The Best of the Long Ryders

Notes

• "Capturing the Flag" was recorded live at the Bottom Line in New York City on 7 May 1987
• "Masters of War" and "I Can't Hide" were recorded for the abandoned 5 by 5 sessions in February 1985.

Credits are adapted from the album liner notes.^[7]

The Long Ryders

• Sid Griffin – guitar, autoharp, harmonica, vocals
• Steve McCarthy – guitar, mandolin, banjo, lap steel guitar, vocals
• Greg Sowders – drums
• Tom Stevens – bass, vocals (except 10-5-60)
• Des Brewer – bass, vocals (10-5-60)

Additional musicians

• Gene Clark – vocals on "Ivory Tower"
• Dave Pearlman – pedal steel guitar on "(Sweet) Mental Revenge"
• Will Glenn – violin on "Masters of War"
• Steve Wickham – violin on "If I Were a Bramble and You Were a Rose"
• Christine Collister – vocals on "If I Were a Bramble and You Were a Rose"
• Debbi Peterson – vocals on "I Want You Bad"
• Vicki Peterson – vocals on "I Want You Bad"

Technical

• Will Birch – producer (1–3, 8, 10)
• Ed Stasium – producer (4–7)
• David Van Der Heyden – producer (9)
• Henry Lewy – producer (11–14)
• Paul McKenna – producer (11–14, 17, 18)
• Earle Mankey – producer (15, 16)
• The Long Ryders – producer (15–18)
• Jerome Schmitt – remastering
• Sid Griffin – remastering
• Phil Smee – design
• Greg Sowders – liner notes
• Tom Stevens – liner notes
• Pete Frame – booklet family tree