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A1	Prologue : Child Of The North Written-By – Ruth Copeland	5:40
A2	Thanks For The Birthday Card Written-By – Ruth Copeland	4:26
A3	Your Love Been So Good To Me Written-By – G. Clinton*, R. Copeland*, L. Ross*	3:16
A4	The Music Box Written-By – E. Wayne*, R. Dunbar*, R. Copeland*	3:40
A5	The Silent Boatman Written-By – Ruth Copeland	5:50
B1	To William In The Night Written-By – Wayne*, Alexander*, Dunbar*, Copeland*	2:50
B2	No Commitment Written-By – Ruth Copeland	3:19
B3	I Got A Thing For You Daddy Written-By – E. Hazel*, G. Clinton*, R. Copeland*	3:42
B4	A Gift Of Me Written-By – E. Wayne*, R. Dunbar*, R. Copeland*	1:52
B5	Un Bel Di (One Fine Day) Written-By – G. Puccini*	5:50

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd.
• Recorded At – HDH Sound Studios

Credits

• Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals – Ruth Copeland
• Bass – Billy Nelson, Bob Babbitt
• Choir – Choraliers Gospel Singers
• Drums – Andrew Smith , Tiki Fulwood
• Engineer – L. T. Horn*
• Guitar – Dennis Coffey, Eddie Hazel, Ray Monett*, Tau Ross*
• Illustration [Cover Portrait] – Ruth Copeland
• Keyboards – Bernie Worrell
• Mastered By – Bob Dennis
• Musical Assistance – George Clinton, Tom Neme, Tony Camillo
• Orchestra – Detroit Symphony Orchestra
• Photography By – Evan Soldinger
• Written-By, Arranged By, Producer, Performer – Ruth Copeland

Notes

Comes with folded lyric booklet in English & Japanese

Track B5: from "Madame Butterfly"

¥2,000

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
ST 7303	Ruth Copeland	Self Portrait ‎(LP, Album)	Invictus	ST 7303	US	1970
PLP-6678	Ruth Copeland	Self Portrait ‎(LP, Album, Ltd, RE)	P-Vine Records	PLP-6678	Japan	1996
3C062-93052	Ruth Copeland	Self Portrait ‎(LP)	Invictus	3C062-93052	Italy	1971
PCD-4963	Ruth Copeland	Self Portrait ‎(CD, Album, RE)	P-Vine Records	PCD-4963	Japan	1996
5c.062-91765	Ruth Copeland	Self Portrait ‎(LP)	Invictus	5c.062-91765	Netherlands	1971