Personnel: Vern Gosdin (vocals); Roger McGuinn (vocals, 12-string guitar); Bruce Watkins, Fred Carter, Jr. (acoustic guitar); Gregg Galbraith (acoustic & electric guitars); Dale Oliver (electric guitar); Fred Newell (electric guitar, guitar); Bobby Thompson, Chip Young, Jimmy Capps, John Goin, Brent Rowan (guitar); Sonny Garrish, Weldon Myrick (steel guitar); Randy Scruggs (banjo); Rob Hajacos, Buddy Spicher, Mark O'Connor (fiddle); Terry McMillan (harmonica, tambourine, percussion); Mitch Humphries (piano, keyboards); Gary Prim (keyboards); Larry Paxton (bass); Jerry Kroon (drums); Kenny Malone (drums, percussion); Mark Morris (percussion); Rex Gosdin, Beverly Gosdin, Kathy Burdick, Curtis Young, Emmylou Harris, Lou Reid (background vocals).
Strings: Carl Gorodetzky (conductor); The Nashville String Machine.
Producers: Blake Mevis (tracks 1-3, 5, 7-8, 10-11); Vern Gosdin, Robert John Jones (tracks 4, 6, 9, 12); Brian Tankersley (track 13).
Engineers: Travis Turk (tracks 14-33).
THE TRULY GREAT HITS OF VERN GOSDIN is a collection of his recordings for the Compleat label, and includes an interview.