Tracklist

A	Hostage (Part 1)	30:00
B	Hostage (Part 2)	36:00

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Sweetwater, Redondo Beach – 8122-71758-4

Credits

• Art Direction [Art Director] – Grace Amemiya
• Coordinator [Production Coordinator] – Harvey Kubernik*
• Edited By, Producer – Denny Bruce
• Liner Notes – Kenneth Funsten
• Mastered By – Ken Perry
• Other [Special Thanks] – Bill Coben, City Lights Books, San Francisco, Joe Wolberg, Jon Monday, Linda Lee, Takoma Records
• Photography By – Michael Montfort

Notes

Recorded live during a reading at the Sweetwater, Redondo Beach, California, April 1980
This album was originally issued as Freeway #1058, August 1985.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
FRWY 1058	Charles Bukowski	Hostage ‎(LP, Album)	Freeway Records	FRWY 1058	US	1985
R2 71758	Charles Bukowski	Hostage ‎(CD, Album)	Rhino Word Beat	R2 71758	US	1994