Issued in a non-gatefold jacket, with a 12"×12" 8-page folded glossy color insert with credits and lyrics in several languages.

"I" stamp in runouts denotes RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis, pressing. Remainder of runouts mostly etched, plating may be stamped.

~25mm/1" pressing ring. (A version with larger pressing rings also exists: this version.)

There is no music on side D.

Labels:
All songs published by Pokazuka Ltd. (PRS). Administered in the U.S. and Canada by Almo Music Corp. (ASCAP).

First catalog number (SP-6021) on labels.
Second catalog number (SP6021) on jacket spine and back cover.

Jacket back:
"This is a three sided, digital, live, direct-to-two-track recording."
Side 4 label:
"There is no music on this side."

Recorded at The Roundabout Theatre, East 17th Street, New York City, January 23rd, 24th, and 25th (except C6, recorded during rehearsals January 22nd).
Remote Recording Facility > LeMobile

Hype sticker affixed to front cover (catalog number SP-6021) on some copies:
Printed In U.S.A.
Specially Priced
Joe Jackson
Big World
A Three Sided, Digital, Direct-To-Two-Track Recording, Includes Eight Page Booklet With Lyrics And Information In English, German, Japanese, French, Italian, And Spanish.

℗ © 1986