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FREEDOM - NO COMPROMISE
1987, Manhattan Records
Freedom - No Compromise
LINER NOTES & PRODUCTION CREDITS

WRITTEN, ARRANGED, and PRODUCED by LITTLE STEVEN

Written, Arranged and Produced by Little Steven

Personal and Production Assistance:  Zoe Yanakis

Mixed by Tom Lord-Alge

Vocals:  Little Steven

Additional Lead Vocals:  Bruce Springsteen (Native American), Ruben Blades (Bitter Fruit)

Additional Vocals:  Kenny Moore (Trail of Broken Treaties), Cobra Jones (No More Party’s)

Drums: Steve Jordan, David Beal, Keith LeBlanc

Bass:  Romeo Williams, Doug Wimbish, T.M. Stevens

Guitars and Dulcimer:  Little Steven

Keyboards:  Charlie Judge

Additional Keyboards: Greg Phillinganes, Tommy Mandel, Richard Scher, Paul Shaffer, Bernie Worrell

Percussion: Monti Louis Ellison, David Beal, Ruben Blades

Toyo: Hilario P. Soto

Bass Flute: Zoe Yanakis

Background Vocals:
Kenny Moore
Will Downing
Craig Derry
Wendell Morrison
Floyd Westerman
Tina B.
Audrey Wheeler
Brenda White-King
Steve Jordan
Oren Waters
Julia Waters
Luther Waters
Maxine Waters
Debra Byrd
Elicia Wright
Benjamin Newberry

Additional Background Vocals:
Sechaba Cultural Singers
Zola Dube
Tshepo Tsotetsi
Moeketsi Bodibe
Tnemba Ntinga
Mweli Mzizi
South African Students Committee/UCLA
Abner Mariri
Mendiswa Mzamne
Ronald Kunene
Kindiza Ngubeni
Nonhlanhla Simelane
Motlole Moseki

Guitar Maintenance, Equipment and Production Assistance: Benjamin Newberry

Drum Programming: Little Steven, Benjamin Newberry, David Beal

Recorded by Robert De La Garza, Steve Rinkoff, John Rollo

Additional Recording By Thom Panunzio, Bruce Lamcov, Allan Meyerson, Don Smith, Clyde Kaplan, Tom Nist

Assistant Engineers: Ron Jacobs, Claude Achille, Jeff Lord-Alge, Don Rodenback, Ed Garcia, Bill Dooley, Rob Paustin, Shizuko Orishige

Mixed at Atlantic Recording, NYC

Recorded at Shakedown Sound, NYC, Power Station, NYC, Village Recorders, L.A., Record Plant, L.A., Rumbo Recorders, L.A., Cherokee Studios, L.A.

Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk, NYC

Album Cover and Package Concept Designed & Handcolored by: Dino Danelli

Art Direction: Dino Danelli and Little Steven

Art Assistance and Assembly:  Manhattan Design

Front Cover Photography by Caroline Greyshock

Back Cover Photography by Guido Harari

Insert Photography by Caroline Greyshock and Guido Harari

South African Art on Insert by Domilefeni

"Iroquois Maid of the Mist" by Oren Lyons

"The Crucifixion of Nicaragua" by Carlos Sanchez Arias

Little Steven Management: Freddy DeMann

Special Thanks to Maureen - Your love means everything to me.

Special Thanks to My Family - Ma, Dad, Billy, Kathi and Nana Lento.

Special Thanks to Bruce Springsteen.

Special Thanks to Jimmy Iovine.

Special Thanks to Jackson Browne.

Special Thanks to Ruben Blades.

Special Thanks to Floyd Westerman.

Special Thanks to Bruce Lundvall and everyone at Manhattan/EMI Records Worldwide.

