Free As A Bird

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	It's Alright Producer [Produced With] – Tom Lord-Alge	4:59
A2	Not The Moment	4:34
A3	It Doesn't Matter	4:49
A4	Where I Stand Music By, Lyrics By – Mark Hart, Rick Davies	3:38
A5	Free As A Bird	4:20
B1	I'm Beggin' You	5:27
B2	You Never Can Tell With Friends	4:14
B3	Thing For You	3:59
B4	An Awful Thing To Waste	7:47

Companies, etc.

• Copyright (c) – A&M Records, Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – A&M Records, Inc.
• Distributed By – PolyGram Ibérica, S.A.
• Manufactured By – PolyGram Servicios, S.A.
• Published By – Silver Cab Music
• Recorded At – The Backyard Studio
• Recorded At – Ocean Way Recording
• Mixed At – Larrabee Sound Studios
• Mastered At – Masterdisk
• Printed By – PRS Hannover

Credits

• Art Direction, Design – Richard Frankel
• Backing Vocals – Evan Rogers, Karyn White, Linda Foot, Lise Miller*, Marty Walsh
• Bass – Dougie Thomson
• Brass [Brass Section] – Dave Woodford*, John Helliwell, Lee Thornburg, Lon Price, Nick Lane, Scott Page
• Drums – Bob Siebenberg
• Engineer – Norman Hall
• Engineer [Assistant At Backyard Studio] – Bob Loftus
• Engineer [Assistant At Larrabee Sound] – Jeff Lorenzen
• Guitar [Guitars] – Marty Walsh
• Keyboards, Guitar [Guitars], Vocals [Additional] – Mark Hart
• Management – Sue Davies
• Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
• Mixed By – Tom Lord-Alge
• Music By, Lyrics By – Rick Davies (tracks: A1 to A3, A5 to B4)
• Percussion – Steve Reid
• Photography By [Frontcover Photograph] – Mariette Lachaud
• Photography By [Inside] – Raul Vega
• Producer – Rick Davies, Supertramp
• Saxophone [Saxophones] – John Helliwell
• Soloist, Guitar – Mark Hart
• Soloist, Trumpet – Lee Thornburg
• Vocals, Keyboards, Timbales – Rick Davies

Notes

LP Album released in four different colours of cover and inner sleeve: blue, green, pink and yellow. In the front cover photograph, the shape of the bird drawn by Georges Braque is a cut-out, allowing view of the inner sleeve or (when off) the inside of the cover, which was yellow-coloured.

Lyrics and credits printed on inner sleeve.

[On inner sleeve:]
Recorded at the Backyard Studio, Encino, California
Ocean Way Recording, Hollywood, California
Mixed at Larrabee Sound, West Hollywood
Mastered at Masterdisk, New York, New York
Front cover photograph, "Braque In His Studio, 1954" printed with the kind permission of the estate of George Braque and A.D.A.G.P., Paris, France. © 1987 A.D.A.G.P.
Management for Power Steering, Inc.

[On disc labels:]
All songs published by Silver Cab Music. Administered by Almo Music Corp. (ASCAP)
© & ℗ 1987 A&M Records, Inc.
Distribuido por PolyGram Ibérica S.A. (...) · Fabricado en España por PolyGram Servicios, S.A.
Avenida de América s/n , Madrid
Made in Spain

[On back cover:]
℗ 1987 A&M Records Inc., Los Angeles. © 1987 A&M Records Inc., Los Angeles. A&M and [A&M logo] are trademarks of A&M Records Inc./Distribution Polygram/Country of manufacture as stated on record label.
[Embossed on back cover:] PRS Hannover

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (scanned): 082839518116
• Barcode (text): 0 82839 51811 6
• Label Code: LC 0485
• Other (Depósito Legal): M.33042-1987
• Matrix / Runout (Side one, stamped): 850 395181 =1*A*1
• Matrix / Runout (Side two, stamped): 850 395181 =1*B*1
• Rights Society (as per disc labels): BIEM/SGAE
• Rights Society (as per inner sleeve): GEMA
• Other (Distribution Code): POL 281

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CD 5181/DX 2303	Supertramp	Free As A Bird ‎(CD, Album)	A&M Records	CD 5181/DX 2303	USA & Canada	1987
RMC 532249	Supertramp	Free As A Bird ‎(Cass, Album)	A&M Records	RMC 532249	Australia	1987
PCCY-10250	Supertramp	Free As A Bird ‎(CD, Album, Promo, RE)	A&M Records	PCCY-10250	Japan	1991
CS 5181	Supertramp	Free As A Bird ‎(Cass, Album, Chr)	A&M Records	CS 5181	US	1987
395 181-1, 395181-1	Supertramp	Free As A Bird ‎(LP, Album, Yel)	A&M Records, A&M Records	395 181-1, 395181-1	Germany	1987

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