art direction [reissue] Geoff Gans
tracks 1 to 3, 9 to 12 backing vocals Almeda Lattimore
tracks 1, 2, 7, 8, 11 backing vocals Brenda Bryant
tracks 3, 9, 10, 12 backing vocals Evelyn Green
tracks 1, 2, 7, 8, 11 backing vocals Margaret Branch
tracks 3, 9, 10, 12 backing vocals Pat Lewis
tracks 3, 9, 10, 12 backing vocals Wylene Ivy
tracks 8, 9, 12 bass Harold Cowart
tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 10 bass [the dixie flyers] Tommy McClure
tracks 3, 5, 7, 11 bass [the muscle shoals rhythm section] David Hood
design Loring Eutemey
tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 10 drums [the dixie flyers] Sammy Creason
tracks 3, 5, 7, 11 drums [the muscle shoals rhythm section] Roger Hawkins
engineer Chuck Kirkpatrick
engineer Lew Hahn
engineer Ron Albert
tracks 8, 11, 12 guitar Cornell Dupree
tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 10 guitar [the dixie flyers] Charlie Freeman
tracks 3, 5, 7, 11 guitar [the muscle shoals rhythm section] Eddie Hinton
tracks 3, 5, 7, 11 guitar [the muscle shoals rhythm section] Jimmy Johnson
tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 10 keyboards [the dixie flyers] Jim Dickinson
tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 10 keyboards [the dixie flyers] Michael Utley
tracks 3, 5, 7, 11 keyboards [the muscle shoals rhythm section] Barry Beckett
liner notes [reissue] David Nathan
mixed by Jimmy Douglass
tracks 8, 9, 12 organ Dave Crawford
photography by [backliner photo] Jim Marshall
photography by [cover] Stephen Paley
tracks 1 to 6, 8 to 12 piano Aretha Franklin
producer Jerry Wexler
producer, mixed by Tom Dowd
producer, mixed by, arranged by [string] Arif Mardin
remastered by Bill Inglot
remastered by Dan Hersch
research [reissue] Gary Peterson
research [reissue] Michael Mazzarella
research [reissue] Patrick Milligan
Copyright (c) Atlantic Recording Corporation
Licensed From Atlantic Recording Corporation
Recorded At Atlantic Studios
Recorded At Criteria Recording Studios
Remastered At DigiPrep
Made By Warner Music Manufacturing Europe
Pressed By WMME Alsdorf
Originally released August 24, 1970 as Spirit In The Dark.

Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, NYC :
track 11 May 26, 1969
tracks 5 & 7 May 27, 1969

Recorded at Criteria Studios, Miami, FL :
tracks 3 & 9 in October 1969
tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 in March 1970




Barcode: 081227152529
Label Code: LC 2982
Matrix / Runout: 812271525-2 WME
Mould SID Code: IFPI 05N8
Price Code: CA 835
Rights Society: GEMA/BIEM