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A1	Three For The Festival Written-By – Roland Kirk	3:05
A2	Moon Song Written-By – Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow	4:17
A3	A Sack Full Of Soul Written-By – Roland Kirk	4:35
A4	The Haunted Melody Written-By – Roland Kirk	3:36
A5	Blues For Alice Written-By – Charlie Parker	4:04
B1	We Free Kings Written-By – Roland Kirk	4:45
B2	You Dit It, You Did It Written-By – Roland Kirk	2:24
B3	Some Kind Of Love Written-By – Roland Kirk	6:06
B4	My Delight Written-By – Roland Kirk	4:26

Companies, etc.

• Recorded By – Nola Recording Studios
• Manufactured By – Nippon Phonogram Co., Ltd. – 195J-47
• Distributed By – Nippon Phonogram Co., Ltd. – 195J-47

Credits

• Bass – Art Davis (tracks: A3, A4, A5, B4), Wendell Marshall (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2, B3)
• Drums – Charlie Persip
• Piano – Hank Jones (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2, B3), Richard Wyands (tracks: A3, A4, A5, B4)
• Recorded By – Tommy Nola
• Recording Supervisor – Jack Tracy
• Siren, Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Alto Saxophone, Saxello – Roland Kirk
• Sleeve Notes – Martin Williams

Notes

Mercury V.S.O.P. Jazz Series, Direct From Digital Master

Some Instruments played by Roland Kirk are named "Manzello" or "Stritch".
A Manzello is a historic King-Saxello. A Stritch is a Buescher-Es-Alto Saxophone in adapted design (These informations taken from the Roland-Kirk-Articel in wikipedia)

HI-FInformation
This session was recorded monaurally and stereophonically at Nola Penthouse Studios in New York City, with Tommy Nola at the controls and Jack Tracy supervising. Rhythm section microphones used were a Neuman U 48 on piano, RCA 44 on the bass, and a Telefunken U 47 on drums, A Neuman KM 54 was used on Roland Kirk's horns, with an Electro Voice 667 suspended above it at forehead level to pick up his flute. The entire session was recorded at 15 inches per second on Ampez tape recorders.

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Recorded Aug. 16 and 17, 1961, at Nola Recording Studios, New York City. Personnel on asterisked tracks: Roland Kirk, tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, and flute; Richard Wyands, piano; Art Davis, bass; Charlie Persip, drums, Personnel on remaining tracks: Kirk; Hank Jones, piano; Wendell Marshall, bass; Persip, drums.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SR 60679	Roland Kirk	We Free Kings ‎(LP, Album)	Mercury	SR 60679	US	1962
MG 20679	Roland Kirk	We Free Kings ‎(LP, Mono)	Mercury	MG 20679	US	1962
MMC 14126	Roland Kirk	We Free Kings ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Mercury	MMC 14126	UK	1962
SR 60679	Roland Kirk	We Free Kings ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Mercury	SR 60679	US	Unknown
none	Roland Kirk	We Free Kings ‎(CD)	FJ	none	Russia	1998

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