Only the Best of Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Vol. 1

Original Release Date:  June 30, 2009

Track Listing

• 1. Ain't No Sunshine
• 2. What's Goin' On/Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
• 3. I Love You Yes I Do
• 4. Take Me Girl, I'm Ready
• 5. My Girl
• 6. Which Way Is It Going
• 7. One Nation
• 8. Never Can Say Goodbye
• 9. Old Rugged Cross
• 10. Make It with You
• 11. Blacknuss
• 12. Conversation
• 13. Bye Bye Blackbird
• 14. Horses
• 15. High Heel Sneakers
• 16. Dream
• 17. Echoes of Primitive Ohio & Chili Dogs
• 18. The Entertainer (Done in the Style of the Blues)
• 19. Freaks for the Festival
• 20. Dream
• 21. Portrait of Those Beautiful Ladies
• 22. Dream
• 23. The Entertainer
• 24. Dream
• 25. Portrait of Those Beautiful Ladies
• 26. Dream
• 27. Freaks for the Festival
• 28. Horses
• 29. Bye Bye Blackbird
• 30. Conversation
• 31. Side Four
• 32. The Black and Crazy Blues
• 33. A Laugh for Rory
• 34. Many Blessings
• 35. Fingers in the Wind
• 36. The Inflated Tear
• 37. The Creole Love Call
• 38. A Handful of Fives
• 39. Fly by Night
• 40. Lovellevelliloqui
• 41. Something for Trane That Trane Could Have Said
• 42. Island Cry
• 43. Runnin' from the Trash
• 44. Day Dream
• 45. The Ragman and the Junkman Ran from the Businessman They Laughed and He Cri
• 46. Breath-A-Thon
• 47. Rahsaanica
• 48. Raped Voices
• 49. Haunted Feelings
• 50. Prelude Back Home
• 51. Dance of the Lobes
• 52. Harder & Harder Spiritual
• 53. Black Root
• 54. Serenade to a Cuckoo
• 55. This Masquerade
• 56. Sugar
• 57. Los Angeles Negro Chorus
• 58. Steppin' into Beauty
• 59. The Christmas Song
• 60. Bagpipe Melody
• 61. Mary McLeod Bethune
• 62. Bright Moments
• 63. Lyriconon
• 64. A Night in Tunisia
• 65. J. Griff's Blues
• 66. Boogie-Woogie String Along for Real
• 67. I Loves You, Porgy
• 68. Make Me a Pallet on the Floor
• 69. Hey Babepips
• 70. In a Mellow Tone
• 71. Summertime
• 72. Dorthaan's Walk
• 73. Watergate Blues
• 74. Black Mystery Has Been Revealed
• 75. Expansions: Kirkquest/Kingus Mingus/Celestialness/A Dream of Beauty Rei
• 76. Lady's Blues
• 77. IX Love
• 78. Hot Cha
• 79. Quintessence
• 80. I Waited for You
• 81. A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing
• 82. Water for Robeson and Williams
• 83. That's All
• 84. Donna Lee
• 85. Simone
• 86. Anysha
• 87. Samba Kwa Mwanamke Mweusi
• 88. Arrival

