Freedom - No Compromise

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Freedom - No Compromise was a 1987 album by Little Steven.

Following on the moderate success of Artists United Against Apartheid's "Sun City", Steven Van Zandt's next record was a full-on dance-rock record, verging in places on world music. Bruce Springsteen and Ruben Blades join Van Zandt on lead vocals on "Native American" and "Bitter Fruit", respectively. Politics even more at the forefront than before, centering on U.S. transgressions in Central America, South Africa, and against Native Americans.

The old Disciples of Soul had almost completely disappeared.

[edit] Track listing

1. Freedom
2. Trail Of Broken Treaties
3. Pretoria
4. Bitter Fruit
5. No More Party's
6. Can't You Feel The Fire
7. Native
8. Sanctuary

[edit] Personnel

• Steve Van Zandt - Guitar, dulcimer
• Steve Jordan, David Beal, Keith LeBlanc - drums
• Romeo Williams, Doug Wimbish, T.M. Stevens - bass
• Bernie Worrell, Paul Shaffer, Greg Phillinganes, Tommy Mandel, Richard Scher - keyboards.
• Ruben Blades, David Beal, Monti Louis Ellison - percussion
• Hilario Soto - Toyo
• Zoe Yanakis - Bass Flute
• Kenny Moore, Cobra Jones, 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, Sechaba Cultural Singers, Zola Dube, Tshepo Tsotetsi, Moeketsi Bodibe, Tnemba Ntinga, Mweli Mzizi, South African Students Committee of UCLA, Abner Mariri, Mendiswa Mzamne, Ronald Kunene, Kindiza Ngubeni, Nonhlanhla Simelane, Motlole Moseki - background vocals