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tracks 1 to 9 bass Michael Dempsey
design, artwork by Hugh Gilmour
tracks 1 to 5 drums John Murphy
tracks 6 to 9 drums Steve Golding
tracks 12 to 16 drums The Whippets
tracks 1 to 9 engineer Mike Robinson
tracks 10, 16 engineer Ted De Bono
tracks 1 to 9 guitar Alan Rankine
tracks 12 to 16 guitar Steve Reid
tracks 10 to 16 keyboards L. Howard Hughes
liner notes Craig Burton
photography by [cover] Sheila Rock
tracks 1 to 9 producer Dale Griffin
tracks 10, 11 producer John Partes
tracks 12 to 16 producer John Porter
tracks 1 to 9 vocals Alan Rankine
vocals Billy Mackenzie
tracks 1 to 5, 7, 9 written-by Alan Rankine
tracks 1 to 7, 9, 11 to 16 written-by Billy MacKenzie
tracks 12 written-by Steve Reid
Distributed By Pinnacle (3)
Licensed Through BBC Worldwide Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright (p) Strange Fruit
Copyright (c) Strange Fruit
Glass Mastered At Technicolor
Tracks 1-5: John Peel session, 28th April 1981
Tracks 6-9: John Peel session, 6th March 1982
Tracks 10 & 11: John Peel session, 3rd September 1983
Tracks 12-16: David Kid Jensen session, 29th September 1983

Track 14: lead vocals improvised by Steve Reid, who did not know the words. Backing vocals: Billy MacKenzie, lying on the studio couch with microphone between knees.

Tracks 10 & 11 were from a Peel Session that was billed at the time as Billy MacKenzie solo. It is missing the third track which was another version of (Since When Did You Cook) Breakfast. Presumably omitted for reasons of space

Barcode: 605563611528
Matrix / Runout: E5990 SFRSCD 115 01 1:0 Technicolor
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LJ72
Mould SID Code: ifpi 2303