Tracklist
| A1 | Making Love After Hours | 4:20 |
| A2 | Roots | 4:09 |
| A3 | The Inflated Tear | 4:53 |
| A4 | Lovellevelliloqui | 3:59 |
| A5 | Lady's Blues | 3:46 |
| B1 | Volunteered Slavery | 5:44 |
| B2 | Spirits Up Above | 3:36 |
| B3 | Something For Trane That Trane Could Have Said | 3:05 |
| B4 | Ain't No Sunshine | 2:29 |
| B5 | Blacknuss | 5:13 |
| C1 | Do Nothin' 'til You Hear From Me | 4:38 |
| C2 | Carney And Begard Place | 5:35 |
| C3 | Seasons (One Mind Winter / Summer / Ninth Ghost) | 10:34 |
| D1 | Freaks For The Festival | 4:00 |
| D2 | Portrait Of Those Beautiful Ladies | 6:22 |
| D3 | Three For The Festival | 4:23 |
| D4 | Serenade To A Cuckoo | 3:28 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – Warner Classics UK Ltd.
- Copyright (c) – Warner Classics UK Ltd.
- Recorded At – Webster Hall
- Recorded At – Regent Sound Studios
- Recorded At – Newport Jazz Festival
- Recorded At – Montreux Jazz Festival
- Designed At – Graphyk
- Mastered At – Metropolis Studios
- Published By – Rokir Music Corp.
- Published By – EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
- Published By – Universal Music Publishing Ltd.
- Published By – Harrison Music Corp.
- Pressed By – MPO
Credits
- Artwork – Jean Luke Epstein
- Backing Vocals – The Roland Kirk Spirit Choir (tracks: B1, B2)
- Baritone Saxophone – Pat Patrick (tracks: D1, D2), Pepper Adams (tracks: A5)
- Bass – Cornell Dupree (tracks: D2), Francisco Centeno (tracks: D1), Henry Matathias Pearson* (tracks: B4, B5, C3, D1, D2, D4), Hugh McCracken (tracks: D2), Keith Loving (tracks: D2), Major Holley (tracks: A1, A3), Ron Carter (tracks: C1, C2), Steve Novosel (tracks: A3, A4), Vernon Martin (tracks: A5, B1, B2, D3), Bill Salter* (tracks: D1, D2)
- Bass Drum – Roland Kirk (tracks: B3)
- Bass Saxophone – Roland Kirk (tracks: D1)
- Bassoon – Daniel Jones (tracks: A5)
- Bells [Cymbal Bells] – Roland Kirk (tracks: B3)
- Body Percussion [Palms] – Roland Kirk (tracks: B3)
- Cello – Kermit Moore (tracks: C3)
- Clarinet – Roland Kirk (tracks: A3, A4, B1 to B5)
- Compiled By – Jon Newey
- Compiled By, Product Manager – Florence Halfon
- Congas – Lawrence Killian (tracks: D1, D2), Ralph MacDonald (tracks: D1, D2), Richard Landrum (tracks: B4, B5)
- Drums – Charles Crosby (tracks: A1, A2, B1), Grady Tate (tracks: C1, C2), Harold White (tracks: D3), Jimmy Hopps (tracks: A3 to A5), John Goldsmith (tracks: D1, D2), Khalil Mhdri (tracks: B4), Maurice McKinley (tracks: B3), Robert Shy (tracks: C3, D4), Sonny Brown (tracks: D1, D2), Steve Gadd (tracks: D1, D2)
- English Horn – Roland Kirk (tracks: A3)
- Flute – Roland Kirk (tracks: A3 to A5, B1 to B5, C1 to C3, D1 to D4)
- Gong – Roland Kirk (tracks: B3)
- Guitar – Billy Butler (tracks: B4, B5), Cornell Dupree (tracks: D1), Hugh McCracken (tracks: D1), Keith Loving (tracks: D1)
- Harmonium – Roland Kirk (tracks: B3)
- Harp – Alice Coltrane (tracks: A5)
- Keyboards – Arthur Jenkins (tracks: D1, D2), Hilton Ruiz (tracks: D1, D2), Richard Tee (tracks: D2)
- Liner Notes – Kevin Le Gendre
