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A1	The Opening - The Battle Of The Bands Written-By – Chip Douglas, Nilsson*	2:15
A2	The Last Thing I Remember Written-By – The Turtles	2:50
A3	Elenore Written-By – The Turtles	2:30
A4	Too Much Heartsick Feeling Written-By – The Turtles	2:35
A5	Oh, Daddy! Written-By – The Turtles	2:45
A6	Buzzsaw Written-By – The Turtles	1:53
B1	Surfer Dan Written-By – The Turtles	2:40
B2	I'm Chief Kamanawanalea (We're The Royal Macadamia Nuts) Written-By – The Turtles	1:30
B3	You Showed Me Written-By – Gene Clark, James McGuinn*	3:05
B4	Food Written-By – The Turtles	2:34
B5	Chicken Little Was Right Written-By – The Turtles	2:43
B6	The Closing - Earth Anthem (All) Written-By – Bill Martin	3:53

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Gold Star Studios
• Mastered At – Customatrix
• Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
• Record Company – White Whale Records
• Published By – Dunbar Music, Inc.
• Published By – The Douglas F. Hatlelid Foundation
• Published By – Ishmael Music Inc.
• Published By – The Blimp Music
• Published By – Tickson Music Co.
• Published By – Nikapo Voba Music
• Published By – Yum Yum Music Co.
• Recorded At – Gold Star Studios

Credits

• Arranged By – Chip Douglas, The Turtles
• Bass Guitar, Vocals – Jim Pons
• Effects – Mark Volman
• Engineer – Jim Hilton
• Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals – Al Nichol
• Layout [Album Layout], Design Concept – The Turtles
• Percussion, Vocals [Occasional Vocals] – Johnny Barbata*
• Photography By – Rod Dyer
• Producer – Chip Douglas
• Vocals – Mark Volman
• Vocals [First Chair Vocalist] – Howard Kaylan

Notes

Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman pressing as indicated by a small inverted "P" stamp in the runout areas.
1970 repress on concentric-circle labels. Gatefold sleeve.

Gatefold depicts the Turtles in costume as all the different "battling bands":
- The U.S. Teams featuring Raoul
- The Atomic Enchilada
- Howie, Mark, Johny, Jim & Al
- Quad City Ramblers
- The L.A. Bust '66
- The Fabulous Dawgs
- The Cross Fires
- Chief Kamanawanalea and his Royal Macadamia Nuts
- Natures Children
- The Bigg Brothers
- Fats Mallard and the Bluegrass Fireball

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (A-Side Label): WST 8904
• Matrix / Runout (B-Side Label): WST 8905
• Matrix / Runout (Runout A etch, p o A3 stamp): p o WST 8904 -1B A3
• Matrix / Runout (Runout B etch, p o A5 stamp): p o WST 8905 -1B A5
• Rights Society (A1 to B5): BMI
• Rights Society (B6): ASCAP

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
WWS 7118	The Turtles	Present The Battle Of The Bands ‎(LP, Album)	White Whale	WWS 7118	US	1968
SHA-U 113	The Turtles	Elenore ‎(LP)	London Records	SHA-U 113	Germany	1968
WWS 7118	The Turtles	Present The Battle Of The Bands ‎(LP, Album)	London Records, White Whale	WWS 7118	Venezuela	1968
850-7118	The Turtles	The Turtles Present Battle Of The Bands ‎(8-Trk, Album)	White Whale	850-7118	US	1968
WWS 7118	The Turtles	Present The Battle Of The Bands ‎(LP, Album, Promo)	White Whale	WWS 7118	US	1968