art direction Sandra Choron coordinator [technical coordination assisted by] Greg Goldman coordinator [technical coordination] Toby Scott design Harry Choron engineer [mix engineers, at mix this!] Bob Clearmountain engineer [mix engineers, at thrill hill recording] Ed Thacker engineer [mix engineers, bob clearmountain assisted by] David Boucher engineer [mix engineers, ed thacker assisted by] Ross Petersen engineer [mix engineers, supplemental recording, mix preparation, and mxixing at the record plant remote truck] Thom Panunzio engineer [mix engineers, thom panunzio assisted by] Kooster McAllister liner notes [september 1998] Bruce Springsteen management [jon landau management] Barbara Carr management [jon landau management] Jon Landau mastered by [mastering] Bob Ludwig photography by [1, 14, 16-17 (background), 32-33, 46-47 (background), 48-49, 51, 52-53] David Rose photography by [1/ front cover] Debra L. Rothenberg photography by [1/ inside cover] Peter Cunningham photography by [10-11] James A. Davis photography by [12-13] Frank Stefanko photography by [16 (lower left), 21] Jim Marchese photography by [16-17 (bottom center), 32-33] David Garr photography by [17 (lower right), 30-31, 44 (top), 44 (bottom), 53] Neal Preston photography by [18, 22-23] Joel Bernstein photography by [2/ front cover] David Rose photography by [2/ inside cover] Joel Bernstein photography by [24-25] Eric Meola photography by [27, 38] Pamela Springsteen photography by [28-29, 34, 36, 42-43, 44 (center), 46-47] Annie Leibovitz photography by [2] Debra L. Rothenberg photography by [3/ front cover] Pamela Springsteen photography by [3/ inside cover] Annie Leibovitz photography by [3] Fred Lombardi photography by [4/ front cover] Pamela Springsteen photography by [4/ inside cover] Herb Ritts photography by [41] Herb Ritts photography by [5, 9] Phil A. Ceccola photography by [6] Sony Archives photography by [photography], cover [front cover] Phil A. Ceccola producer [produced by] Bruce Springsteen producer [produced by] Chuck Plotkin Copyright (c) Sony Music Entertainment Phonographic Copyright (p) Bruce Springsteen Distributed By Sony Music Entertainment Distributed By Sony Music Entertainment Poland Sp. z o.o. Record Company Sony Music Entertainment Recorded At CBS Studios, New York Recorded At Max's Kansas City Recorded At 914 Sound Studios Recorded At Record Plant, Los Angeles Recorded By Record Plant Mobile, Los Angeles Recorded At Power Station Recorded At Thrill Hill Recording Recorded At The Hit Factory Recorded At Ocean Way Recording Recorded At Soundworks West Recorded At Record Plant, Los Angeles Recorded At A&M Studios Mastered At Gateway Mastering Mixed At Thrill Hill Recording Mixed At Mix This! Mixed At Record Plant Mobile Studio Copyright (c) Bruce Springsteen Copyright (c) Arc Music Corp. Copyright (c) Rockaway Corp. Glass Mastered At Arvato Glass Mastered At Arvato Glass Mastered At Arvato Glass Mastered At Arvato A 66 track collection of non-album material from 25 years of recording, including 56 previously unreleased tracks. All tracks have been digitally mastered using HDCD technology.
— Recording places Disc 1: - tracks 1, 2, 3 and 4 recorded at CBS Studios, New York, 5/3/72 - track 5 recorded live at Max's Kansas City, 2/19/73 - tracks 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 recorded at 914 Sound Studios, 6/28/73 - track 11 recorded live at The Record Plant (LA Remote), date unknown - track 12 recorded at The Record Plant, 11/10/77 - track 13 recorded at The Record Plant, 10/27/77 - track 14 recorded at Power Station, 6/13/79 - track 15 recorded at The Record Plant, 1/6/74 - track 16 recorded at The Record Plant, 10/14/77 - track 17 recorded at The Record Plant, 7/2/77
Disc 2: - track 1 recorded at The Power Station, 4/11/80 - track 2 recorded at The Power Station, 5/5/82 - track 3 recorded at The Power Station, 4/3/79 - track 4 recorded at The Power Station, 8/21/79 - track 5 recorded at The Power Station, 10/9/79 - track 6 recorded at The Power Station, 7/18/79 - track 7 recorded at The Power Station, 12/7/79 - track 8 recorded at The Power Station, 5/10/82 - track 9 recorded at The Power Station, 4/10/80 - track 10 recorded at The Power Station, 7/21/79 - track 11 recorded at The Power Station, 7/16/77 - track 12 recorded at The Power Station, 5/31/79 - track 13 recorded at The Power Station, 5/30/79 - track 14 recorded at The Power Station, 7/26/79 - track 15 recorded at Thrill Hill Recording, 1/82 - track 16 recorded at Thrill Hill Recording, 1/83 - track 17 recorded at Thrill Hill Recording, 1/83
Disc 3: - track 1 recorded at The Hit Factory, 4/20/83 - track 2 recorded at The Hit Factory, 5/5/82 - track 3 recorded at The Hit Factory, 5/11/82 - track 4 recorded at The Power Station, 5/14/82 - track 5 recorded at The Hit Factory, 6/13/83 - track 6 recorded at The Hit Factory, 6/16/83 - track 7 recorded at The Power Station, 1/25/82 - track 8 recorded at The Hit Factory, 5/31/83 - track 9 recorded at The Hit Factory, 2/3/84 - track 10 recorded at The Hit Factory, 9/4/83 - track 11 recorded at The Hit Factory, 1/12/84 - track 12 recorded at The Hit Factory, 5/31/83 - track 13 recorded at Thrill Hill Recording, 2/87 - track 14 recorded at The Hit Factory, 6/16/83 - track 15 recorded at Thrill Hill Recording, 1/20/87 - track 16 recorded at Thrill Hill Recording, 2/22/87 - track 17 recorded at Thrill Hill Recording, 2/22/87 - track 18 recorded at Thrill Hill Recording, 4/4/87