Bono's liner notes had previously appeared as his New York Times Op-ed column on January 9, 2009.

Pete Candoli, Don Fagerquist, Shorty Sherock, Ray Triscari (tpt); Louis Blackbum, Lew McCreary, Dick Noel (tbn); Ken Shroyer (b-tbn); Bob Hardaway, Paul Hom, Don Lodice, Bud Shank, Nino Tempo (sax/wwd); Harry Bluestone, Harold Dicterow, Bonnie Douglas, Lou Raderman, Sal1y Raderman, Mischa Russell, Paul Shure, Marshall Sasson (vln); Cecil Figelski, Barbara Simons (via); Jacqueline Lustgarten, Nino Rosso (vlc); Ann Mason Stockton (harp); Bill Miller, Lou Levy (p); Al Viola (g); Monty Budwig (b); Hubert Anderson (vib); Alvin Stoller (d); Don Costa (arr).

John Cave, Vincent DeRosa, Richard Perissi (fr-h); Gene Cipriano, Chuck Gentry, Justin Gordon, Paul Hom, Ronny Lang, Ted Nash (sax/wwd); Israel Baker, Thelma Beach, Bonnie Douglas, Jacques Gasselin, Lou Raderman, Sally Raderman, Mischa Russell, Ralph Schaeffer, Paul Shure, Gerald Vinci (vln); Allan Harshman, Alvin Dinkin, Virginia Majewski, Alex Neiman (via); Justin DiTullio, Jacqueline Lustgarten, Kurt Reher, Nino Rosso (vie); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller, Lou Levy (p/cel); Joe Pass (g); Chuck Berghofer (b); Irving Cottler (d); Emil Richards (perc); Don Costa (arr).

John Cave, Vincent DeRosa, Richard Perissi (fr-h); Gene Cipriano, Justin Gordon, Lloyd Hildebrand, Ronny Lang, Don Lodice, Bud Shank (sax/wwd); Israel Baker, Thelma Beach, Arnold Belnick, Lou Raderman, Sally Raderman, Nathan Ross, Mischa Russell, Ralph Schaeffer, Marshall Sosson, Gerald Vinci (vln); Allan Harshman, Paul Robyn, Alvin Dinkin, Alex Neiman (via); Justin DiTullio, Armand Kaproff, Edgar Lustgarten, Jacqueline Lustgarten (vie); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller, Lou Levy (p/cel/harpsichord); Al Viola (g); Chuck Berghofer (b); John Guerin (d); Emil Richards (perc); Don Costa (arr).

Conte Candoli, Bud Brisbois, Shorty Sherock (tpt); Milt Bernhart, Louis Blackbum, Tommy Pederson (tbn); Ernie Tack (b-tbn); Arthur Frantz, James McGee, George Price (fr-h); Buddy Collette, Chuck Gentry, Justin Gordon, Ted Nash, Ethmer Roten (sax/wwd); Thelma Beach, Maurice Dicterow, Sam Freed Jr., David Frisina, William Kurasch, Emo Neufeld, Lou Raderman, Sally Raderman, Mischa Russell, Joe Stepansky (vln); Alvin Dinkin, Alex Neiman, Paul Robyn, Barbara Simons (via); Nino Rosso, Lester Harris, Irving Lipschultz, Joseph Saxon (vlc); Ann Mason Stockton (harp); Lou Levy (p); Bobby Gibbons, Bill Pitman, Al Viola (g); Joe Mondragon (b); Irving Cottler (d); Alan Estes, Wallace Snow (perc).