Credits

• Clifton Davis: Composer
• Marvin Gaye: Composer
• Leon Russell: Composer
• Bill Withers: Composer
• Charles Fambrough: Cello, Personnel
• Gil Fuller: Composer
• Dizzy Gillespie: Composer
• Quincy Jones: Composer
• Scott Joplin: Composer
• Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Clarinet, Flute, Guitar, Harmonica, Trumpet, Arranger, Composer, Cymbals, Drums (Bass), Gong, Harmonium, Horn (English), Sax (Bass), Sax (Tenor), Sound Effects, Vocals, Whistle (Human), Lyricon, Whistle (Instrument), Bells, Stritch, Liner Notes, Manzello, Music Box, Bird Calls, Instrumentation, E Flat Clarinet, Electric Kalimba, Flexatones, Reed Trumpet, Palmas, Personnel
• Charles Mingus: Composer
• Walter Perkins: Drums, Personnel
• Hilton Ruiz: Piano, Arranger, Composer, Keyboards, Personnel
• Stanley Turrentine: Composer
• Howard Johnson: Tuba, Personnel
• Mickey Tucker: Organ, Personnel
• Trudy Pitts: Organ, Piano, Arranger, Composer, Piano (Electric), Personnel
• Ralph MacDonald: Percussion, Conga, Personnel
• Sammy Price: Piano, Personnel
• Percy Heath: Cello, Composer, Personnel
• Jonathan Abramowitz: Cello, Personnel
• Gloria Agostini: Harp, Personnel
• Adrienne Albert: Vocals (Background), Personnel
• Sanford Allen: Violin, Personnel
• Julien Barber: Viola, Personnel
• Todd Barkan: Percussion, Composer, Author, Personnel
• Renaldo Benson: Composer
• Alan Brandt: Composer
• Johnny Bristol: Composer
• Alfred Brown: Viola, Personnel
• Sonny Brown: Drums, Personnel
• James Buffington: French Horn, Personnel
• Ron Burton: Piano, Personnel
• Doreen Callender: Violin, Personnel
• Francine Caroll: Vocals (Background), Personnel
• Francisco Centeno: Bass, Personnel
• Cissy Houston: Vocals, Personnel
• Selwart Clarke: Viola, Personnel
• Al Cleveland: Composer
• Stanley Crouch: Liner Notes
• Cornell Dupree: Guitar, Personnel
• Joel Dorn: Producer, Liner Notes
• Duke Ellington: Composer
• Gordon Edwards: Bass, Personnel
• William S. Fischer: Arranger, Conductor, Piano (Electric), String Arrangements, Arp Strings, Personnel
• Frank Foster: Arranger, Composer
• Steve Gadd: Drums, Personnel
• Paul Goodman: Engineer
• Milt Grayson: Vocals (Background), Performer, Personnel
• Dick Griffin: Trombone, Personnel
• Lewis Hahn: Engineer, Remixing
• Hilda Harris: Vocals (Background), Personnel
• Roy Haynes: Drums, Personnel
• Ray Henderson: Composer
• Michael Hill: Vocals, Personnel
• Jimmy Hopps: Drums, Personnel
• Regis Iandiorio: Violin, Personnel
• Kathryn Kienke: Violin, Personnel
• Lawrence Killian: Conga, Personnel
• Harold Kohon: Violin, Personnel
• Richard Landrum: Conga, Personnel
• John Latouche: Composer
• Linda Lawrence: Viola, Personnel
• Bob Liftin: Engineer, Remixing
• Keith Loving: Guitar, Personnel
• James Madison: Drums, Personnel
• Yoko Matsuo: Violin, Personnel
• Hugh McCracken: Guitar, Personnel
• Vince McGarry: Engineer, Remixing, Mastering
• Charles McGhee: Trumpet, Personnel
• Khalil Mhrdi: Drums, Personnel
• Kermit Moore: Cello, Personnel
• Eugene J. Moye: Cello, Personnel
• Steve Novosel: Bass
• Frank Paparelli: Composer
• Pat Patrick: Sax (Baritone), Personnel
• Romeo Penque: Reeds, Personnel
• Charlie Persip: Drums, Personnel
• Tony Posk: Violin, Personnel
• Eddie Preston: Trumpet, Personnel
• Bill Salter: Bass, Personnel
• Pam Sawyer: Composer
• Arvell Shaw: Bass, Personnel
• Sonelius Smith: Piano, Accompaniment, Personnel
• Billy Strayhorn: Composer
• Richard Tee: Piano, Keyboards, Personnel
• Joe Habad Texidor: Percussion, Sound Effects, Tambourine, Triangle, Washboard, Accompaniment, Personnel
• John Luard Timperley: Engineer
• Steve Turre: Trombone, Personnel
• Tony Waters: Percussion, Personnel
• Buster Williams: Bass, Personnel
• Willie Woods: Composer
• William Robinson: Composer
• Bobby "BW" Wells: Composer
• David Gahr: Photography
• Arthur Jenkins, Jr.: Percussion, Arranger, Conductor, Conga, Keyboards, Cabasa, Personnel
• John Cabalka: Art Direction
• Stanislaw Zagorski: Illustrations, Cover Design, Cover Illustration
• Haig Adishian: Cover Design
• Peter Corriston: Cover Design
• Lee Friedlander: Cover Photo
• Tom Clack: Sound Effects
• Vaughn Hazell: Photography
• Robert "Lip" Liftin: Sound Effects, Engineer, Remixing
• Mort Dixon: Composer
• Bob Haymes: Composer
• Princess Patience Burton: Composer, Vocals, Personnel
• LaVerne Ware: Composer
• Dave Heffernan: Original Illustration
• Bill Carney: Drums, Personnel
• Milton Suggs: Bass, Personnel
• Ruddley Thibodeaux: Tambourine, Personnel
• John Goldsmith: Drums, Personnel
• Metathias Pearson: Bass, Personnel
• Dorthaan Kirk: Liner Notes
• Price Givens: Cover Painting
• Loring Werney: Cover Design
• Casey Bailey: Liner Notes
• Gifford McDonald: Drums, Personnel
• Maeretha Stewart: Vocals (Background), Personnel
• Richard Allen Williams M.D.: Trumpet, Personnel