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arranged by Paul Riser
bass James Jamerson
bass Lequeint "Duke" Jobe
bass Ron Brown
congas Bobbye Hall
congas Terral Santiel
cover [cover concept], photography by Jim Britt
design Desmond Strobel
design John Cabalka
design Terry Squire
drums Aaron Smith
drums Ed Greene
drums Henry Garner
drums James Gadson
engineer [mastering] Norman Whitfield
engineer [mastering] Russ Terrana
engineer [recording] Art Stewart
engineer [recording] Cal Harris
engineer [recording] Larry Miles
engineer [recording] Russ Terrana
guitar Dennis Coffey
guitar Eddie Willis
guitar Kenji Brown
guitar Melvin Ragin
keyboards Earl Van Dyke
keyboards Mark Davis
keyboards Victor Nix
musical assistance [creative assistant to norman whitfield] Asari Graham
producer, written-by Norman Whitfield
tambourine Jack Ashford
tenor saxophone Michael Moore
trombone George Bohanon
trumpet Freddie Dunn
trumpet Kenny Copeland
Phonographic Copyright (p) Motown Record Corporation
Copyright (c) Motown Record Corporation
Published By Stone Diamond Music Corp.
Pressed By RCA Records Pressing Plant, Hollywood
℗ 1973 Motown Record Corporation © 1973 Motown Record Corporation

Printed in U.S.A. [back sleeve]

Comes with a hard printed inner sleeve.
First Temptations album recorded completely in Los Angeles.

Label text (Side 1, G966V1, C5RS-8060-1) appears in one block of text on right side of label, not split. This is characteristic of Hollywood pressings for Gordy.
H stamped on runout, indicating Hollywood pressing.


Matrix / Runout: C5RS-8060-1 (Label A)
Matrix / Runout: C5RS-8061-2 (Label B)
Rights Society: BMI
Pressing Plant ID: H (stamped in deadwax)