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A1	Just Kidding Written-By – Michel Camilo	7:20
A2	Song To My Son	3:45
A3	Seresta Written-By – Howard Levy, Manfredo Fest	2:44
A4	Mambo Inn Written-By – Bobby Woodlen, Grace Sampson, Mario Bauzá	5:14
B1	The Monster And The Flower Written-By – Claudio Roditi	6:15
B2	Christmas Without You	5:50
B3	Chekereson	3:45
B4	The Lady And The Tramp	6:27

Credits

• Acoustic Guitar, Percussion – Jose Neto
• Arranged By – Michel Camilo (tracks: A1, A3), Paquito D'Rivera (tracks: A2, A4, B1 to B4)
• Bass – Lincoln Goines, Sergio Brandao
• Cello – Jeanne Le Blanc*, Jonathan Abramowitz
• Congas, Percussion – Sammy Figueroa
• Drums – Steve Gadd
• Drums, Percussion – Portinho
• Engineer [Assistant] – Debbie Cornish*, Moira Marquis
• Engineer [Recording, Remix] – Ron Saint Germain*
• Executive-Producer – George Butler
• Guiro – Raymond Perez
• Harmonica – Howard Levy
• Photography – Chris Callis
• Piano [Acoustic, Yamaha Dx 7] – Michel Camilo
• Piano [Yamaha Dx 7] – Daniel Freiberg
• Producer – Helen Keane, Paquito D'Rivera, Ron Saint Germain*
• Saxophone [Alto], Clarinet – Paquito D'Rivera
• Tamborim [Dominican] – Isidro Bobadillis*
• Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Trombone – Claudio Roditi
• Viola – Alfred V. Brown*, Mitsue Takayama
• Violin – Frederick Buldrini, Gene Orloff, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Louann Montesi, Marti Sweet, Matthew Raimondi, Max Ellen
• Written-By – Paquito D'Rivera (tracks: A2, B2 to B4)

Notes

Recorded, remixed and edited:
July, 1985, Right Track Recording, NYC

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
FC 40156	Paquito D'Rivera	Explosion ‎(LP, Album)	Columbia	FC 40156	US	1986
FC 40156	Paquito D'Rivera	Explosion ‎(LP, Album, Promo)	Columbia	FC 40156	US	1986
CLS-5851	Paquito D'Rivera	Explosion ‎(LP, Album)	CBS	CLS-5851	Mexico	1986
CBS 26835	Paquito D'Rivera	Explosion ‎(LP, Album)	CBS	CBS 26835	Netherlands	1986
JZ 20038	Paquito D'Rivera	Explosion ‎(LP, Album)	CBS	JZ 20038	Venezuela	1986

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