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 The Sad and Tragic Demise of Big Fine Hot Salty Black Wind is the third album by free jazz ensemble Universal Congress Of, released on October 17, 1991 by Enemy Records.[2] 
  Track listing
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| 1. | "Freight Train" | Joe Baiza, Ralph Gorodetsky | 3:38 | 
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| 2. | "Small World" | Ronald Shannon Jackson | 3:12 | 
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| 3. | "Tight Heat" | Baiza, Gorodetsky, Devin Sarno | 3:37 | 
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| 4. | "Bermuda Blues" | Henry Threadgill | 7:20 | 
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| 5. | "Marginal" | Baiza, Gorodetsky | 3:25 | 
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| 6. | "Almost Positive" | Paul Lines | 5:07 | 
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| 7. | "Uh-Huh" | Baiza, Gorodetsky | 4:05 | 
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| 8. | "Kyle's Theme" | Odean Pope | 2:15 | 
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| 9. | "Ell's Choir Robe" | Baiza, Steve Moss | 3:32 | 
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| 10. | "Pickled Bullhorn" | Baiza, Gorodetsky, Moss | 5:02 | 
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| 11. | "Man With the Woman" | Baiza, Bob Fitzer | 5:13 | 
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Personnel
 Adapted from The Sad and Tragic Demise of Big Fine Hot Salty Black Wind liner notes.[3] 
      | Universal Congress Of
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  Release history
   | Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog | 
  | United States | 1991 | Enemy | CD, LP | EMY 117 | 
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|   Jacob CohnRick CoxMike DemersBob FitzerA.P. GonzalezRalph GorodetskyLynn JohnstonJason KahnPaul Uriaz
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