bass, bass [electric], gong, percussion [log drums], whistle, vocals Malachi Favors design [cover] Gary Grimshaw design [cover] Rainbow Graphics drums, congas, marimba [bass], gong, percussion [log drums], whistle, percussion, vocals Famoudou Don Moye engineer [recording & mixing] Jimmy Douglass photography by [back cover] Susan Hyman photography by [cover] Leni Sinclair producer Jimmy Douglass producer Michael Cuscuna producer Tunç Erim sleeve notes John Sinclair sleeve notes Michael Cuscuna sopranino saxophone, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, congas, vibraphone, percussion, vocals Joseph Jarman soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, bass saxophone, clarinet, drums, percussion, vocals Roscoe Mitchell trumpet, flugelhorn, horns [kelphorn], bass drum, percussion, vocals Lester Bowie Published By Art Ensemble Of Chicago Music, Inc. Recorded At Otis Spann Memorial Field Mixed At Atlantic Studios Phonographic Copyright (p) Atlantic Recording Corporation Copyright (c) Atlantic Recording Corporation Lacquer Cut At Atlantic Studios Pressed By Presswell Manufactured By Atlantic Recording Corporation Presswell pressed version distinguished by PR matrix on labels and PR in runout.
Recorded on 9 September 1972 at the Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival at Otis Spann Memorial Field, Ann Arbor, MI.
Cat# on front cover and spine: SD 1639 Cat# on back cover, upper right: SD1639 Cat# on center labels: SD-1639 Matrix / Runout: ST-A-722719-PR (Side A label) Matrix / Runout: ST-A-722720-PR (Side B label) Matrix / Runout: PR ST-A-722719-A AT (Side A runout, etched) Matrix / Runout: PR ST-A-722720-A AT (Side B runout, etched)