Pharoah Sanders – Thembi

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Label:	ABC Records – AS-9206
Series:	University Series Of Fine Recordings
Format:	Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo , Gatefold
Country:	US
Released:	1971
Genre:	Jazz
Style:	Free Improvisation

Tracklist

A1	Astral Traveling	5:43
A2	Red, Black & Green	8:56
A3	Thembi Cymbal [Ring] – James Jordan	6:55
B1	Love	5:13
B2	Morning Prayer Cymbal [Ring], Marimba [Balophone], Voice [Shouts] – LL Smith* Drums – Roy Haynes Effects [Bird Effects] – Cecil McBee Flute [Alto, Fifes], Koto, Percussion [Brass Bell], Marimba [Balophone], Horns [Cow Horn], Maracas – Pharoah Sanders Percussion [African] – Nat Bettis Cymbal [Ring], Marimba [Balophone], Voice [Shouts] – LL Smith* Drums – Roy Haynes Effects [Bird Effects] – Cecil McBee Flute [Alto, Fifes], Koto, Percussion [Brass Bell], Marimba [Balophone], Horns [Cow Horn], Maracas – Pharoah Sanders Percussion [African] – Nat Bettis	9:11
B3	Bailophone Dance Cymbal [Ring], Marimba [Balophone], Voice [Shouts] – LL Smith* Drums – Roy Haynes Effects [Bird Effects] – Cecil McBee Flute [Alto, Fifes], Koto, Percussion [Brass Bell], Marimba [Balophone], Horns [Cow Horn], Maracas – Pharoah Sanders Percussion [African] – Nat Bettis Cymbal [Ring], Marimba [Balophone], Voice [Shouts] – LL Smith* Drums – Roy Haynes Effects [Bird Effects] – Cecil McBee Flute [Alto, Fifes], Koto, Percussion [Brass Bell], Marimba [Balophone], Horns [Cow Horn], Maracas – Pharoah Sanders Percussion [African] – Nat Bettis	5:43

Companies, etc.

Copyright © – ABC Records, Inc.
Published By – Cosmic Echoes Publishing Co.
Published By – Pharoah Sanders Music
Made By – ABC Records, Inc.
Recorded At – Record Plant, Los Angeles
Recorded At – Record Plant, N.Y.C.
Pressed By – True Sound Manufacturing Corp.

Credits

Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Pharoah Sanders (tracks: A1 to A3, B2, B3)
Bass – Cecil McBee
Bells, Percussion – Pharoah Sanders (tracks: A1 to A3)
Cymbal [Finger], Percussion – Cecil McBee (tracks: A1 to A3)
Drums, Bells, Maracas, Percussion – Clifford Jarvis (tracks: A1 to A3)
Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Claves, Percussion – Lonnie Liston Smith (tracks: A1 to A3)
Engineer [Assistant] – Tom Flye
Photography By, Design – Philip Melnick
Piano – LL Smith* (tracks: A1 to A3, B2, B3)
Producer – Ed Michel
Producer, Engineer – Bill Szymczyk
Violin, Percussion – Michael White (2) (tracks: A1 to A3)
Written-By – Pharoah Sanders (tracks: A2, A3, B2, B3)

Notes

Variations to label and runout.

Side 1 Label does not list "New York, NY 10019”, side 2 does. Version with ”New York” on side 1 label is Thembi.

The Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA, November 25, 1970 (Tracks A1 to A3)
The Record Plant, NYC, January 12, 1971 (Tracks B1 to B3)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Label Side A): AS 9206-A
Matrix / Runout (Label Side B): AS 9206-B
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A): AS-9206 A TSM
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B): AS-9206 B DM-1 TSM
Rights Society: BMI
Rights Society: ASCAP
Pressing Plant ID (Runouts): TSM

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Thembi (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold)	ABC Records	AS-9206	US	1971
New Submission	Thembi (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold)	Impulse!	AS-9206	Canada	1971
New Submission	Thembi (Cassette, Album)	Impulse!	M59206	US	1971
New Submission	Thembi (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold)	ABC Records	AS-9206		1971
Recently Edited	Thembi (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold, True Sound Pressing)	ABC Records	AS-9206	US	1971