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1	While Pushing Down Turn	11:50
2	Owshet	5:43
3	Heavy Spirits	2:55
4	Movement Equals Creation	1:33
5	Altoviolin	2:32
6	Intensity	2:23
7	Lonely Blacks Composed By – Julius Hemphill*	3:45
8	Rocket Drums – Charles Bobo ShawTrombone – Joseph Bowie	9:25

Companies, etc.

• Licensed From – Black Lion Productions Ltd.
• Manufactured By – Tokuma Japan Communications Co., Ltd.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Black Lion Productions Ltd.
• Recorded At – C.I. Recording Studios
• Recorded At – Music Designers

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Oliver Lake
• Art Direction – Bob Heimall*
• Artwork [Cover Art] – Kevin Brooks
• Bass – Stafford James (tracks: 1 to 3)
• Composed By – Oliver Lake (tracks: 1 to 6, 8)
• Design [Design Consultants] – Antupit & Others
• Drums – Victor Lewis (tracks: 1 to 3)
• Engineer – Elvin Campbell (tracks: 1 to 3, 8), Jeff Gilman (tracks: 4 to 7)
• Photography By – Raymond Ross
• Piano – Donald Smith (tracks: 1 to 3)
• Producer – Michael Cuscuna
• Trumpet – Olu Dara (tracks: 1 to 3)
• Violin – Al Philemon Jones (tracks: 4 to 6), C. Panton (tracks: 4 to 6), Steven Peisch (tracks: 4 to 6)

Notes

Tracks 1 to 3 and 8 were recorded on January 31, 1975 at C.I. Recording Studio, New York City.
Tracks 4 to 7 were recorded on February 3, 1975 at Music Designers, Boston, Mass.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
AL 1008	Oliver Lake	Heavy Spirits ‎(LP, Album)	Arista, Freedom	AL 1008	US	1975
BLCD760209	Oliver Lake	Heavy Spirits ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Black Lion	BLCD760209	Germany	1995
AL 1008	Oliver Lake	Heavy Spirits ‎(LP, Album, Promo)	Arista, Freedom	AL 1008	US	1975

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