Pharoah SandersThembi

Label:

MCA Impulse! – MCA-5860

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Jazz

Style:

Free Jazz

Tracklist

A1 Astral Traveling
Written-ByLonnie Liston Smith
5:43
A2 Red, Black & Green
Written-ByPharoah Sanders
8:56
A3 Thembi
Written-ByPharoah Sanders
6:55
B1 Love
Written-ByPharoah Sanders
5:13
B2 Morning Prayer
Written-ByPharoah Sanders
9:11
B3 Bailophone Dance
Written-ByPharoah Sanders
5:43

Credits

  • BassCecil McBee
  • Cymbal [Finger], PercussionCecil McBee (tracks: A1 to A3)
  • Cymbal [Ring]James Jordan (tracks: A3)
  • Cymbal [Ring], Featuring [Bailophone], Voice [Shouts]Lonnie Liston Smith (tracks: B2, B3)
  • DrumsRoy Haynes (tracks: B2, B3)
  • Drums, Bells, Maracas, PercussionClifford Jarvis (tracks: A1 to A3)
  • Effects [Bird Effects]Cecil McBee (tracks: B2, B3)
  • Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Claves, PercussionLonnie Liston Smith (tracks: A1 to A3)
  • Flute [Alto], Koto, Tenor Saxophone, Percussion [Brass Bell], Featuring [Bailophone], Horns [Cow Horn], Maracas, Flute [Fifes]Pharoah Sanders (tracks: B2, B3)
  • Percussion [African]Nat Bettis (tracks: B2, B3)
  • PianoLonnie Liston Smith (tracks: A1 to A3, B2, B3)
  • ProducerEd Michel
  • Producer, EngineerBill Szymczyk
  • Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Bells, PercussionPharoah Sanders (tracks: A1 to A3)
  • Violin, PercussionMichael White (2) (tracks: A1 to A3)

Notes

Originally released in 1971.
Side A recorded 25 November, 1970 at The Record Plant, L.A.
Side B recorded 12 January 1971 at The Record Plant, NYC.

Digitally Remastered From The Original Stereo Master Tapes.

The shrink wrap has a sticker on the back reading:
'Custom Pressed on KC 569 Blend Virgin Vinyl'

Runouts are etched.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 076732586013
  • Matrix / Runout (Label Side A): MCA6390
  • Matrix / Runout (Label Side B): MCA6391
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A): MCA-6390-ASR1 KM14338-A
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B): MCA-6391-ASR1 KM14338-B

Other Versions (5 of 49)

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Thembi (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) ABC Records AS-9206 US 1971
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Thembi (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) Impulse! AS-9206 Canada 1971
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Thembi (Cassette, Album) Impulse! M59206 US 1971
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Thembi (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) ABC Records AS-9206 1971
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Thembi (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold, True Sound Pressing) ABC Records AS-9206 US 1971

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  • mistyvales's avatar
    mistyvales
    Can anyone comment on sound quality here? I'm not too keen on digital remaster job from 1987 - might be too bright and brickwalled.. although at LEAST it wouldn't be loudness war crap from the 2000s.

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