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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 – Stevie Wonder	3:17
A4	Search For The Reason Why Written-By – Roland Kirk	2:04
A5	I Say A Little Prayer Written-By – Burt Bacharach	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
B4	A Tribute To John Coltrane	8:10
a	Lush Life Written-By – Billy Strayhorn
b	Afro-Blue Written-By – Mongo Santamaria
c	Bessie's Blues Written-By – John Coltrane
B5	Three For The Festival Written-By – Roland Kirk	4:00

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Record Service GmbH
• Recorded At – Regent Sound Studios – Side A
• Recorded At – Newport Jazz Festival – Side B
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Atlantic Recording Corporation
• Copyright (c) – Atlantic Recording Corporation

Credits

• Backing Vocals – Roland Kirk Spirit Choir
• Bass – Vernon Martin
• Design [Cover] – Haig Adishian
• Drums – Charles Crosby, Jimmy Hopps, Sonny Brown
• Engineer – Bob Liftin (tracks: A1 to A5), Riece Hamel* (tracks: B1 to B5)
• Engineer [Remix] – William Arlt
• Photography [Cover] – Ray Ross*
• Piano – Ron Burton
• Producer – Joel Dorn
• Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Flute [Nose], Gong, Whistle, Saxophone [Stritch], Saxophone [Manzello], Vocals – Roland Kirk
• Trombone – Dick Griffin
• Trumpet – Charles McGhee

Notes

Side B of this album was recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1968.

Catalog# on spine: 40042
Catalog# on label: 40 042
Catalog# on front cover: SD 1534

On back cover:
Manufactured in Germany by Record Service GmbH. Alsdorf · Pressé en Allemagne par Record Service GmbH. Alsdorf
A Warner Communications Company
Warner logo embossed (lower right corner)

Manufactured in Germany by Record Service GmbH, Alsdorf. Pressé en Allemagne per Record Service GmbH, Alsdorf. A Warner Communications Company

Originally released in 1969

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A, Stamped): R/S Alsdorf 40042-A2 D
• Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B, Stamped): R/S Alsdorf 4̶0̶0̶4̶2̶ B̶ 40042 B
• Rights Society: GEMA
• Rights Society: BIEM
• Label Code: LC 0121

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