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A1	Bright Lights
A2	The Lonely Crowd Congas – Tone "Groko" Utah*
A3	House Bound
A4	What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend Bass – Horace Panter
A5	Night On The Tiles Backing Vocals – Lynval Golding
B1	Nelson Mandela Backing Vocals – Dave Wakeling, Elvis Costello, Lynval Golding, Molly Jackson, Polly Jackson, Rankin Roger*Flute – David Heath*Tin Whistle [Penny Whistle] – Paul Speare
B2	War Crimes (The Crime Is Still The Same) Bass – Horace PanterViolin – Nick Parker
B3	Racist Friend Guitar – Roddy RadiationVocals – Egidio Newton
B4	Alcohol Bass – Horace Panter
B5	Break Down The Door Bass, Synthesizer – John Bradbury

Credits

• Backing Vocals – Caron Wheeler (tracks: A3), Claudia Fontaine (tracks: A3), Egidio Newton (tracks: A1, B2, B4, B5), Naomi Thompson (tracks: A3), Rhoda Dakar (tracks: A1, A3, B1, B2, B4)
• Bass – Gary McManus
• Cornet, Flugelhorn – Dick Cuthell (tracks: A1, A3, A4, B1, B2, B5)
• Drums – John Bradbury
• Engineer – Alvin Clarke* (tracks: A2, B1, B3), Colin Fairleigh (tracks: A3), Dick Cuthell (tracks: A2), Jeremy Green (tracks: B2), Mark Freegard (tracks: A1, A4, B4, B5), Teri Reed (tracks: A5)
• Engineer [Rhythm Tracks] – Johnny Rivers*, Steve Churchyard
• Guitar – John Shipley
• Mastered By – Tim Young
• Piano, Organ – Jerry Dammers
• Producer – Dick Cuthell (tracks: A2, B2), Elvis Costello (tracks: A3), Jerry Dammers (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B1, B3 to B5)
• Saxophone – Andy Aderinto (tracks: A1, A3, A4, B3, B4)
• Trombone – Rico Rodriquez* (tracks: A1, A4, B1, B2)
• Vocals – Rhoda Dakar, Stan Campbell

Notes

Claude Fontaine, Caron Wheeler and Naomi Thompson are Afrodisiak.

Made in Greece. Very different tracklisting to the UK version.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CHR TT 5008	The Special AKA	In The Studio ‎(LP, Album)	Two-Tone Records	CHR TT 5008	UK	1984
none	The Specials*	In The Studio ‎(CDr, Album, Promo, RE, RM)	EMI Music France	none	France	2002
5C 206290	The Special AKA	In The Studio With The Special AKA ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Two-Tone Records	5C 206290	Spain	Unknown
WWS-81663	The Special AKA	In The Studio With The Special AKA ‎(LP, Album)	Chrysalis	WWS-81663	Japan	1984
CCD 5008 3214472	The Special AKA	In The Studio ‎(CD, Album)	Chrysalis Records Ltd.	CCD 5008 3214472	UK	1984