Line Up:
Accordion [Original Recording] – Carl Fortina (tracks: 3, 6), Frank Marocco (tracks: 3, 6), Van Dyke Parks (tracks: 12)
Acoustic Bass [Upright Bass, Original Recording] – Buell Neidlinger (tracks: 12)
Backing Vocals [Verse, Original Recording], Harmony Vocals [Verse, Original Recording] – Al Jardine (tracks: 8), Brian Wilson (tracks: 8), Bruce Johnston (tracks: 8), Carl Wilson (tracks: 8), Dennis Wilson (2) (tracks: 8), Mike Love (tracks: 8)
Baritone Saxophone [Original Recording] – Jack Nimitz (tracks: 10), Jay Migliori (tracks: 3, 10)
Bass – Steve Pearce (tracks: 2 to 11, 13 to 17)
Bass Clarinet [Original Recording] – Jay Migliori (tracks: 16)
Bass Guitar [Original Recording] – Al Jardine (tracks: 4, 5, 11), Arthur Wright (tracks: 17), Bill Pitman (tracks: 8, 17), Carol Kaye (tracks: 2, 3, 15, 16), Lyle Ritz (tracks: 17), Ray Pohlman (tracks: 3, 4, 6, 10, 13, 17), Rod Clark (tracks: 12), Ron Brown (tracks: 14)
Bass Saxophone [Original Recording] – Jack Nimitz (tracks: 7)
Bass Trombone [Original Recording] – Ernie Tack (tracks: 10), Gail Martin (tracks: 10)
Bells [Original Recording], Timpani [Tympani, Original Recording] – Frank Capp (tracks: 3)
Bells [Sleigh Bells, Original Recording] – Hal Blaine (tracks: 6)
Cello [Original Recording] – Jesse Erlich (tracks: 6, 17)
Clarinet [Original Recording] – Jay Migliori (tracks: 6), Jim Horn (tracks: 16), Plas Johnson (tracks: 16), Bill Green (tracks: 16, 17)
Clarinet [Original Recording], Bass Clarinet [Original Recording] – Leonard Hartman (tracks: 6)
Conductor – Sally Herbert, Steve Sidwell
Double Bass [Upright Bass, Original Recording] – Lyle Ritz (tracks: 2, 3, 6 to 8, 10, 16, 17)
Drums – Ralph Salmins (tracks: 2 to 11, 13 to 17)
Drums [Original Recording] – Dennis Dragon (tracks: 9), Dennis Wilson (2) (tracks: 4, 5, 10, 13), Hal Blaine (tracks: 2 to 4, 6, 7, 14 to 17), Jim Gordon (tracks: 8, 17), Nick Martinis (tracks: 10)
Drums [Original Recording], Percussion [Original Recording] – Jim Keltner (tracks: 12)
Electric Harpsichord [Synth Harpsichord, Original Recording] – Terry Melcher (tracks: 12)
Flute [Original Recording] – Jay Migliori (tracks: 7, 17), Jim Horn (tracks: 6, 7), Kathy Dragon (tracks: 9), Steve Douglas (tracks: 17), Bill Green (tracks: 6)
French Horn [Original Recording] – Alan Robinson (tracks: 6), George Hyde (tracks: 8)
Glockenspiel [Original Recording] – Frank Capp (tracks: 7)
Guitar – John Parricelli (tracks: 4, 15)
Guitar [Original Recording] – Al Casey (2) (tracks: 7, 10, 17), Al Jardine (tracks: 13), Barney Kessel (tracks: 3, 16), Bill Pitman (tracks: 3), Billy Strange (tracks: 7, 15, 17), Carl Wilson (tracks: 2, 15, 17), Carol Kaye (tracks: 6, 7), Ed Carter (tracks: 9), Glen Campbell (tracks: 15, 16), Howard Roberts (tracks: 2), Jerry Cole (tracks: 2, 3, 7, 17), Mike Deasy (tracks: 10)
Harmonica [Original Recording] – Tommy Morgan (tracks: 17)
Harp [Original Recording] – Maureen Love (tracks: 11)
Harpsichord [Original Recording] – Al De Lory (tracks: 16, 17), Brian Wilson (tracks: 8), Don Randi (tracks: 17), Larry Knechtel (tracks: 6)
Horn [Bicycle, Original Recording] – Hal Blaine (tracks: 16)
Horns [Original Recording] – Harold Billings (tracks: 14), Ollie Mitchell (tracks: 14), Virgil Evans (tracks: 14)
Keyboards [Original Recording] – Don Randi (tracks: 15), Larry Knechtel (tracks: 15)
Lead Guitar [Acoustic, Original Recording], Mandolin [Original Recording], Slide Guitar [Original Recording] – Ry Cooder (tracks: 12)
Lead Guitar [Original Recording] – Carl Wilson (tracks: 4, 5, 11, 13)
Lead Vocals [Original Recording] – Al Jardine (tracks: 11), Alan Jardine (tracks: 15), Brian Wilson (tracks: 3, 5 to 8, 11, 13, 16, 17), Bruce Johnston (tracks: 6, 9), Carl Wilson (tracks: 6, 8, 11, 14, 17), Dennis Wilson (2) (tracks: 11), Mike Love (tracks: 2 to 4, 7, 8, 10, 11 17)
