Roland Kirk: We Free Kings

Issued in a plastic bag with an “Acoustic Sounds Series” sticker on its front. Single pocket gatefold jacket with a non-labelled rice paper inner sleeve and a double-sided insert for the “Acoustic Sounds Series”.

Black labels with silver text.

[Back cover]
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 Ampex tape recorders.

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Recorded Aug. 16 and 17, 1961, at Nola Recording Studios, New York City. Personnel on asterisked tracks (A3 to A5, B4): Roland Kirk, tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, and flute; Richard Wyands, piano; Art Davis, bass; Charlie Persip, drums, Personnel on remaining tracks (A1, A2, B1 to B3): Kirk; Hank Jones, piano; Wendell Marshall, bass; Persip, drums.

Reissue mastered and cut to lacquer by Matthew Lutthans, The Mastering Lab at QRP

A Verve Records release; Originally released in 1962 on Mercury Records © 2025 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Distributed by Universal Music Enterprises, A Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

[Labels]
A Verve Records release; Originally released in 1962 on Mercury Records © 2025 UMG Recordings, Inc.

[“Acoustic Sounds Series” insert]
© 2024 UMG Recordings, Inc.

[“Acoustic Sounds Series” sticker]
• Mastered from the original analog tapes by top mastering engineers
• Manufactured at Quality Record Pressings (QRP) on 180 gram vinyl
• Tip-On gatefold sleeves printed on high-grade board

Runouts are etched except “TML-M” is stamped.

[Acoustic Sounds product page]
Stoughton Printing gatefold old-style tip-on jackets

Weight	230 g
Genre	Jazz
Style	Hard Bop,Soul-Jazz
Condition	Mint (M)
Format	Vinyl