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1	Childhood Written-By – Rodney Whitaker	8:12
2	Blues In The Closet Written-By – Oscar Pettiford	9:46
3	Repentance Written-By – Cassius Richmond	5:34
4	Mastery Through Love Written-By – Rodney Whitaker	7:18
5	Pilgrim Progress Written-By – Gerald W. Cleaver*	3:43
6	First Impressions Written-By – Cassius Richmond	6:41
7	The Child In The Womb Written-By – Rodney Whitaker	7:21
8	Hidden Kingdom Written-By – Peter Martin	6:47
9	Open Hit (D.W.) Written-By – Rodney Whitaker	9:19
10	The Promise Of You Written-By – Monzola Whitaker, Rodney Whitaker	2:26

Credits

• Design [Cover] – Arai Yasunori*
• Double Bass – Rodney Whitaker
• Drums – Gerald W. Cleaver* (tracks: 1, 5, 7, 8, 10), Gregory Hutchinson (tracks: 3, 9), Kariem Riggins* (tracks: 2, 4, 6)
• Engineer [Assistant] – Barbara Lipke
• Executive-Producer – DIW*, Disk Union
• Flute, Alto Saxophone – Cassius Richmond (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 6, 8, 10)
• Liner Notes – Pat Smith , Takao Ogawa
• Mastered By – Allan Tucker
• Photography By [Cover] – Jimmy Katz
• Piano – J. D. (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 9), Peter Martin (tracks: 1, 5, 7, 8, 10), Rick Roe (tracks: 4)
• Producer – Kazunori Sugiyama, Rodney Whitaker
• Recorded By, Mixed By – Jim Anderson
• Soprano Saxophone – Mark Hynes (tracks: 4)
• Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – James Carter (tracks: 2 to 4, 6, 9), Ron Blake (tracks: 1, 5, 7, 8, 10)
• Trumpet – Dwight Adams (tracks: 1, 5, 7, 8, 10), Marcus Belgrave (tracks: 2 to 4, 6)
• Vocals – Leonard King (tracks: 10)

Notes

Recorded at Avatar, NYC on September 16 & October 2, 1996
Mastered at Foothill Digital, NYC

Distributed by diskUnion
ⒸⓅ 1997 diskUnion

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4 988044 009295
• Matrix / Runout: DIW-929
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI L713
• Mould SID Code: IFPI 1X05
• Rights Society: JASRAC R-9790023

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