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A1	Lost	7:12
A2	Angola	4:48
A3	The Big Push	8:18
B1	The Soothsayer	9:35
B2	Lady Day	5:31
B3	Valse Triste Arranged By – Wayne ShorterComposed By – Jean Sibelius	7:37

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – James Spaulding
• Art Direction, Design – Bill Burks
• Bass – Ron Carter
• Composed By – Wayne Shorter (tracks: A1 to A5)
• Drums – Tony Williams*
• Engineer [Recording] – Rudy Van Gelder
• Engineer [Remix] – Tony Sestanovich
• Photography By – Ron Leighton
• Piano – McCoy Tyner
• Producer [Original Session] – Alfred Lion
• Producer [Produced For Release], Liner Notes – Michael Cuscuna
• Tenor Saxophone – Wayne Shorter
• Trumpet – Freddie Hubbard

Notes

Recorded at Van Gelder Studios, New Jersey on March 4, 1965

The material on this album is released here for the first time

Mistake on Track B3
- on center label "Valse Triste" is attributed to H. Berlios (not correct)
- on back cover "Valse Triste" is attributed to Jean Sibelius (correct)

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
GXF 3054	Wayne Shorter	The Soothsayer ‎(LP, Album, Ltd)	Blue Note	GXF 3054	Japan	1979
GXK 8152, GXK-8152	Wayne Shorter	The Soothsayer ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Blue Note, Blue Note	GXK 8152, GXK-8152	Japan	1980
CDP 7 84443 2	Wayne Shorter	The Soothsayer ‎(CD, Album, RE, RP)	Blue Note	CDP 7 84443 2	US	Unknown
50999 5 14373 2 9	Wayne Shorter	The Soothsayer ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Blue Note	50999 5 14373 2 9	Europe	2008
LT-988	Wayne Shorter	The Soothsayer ‎(LP, Album, RE, 180)	Blue Note	LT-988	UK & Ireland	2018