tracks 5, 7, 8 arranged by Billy Brooks
art direction, design Dirk Rudolph
tracks 1 to 3 bass Eberhard Weber
tracks 4 to 8 bass, vocals Burt Thompson
compilation producer [produced by] Christian Kellersmann
compilation producer [produced by] Jörg Eipasch
compiled by [compiled & conceived by] Stephan Steigleder
tracks 4 to 8 congas, cowbell, vocals Donald Coleman
tracks 4 to 8 congas, vocals Charles Campbell
tracks 4 to 8 congas, vocals, tambourine, cowbell Carlos Santa Cruz
tracks 1 to 3 drums Daniel Humair
tracks 4 to 8 drums, flute [bamboo, bass], vocals, talking drum [dun-dun] Billy Brooks
tracks 4 to 8 engineer [recording] Eberhard Sengpiel
tracks 1 to 3 engineer [recording] Rolf Donner
liner notes [edited by] Jörg Eipasch
liner notes [edited by] Stephan Steigleder
liner notes [written & translated by] Wolfram Knauer
tracks 1 to 3 ney [nay], bendir [bendire], darbouka Salah El Mahdi
painting [cover] Ulli Maier
photography by Hans Harzheim
photography by Jörg Becker
photography by Pete Ariel
photography by Stephanie Wiesand
tracks 1 to 3 piano, conductor George Gruntz
producer Joachim Ernst Berendt
tracks 4 to 8 recording supervisor [recording director] Joachim Ernst Berendt
tracks 1 to 3 recording supervisor [recording director] Willi Fruth
remastered by [mastered for compact disc by] Willem Makkee
tracks 1 to 3 soprano saxophone, flute, tambourine Sahib Shihab
tracks 1 to 3 tabla, bendir [bendire], darbouka Hattab Jouini
tracks 1 to 3 violin Jean-Luc Ponty
tracks 1 to 3 woodwind [mezoued], bendir [bendire], tabla جلول عصمان
tracks 1 to 3 woodwind [zoukra], bendir [bendire] Moktar Slama
tracks 4, 6 written-by Billy Brooks
tracks 1 to 3 written-by George Gruntz
tracks 7 written-by Guy Warren
tracks 5, 7, 8 written-by Traditional
tracks 8 written-by Traditional
Phonographic Copyright (p) MPS Records GmbH
Phonographic Copyright (p) Motor Music GmbH
Copyright (c) Motor Music GmbH
Published By Manuskript
Recorded At Saba-Studio, Villingen
Recorded At Jazz Galerie, Berlin
Made By PMDC, Germany
Tracks 1 to 3:
Published by Manuskript
Recorded: June 2 & 3, 1967, at SABA recording studio, Villingen
(P) 1967 MPS Records
Originally released on Noon In Tunisia - Jazz Meets Arabia (MPS 15.132)

Tracks 4 to 8:
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Recorded: May 3, 1971, live at the Berlin Jazz Galerie
(P) 1971 MPS Records
Originally released on El Babaku - Live At The Jazz Galerie (MPS 15.314)

Special thanks to Jazz-Institut Darmstadt

℗ © 1997 Motor Music GmbH
Made in Germany

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Issued in a standard jewel case including a 16-page booklet.

Barcode: 7 31453 17202 9
Label Code: LC 0979
Matrix / Runout: 531 720-2 01 / (Variant 1, 2)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L001 (Variant 1, 2)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 0112 (Variant 1)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 0162 (Variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: MADE IN GERMANY BY PMDC C (Variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: MADE IN GERMANY BY PMDC D (Variant 2)
Rights Society: BIEM MCPS