorded 21 May 1975, The Armadillo, Austin, Texas, USA. (From recordings made during Zappa / Beefheart / Mothers - Bongo Fury tour. An FZ vocal version also on Zappa - Zoot Allures) 2-1: Recorded summer 1982 in Metz, France 2-2: Recorded summer 1982 in Rome, Italy 2-3: Recorded November, 1984 at Tower Theater, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2-4: Recorded summer 1982 in Munich, Germany 2-5: Recorded summer 1982 in Munich, Germany 2-6: Recorded November, 1984 at Paramount Theater, Portland, Oregon and Odeon Hammersmith, London, England 2-7: Recorded February 18, 1979 at Odeon Hammersmith, London, England 2-8: Recorded during spring tour 1969 at The Factory, Bronx, NYC 2-10: Recorded winter 1974 in New Jersey 2-11: Recorded November, 1984 at Paramount Theater, Portland, Oregon 2-12: Recorded during spring tour 1969 at The Fillmore East, NYC 2-16: Recorded in 1984 in Detroit, Michigan and St. Petersburg, Florida 2-18: Recorded summer 1982 at the same soccer field in Pistoia, Italy
All material contained herein is 100% live, and there are no over-dubs of any kind.
Double jewel case, including; 14-page heavy paper insert (with black on white text credits) that has a 6-page roll-fold flyout cover, full-color on outside face & Zappa book promo on roll-in face. Bound with 2 wires. 16-page 'The Frank Zappa Collection' booklet, containing the FZ catalog and alphabetical listing. Bound with 2 wires. Digital transfer SPARS codes on back inlay. CD face print echoes the same blue shade as the cover artwork.