Originally issued on LP in 1973 (Folkways Records: FL 9711).
Compact disc.
Original liner notes and texts of the poems (6 p.) inserted in container.
Soul ain't: soul is (3:22) -- Sassafras toned, my grandma sat (2:23) -- Hurt of it all (4:16) -- Nina giving Mr. Backlash the blues (1:45) -- Five-year old scream breaking through the night (4:26) -- Cross-fire (1:28) -- Dialogue between two messengers of peace (3:20) -- Black world (4:53) -- My own thing (1:41) -- I would be for you rain (1:46) -- Echo of rain (1:20) -- To turn from love (1:11) -- For my people, a jubilee (2:47) -- Bronzeville breakthrough (4:11)