Tracklist

1	Soul Surge	10:24
2	Blue Spirits	12:12
3	Outer Forces	9:32
4	Cunga Black	5:13
5	Jodo	7:04
6	The Melting Pot	7:33
7	True Colors	9:53

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Toshiba EMI Ltd

Credits

• Alto Saxophone, Bassoon – Hosea Taylor (tracks: 6, 7)
• Alto Saxophone, Flute – James Spaulding (tracks: 1 to 5)
• Bass – Bob Cranshaw (tracks: 2, 3, 5), Larry Ridley (tracks: 1, 4), Reggie Workman (tracks: 6, 7)
• Congas – Big Black (tracks: 1, 4)
• Design [Cover] – Reid Miles
• Drums – Clifford Jarvis (tracks: 1, 4), Elvin Jones (tracks: 6, 7), Pete La Roca (tracks: 2, 3, 5)
• Euphonium – Kiane Zawadi (tracks: 1 to 5)
• Liner Notes – Takao Ogawa
• Photography By [Cover Photograph, Liner Photographs] – Francis Wolff
• Piano – Harold Mabern (tracks: 1, 4), McCoy Tyner (tracks: 2, 3, 5)
• Piano, Celesta – Herbie Hancock (tracks: 6, 7)
• Producer – Alfred Lion
• Recorded By, Remastered By [2003] – Rudy Van Gelder
• Reissue Producer – Michael Cuscuna
• Tenor Saxophone – Hank Mobley (tracks: 2, 3, 5), Joe Henderson (tracks: 1, 4, 6, 7)
• Trumpet – Freddie Hubbard

Notes

Recorded on February 19, (#1 & 4) and February 26, (#2, 3 & 5), 1965 and March 5, 1966 (#6 & 7) at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Tracks 6 and 7 not part of the original album.

Comes in mini LP replica with OBI & Japanese insert.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4 988006 811973
• Rights Society: JASRAC

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
BLP 4196	Freddie Hubbard	Blue Spirits ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Blue Note	BLP 4196	US	1965
ST-84196	Freddie Hubbard	Blue Spirits ‎(LP, Album)	Blue Note	ST-84196	US	2015
BST-84196	Freddie Hubbard	Blue Spirits ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Blue Note	BST-84196	US	1973
BST-84196	Freddie Hubbard	Blue Spirits ‎(LP, Album)	Blue Note	BST-84196	US	1975
BST-84196	Freddie Hubbard	Blue Spirits ‎(LP, Album, RE, RM, 180)	Blue Note	BST-84196	Europe	2015

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