a&r [director] Toshiki Hirano
tracks 4, 6, 8, 13 accordion Garth Hudson
tracks 5 accordion [zydeco] Haruomi Hosono
tracks 1, 11, 12 acoustic bass Walter Payton
tracks 5 acoustic guitar Haruomi Hosono
tracks 4, 8, 12, 13 acoustic guitar Makoto Kubota
art direction Junichi Tsunoda
tracks 1, 3, 8 backing vocals Estella Denson
tracks 11, 12 backing vocals Haruomi Hosono
tracks 1, 3, 8 backing vocals Leigh Harris
tracks 1, 5, 11 backing vocals Makoto Kubota
tracks 12 backing vocals Nanako Satoh
coordinator [l.a. session] Paul Shiki
coordinator [new orleans session] June Yamagishi
design Junko Tanaka
tracks 6 drum [pahu] Sandii
tracks 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 13 drums Jim Keltner
tracks 1, 11, 12 drums Shannon Powell
tracks 4 drums Tatsuo Hayashi
tracks 3 to 6, 8 to 10, 12, 13 electric bass Haruomi Hosono
tracks 1, 11 electric guitar June Yamagishi
tracks 12 electric guitar Keni Inoue
tracks 3, 5, 10 electric guitar Makoto Kubota
tracks 8 electric guitar Shigeru Suzuki
tracks 10 electric piano [wurlitzer] Garth Hudson
tracks 1 electric piano [wurlitzer] Haruomi Hosono
engineer Haruomi Hosono
engineer Hiroshi Haraguchi
engineer Justin Phelps
engineer Makoto Kubota
engineer Mark Bingham
engineer Stan Katayama
tracks 13 fiddle Rick Perles
tracks 1 guitar Makoto Kubota
tracks 3, 4, 7, 10, 13 guitar [12 str.] Makoto Kubota
tracks 9 guitar [hawaiian] Yuki Yamauchi
tracks 6, 9 guitar [slack key] Makoto Kubota
tracks 6, 9 guitar [slack key] Yuki Yamauchi
tracks 9, 13 harmonium Haruomi Hosono
tracks 8 keyboards Haruomi Hosono
tracks 9 keyboards Makoto Kubota
legal [witness] Michiko Yamamoto
legal [witness] Toshimi Mikami
management Eiichi Azuma
mastered by Bernie Grundman
mixed by Haruomi Hosono
mixed by Makoto Kubota
mixed by [with] Mark Bingham
tracks 2, 7 noises [ambience] Haruomi Hosono
tracks 5 organ Haruomi Hosono
tracks 3, 8, 10 organ [b3] Garth Hudson
tracks 1, 12 organ [b3] Glen Patcha
tracks 4 pedal steel guitar Hiroki Komazawa
photography by Nanako Satoh
tracks 3 piano [acoustic] Garth Hudson
tracks 11, 12 piano [acoustic] Glen Patcha
producer Haruomi Hosono
producer Makoto Kubota
product manager Kazunori Omoto
tracks 1 rap Makoto Kubota
tracks 5, 8 recorded by Haruomi Hosono
tracks 2, 4, 6, 9, 12 recorded by Makoto Kubota
tracks 1 to 3, 7, 8, 11, 12 recorded by Mark Bingham
tracks 3, 6, 8, 10, 13 recorded by Stan Katayama
tracks 3 slide guitar Makoto Kubota
tracks 3 slide guitar Toshi Higurashi
tracks 10 soprano saxophone Garth Hudson
tracks 2, 7 steel guitar Dave Easly
stylist Kim Martinez
tracks 10, 11 tenor saxophone Craig Klein
tracks 10, 11 trombone Brice Winston
typography [logo type] Carl Sullivan
tracks 6 ukulele Makoto Kubota
tracks 1, 5, 6, 11 vocals Haruomi Hosono
tracks 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13 vocals Makoto Kubota
tracks 6 vocals Sandii
tracks 2 voice [monologue] Makoto Kubota
Record Company Epic Records
Phonographic Copyright (p) Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
Copyright (c) Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
Manufactured By Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
Recorded At The Boiler Room, New Orleans
Recorded At Alchemy Studio, Yokohama
Recorded At NRG Studios
Recorded At Magnet Studio
Recorded At Quiet Lodge
Mixed At Coast Recorders
In jewel case with clear tray and obi. Twenty page booklet includes lyrics in Japanese, English or Hawaiian as appropriate, and track specific musical and production personnel in English/Romaji.
Barcode: 4 988010 204020
Rights Society: JASRAC
Matrix / Runout: LUS-2341 1
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L275
Mould SID Code: IFPI 4525