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1	The Author Reflects On His 35th Birthday Composed By – Reed*, Swallow*	5:00
2	Loup Garou Means Change Into Composed By – Harris*, Reed*	3:39
3	'Sputin Composed By – Toussaint*, Reed*, Hanrahan*, Nocentelli*	5:03
4	Nobody Was There Composed By – Reed*, Dara*	5:04
5	Medley: General Science / Ish / Papa La Bas Composed By – Reed*, Hanrahan*	5:12
6	Running For The Office Of Love (Prelude) Composed By – Toussaint*, Reed*	1:38
7	My Brothers Composed By – Pullen*, Reed*	7:01
8	Running For The Office Of Love Composed By – Toussaint*, Reed*	3:47
9	Petit Kid Everett Composed By – Saunders*, Reed*, Hanrahan*	2:10
10	St. Louis Women (Excerpts) Composed By – Reed*	2:43
11	Bitter Chocklate Composed By – Moore*, Reed*	4:13
12	Beware: Don't Listen To This Song Composed By – Murray*, Reed*	5:27
13	Minnie The Moocher Composed By – Calloway*, Mills*	2:02

Credits

• Bass [Electric] – Steve Swallow
• Conductor – Carman Moore
• Congas – Frisner Augustin, Manenquito Giovanni Hidalgo*, Milton Cardona
• Drums [Trap] – Ignacio Berroa, Robbie Ameen*
• Electric Guitar – Elysee Pyronneau, Johnny Watkins, Leo Nocentelli
• Engineer [Mastering] – Greg Calbi
• Engineer [Recording, Los Angeles] – Conley Abrams
• Engineer [Recording, New York, Principal] – Roger Moutenot
• Engineer [Recording, New York] – Jon Fausty
• Engineer [Recording, San Francisco] – Howard Johnston
• Executive Producer – Scott Marcus
• Organ, Vocals – Don Pullen
• Piano – Allen Toussaint
• Producer – Kip Hanrahan
• Saxophone [Baritone] – Hamiet Bluiett
• Saxophone [Tenor] – Lenny Pickett
• Saxophone [Tenor], Vocals – David Murray, Eddie Harris
• Trumpet, Vocals, Harmonica – Olu Dara
• Vocals – Bobby Womack, Clare Bathé, Diahnne Abbott, Grayson Hugh, Ishmael Reed, Robert Jason, Shaunice Harris, Tennessee Reed
• Vocals [Coach] – Carla Blank
• Vocals, Bass [Electric] – Fernando Saunders

Notes

Recorded and mixed during September, October 1987 and January through March 1988 at Skyline Studios, Sorcerer Sound and Sound Ideas, New York, NY, Amigo Studios, Los Angeles, CA and Different Fur Studios, San Francisco, CA.

The vocalists Tennessee Reed, Shaunice Harris and Carla Blank (coach) are collectively known as The Josephine Baker New Magic Chorus.

Japanese insert.

Material on this album is published in "New And Collected Poems By Ishmael Reed" Atheneum 1988.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4535926000330

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
AMCL 1015	Conjure	Cab Calloway Stands In For The Moon ‎(CD, Album)	American Clavé	AMCL 1015	US	1988
AMCL 1015	Conjure	Cab Calloway Stands In For The Moon ‎(CD, Album)	American Clavé	AMCL 1015	Germany	1988
AMCL 1015	Conjure	Cab Calloway Stands In For The Moon ‎(CD, Album, RE)	American Clavé	AMCL 1015	US	1995
AMCL 1015	Conjure	Cab Calloway Stands In For The Moon ‎(LP, Album)	American Clavé	AMCL 1015	Germany	1988

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