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tracks a1 to b3 alto saxophone, flute James Spaulding
art direction, design Bob Cato
tracks a1 to b3 bass Cecil McBee
tracks c1 to d3 bass Walter Booker
tracks c1 to d3 drums J.C. Moses
tracks a1 to b3 drums Steve Ellington
liner notes Robert Palmer
photography by Raymond Ross
tracks c1 to d3 piano, written-by Andrew Hill
producer [for release] Michael Cuscuna
producer [original sessions] Alfred Lion
recorded by Rudy Van Gelder
tracks a1 to b3 soprano saxophone, flute, written-by Sam Rivers
tenor saxophone Sam Rivers
tracks a1 to b3 trombone Julian Priester
tracks a1 to b3 trumpet Donald Byrd
Record Company United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc.
Copyright (c) United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc.
Manufactured By United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc.
Recorded At Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Pressed By All Disc Records, Inc.
Published By Blue Horizon Music, Inc.
Published By Unart Music Corp.
Sides A and B recorded March 17, 1967 and reissued in 1986 as [m172643].
Sides C and D recorded March 7, 1966, and reissued in 2007 as [m325251] with 2 alternate takes.
All material previously unreleased.

• auto-coupled release (record 1 – sides A and D coupled; record 2 – sides B and C coupled)
• 70mm pressing ring and lightly etched 22 in the runouts on all sides denotes pressed by [l717172]
• some copies have cut corner on jacket
Matrix / Runout: 22 BN-LA453 – 1 – (Side A runout, etched)
Matrix / Runout: 22 BN-LA453 – 2 – (Side B runout, etched)
Matrix / Runout: 22 BN-LA 453 – 3 – (Side C runout, etched)
Matrix / Runout: 22 BN-LA 453 – 4 – (Side D runout, etched)
Rights Society: BMI
Other: 0798 (Price code (on spine))