Tap Root Manuscript

Tracklist

A1	Cracklin' Rosie	3:00
A2	Free Life	3:11
A3	Coldwater Morning	3:20
A4	Done Too Soon	2:45
A5	He Ain't Heavy... He's My Brother	3:59
The African Trilogy (A Folk Ballet)
B1	Childsong
B2	I Am The Lion
B3	Madrigal
B4	Soolaimon
B5	Missa
B6	African Suite
B7	Childsong (Reprise)

Companies, etc.

• Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute

Credits

• Instruments – Alvin Casey, Andrea Kostelas, Armand Kaproff, Arthur Butler*, Assa Drori, Benjiman Barrett*, A.D. Brisbois*, David Burk, David Cohen, Dick Hyde, Donald Menza*, Don Peake, Don Randi, Earl C. Palmer Sr.*, Emil Radocchia, Erno Neufeld, Gareth Nuttycombe, Gary Coleman, Gene Estes, George C. Poole*, George Roberts, Hal Blaine, Harry Betts, Harry Bluestone, Harvey J. Newmark*, Henry Roth, Henry Sigismonti, Israel Baker, Jack Shulman, Jim Arkatov*, James Getzoff, Jan R. Kelley*, Jay Migliori, Jesse Ehrlich, Joe Osborn, Joseph Estren, Joseph Saxon, Larry Bunker, Lawrence W. Knechtel*, Larry Muhoberac, Leo Holdridge*, Lee Shamburger, Lou Klaes*, Louie Shelton, Martin Paitch*, Myron Sandler, Nathan Ross, Nathaniel Rosen, Neil Levang, Oliver Mitchell*, Paul Bergstrom, Paul Hubinon, Paul Shure, Randy Cierley*, Raymond J. Kelley*, M.R. Pohlman*, Orville Rhodes*, Roger Bobo, Ronald Langinger, Roy V. Caton*, Sandra Crouch, Shirley Marcus, Sidney Sharp, Thomas Scott*, Anthony Terran*
• Vocals – Alexander Hale, Aubrey Porter, Bill Lee , Billie Barnum, Christopher Hale, Clydie King, Dean Porter, Donald Wyatt*, Douglas Schwartz, Dwayne Moody, Ed Wallace, Ekundayo Paris, Evelyn Meyer, Fred Burton, George Bledsoe, Graynston Hale, Gwen Johnson, H.B. Barnum Jr.*, Jean Sewell, Jessie Kirkland*, Joe Greene, John Woodson, Kevin Parker, Lewis Johnson*, Mabel Bishop, Marjorie Cranford, Matthews Muhoberac, Mary Clayton*, Molly Halloran, Nancy Adams, Oma Drake, Phillip Whigham, Ricky Porter*, Sean Engerman, Shirlee Matthews*, Sherill Atwood*, Stacey Johnson*

Notes

Released in a gatefold sleeve.
No individual times for side 2...but side 2 is called on the label An African Trilogy (A Folk Ballet) with the full-side timing of (19:20).

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Label Code (Side A): US 1184
• Label Code (Side B): US 1185
• Matrix / Runout (Side A etched): T1
• Matrix / Runout (Side A stamped): US1184 E2
• Matrix / Runout (Side B etched): T2
• Matrix / Runout (Side B stamped): US1185 E2

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
73092	Neil Diamond	Tap Root Manuscript ‎(LP, Album)	UNI Records	73092	US	1970
MCAD-31071	Neil Diamond	Tap Root Manuscript ‎(CD, Album)	MCA Records	MCAD-31071	US	Unknown
MCA-2013, MCA 2013	Neil Diamond	Tap Root Manuscript ‎(LP, Album, RM)	MCA Records, MCA Records	MCA-2013, MCA 2013	US	1980
S 201 375, MAPS 3974	Neil Diamond	Tap Root Manuscript ‎(LP, Album, RE)	MCA Records, MCA Records	S 201 375, MAPS 3974	Germany	Unknown
MCA-2013	Neil Diamond	Tap Root Manuscript ‎(LP, Album, RE, Gat)	MCA Records	MCA-2013	Canada	1973