Media Condition:  Very Good Plus (VG+)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Country:    Japan  
Released:  21 Jun 1985
Genre:       Jazz
Style:         Hard Bop, Soul-Jazz

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Comments:
VG++ Close to NM. Slight shelf wear on sleeve. No obi, with insert.
 

Notes:

Mercury V.S.O.P. Jazz Series, Direct From Digital Master

Some Instruments played by Roland Kirk are named "Manzello" or "Stritch".
A Manzello is a historic King-Saxello. A Stritch is a Buescher-Es-Alto Saxophone in adapted design (These informations taken from the Roland-Kirk-Articel in wikipedia)

HI-FInformation
This session was recorded monaurally and stereophonically at Nola Penthouse Studios in New York City, with Tommy Nola at the controls and Jack Tracy supervising. Rhythm section microphones used were a Neuman U 48 on piano, RCA 44 on the bass, and a Telefunken U 47 on drums, A Neuman KM 54 was used on Roland Kirk's horns, with an Electro Voice 667 suspended above it at forehead level to pick up his flute. The entire session was recorded at 15 inches per second on Ampez tape recorders.

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Recorded Aug. 16 and 17, 1961, at Nola Recording Studios, New York City. Personnel on asterisked tracks: Roland Kirk, tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, and flute; Richard Wyands, piano; Art Davis, bass; Charlie Persip, drums, Personnel on remaining tracks: Kirk; Hank Jones, piano; Wendell Marshall, bass; Persip, drums.

PUBLISHERS:
MRC Music, Inc.: A1, A3, A4, B1 to B4.
Famous Music Corp.:  A2.
Bird's Music: A5.

A1. Roland Kirk Sextet - Three For The Festival 3:05
A2. Roland Kirk Sextet - Moon Song 4:17
A3. The Roland Kirk Quartet - A Sack Full Of Soul 4:35
A4. The Roland Kirk Quartet - The Haunted Melody 3:36
A5. The Roland Kirk Quartet - Blues For Alice 4:04
B1. Roland Kirk Sextet - We Free Kings 4:45
B2. Roland Kirk Sextet - You Dit It, You Did It 2:24
B3. Roland Kirk Sextet - Some Kind Of Love 6:06
B4. The Roland Kirk Quartet - My Delight 4:26

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Other I•6•21
Rights Society JASRAC
Matrix / Runout V Ⓑ SR - 60679A - 2 1 2
Matrix / Runout SR - 60670B - 2. 1 1

Manufactured By Nippon Phonogram Co., Ltd.
Distributed By Nippon Phonogram Co., Ltd.
Recorded By Nola Recording Studios
Published By MRC Music
Published By Famous Music Corporation
Published By Bird Music