- Mastered By – Dan Baldwin , Giovanni Scatola
- Musical Box – Roland Kirk (tracks: B3)
- Nose Flute – Roland Kirk (tracks: B1, B2, C3, D3, D4)
- Oboe – Harry Smyles (tracks: C3)
- Other [Misc. Instruments] – Roland Kirk (tracks: B4, B5, D3, D4)
- Percussion – Joe Habao Texidor* (tracks: D3, D4), Ralph MacDonald (tracks: C3, D1, D2), Gerald 'Sonny' Brown* (tracks: A5, B2, C3), Warren Smith (tracks: A5)
- Percussion [Thundersheet] – Joe Habao Texidor* (tracks: B3, B4), Roland Kirk (tracks: B3)
- Piano – Hank Jones (tracks: C1, C2), Jaki Byard (tracks: A2), Lonnie Liston Smith (tracks: A1), Ron Burton (tracks: A3 to A5, B1, B2, C3, D3, D4), Sonelius Smith (tracks: B4, B5)
- Piccolo Flute – Roland Kirk (tracks: B3)
- Pipe – Roland Kirk (tracks: B3, C3)
- Saxophone [Manzello] – Roland Kirk (tracks: A1, A3 to A5, B1 to B5, C1, C2, D1 to D4)
- Saxophone [Stritch] – Roland Kirk (tracks: A1, A3 to A5, B1 to B5, C1, C2, D1 to D4)
- Sounds [Bird Sounds] – Roland Kirk (tracks: B3)
- Tambourine – Joe Habao Texidor* (tracks: B1, B3 to B5)
- Tenor Saxophone – Roland Kirk (tracks: A1 to D1, D3 to D4)
- Timpani – Roland Kirk (tracks: B3)
- Trombone – Dick Griffith* (tracks: B1, C3)
- Trumpet – Charles McGhee (tracks: B1, C3), Richard Williams (tracks: A5), Roland Kirk (tracks: D1)
- Tuba – Benny Powell (tracks: A5), Dick Griffith* (tracks: A5)
- Viola – Al Brown* (tracks: C3)
- Violin – Gayle Dixon (tracks: C3), Julien Barber (tracks: C3), Sanford Allen (tracks: C3), Selwart Clarke (tracks: C3)
- Vocals – Cissy Houston, Dee Dee Bridgewater (tracks: C3), Jeanne Lee (tracks: C3), Roland Kirk (tracks: B1, B2)
- Whistle – Roland Kirk (tracks: A3, A4, B1, B2)
- Written-By – Bill Withers (tracks: B4), Bob Russell (tracks: C1), Duke Ellington (tracks: C1), Roland Kirk (tracks: A1 to A4, B1 to B3, C2 to C3, D2 to D5)
Notes
℗ & © 2012.Recordings: NYC, March 14, 1965 (A1, A2); Webster Hall NYC, November 27, 1967 (A3) and 30 November, 1967 (A4);
NYC, June 18, 1968 (A5); Regent Sound Studio, NYC, July 23, 1969 (B1), July 22, 1969 (B2), January 26, 1971 (B3) January 22, 1973 (C3);
NYC, August 31, 1971 (B4, B5); NYC Marc 31, 1972 (C1, C2); Regent Sound Studio, NYC, May 14, 1975 (D1, D2);
Newport Jazz Festival 1968 (D3); Montreux Jazz Festival, June 24, 1972 (D4).
Rhino Records logo on the back cover.
Made in the EU.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: 0825646591411
- Label Code: LC 04281
- Rights Society: GEMA/BIEM
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched runout): 2564659141 A MPO
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched runout): 2564659141 B MPO
- Matrix / Runout (Side C, etched runout): 2564659141 C MPO
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, Dtched runout): 2564659141 D MPO
Other versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2564659266 | Rahsaan Roland Kirk* | Spirits Up Above: The Rahsaan Roland Kirk Anthology - The Atlantic Years 1965-1976 (2xCD, Comp) | Warner Jazz, Rhino Records | 2564659266 | Europe | 2012 |
