Limelight · in the Kissa Kissa racks

I Talk With The Spirits

Roland Kirk

Recorded	Sep 16-17, 1964
Label	Limelight
Released	1964
Personnel	6 credited players
Discogs	master 178701

The record

A rare all-flute outing that traded his usual reed arsenal for airy, incantatory lines, backed by Horace Parlan's spare piano and Bob Moses' vibes shimmer. Recorded for Limelight in '64, it's a hushed, mystical detour that shows just how far his musical curiosity could roam.

Session personnel

Michael Fleming — bass
Walter Perkins — drums
Roland Kirk — flute
Horace Parlan — piano
Bob Moses — vibraphone
Crystal-Joy Albert — vocals

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 24 pressings on file.

1965	Limelight · LM 82008 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · gatefold
—	Limelight · LS 86008 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo, Richmond Record Pressing, Black & Green Labels · deep groove; gatefold
1965	Limelight · LS 86008 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo, Album, Gatefold · gatefold
1965	Mercury · LML 4005 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1965	Mercury · SLML 4005 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1965	Limelight · LS 86008 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Stereo · gatefold
1965	Limelight · LM 82008 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono · gatefold
1965	Mercury · LML 4005 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1966	Mercury · 220 005 LMY — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · laminated sleeve
1968	Limelight · LS 86008 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Repress, Stereo · gatefold
1972	Mercury · SFX-7431 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Stereo
1998	Verve Records · 558 076-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
1998	Verve Records · 314 558 076-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
2020	Limelight · LS 86008 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Gatefold, 180 grams · gatefold