Performer: Roland Kirk
Genre: Jazz
Album: Volunteered Slavery
Released: 1969
Style: Free Jazz, Free Improvisation
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Rating: 4.5
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A1	Volunteered Slavery Written-By – Roland Kirk	5:40
A2	Spirits Up Above Written-By – Roland Kirk	3:36
A3	My Cherie Amour Written-By – Henry Cosby, Stevie Wonder, Sylvia Moy	3:17
A4	Search For The Reason Why Written-By – Roland Kirk	2:04
A5	I Say A Little Prayer Written-By – Burt Bacharach & Hal David*	7:56
B1	Roland's Opening Remarks	0:40
B2	One Ton Written-By – Roland Kirk	4:55
B3	Ovation & Roland's Remarks	1:45
A Tribute To John Coltrane	8:10
B4a	Lush Life Written-By – Billy Strayhorn
B4b	Afro-Blue Written-By – Mongo Santamaria
B4c	Bessie's Blues Written-By – John Coltrane
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B5	Three For The Festival Written-By – Roland Kirk	4:00

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Regent Sound Studios, New York City
• Recorded At – Newport Jazz Festival

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
• Liner Notes – Ed Williams
• 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 One recorded at Regent Sound Studios. Side Two recorded live at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1968.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (A label): ST-A-691683CTH
• Matrix / Runout (B label): ST-A-691684CTH
• Matrix / Runout (A engraved): ST-A-691683-1A / CTH T
• Matrix / Runout (B engraved): ST-A-691684-1B / CTH T
• Matrix / Runout (Side 1): 0 ST-A-691683-1A -1 CTH T 5
• Matrix / Runout (Side 2): 0 ST-A-691684-1B -1 CTH T B3

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-27363	Roland Kirk	Volunteered Slavery ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM, 24-)	Atlantic	WPCR-27363	Japan	2013
8122-71407-2	Roland Kirk	Volunteered Slavery ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Rhino Records	8122-71407-2	Germany	1993