1

Stick ’Em Up

2

Abstract

3

I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good)

4

What Would It Be Without You

5

Un Croque Monsieur (Poem: For Losers)

Recorded at the "RCA Studios", NYC + Los Angeles, CA, on September 9, 1968 and February 17, 1969 and August 26, 1969.

Archie Shepp
tenor sax on 1-5, soprano sax on 3, 4, 5

Martin Banks
trumpet and flugelhorn on 1 Andrew Bey
piano on 1 Mel Brown
organ and guitar on 1 Dave Burrell
organ on 2 Bob Bushnell
electric bass on 2 Charles Davis
baritone sax on 2 Wilton Felder
electric bass on 1 Matthew Gee
trombone on 5 Beaver Harris
drums on 1 Robin Kenyatta
alto sax and flute on 1 Grachan, III Moncur
trombone on 1-2 Jimmy Owens
trumpet and flugelhorn on 2 Bert Payne
guitar on 1 Cecil Payne
baritone sax and flute on 4, 5 Bernard Purdie
drums on 2 Wally Richardson
guitar on 2 China-Lin Sharpe
vocals on 3, 5 Clarence Sharpe
trumpet on 3, 5 Wood Shaw
trumpet on 5 James Spaulding
alto sax on 2 Leon Thomas
vocals on 1 Tasha Thomas
backing vocals on 1 Doris Troy
backing vocals on 1 Cedar Walton
piano on 3, 4, 5 Wilbur Ware
bass on 3, 4, 5 Albert Winston
electric bass and bass on 1