Orchestra – The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Organ [Original Recording] – Al De Lory (tracks: 2), Brian Wilson (tracks: 4, 8, 11, 16), Dennis Wilson (2) (tracks: 17), Larry Knechtel (tracks: 17)
Percussion [Original Recording] – Brian Wilson (tracks: 8, 15, 17), Carl Wilson (tracks: 17), Dennis Wilson (2) (tracks: 4, 10, 14), Frank Capp (tracks: 3, 17), Gary Coleman (tracks: 17), Gene Estes (tracks: 8), Hal Blaine (tracks: 13), Jim Gordon (tracks: 6, 17), Julius Wechter (tracks: 15), Steve Douglas (tracks: 17), The Beach Boys (tracks: 14)
Performer [The Beach Boys] – Al Jardine, Brian Wilson, Bruce Johnston, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson (2), Mike Love
Piano – Dominic Ferris (tracks: 3 to 11, 13 to 17)
Piano [Original Recording] – Al De Lory (tracks: 3, 7, 17), Brian Wilson (tracks: 4, 5, 13, 14, 16, 17), Don Randi (tracks: 17), Leon Russell (tracks: 2, 16), Michael Melvoin (tracks: 17), Steve Douglas (tracks: 16, 17)
Piano [Original Recording], Mandolin [Original Recording], Synth [Moog Bass, Original Recording], Finger Snaps [Original Recording] – Bruce Johnston (tracks: 9)
Piano [Tack Piano, Original Recording] – Brian Wilson (tracks: 8), Don Randi (tracks: 6, 10), Larry Knechtel (tracks: 10), Larry Knechtel (tracks: 3), Van Dyke Parks (tracks: 8)
Piano, Organ, Accordion – Tommy Gerard
Piccolo Flute [Original Recording] – Jim Horn (tracks: 17), Plas Johnson (tracks: 17)
Producer [Original Recording] – Brian Wilson (tracks: 2 to 8, 10, 11, 13, 15 to 17), Bruce Johnston (tracks: 9), Terry Melcher (tracks: 12), The Beach Boys (tracks: 14)
Producer, Liner Notes – Don Reedman, Nick Patrick
Rhythm Guitar [Acoustic, Original Recording] – Carol Kaye (tracks: 8), Jeffrey Foskett (tracks: 12)
Rhythm Guitar [Original Recording] – Carl Wilson (tracks: 4, 5, 13), David Marks (tracks: 11)
Saxophone [Original Recording] – Jack Nimitz (tracks: 2), Jay Migliori (tracks: 2, 4, 14, 16), Joel Peskin (tracks: 12), Plas Johnson (tracks: 15), Steve Douglas (tracks: 2, 4, 15), Bill Green (tracks: 17)
Slide Whistle [Original Recording] – Gene Estes (tracks: 8)
Steel Drums [Original Recording] – Mike (495) (tracks: 12), Milton (Last Name Unknown) (tracks: 12), Vince Charles (tracks: 12)
Tambourine [Original Recording] – Billy Strange (tracks: 2), Frank Capp (tracks: 10), Terry Melcher (tracks: 6), Tony (Last Name Unknown) (tracks: 7)
Tannerin [Electro-Theremin, Original Recording] – Paul Tanner (tracks: 17)
Temple Block [Original Recording] – Steve Douglas
Tenor Saxophone [Original Recording] – Plas Johnson (tracks: 3), Steve Douglas (tracks: 3)
Timpani [Tympani, Original Recording], Bells [Bicycle Bell, Original Recording] – Julius Wechter (tracks: 16)
Trumpet [Original Recording] – Roy Caton (tracks: 2, 3)
Ukulele [Original Recording] – Barney Kessel (tracks: 15), Carl Wilson (tracks: 14), Howard Roberts (tracks: 15)
Vibraphone [Original Recording] – Emil Richards (tracks: 17), Frank Capp (tracks: 2)
Viola [Original Recording] – Darrel Terwilliger (tracks: 6)
Violin [Original Recording] – Leonard Malarsky (tracks: 6), Sid Sharp (tracks: 6)
Vocals [Original Recording] – Al Jardine (tracks: 12), Bruce Johnston (tracks: 12), Carl Wilson (tracks: 12), Mike Love (tracks: 12)
Written-By – Brian Wilson (tracks: 2 to 6, 8, 10, 11, 13 to 17), Bruce Johnston (tracks: 9), Gary Usher (tracks: 11), John Phillips (tracks: 12), Mike Love (tracks: 2 to 4, 12, 13 to 15, 17), Roger Christian (tracks: 5), Scott McKenzie (tracks: 12), Terry Melcher (tracks: 12), Tony Asher (2) (tracks: 3, 6, 10, 16), Traditional (tracks: 7), Van Dyke Parks (tracks: 8)
Written-By, Arranged By, Conductor – Sally Herbert (tracks: 1)