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1	Volunteered Slavery Composed By – Roland Kirk	5:40
2	Spirits Up Above Composed By – Roland Kirk	3:36
3	Ma Chérie Amour Composed By – Henry Cosby, Stevie Wonder, Sylvia Moy	3:17
4	Search For The Reason Why Composed By – Roland Kirk	2:04
5	I Say A Little Prayer Composed By – Burt Bacharach / Hal David*	7:56
6	Roland's Opening Remarks	0:40
7	One Ton Composed By – Roland Kirk	4:55
-	Ovation And Roland's Remarks	1:45
A Tribute To John Coltrane	8:10
8.a	Lush Life Composed By – Billy Strayhorn
8.b	Afro-Blue Composed By – Mango Santamaria*
8.c	Bessie's Blues Composed By – John Coltrane
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9	Three For The Festival Composed By – Roland Kirk	4:00

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Atlantic Recording Corporation
• Copyright (c) – Atlantic Recording Corporation
• Manufactured By – Warner Music Japan Inc.
• Distributed By – Warner Music Japan Inc.

Credits

• Bass – Vernon Martin
• Drums – Charles Crosby, Jimmy Hopps, Sonny Brown
• Piano – Ron Burton
• Producer – Joel Dorn
• Recorded By – Bob Liftin (tracks: 1 to 5), Reice Hamel (tracks: 6 to 9)
• Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Flute [Nose], Saxophone [Manzello], Saxophone [Stritch], Gong, Vocals, Whistle – Roland Kirk
• Trombone – Dick Griffin
• Trumpet – Charles McGhee
• Vocals [Backgrounds] – Roland Kirk Spirit Choir

Notes

Originally Released as Atlantic 1534 in 1969.

Tracks 1-5 were recorded at Regent Sound Studios, New-York.
Tracks 6-9 were recorded live at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1968.

Comes in mini LP replica with OBI & Japanese Insert.

24bit remastering.

Made in Japan

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4 943674 067206
• Rights Society: JASRAC

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SD 1534	Roland Kirk	Volunteered Slavery ‎(LP, Album)	Atlantic	SD 1534	US	1969
SD 1534	Roland Kirk	Volunteered Slavery ‎(LP, Album)	Atlantic	SD 1534	Canada	1969
8122731732	Roland Kirk	Volunteered Slavery ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Atlantic, Warner Jazz, Warner Strategic Marketing	8122731732	Europe	2005
8122-71407-2	Roland Kirk	Volunteered Slavery ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Rhino Records	8122-71407-2	Germany	1993
COL-CD-6346	Roland Kirk	Volunteered Slavery ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Collectables	COL-CD-6346	US	2002

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