| A | Telephone Line- engineer:
- Mack , Dick Plant , John Richards and Duane Scott
- producer:
- Jeff Lynne
- bass and background vocals:
- Kelly Groucutt (in 1976-07)
- cello:
- Melvyn Gale (in 1976-07) and Hugh McDowell (in 1976-07)
- clavinet, Moog and piano:
- Richard Tandy (in 1976-07)
- drums (drum set) and percussion:
- Bev Bevan (in 1976-07)
- guitar:
- Jeff Lynne (in 1976-07) and Richard Tandy (in 1976-07)
- violin:
- Mik Kaminski (in 1976-07)
- lead vocals:
- Jeff Lynne (in 1976-07)
- conductor:
- Louis Clark (in 1976-07)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- United Artists Music and Records Group, Inc. (in 1974), Jet Records (in 1976) and Sony Music Entertainment (in 1976, in 2005)
- recorded at:
- Cherokee Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1976-07), De Lane Lea Studios in Soho, Westminster, London , England, United Kingdom (in 1976-07) and Musicland Studios in München, Bayern, Germany (in 1976-07)
- mixed at:
- Musicland Studios in München, Bayern, Germany
- edited at:
- Cherokee Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
- recording of:
- Telephone Line (in 1976-07)
- lyricist and composer:
- Jeff Lynne
- publisher:
- EMI April Music Inc., EMI Blackwood Music Inc. , EMI Songs Ltd., Polygon Publishing Ltd., イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
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