Bass – Bob Babbitt
Design [Original Cover] – Nancy Chester, See / Hear! & How!*
Drums – Andrew Smith (4)
Electric Guitar – Dennis Coffey
Engineer – Mike Theodore, Milan Bogden*
Graphic Design – Vincent Cook
Keyboards [Keys], Arranged By [Brass/String Arrangements] – Mike Theodore
Leader [Detroit Symphony] – Gorden Staples*
Leader [Horns – 3 Trombones, Baritone Sax] – Carl Reatz*
Liner Notes [Essay] – Kevin “Sipreano” Howes
Liner Notes [My First Introduction To The World Of Rodriguez] – Dennis Coffey
Liner Notes [The Poet Of Cass Corridor] – Mike Theodore
Percussion – Bob Pangborn*
Photography By – Clarence Avant, Dennis Coffey, John Samson (2), Mike Theodore, Rayma Rawa, Regan Rodriguez, Sixto Rodriguez, Tim Forster*
Photography By [Original Album Cover Photo] – Bob Flath
Producer, Arranged By – Dennis Coffey, Mike Theodore
Remastered By – Dave Cooley
Remix [Original Album] – Ray Hall
Songwriter – Dennis Coffey (tracks: A5, B4), Gary Harvey (tracks: A5, B4), Mike Theodore (tracks: A5, B4), Sixto Rodriguez (tracks: A1 to A4, A6 to B3, B5, B6)
Strings – Detroit Symphony*
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – Sixto Rodriguez