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A1	Tears Of Joy Written-By, Arranged By – Don Ellis	2:56
A2	5/4 Getaway Written-By, Arranged By – Don Ellis	7:47
A3	Bulgarian Bulge Written-By, Arranged By – Don Ellis	4:48
A4	Get It Together Written-By, Arranged By – Sam Falzone	5:07
B1	Quiet Longing Written-By, Arranged By – Don Ellis	3:43
B2	Blues In Elf Written-By, Arranged By – Don Ellis	6:36
B3	Loss Written-By, Arranged By – Don Ellis	8:23
C1	How's This For Openers? Written-By, Arranged By – Don Ellis	8:35
C2	Samba Bajada Written-By, Arranged By – Hank Levy	11:30
D1	Strawberry Soup Written-By, Arranged By – Don Ellis	17:31
D2	Euphoric Acid Written-By, Arranged By – Fred Selden	4:23

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – CBS/Sony Inc.

Credits

• Artwork By [Cover] – Maria Eckstein
• Bass – Dennis Parker
• Bass Trombone – Kenny Sawhill
• Cello – Christine Ermacoff
• Clarinet – Sam Falzone
• Congas – Lee Pastora
• Drums – Ralph Humphrey, Ron Dunn
• Engineer – Roy Segal
• French Horn – Kenneth Nelson
• Liner Notes [January 1971] – Don Ellis
• Oboe – Jon Clarke
• Other [Musical Sound System] – Altec Lansing
• Photography By [Back Cover] – Earle Corry, Fred Selden
• Piano – Milcho Leviev
• Saxophone [Alto] – Lonnie Shetter
• Saxophone [Alto], Flute – Fred Selden
• Supervised By [Sound], Mixed By – Phil Macy
• Trombone – Jim Sawyer
• Trumpet – Bruce MacKay, Jack Caudill, Paul Bogosian
• Trumpet [Quarter Tone], Flugelhorn [Four-valve], Drums – Don Ellis
• Tuba, Trombone [Contrabass] – Doug Bixby
• Viola – Ellen Smith
• Violin [First] – Alfredo Ebat
• Violin [Second] – Earle Corry
• Woodwind – Fred Selden, Jon Clarke, Lonnie Shetter, Sam Falzone

Notes

Gate Fold Sleeve
Recorded May 20-23, 1971 at Basin Street West in San Francisco.

Band includes a woodwind quartet (Fred Selden, Lonnie Shetter, Sam Falzone & Jon Clarke) and a string quartet (Alfredo Ebat, Earle Corry, Ellen Smith & Christine Ermacoff)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Runout Side A stamped): 36AP - 1481 A2 〄 I A I
• Barcode (Runout Side B stamped): 36AP - 1481 B1
• Barcode (Runout Side A stamped): 36AP - 1482 A2 〄 I A I
• Barcode (Runout Side B stamped): 36AP - 1482 B2
• Rights Society (Center Label): JASRAC

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
G 30927, C 30928, C 30929	Don Ellis	Tears Of Joy ‎(2xLP, Album)	Columbia, Columbia, Columbia	G 30927, C 30928, C 30929	US	1971
WOU 927	Don Ellis	Tears Of Joy ‎(2xCD)	Wounded Bird Records	WOU 927	US	2005
GQ 30927	Don Ellis	Tears Of Joy ‎(2xLP, Album, Quad, Gat)	Columbia	GQ 30927	US	1972
S 67216	Don Ellis	Tears Of Joy ‎(2xLP, Album, Gat)	CBS	S 67216	Spain	1971
G 30927	Don Ellis	Tears Of Joy ‎(2xLP, Album)	Columbia	G 30927	Canada	1971

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