Roland Kirk – Volunteered Slavery
Tracklist
| A1 | Volunteered Slavery | 5:40 | |
| A2 | Spirits Up Above | 3:36 | |
| A3 | My Cherie Amour | 3:17 | |
| A4 | Search For The Reason Why | 2:04 | |
| A5 | I Say A Little Prayer | 7:56 | |
| B1 | Roland's Opening Remarks | 0:40 | |
| B2 | One Ton | 4:55 | |
| B3 | Ovation & Roland's Remarks | 1:45 | |
| A Tribute To John Coltrane | (8:10) | ||
| B4a | Lush Life | ||
| B4b | Afro-Blue | ||
| B4c | Bessie's Blues | ||
| B5 | Three For The Festival | 4:00 |
Companies, etc.
- Recorded At – Newport Jazz Festival
- Recorded At – Regent Sound Studios, New York City
- Manufactured By – Atlantic Recording Corporation
- Record Company – Atlantic Recording Corporation
- Lacquer Cut At – Atlantic Studios
- Mastered At – Presswell
- Pressed By – Monarch Record Mfg. Co. – ∆24211
- Published By – Jowcol
- Published By – MRC (7)
- Published By – Tempo (28)
- Published By – Radcliffe
- Published By – Rokir
- Published By – Jobete
- Published By – Blue Seas
- Published By – Jac (3)
Credits
- Backing Vocals – Roland Kirk Spirit Choir
- Bass – Vernon Martin
- Design [Cover] – Haig Adishian
- Drums – Charles Crosby, Jimmy Hopps, Sonny Brown
- Engineer [Remix] – William Arlt
- Lacquer Cut By – GP*
- Liner Notes – Ed Williams (2)
- Photography By [Cover] – Ray Ross*
- Piano – Ron Burton
- Producer – Joel Dorn
- Recorded By – Bob Liftin (tracks: A1 to A5), Riece Hamel* (tracks: B1 to B5)
- Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Nose Flute, Gong, Whistle, Horns [Stritch, Manzello], Vocals – Roland Kirk
- Trombone – Dick Griffin
- Trumpet – Charles McGhee
Notes
Side two of this album was recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1968.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Rights Society: BMI
- Rights Society: ASCAP
- Matrix / Runout (Side A label): ST-A-691683-MO
- Matrix / Runout (Side B label): ST-A-691684-MO
- Matrix / Runout (Etched A): ST-A-691683DD AT/GP MR ∆24211 ⊝ PR
- Matrix / Runout (Etched B): ST-A-691684DD AT/GP MR ∆24211-X ⊝ PR
Other Versions (5 of 36)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recently Edited | Volunteered Slavery (LP, Album) | Atlantic | 588 207 | UK | 1969 | ||
Recently Edited | Volunteered Slavery (LP, Album, Stereo, Presswell) | Atlantic | SD 1534 | US | 1969 | ||
Recently Edited | Volunteered Slavery (LP, Album, Stereo) | Atlantic | SD 1534 | Canada | 1969 | ||
Recently Edited | Volunteered Slavery (LP, Album, Promo, Mono) | Atlantic | SD 1534 | US | 1969 | ||
Recently Edited | Volunteered Slavery (LP, Album, Stereo, Terre Haute Pressing) | Atlantic | SD 1534 | US | 1969 |
Recommendations
Reviews
- This contains a lot of good music but Spirits up above is a MF. It's one of my favorites of his. My only criticism of his taste was his love for covers. It could have been label influence but I wonder bc the large amount of them. I have to admit that he does some funny stuff with the covers sometimes like mixing Coltrane with Say little prayer.
What a great catalog, I have owned almost everything he has released and I'm rarely disappointed, but his later LPs are lackluster overall to my ears.
There is a Coltrane tribute on side B.
Release
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