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A1	Spiraling Prism Bass – Byron MillerDrums – Leon "Ndugu" Chancler*	6:21
A2	Calypso Bass – Ron CarterDrums – Tony Williams*Percussion – Sheila Escovedo	6:41
A3	Just Around The Corner Bass, Written-By – Freddie WashingtonDrums – Alphonse MouzonGuitar – Wah Wah Watson*Percussion – Sheila EscovedoWritten-By – M. Ragin*	7:33
B1	4 AM Bass – Jaco PastoriusDrums – Harvey Mason	5:20
B2	Shiftless Shuffle Bass, Written-By – Paul Jackson Drums, Written-By – Harvey MasonTenor Saxophone, Written-By – Bennie MaupinWritten-By – Bill Summers	7:06
B3	Textures	6:36

Credits

• Engineer – Fred Catero
• Engineer [Assistant] – Barbara Issak, Cheryl Ward, Chris Minto, Wayne Lewis
• Engineer [Keyboard] – Bryan Bell, John Vieira
• Engineer, Engineer [Assistant] – Bob Kovach, Leslie Ann Jones
• Illustration – Jane R. Wattenberg*
• Keyboards [Emu Polyphonic Keyboard, Clavitar], Synthesizer [Waves Minimoog, Minimoog, Prophet 5, Oberheim 8 Voice, Yamaha Cs-80, Arp 2600], Clavinet [Hohner], Electric Piano [Rhodes 88 Suitcase Piano], Vocoder [Sennheiser], Synthesizer [Linn-moffett Drum Synthesizer], Computer [Modified Apple Ii Plus Microcomputer], Piano – Herbie Hancock
• Mixed By – David Rubinson
• Percussion – Bill Summers (tracks: A1, B1, B2)
• Photography By – Bob Seidemann
• Producer – David Rubinson & Friends, Inc., Herbie Hancock
• Written-By – Herbie Hancock

Notes

Recorded and mixed at The Automatt, San Francisco; except "Shiftless Shuffle" recorded at Filmways/Heider Recording, San Francisco, and "Just Around The Corner" recorded at The Village Recorder, Los Angeles.

Harvey Mason appears courtesy of Arista Records, Inc.
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler appears courtesy of Epic Records.
Ron Carter appears courtesy of Milestone Records.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
JC 36578	Herbie Hancock	Mr. Hands ‎(LP, Album)	Columbia	JC 36578	US	1980
PCT 36578	Herbie Hancock	Mr. Hands ‎(Cass, Album)	Columbia	PCT 36578	US	1980
PC 36578	Herbie Hancock	Mr. Hands ‎(LP, Album)	Columbia	PC 36578	US	1980
JCA 36578	Herbie Hancock	Mr. Hands ‎(8-Trk, Album)	Columbia	JCA 36578	US	1980
SBP 237565	Herbie Hancock	Mr. Hands ‎(LP, Album)	CBS	SBP 237565	Australia	1980

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