Marvin Lee Aday "Meat Loaf" - Vocals

Jim Steinman - Keyboards, percussion, spoken word

Davey Johnstone - Guitars

Joe DeAngelis - Guitars

Mick Ronson - Guitars

Todd Rundgren - Guitars, keyboards, percussion, background vocals

Kasim Sultan - Bass, background vocals

Steve Buslowe - Bass

John Wilcox - Drums

Liberty DeVitto - Drums

Max Weinberg - Drums

Jimmy Maelen - Percussion, African logs

Marvin Lee - Percussion

Edgar Winter - Saxophone

Chryl Hardwick - Piano

Larry Fast - Synthesizers

Roger Powell - Synthesizer

Roy Bittan - Piano, keyboards

Steve Margoshes - Piano

Nicky Hopkin -Piano

Alan Rubin - Horns

Lou Marini - Horns

Lou Del Gatto - Horns

Tom Malone - Horns

Ellen Foley - Femele vocals on "Paradise by the...", background vocals

Leslie Aday - Female voice

Cher - Vocals

Eric Troyer - Background vocals

Allan Nicholls - Background vocals

Ted Neeley - Background vocals

Rhonda Coullet - Background vocals

Rory Dodd - Background vocals

Members of the New York Philharmonic and Philadelphia Orchestra