The vinyl edition of the album was released with a bonus 7" that included the songs "Man You Gotta Get Up" and "The Golden Flower".

Several tracks were recorded during the Tone Soul Evolution sessions, though some were left unfinished and were ultimately dropped from the album.

"[6] However, he was having difficulty finding the right "soaring" tone for the solo and the band was running short on studio time.

Twenty-four-track analog recording, eight-track transfers and mixing engineered by Michael Deming at Studio.45 (Hartford, Connecticut), with assistance from David Shuman, and The Apples in Stereo.

Album art was done by Steve Keene (one piece inspired by Jasper Francis Cropsie and the other by Piet Mondrian).