Roland Kirk - The Inflated Tear - Rhino Reserve LP

180g Premium-Quality Vinyl, Rhino Reserve Audiophile Series

The Inflated Tear is a 1968 studio album by Roland Kirk, originally released on Atlantic. Kirk was a hugely influential blind jazz multi-instrumentalist who played tenor saxophone, flute and many other instruments, renowned for his onstage vitality and his ability to play several horns simultaneously. This Rhino Reserve edition is pressed on 180-gram premium-quality vinyl at Fidelity Record Pressing, with lacquers cut from the original analog masters by Matthew Lutthans.

Features

• Rhino Start Your Ear Off Right 2026 Indie Exclusive
• Limited Edition
• Rhino Reserve Audiophile Series
• 180g premium-quality vinyl LP
• Lacquers cut from the original analog masters by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab
• Pressed in Oxnard, California at Fidelity Record Pressing
• Label: Rhino

Musicians

• Roland Kirk – tenor sax, manzello, stritch, clarinet, flute, whistle, English horn, flexafone
• Ron Burton – piano
• Steve Novosel – bass
• Jimmy Hopps – drums
• Dick Griffin – trombone on "Fly by Night"

Track Listing

Side One:

1. The Black and Crazy Blues
2. A Laugh for Rory
3. Many Blessings
4. Fingers in the Wind

Side Two:

1. The Inflated Tear
2. The Creole Love Call
3. A Handful of Fives
4. Fly by Night
5. Lovellevelliloqui