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A1	Butterfly Synthesizer [String Ensemble] – John BowenWritten-By – Herbie Hancock	8:05
A2	Cyclops Written-By – J. Mtume*	5:18
A3	Emotions Congas – Mtume*Written-By – Eddie Henderson	4:59
B1	Prance On Written-By – J. Mtume*	5:16
B2	Amoroso Congas [Second] – Mtume*Written-By – Benny Maupin*	5:38
B3	Mahal Synthesizer [String Ensemble] – John BowenWritten-By – Eddie Henderson	4:27
B4	Ecstasy Written-By – Eddie Henderson	3:25

Credits

• Bass – Paul Jackson
• Congas, Percussion – Bill Summers
• Drums – Howard King
• Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Clavinet, Synthesizer [Arp 2600, Oberhiem 8 Voice Polyphonic, The Prophet-5, Arp Strings Ensemble, Mini Moog, Yamaha Cs-80 Polyphonic] – Herbie Hancock
• Engineer – Jim Gaines
• Engineer [Assistant] – Alan Suddeth
• Executive-producer – Larkin Arnold
• Flute – Hubert Laws
• Guitar – Ray Obiedo
• Mastered By – Wally Traugart*
• Mixed By [Additional] – Jim Gaines, Skip Drinkwater
• Piano [Acoustic] – Mtume*
• Producer – Skip Drinkwater
• Producer [Assistant] – Brooke Drinkwater
• Programmed By [Prophet-5 Programming] – John Bowen
• Tenor Saxophone, Saxophone [Saxello] – Bennie Maupin
• Trombone – Julian Priester
• Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Eddie Henderson

Notes

Recorded and mixed at Wally Heider Recording, San Francisco, CA.
Additional mixing at Producer's Workshop, Hollywood
Mastered at Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA.

Herbie Hancock and Hubert Laws appear courtesy of Columbia Records.
Mtume and John Bowen appear courtesy of Epic Records.
Paul Jackson appears courtesy of Arista Records.
Bennie Maupin appears courtesy of Mercury Records.
Bill Summers appears courtesy of Prestige Records.

Eddie Henderson plays Yamaha instruments exclusively.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SW-11846	Eddie Henderson	Mahal ‎(LP, Album)	Capitol Records	SW-11846	US	1978
E-ST 11846	Eddie Henderson	Mahal ‎(LP, Album)	Capitol Records, Tower	E-ST 11846	UK	1978
CD SBCS 48	Eddie Henderson	Mahal ‎(CD, RE)	Soul Brother Records	CD SBCS 48	UK	2011
ECS-81157	Eddie Henderson	Mahal ‎(LP, Album)	Capitol Records	ECS-81157	Japan	1978
31C 064 85618	Eddie Henderson	Mahal ‎(LP, Album)	Capitol Records	31C 064 85618	Brazil	1978