All Compositions by Jamaaladeen Tacuma, except where indicated
1. Renaissance Man Cornet, African Flute – Olu Dara
2. Flash Back
3. Let's Have A Good Time
4. The Next Stop
5. Dancing In Your Head (Ornette Coleman, arr. Tacuma) Alto Saxophone – Ornette Coleman Electric Bass – Jamaaladeen Tacuma Electric Guitar – Charles Ellerbe Electronics [Dmx], Drum Programming – Greg Mann, Jamaaladeen Tacuma Percussion, Percussion [Electronic] – Ron Howerton
6. There He Stood Bass Guitar [Four And Five Stringed Steiberger], Bass [Peavey T-20 Lined Fretless] – Jamaaladeen Tacuma Handclaps – Daniel Ponce, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Verna Gillis Lyrics By [Poem], Narrator – Howie Montaug Percussion – Daniel Ponce
7. The Battle Of Images - In Four Movements Bass [Peavey T-20 Lined Fretless] – Jamaaladeen Tacuma Conductor – Bob Zollman Strings – Ebony String Quartet Violin – Cynthia Shoats, Kathleen Thomas Viola – Nina Wilkenson Cello – Aaron Henderson Timpani, Percussion – Bob Zollman
8. Sparkle Electric Bass – Jamaaladeen Tacuma Electric Guitar – Vernon Reid Tenor Saxophone – David Murray Drums – Bill Bruford Drums [African Gymbe] – Daryl Burgee
Tracks 1-4 (Jamaaladeen Tacuma featuring his band Jamaal)
Electric Bass, Electronics – Jamaaladeen Tacuma
Alto Saxophone – James R. Watkins
Electric Guitar – Rick Iannacone
Drums – Cornell Rochester
Track 1-4, 7 recorded at Studio 4, Philadelphia, 1983
Track 5 recorded at Gramavision Recording Studio, New York, 1984
Track 6 recorded at Sinus Musik, Berlin, Germany, 1983
Track 8 recorded at Unique Recording Studio, New York, 1983
Mixed at Gramavision Recording Studio, New York, 1984
Shannon Jackson & The Decoding Society – Street Priest
All compositions by Ronald Shannon Jackson
1. Street Priest
2. Sperm Walk
3. City Witch
4. Sandflower
5. Hemlock for Cordials
6. Chudo Be
Drums/Arrangements – Ronald Shannon Jackson
Electric Bass – Melvin Gibbs, Reverend Bruce Johnson
Electric Guitar – Vernon Reid
Saxophone – Lee Rozie, Zane Massey
Flute – Ronald Shannon Jackson (tracks: B1), Zane Massey (tracks: B1)
Producer – Burkhard Hennen
Recorded By – Bernd Steinwedel
Recorded at: Studio Nord, Bremen 13th-16th June 1981