The Prisoner

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	I Have A Dream Written-By – H. Hancock*	10:55
A2	The Prisoner Written-By – H. Hancock*	7:55
B1	Firewater Written-By – C. B. Williams*	7:30
B2	He Who Lives In Fear Written-By – H. Hancock*	6:50
B3	Promise Of The Sun Written-By – H. Hancock*	7:50

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
• Copyright (c) – Liberty/United Records, Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Hancock Music
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Unart Music Corp.

Credits

• Art Direction – Frank Gauna
• Bass – Buster Williams
• Bass Clarinet – Jerome Richardson, Romeo Penque (tracks: B1, B3)
• Bass Trombone – Jack Jeffers (tracks: B1, B3), Tony Studd
• Drums – Albert "Tootie" Heath*
• Flugelhorn – Johnny Coles
• Flute – Hubert Laws, Jerome Richardson (tracks: B1, B3)
• Liner Notes – Herb Wong
• Piano, Electric Piano – Herbie Hancock
• Producer – Duke Pearson
• Recorded By [Recording By] – Rudy Van Gelder
• Tenor Saxophone, Alto Flute – Joe Henderson
• Trombone – Garnett Brown

Notes

Joe Henderson performs by courtesy of Milestone Records.
Recorded on April 18, 1969 (tracks A2, B2) on April 21, 1969 (track A1) and on April 23, 1969 (tracks B1, B3).
℗ Hancock Music (A1, A2, B2, B3), Unart Music Corporation (B1).

solid blue labels with white b.

on labels:
Blue Note Records • Manufactured by Untited Artists Music and Records Group

on back cover:
Catalog# BST 84321
© Liberty/UA, Inc., Los Angeles, Calif. • Printed in U.S.A.

comes with Blue Note "wallpaper-style" paper inner sleeve
© MCMLXXIII United Artists Records Inc.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (stamped in the run-out groove of both sides): VAN GELDER
• Other: RIAA
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side 1, etched): BNST·84321·A
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side 2, etched): BNST·84321·B·

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
BST 84321	Herbie Hancock	The Prisoner ‎(LP, Album)	Blue Note	BST 84321	US	1969
CDP 7 46845 2	Herbie Hancock	The Prisoner ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Blue Note	CDP 7 46845 2	US	1987
BST 84321, (BNST 84321-A/B)	Herbie Hancock	The Prisoner ‎(LP, Album, RE, RM)	Blue Note, Blue Note	BST 84321, (BNST 84321-A/B)	US	Unknown
BNLP 12163, BNLP12163	Herbie Hancock	The Prisoner ‎(LP, Album)	Blue Note, Blue Note	BNLP 12163, BNLP12163	Brazil	1976
TOCJ-7080	Herbie Hancock	The Prisoner ‎(CD, Album, RM)	Blue Note	TOCJ-7080	Japan	2008