The main source for the
astronomical/cosmological knowledge in the essay, On Goduniverse, came from the book
Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos by Dennis Overbye.
I, David Eli Barchas, mostly known as David
Eli or David, wrote the essays and also wrote the lyrics and the main melodies
of the songs.
Medicine Story wrote the sentence, "Love is
life believing in itself," that appears in
Covenant of Peace.
In the four songs mentioned above I do the
lead singing.
The brief keyboard solo in We Can Stop
World War 3 was written and performed by Yossi Chajes.
Avi Barak provided the drumming in We Can
Stop World War 3 and in Smile Love.
The English version of We Are Many We Are
One involved several studio sessions at PRS, Haarlem, Holland, beginning in
1986.
Music production: Paul Jan Nelissen
Lead vocals: Benito Dorthuizen / Del Richardson / David Eli
Choir: Ellen van Eldik / Joyce Julienne / Dominique van der Lande
Keyboards: Glenn Gaddum / Daan van Rysbergen / Robert Gaasterland
Guitars: Victor van Kampen / Junior / Sander Janssen
Bass: Lesley Joseph / W. Dykgraaff
Drums: Ron Jansen
Mixed at: Zeezicht, Spaarnwoude, Holland
Recording and mixing engineer: Sander Janssen
Special thanks to Paul Jan Nelissen and Sander Janssen for all their generous
help and to the whole wonderful musical cast. This song was originally recorded
under the name For Peace with the F.M. Force Band in Kingston, Jamaica in 1985.
In 1990 a Hebrew version of We Are Many We
Are One was recorded and mixed under the name Anu Rabim Anu
Echad, using a shortened instrumental sound track of the English
version, and the two versions with a playback were made into a D.J. record.
Music production for the D.J.: Johnathan Cohen
Hebrew translation: David Kriss / Johnathan Cohen
Hebrew lead vocals: Miki Mayers / David Eli
Hebrew choir: Nurit Cohen / Anat Edri / David Eli
Recorded at: Zound, Tel Aviv, Israel
Mixed at Triton, Bnei Brak, Israel
Recording and mixing engineers in Israel: Kobi Eshel, Shahar Zarfati