Tracklist

A1	Soul Surge
A2	Blue Spirits
B1	Outer Forces
B2	Cunga Black
B3	Jodo

Companies, etc.

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

Credits

• Alto Saxophone, Flute – James Spaulding
• Bass – Bob Cranshaw (tracks: A2, B1, B3), Larry Ridley (tracks: A1, B2)
• Congas – Big Black (tracks: A1, B2)
• Design [Cover], Photography By [Cover Photo] – Reid Miles
• Drums – Clifford Jarvis (tracks: A1, B2), Pete La Roca (tracks: A2, B1, B3)
• Euphonium – Kiane Zawadi
• Liner Notes – Nat Hentoff
• Piano – Harold Mabern Jr.* (tracks: A1, B2), McCoy Tyner (tracks: A2, B1, B3)
• Producer – Alfred Lion
• Recorded By [Recording By] – Rudy Van Gelder
• Tenor Saxophone – Hank Mobley (tracks: A2, B1, B3), Joe Henderson (tracks: A1, B2)
• Trumpet, Written-By – Freddie Hubbard

Notes

McCoy Tyner performs by courtesy of Impulse Records.

Recorded on February 19, 1965 (tracks A1, B2) and on February 26, 1965 (tracks A2, B1, B3).

Liberty pressing.

"VAN GELDER" is stamped into the run out groove of both sides.

Label "Blue Note Records Inc • A Division of Liberty Records, Inc".

Back cover reads "43 West 61st St., New York 23".

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
BLP 4196	Freddie Hubbard	Blue Spirits ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Blue Note	BLP 4196	US	1965
ST-84196	Freddie Hubbard	Blue Spirits ‎(LP, Album)	Blue Note	ST-84196	US	2015
B0022571-01	Freddie Hubbard	Blue Spirits ‎(LP, Album)	Blue Note	B0022571-01	US	2015
TOCJ-9566, BST-84196	Freddie Hubbard	Blue Spirits ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM, Pap)	Blue Note, Blue Note	TOCJ-9566, BST-84196	Japan	2003
BST-84196	Freddie Hubbard	Blue Spirits ‎(LP, Album, RE, RM, 180)	Blue Note	BST-84196	Europe	2015