artwork [cover], design Glenn Southwick tracks 1, 8, 11, 14, 25, 26, 31 bass drum Nicholas D'Amico tracks 3, 5, 9, 15, 20 to 22, 24, 27, 30, 32 bass vocals [bass baritone] John Ostendorf tracks 14, 25, 26, 31 brass [b♭ baritone saxhorn] David Vining tracks 14, 18, 19, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31 brass [b♭ baritone saxhorn] Larry Zimmerman tracks 1, 8, 11, 14, 25, 26, 31 brass [b♭ cornopean] Ralph Buck tracks 11, 14, 18, 19, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31 brass [b♭ cornopean] Tom Cook tracks 11, 14, 18, 19, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31 brass [e♭ alto saxhorn] Marian Hesse tracks 11, 14, 18, 23, 25, 26, 29, 31 brass [e♭ alto saxhorn] R. J. Kelly tracks 11, 14, 18, 19, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31 brass [e♭ contrabass saxhorn] Jay Krush tracks 11, 14, 18, 19, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31 brass [e♭ soprano saxhorn] Bruce Barrie tracks 1, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13 bugle [c keyed] Tom Cook tracks 1, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13 bugle [e♭ keyed] Bruce Barrie tracks 1, 8, 11, 14, 25, 26, 31 cymbal Susan Jones tracks 8, 26, 31 drum [field] Nicholas D'Amico tracks 2, 16 dulcimer Linda Russell executive-producer Larry Kraman tracks 2, 3, 5, 7, 15, 17, 20, 24 fortepiano Rudolph Palmer tracks 1, 4, 10, 12 french horn [natural horn] Marian Hesse tracks 1, 10 french horn [natural horn] R. J. Kelly tracks 27 guitar Linda Russell liner notes Jay Krush mastered by Jonathan Wyner tracks 2, 5, 7, 16, 20 to 22, 27, 30, 32 mezzo-soprano vocals Linda Russell tracks 1, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13 ophicleide [c] Jay Krush tracks 6, 8, 13 ophicleide [e♭ quinticlave] Marian Hesse tracks 22, 30, 32 piano Rudolph Palmer producer John Ostendorf producer Michael Johns producer, engineer, edited by [digital editor] Stephen J. Epstein tracks 1, 8, 11, 14, 25, 26, 31 snare Daniel Armstrong tracks 3, 5, 7, 9, 17, 20 to 22, 24, 27, 30, 32 tenor vocals Frederick Urrey tracks 3, 5, 7, 9, 15, 20 to 22, 27, 30, 32 tenor vocals Patrick Romano tracks 27 tenor vocals Rudolph Palmer tracks 1, 8, 11 trombone [b♭ tenor] David Vining tracks 1, 4, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13 trombone [b♭ tenor] Larry Zimmerman Track 8 spelled President as Persident in liner notes in 2 places.
Vocals recorded at the Recital Hall, SUNY/Purchase, April 1992. Instrumentals recorded at the Samuel and Elaine Lieberman Auditorium of the Germantown Branch of the Settlement Music School, Philadelphia PA, March 1992.