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A1	Reflections	2:30
A2	Lyric	7:24
A3	Skin 1	10:07
A4	Skin 2	2:28
B	The Hard Blues Drums – Philip Wilson*Engineer – Oliver SainProducer – Julius Hemphill*Trumpet – Baikida E. J. Carroll*	20:07

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Trio Records – PA-7162

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Black Arthur Blythe* (tracks: A1 to A4)
• Alto Saxophone, Composed By – Julius Hemphill*
• Art Direction – Bob Heimall*
• Artwork [Cover Art] – Bill Hoffman
• Baritone Saxophone – Hamiet Bluiett
• Cello – Abdul Wadud
• Congas – Daniel Ben Zebulon (tracks: A1 to A4)
• Coordinator [U.s. Production Coordination] – Michael Cuscuna, Steve Backer
• Drums – Barry Altschul (tracks: A1 to A4)
• Engineer – Elvin Campbell (tracks: A1 to A4)
• Liner Notes – Michael Cuscuna
• Liner Notes [Poem On Sleeve] – Julius Hemphill*, Wilma Moses
• Photography By – Ron Warwell
• Producer – Michael Cuscuna (tracks: A1 to A4)

Notes

Side A recorded on January 29,1975 at C.I. Studios, New York City.
Side B recorded in February 1972 at Archway Studios, St. Louis, Missouri.
'The Hard Blues' is a previously unreleased track from the recording sessions for Hemphill's "Dogan A.D." album.
Japan reissue of 1977 by Trio Records

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
AL 1012	Julius Hemphill*	'Coon Bid'ness ‎(LP, Album)	Arista, Freedom	AL 1012	US	1975
CD 741028	Julius Hemphill*	'Coon Bid'ness ‎(CD, Alb)	Freedom	CD 741028	Germany	Unknown
TKCB-70333	Julius Hemphill*	The Hard Blues ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Freedom	TKCB-70333	Japan	1994
CD 877677-2	Julius Hemphill*	Coon Bid'ness ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Da Music, Black Lion	CD 877677-2	Germany	2006
AL 1012	Julius Hemphill*	'Coon Bid'ness ‎(LP, Album, Promo)	Arista, Freedom	AL 1012	US	1975

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