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1	Volunteered Slavery Written-By – Roland Kirk	5:43
2	Spirits Up Above Written-By – Roland Kirk	3:35
3	My Cherie Amour Written-By – Henry Cosby, Stevie Wonder, Sylvia Moy	3:18
4	Search For The Reason Why Written-By – Roland Kirk	2:05
5	I Say A Little Prayer Written-By – Burt Bacharach, Hal David*	7:57
6	Roland's Opening Remarks	0:39
7	One Ton Written-By – Roland Kirk	5:01
8	Ovation & Roland's Remarks	1:41
A Tribute To John Coltrane	8:12
9.1	Lush Life Written-By – Billy Strayhorn
9.2	Afro-Blue Written-By – Mongo Santamaria
9.3	Bessie's Blues Written-By – John Coltrane
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10	Three For The Festival Written-By – Roland Kirk	4:24

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Newport Jazz Festival

Credits

• Backing Vocals – Roland Kirk Spirit Choir
• Bass – Vernon Martin
• Drums – Charles Crosby, Jimmy Hopps, Sonny Brown
• Piano – Ron Burton
• Producer – Joel Dorn
• Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Flute [Nose], Gong, Whistle, Horns [Stritch, Manzello], Vocals – Roland Kirk
• Trombone – Dick Griffin
• Trumpet – Charles McGhee

Notes

Originally Released as Atlantic 1534 in 1969.
Songs 6-10 were recorded live at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1968.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0 90431 63462 2
• Matrix / Runout: Z11206 45 COL2 6346.3-2 02
• Matrix / Runout: WEA MFG. OLYPHANT IFPI L909

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SD 1534	Roland Kirk	Volunteered Slavery ‎(LP, Album)	Atlantic	SD 1534	US	1969
SD 1534	Roland Kirk	Volunteered Slavery ‎(LP, Album)	Atlantic	SD 1534	Canada	1969
8122731732	Roland Kirk	Volunteered Slavery ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Atlantic, Warner Jazz, Warner Strategic Marketing	8122731732	Europe	2005
WPCR-25115	Roland Kirk	Volunteered Slavery ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM, Pap)	Atlantic	WPCR-25115	Japan	2006
8122-71407-2	Roland Kirk	Volunteered Slavery ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Rhino Records	8122-71407-2	Germany	1993