Kirkatron

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A1	Serenade To A Cuckoo Written-By – Rahsaan Roland Kirk*	3:40
A2	This Masquerade Written-By – Leon Russell	5:31
A3	Sugar Words By – Rahsaan Roland Kirk*Written-By – Stanley Turrentine	3:27
A4	Los Angeles Negro Blues	0:26
A5	Steppin' Into Beauty Written-By – Rahsaan Roland Kirk*	6:42
A6	Christmas Song Written-By – Mel Torme*, Bob Wells*	3:34
B1	Bagpipe Medley Written-By – Rahsaan Roland Kirk*	2:38
B2	Mary McLeod Bethune	0:24
B3	Bright Moments Lyrics By – Todd BarkanMusic By – Rahsaan Roland Kirk*	4:14
B4	Lyriconon Written-By – Rahsaan Roland Kirk*	4:10
B5	Night In Tunisia Written-By – John "Dizzy" Gillespie*, Frank Paparelli	4:59
B6	J. Griff's Blues	7:41

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
• Record Company – Warner Bros. Inc.
• Record Company – Warner Communications
• Produced For – The Masked Announcer
• Copyright (c) – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
• Pressed By – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Winchester
• Recorded At – Regent Sound Studios, New York City
• Recorded At – Montreux Jazz Festival
• Remixed At – Regent Sound Studios, New York City
• Mastered At – Regent Sound Studios, New York City
• Published By – Rokir Music Corp.
• Published By – Skyhill Publishing Co., Inc.
• Published By – E.H. Morris & Co., Inc.
• Published By – Hot Toddy Music
• Published By – MCA Music Inc.

Credits

• Arranged By – Frank Foster (tracks: B3), Rahsaan Roland Kirk*
• Arranged By [Strings], Conductor – William S. Fischer (tracks: A6)
• Backing Vocals – Adrienne Albert (tracks: B3), Arthur Williams (tracks: B3), Francine Carroll (tracks: B3), Hilda Harris (tracks: B3), Maeretha Stewart (tracks: B3), Milton Grayson (tracks: B3), Randy Peyton (tracks: B3)
• Bass – Charles "Buster" Williams* (tracks: B3), Gordon Edwards (tracks: A2, B5), Mattathias Pearson (tracks: A1, A5, B4, B6), Milton Suggs (tracks: A3, A5)
• Cello – Kermit Moore (tracks: A6)
• Design – Peter Corriston
• Drums – Bill Carney (tracks: A6), Charles Persip* (tracks: B3), James Madison (tracks: A2, B5), Jerry Griffin (tracks: B4), Sonny Brown (tracks: A1, A5, B6), Walter Perkins (tracks: A3, A5)
• Engineer [Recording Montreux] – John Timperley (tracks: A1, B1, B6)
• Engineer [Recording Regent Sound] – Robert Liftin* (tracks: A2 to A6, B2 to B5), Vince McGarry (tracks: A2 to A6, B2 to B5)
• Engineer [Remix] – Bob Liftin, Vince McGarry
• Flute – Rahsaan Roland Kirk* (tracks: A1, A5, B6)
• Guitar – Billy Butler (tracks: A6, B4), Cornell Dupree (tracks: A2, B5)
• Illustration – David Heffernan
• Keyboards – Hilton Ruiz (tracks: A1-A3, A5, B1, B3-B5), Richard Tee (tracks: A2, B5)
• Lyricon – Rahsaan Roland Kirk* (tracks: B4)
• Mastered By – Vince McGarry
• Organ – Trudy Pitts (tracks: A6)
• Percussion – Todd Barkan (tracks: A1, A5, B6), Tony Waters (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B1, B6)
• Producer – Joel Dorn, Rahsaan Roland Kirk*
• Reeds – Romeo Penque (tracks: B3)
• Saxello [Manzello] – Rahsaan Roland Kirk* (tracks: A1, A5, B6)
• Synthesizer [ARP String Ensemble] – William S. Fischer (tracks: A2)
• Tambourine – Ruddley Thibodeaux (tracks: A2)
• Tenor Saxophone – Rahsaan Roland Kirk* (tracks: A1-A3, A5, A6, B1, B3, B5, B6)
• Trombone – Stephen Turre* (tracks: A2, A3, A5, B5)
• Tuba – Howard Johnson (tracks: B3)
• Viola – Alfred Brown (tracks: A6), Selwart Clarke (tracks: A6)
• Violin – Sanford Allen (tracks: A6)

Notes

A1, B1, B6 recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival, 18 July 1975
A3, A5, A6, B3 recorded in NYC, 1975
A2, B4, B5 recorded in NYC, 1976

Track B6 is P. D. (public domain).

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched): BS-1-2982 WW2 -VM KH • ─◁
• Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched): BS-2-2982 WW2 • ─◁
• Pressing Plant ID: • ─◁
• Rights Society (A1 to A3, A5, B1, B2 to B4, B6): BMI
• Rights Society (A6, B5): ASCAP

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
WPCR-27269	Rahsaan Roland Kirk*	Kirkatron ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM)	Warner Bros. Records	WPCR-27269	Japan	2013
M8 2982	Rahsaan Roland Kirk*	Kirkatron ‎(8-Trk, Album)	Warner Bros. Records	M8 2982	US	1977
BS 2982	Rahsaan Roland Kirk*	Kirkatron ‎(LP, Album)	Warner Bros. Records	BS 2982	Canada	1977
WB 56313	Rahsaan Roland Kirk*	Kirkatron ‎(12", Album)	Warner Bros. Records	WB 56313	Germany	1977
56.002	Rahsaan Roland Kirk*	Kirkatron ‎(LP, Album)	Warner Bros. Records	56.002	Brazil	1977

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