Tracklist Hide Credits

1	The Black And Crazy Blues	5:59
2	A Laugh For Rory	2:47
3	Many Blessings	4:36
4	Fingers In The Wind	5:07
5	The Inflated Tear	4:46
6	The Creole Love Call Composed By – Duke Ellington	3:45
7	A Handful Of Fives	2:35
8	Fly By Night Trombone – Dick Griffith*	4:09
9	Lovellevelliloqui	3:59

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Webster Hall
• Remastered At – 20bit K2 Mastering

Credits

• Bass – Steve Novosel
• Composed By – Roland Kirk (tracks: 1 to 5, 7 to 9)
• Design [Original Cover Design] – Stanislaw Zagorski
• Drums – Jimmy Hopps
• Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Paul Goodman
• Liner Notes [Reissue Liner Notes] – Joel Dorn
• Photography By [Cover Photo] – Lee Friedlander
• Piano – Ron Burton
• Producer – Joel Dorn
• Remastered By – Bill Inglot, Dan Hersch
• Tenor Saxophone, Saxophone [Manzello, Stritch], Clarinet, Flute, Whistle, English Horn, Idiophone [Flexafone] – Roland Kirk

Notes

Recorded at Webster Hall, New York City; November 27, 1967 (tracks 1, 5 & 6) & November 30 1967 (tracks 2-4 & 7-9).

Comes in mini LP replica with OBI & Japanese insert.

20bit K2 Mastering

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4 988029 117045
• Rights Society: JASRAC

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SC 1502	Roland Kirk	The Inflated Tear ‎(LP, Album)	Atlantic	SC 1502	US	1968
7 90045-2, 90045-2	Roland Kirk	The Inflated Tear ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Atlantic Jazz, Atlantic Jazz	7 90045-2, 90045-2	US	Unknown
SC 1502	Roland Kirk	The Inflated Tear ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Rhino Records , Atlantic	SC 1502	US	2005
90045-1	Rahsaan Roland Kirk*	The Inflated Tear ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Atlantic	90045-1	US	1982
SC 1502, SD 1502	Roland Kirk	The Inflated Tear ‎(LP, Album, RE, RP)	Atlantic, Atlantic	SC 1502, SD 1502	US	Unknown