Tracklist

A1	Man Dance	4:31
A2	Iola	5:23
A3	Spanking	3:07
A4	Catman	6:44
A5	The Art Of Levitation	1:24
B1	Belly Button	4:45
B2	Giraffe	3:07
B3	When Souls Speak	5:47
B4	Alice In The Congo	6:09

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Island Records Ltd.
• Distributed By – Island Records Ltd.

Credits

• Arranged By – RSJ And Decoding Society*
• Composed By – Ronald Shannon Jackson
• Design [Album] – Eiko Ishioka
• Drums – Ronald Shannon Jackson
• Electric Bass – Melvin Gibbs
• Electric Bass [Fretless], Electric Bass – Reverend Bruce Johnson
• Electric Guitar, Steel Guitar, Synthesizer [Roland Guitar Synthesizer], Banjo – Vernon Reid
• Engineer [Decoded By] – Ron Saint Germain*
• Executive-Producer [Executive Director] – Ron Goldstein*
• Illustration – Katsu Yoshida
• Photography By – Deborah Feingold
• Producer – David Breskin, Ronald Shannon Jackson
• Recorded By – Akili Walker, Neal Teeman
• Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Zane Massey
• Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Lee Rozie (tracks: A1, A2, B3)
• Trumpet – David Gordon (tracks: A1, A2, B3)
• Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Henry Scott (tracks: A3 to B2)

Notes

Recorded live in the studio
Decoded at Electric Lady Studios, N.Y.C. June 1982.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
AN1008, AN 1008	Ronald Shannon Jackson And The Decoding Society	Mandance ‎(LP, Album)	Antilles, Antilles	AN1008, AN 1008	UK	1982
I-205106, I-205.106	Ronald Shannon Jackson And The Decoding Society	Mandance ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Antilles, Antilles	I-205106, I-205.106	Spain	1983
422-846 397-2	Ronald Shannon Jackson And The Decoding Society	Mandance ‎(CD, Album)	Antilles	422-846 397-2	US	1991
J33D-20007, J33D 20007	Ronald Shannon Jackson And The Decoding Society	Mandance ‎(CD, Album)	Antilles, Antilles	J33D-20007, J33D 20007	Japan	1986
25S-3007	Ronald Shannon Jackson And The Decoding Society	Mandance ‎(LP, Album)	Antilles	25S-3007	Japan	1982

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