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A1	Justified Written-By – Bill Withers	5:38
A2	I've Only Known A Stranger Written-By – Carolyn Plummer	3:30
A3	I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good Written-By – Duke Ellington, Paul Webster*	6:40
B1	Black-Eyed Blues Written-By – Chris Stainton, Joe Cocker	6:00
B2	Too Many Roads Written-By – Carolyn Franklin	4:35
B3	You Could Have Had Me, Baby Written-By – Leonard Feather	7:30

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Creed Taylor, Inc.
• Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
• Manufactured By – King Record Co. Ltd

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Jerry Dodgion, Pee Wee Ellis (tracks: B1)
• Arranged By [Strings] – Bob James
• Arranged By, Conductor – Pee Wee Ellis
• Backing Vocals – Carl Carldwell*, Joshie Armstead*, Lani Groves, Tasha Thomas
• Baritone Saxophone – Pepper Adams
• Bass – Boz* (tracks: A1, A2, B1 to B3), Ron Carter (tracks: A3)
• Cello – Alan Shulman, Anthony Sophos
• Design [Album] – Sibbie McDonough
• Drums – Ian Wallace
• Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
• Guitar – Charlie Brown
• Percussion – Arthur Jenkins (tracks: A1, B1)
• Photography By [Album] – Alen MacWeeney
• Piano – Tim Hinkley
• Producer – Creed Taylor
• Trumpet – Jon Faddis, Marvin Stamm
• Viola – Alfred Brown, Emanuel Vardi
• Violin – David Nadien, Emanuel Green, Gene Orloff, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Irving Spice, Joe Malin, Max Ellen

Notes

℗ 1973, Creed Taylor, Inc.
Recorded at Van Gelder Studios
Recorded July, 1973
Produced for Kudu Records

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
KU-14	Esther Phillips	Black-Eyed Blues ‎(LP, Album)	Kudu	KU-14	US	1973
KUL 11	Esther Phillips	Black-Eyed Blues ‎(LP, Album)	Kudu	KUL 11	UK	1974
KU 14	Esther Phillips	Black-Eyed Blues ‎(LP, Album)	Kudu, CTI Records	KU 14	Canada	1973
GP 3054	Esther Phillips	Black-Eyed Blues ‎(LP, Album)	Kudu	GP 3054	Japan	1976
LAX-3260	Esther Phillips	Black-Eyed Blues ‎(LP, Album)	Kudu	LAX-3260	Japan	1980

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