tracks a1, b1, b4, b5 alto saxophone Clarence White
tracks a1, b1 alto saxophone Marion Brown
tracks a1 backing vocals Albertine Robinson
tracks a1 backing vocals Jo Armstead
tracks a1, b1, b4, b5 baritone saxophone James Ware
tracks a3, a4, a5, b4, b5 bass Jimmy Garrison
tracks a1 bass [fender] Jerry Jemmott
tracks a1, a3, a5, b1, b3 bass [fender] Roland Wilson
tracks a1, a3, a5, b3, b4, b5 cello Calo Scott
tracks a1, a3, a5, b3, b4, b5 cello Ronald Lipscomb
tracks b4, b5 conductor Romulus Franceschini
tracks a1, b1, b4, b5 cornet Clifford Thornton
design Clyde Gilliam
tracks a1, a3, a5, b1, b3 drums Beaver Harris
tracks b4, b5 drums Billy Higgins
tracks a3, a5 electric piano Dave Burrell
tracks a1, b1 electric piano Walter Davis Jr.
engineer Tony May
engineer [assisted] Eddie Sepanski
tracks a1, b1, b4, b5 euphonium Hakim Jami
tracks b5 flugelhorn Cal Massey
tracks a4 flute Marion Brown
tracks a3, a5 flute [bamboo] Marion Brown
tracks a1, a3, a5, b3 guitar Cornell Dupree
lacquer cut by Tony May
tracks a4 narrator Bartholomew Gray
tracks a2, b2 narrator William Kunstler
tracks a1, b1, b5 percussion Juma Sultan
tracks a3, a4, a5 percussion Marion Brown
tracks a1, b1, b5 percussion Nene DeFense
tracks a1, b1, b5 percussion Ollie Anderson
photography by Chuck Stewart
tracks b1, b3, b4, b5 piano Walter Davis Jr.
producer Ed Michel
tracks a3, a5, b4 soprano saxophone Archie Shepp
tracks a1, b1, b3, b5 tenor saxophone Archie Shepp
tracks a1, b1, b4, b5 tenor saxophone Billy Robinson
tracks a1, b1, b4, b5 tenor saxophone Roland Alexander
tracks a1, b1, b4, b5 trombone Charles Greenlee
tracks a1, b1, b4, b5 trombone Charles Stephens
tracks a1, b1, b4, b5 trombone Kiane Zawadi
tracks a1, b1, b4, b5 trumpet Charles McGhee
tracks a1, b1, b4, b5 trumpet Michael Ridley
tracks a1, b1, b4, b5 trumpet Roy Burrowes
tracks a1, a3, a5, b3, b4, b5 violin John Blake
tracks a1, a3, a5, b3, b4, b5 violin Leroy Jenkins
tracks a1, a3, a5, b3, b4, b5 violin Shankar
tracks a1, b3 vocals Henry Hull
tracks a3, a5 vocals Joe Lee Wilson
tracks b5 vocals Waheeda Massey
Pressed By True Sound Manufacturing Corp.
Published By Dawn of Freedom Pub. Co.
Published By Trousdale Music Pub.
Published By Becabiverip Pub. Co.
Published By Prestige Music (3)
Record Company ABC Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) ABC Records, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) ABC Records, Inc.
Recorded At A&R Studios
Recorded January 24, 25, and 26, 1972, at A&R Recording, New York. Engineering by Tony May, assisted by Eddie Sepanski.

Red/Black Impulse! labels with rim text showing 1971 as copyright date.

Gatefold Cover. Inside states mixed for quadraphonic and stereo.

Rights Society: BMI
Pressing Plant ID: TSM (Etched both sides runout)
Matrix / Runout: AS 9222-A (Label A)
Matrix / Runout: AS 9222-B (Label B)
Matrix / Runout: AS-9222-A TSM (Runout side A)
Matrix / Runout: AS-9222-B TSM (Runout side B)