Thank you Freddy DeMann
Thank you Peter Parcher
Thank you Steve Hayes
Thank you Bert Padell
Thank you Paul Shindler
Thank you Frank, June & Nicole Barsalona
Thank you Steve Popovich
Thank you Arthur Spivak
Thank you Danny Schechter
Thank you Rick Dutka
Thank you Owen Epstein
Thank you Arthur Baker
Thank you Peter Gabriel
Thank you Hart Perry
Thank you Tony Ferguson
Thank you Pam Johnston
Thank you Tony O’Brien
Thank you Lee Heiman
Thank you Rudy Martin
Thank you Alex Ewen
Thank you Dr. Robert Venebles
Thank you Mike Bush & everyone at the American Indian Community House, NYC
Thank you Oren Lyons
Thank you Irv Powless
Thank you Don Friedman
Thank you John Mohawk
Thank you Suzan Shown Harjo
Thank you Jose Barreiro
Thank you Ray Cook
Thank you Bruce Ellison
Thank you Jack Schwartz
Thank you Lew Guerwitz
Thank you Bill Means & everyone at the International Indian Treaty Council
Thank you Charlie Abourezk
Thank you Betty Billups
Thank you Juan Aquilar
Thank you John Trudell
Thank you Jennifer Davis
Thank you Paul Irish
Thank you John Healey
Thank you Mary Daly
Thank you Jim & Mary Marchese
Thank you Charlie Clements
Thank you Peter Ritchie
Thank you Simon Buthelezi
Thank you Johnny Clegg
Thank you Juluka
Thank you Masisi Kunnene
Thank you Wim DeVoss
Thank you Robbie Applebaum
Thank you Ralph Nader
Thank you to the African National Congress
Thank you John Richard
Thank you Bob Walters
Thank you Barry Bongiovi
Thank you John Davenport
Thank you Ed Germano
Thank you Troy Germano
Thank you Andy Van Dette
Thank you Mike Barbiero
Thank you Dan Sheehan
Thank you Sara Nelson
Thank you Mel Quiroz
Thank you Vivanne Tvilling
Thank you Darlene Love
Thank you Ula Hedwig
Thank you John McCurry
Thank you Steve Rabideau
Thank you Leonard Peltier
Thank you Bill Wahpepah - We will miss you very much.

Suggested Reading

Endless Enemies, by Jonathan Kwitny, Pub. Penguin Books

Nelson Mandela - The Man & The Movement, by Mary Benson, Pub. W.W. Norton & Co.

Nelson Mandela - The Struggle is My Life, by the International Defense and Aid Fund, Pub. Pathfinder Press

Kaffir Boy, by Mark Methabane, Pub. Macmillan Publishing Co.

Behind the Trail of Broken Treaties, by Vine Deloria Jr., Pub. Dell

Bitter Fruit, by Stephen Schlesinger & Stephen Kinzer, Pub. Anchor Books

Blood of the Land, by Rex Wyler, Pub. Vintage Books

The Real Terror Network, by Edward S. Herman, Pub. South End Press

Suggested Correspondence

Amnesty International, 322 Eighth Ave., New York, N.Y. 10001

Peacenet, 3228 Sacramento St., San Francisco, CA. 94115

Eagles Eye Communications, Indigenous Press Network Weekly Report, c/o AICOM, 226 Blackman Hill Rd., Berkshire, N.Y. 13736

People for the American Way, 1424 16th St., N.W., Suite #601, Washington, D.C. 20036

The Africa Fund, 198 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10038

The Multinational Monitor, P.O. Box 19405, Washington, D.C. 20036

The Leonard Peltier Defense Committee, P.O. Box 6455, Kansas City, KS 66106

Big Mountain Legal Defense/Offense Committee, 2501 N. 4th St., Suite #18, Flagstaff, AZ 86001

African National Congress, 801 Second Ave., Suite #405, New York, N.Y. 10017

North American Congress on Latin America, 151 W. 19th St., 9th floor, New York, N.Y. 10011

Rock & Roll Confidential, Dept. 34, Box 1073, Maywood, N.J. 07607

South West African Peoples Organization, 801 Second Ave., Suite #1401, New York, N.Y. 10017

National Sanctuary Defense Fund, 942 Market Street, Suite 708, San Francisco, CA 94102

The University for Peace, P.O. Box 199, Escazu, Costa Rica

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