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A1	Bustin' Out	5:24
A2	High On Your Love Suite / One Mo Hit (Of Your Love) Percussion – Shondu Akiem*Tenor Saxophone [Solo] – Fernando Harkless	7:24
A3	Love Interlude	1:57
A4	Spacey Love Harp – Dorothy AshbyTrumpet [Solo] – Wayne Jackson	5:50
B1	Cop 'N' Blow Guitar [Solo] – Wali AliPercussion – Jacqueline Ruffin*, Shondu Akiem*Tenor Saxophone [Solo] – Fernando Harkless	5:04
B2	Jefferson Ball Harp – Dorothy Ashby	7:21
B3	Fool On The Street Flute [Solo] – Fernando HarklessPercussion – Jacqueline Ruffin*, Shondu Akiem*Trumpet [Solo] – Wayne Jackson	7:20

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Sigma Sound Studios, New York
• Recorded At – Magic Wand Studios
• Mixed At – Motown Recording Studios
• Mastered At – Kendun Recorders

Credits

• Acoustic Guitar [6 & 12-string], Arranged By [Horns, Rhythm], Bass, Bongos, Clavinet, Congas, Harmonica, Keyboards, Lyrics By, Mixed By, Music By, Percussion, Producer, Written-By – Rick James
• Arranged By [Horns] – Peter Cardinelli*
• Backing Vocals – Clarence Sims, Clydene Jackson, Jacqueline Ruffin*, Julia Tillman Waters, Levi Ruffin, Jr.*, Lisa Sarna, Maxine Willard Waters, Teena Marie
• Bass – Oscar Austin*
• Clavinet, Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Harpsichord, Percussion, Grand Piano, Strings [Omni] – Clarence Sims
• Drums, Percussion – Lanise Hughes
• Electric Guitar – Al Szymanski
• Engineer – Bob "Inky" Incorvaia, Carmine Rubino
• Engineer [Assistant] – Carla Bandini
• Engineer, Mixed By, Producer – Art Stewart
• Keyboards, Percussion, Strings [Omni], Synthesizer – Levi Ruffin, Jr.*
• Mastered By – Jo Hansch
• Piccolo Flute [Alto], Alto Saxophone – Fred Jackson, Jr.*
• Saxophone – Ernie Fields, Jr.*, Michael Brecker
• Tambourine – Jacqueline Ruffin*
• Trombone – Garnet Brown*, Oscar Brashear
• Trombone [Tenor], Bass Trombone – George Bohanon
• Trumpet – Randy Brecker

Notes

Rhythm tracks cut at Sigma Sound Recording Studio, New York
Horns recorded at Magic Wand Recording Studio, Hollywood
Mixed at Motown Recording Studios, Hollywood
Mastered at Kendun Recorders, Burbank

This album is dedicated to our hometown folks, Buffalo, New York and to all the freaks who have busted out of L Seven, the "square root of nothingness"

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
G7-984R1	Rick James	Bustin' Out Of L Seven ‎(LP, Album)	Gordy	G7-984R1	US	1979
LPS 99080, LPS-99.080	Rick James	Bustin' Out Of L Seven ‎(LP, Album)	Motown, Motown	LPS 99080, LPS-99.080	Venezuela	1979
G7-984R1	Rick James	Bustin' Out Of L Seven ‎(LP, Album, Promo)	Gordy	G7-984R1	Canada	1979
G7-984-HC	Rick James	Bustin' Out Of L Seven ‎(Cass, Album)	Gordy	G7-984-HC	US	1979
257-15-017	Rick James	Bustin' Out Of L Seven ‎(LP, Album)	Motown, Bellaphon	257-15-017	Germany	1979