Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Middle Man	2:29
A2	Common Sense	3:07
A3	Come Back To Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard	3:17
A4	Wedding Day In Funeralville	2:25
A5	Way Down	2:21
B1	My Own Best Friend	3:12
B2	Fobidden Jimmy	2:52
B3	Saddle In The Rain	3:30
B4	That Close To You	2:45
B5	He Was In Heaven Before He Died	2:12
B6	You Never Can Tell Written-By – Chuck Berry	3:17

Companies, etc.

• Pressed By – Monarch Record Mfg. Co. – △19745
• Mastered At – Atlantic Studios
• Recorded At – Ardent Studios
• Remixed At – Ardent Studios
• Recorded At – Larrabee Sound Studios

Credits

• Acoustic Guitar – Steve Goodman (tracks: A1, B3, B5)
• Acoustic Guitar [Lead] – Steve Goodman (tracks: A2)
• Acoustic Guitar [Slide] – Rick Vito (tracks: A3)
• Art Direction – Bob Defrin
• Bass – Donald "Duck" Dunn (tracks: B2, B3), Steve Spear (tracks: B5), Tommy Cathey (tracks: A1 to B1, B4, B6)
• Design – Paula Scher
• Drums – Peter Bunetta
• Electric Guitar – Paul Cannon (tracks: A1 to A5, B4, B6), Rick Vito (tracks: A1 to B1, B4, B6), Steve Cropper (tracks: B3), Steve Goodman (tracks: A3. B2)
• Engineer – Barry Rudolph, Richard Rosebrough, Ron Capone
• Horns – Andrew Love (tracks: A1, B3), Chuck Findley (tracks: B6), Jack Hale* (tracks: A1, B2, B3), Jackie Kelson* (tracks: B6), James Mitchell (tracks: A1, B3), Jim Horn (tracks: B4, B6), Lewis Collins (tracks: A1, B3), Wayne Jackson (tracks: A1, B2, B3)
• Illustration [Concept] – Al Bunetta
• Illustration [Front & Rear Cover] – Charles B. Slackman
• Mastered By – GP*
• Organ – James Brown (tracks: A5, B1,B2, B4)
• Organ [pump] – James Brown (tracks: B5)
• Piano – Alan Hand (tracks: B2, B3), James Brown (tracks: A1, A5), Larry Muhoberac (tracks: A2 to A4, B1, B4, B6)
• Producer – Steve Cropper
• Remix – Ron Capone, Steve Cropper
• Written-By, Acoustic Guitar – John Prine

Notes

Label Variant:
1. Small pressing ring
2. Text placement is slightly different than other monarch pressing release as of 09/2017

"MO" in label matrix = Monarch pressing

Recorded at Ardent Studios, Memphis, Tennessee and Larabee Studios, Los Angeles, California, Remixed at Ardent

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (A Side Label): ST-A-753331-MO
• Matrix / Runout (B Side Label): ST-A-753332-MO

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SD 18127	John Prine	Common Sense ‎(LP, Album, Mon)	Atlantic	SD 18127	US	1975
SD 18127	John Prine	Common Sense ‎(LP, Album)	Atlantic	SD 18127	Canada	1975
SD 18127	John Prine	Common Sense ‎(LP, Album, RI)	Atlantic	SD 18127	US	1975
SD18127	John Prine	Common Sense ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Atlantic	SD18127	Canada	Unknown
K 50137	John Prine	Common Sense ‎(LP)	Atlantic	K 50137	UK & Ireland	1975

Tracklist

A1	Middle Man
A2	Common Sense
A3	Way Down
B1	Wedding Day In Funeralville
B2	My Own Best Friend
B3	He Was In Heaven Before He Died
C1	Saddle In The Rain
C2	That Close To You
C3	Come Back To Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard (Part 1)
D1	Come Back To Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard (Part 2)
D2	Fobidden Jimmy
D3	You Never Can Tell

Companies, etc.

• Copyright (c) – Atlantic Recording Corporation
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Atlantic Recording Corporation

Notes

[Album cover is on the stickered cardstock sleeve. The cartridge label sticker only has company and tracklist info.]

[On back cover of sleeve and on cartridge label sticker:]
℗©1975 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Printed in U.S.A.

[Same duration is listed for each of the four programs:]
8:00

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Other (On the outer sleeve): 0797

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SD 18127	John Prine	Common Sense ‎(LP, Album, Mon)	Atlantic	SD 18127	US	1975
SD 18127	John Prine	Common Sense ‎(LP, Album)	Atlantic	SD 18127	Canada	1975
SD 18127	John Prine	Common Sense ‎(LP, Album, RI)	Atlantic	SD 18127	US	1975
SD18127	John Prine	Common Sense ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Atlantic	SD18127	Canada	Unknown
K 50137	John Prine	Common Sense ‎(LP)	Atlantic	K 50137	UK & Ireland	1975