Pharoah Sanders – Thembi

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Label:	ABC Records – AS-9206
Series:	University Series Of Fine Recordings
Format:	Vinyl , LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue , DMM
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Released:
Genre:	Jazz
Style:	Free Jazz

Tracklist

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

Companies, etc.

Record Company – MCA Records
Made By – WEA Musik GmbH
Manufactured By – Record Service GmbH
Mastered At – Teldec-Studio, Berlin

Credits

Bass – Cecil McBee
Cymbal [Finger], Percussion – Cecil McBee (tracks: A1 to A3)
Cymbal [Ring] – James Jordan (tracks: A3)
Cymbal [Ring], Featuring [Bailophone], Voice [Shouts] – Lonnie Liston Smith (tracks: B2, B3)
Direct Metal Mastering By – A*
Drums – Roy Haynes (tracks: B2, B3)
Drums, Bells, Maracas, Percussion – Clifford Jarvis (tracks: A1 to A3)
Effects [Bird Effects] – Cecil McBee (tracks: B2, B3)
Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Claves, Percussion – Lonnie 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)
Photography By, Design – Philip Melnick
Piano – Lonnie Liston Smith (tracks: A1 to A3, B2, B3)
Producer – Ed Michel
Producer, Engineer – Bill Szymczyk
Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Bells, Percussion – Pharoah Sanders (tracks: A1 to A3)
Violin, Percussion – Michael 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.

Gatefold sleeve.
The record is housed in an original poly lined printed Impulse! inner sleeve:
Limited Edition
Original Recordings
Impulse!
Original Packaging
Direct Metal Mastering

Made in .

Label Variation (GEMA/BIEM). No Impulse logo on both Label sides

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): WEA DMM A C - AS - 9206 - A 1 II A-B-I
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): DMM A C - AS - 9206 - B/2 A-B-I
Rights Society: BIEM
Rights Society: GEMA
Label Code: LC 1056

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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

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Reviews

peter.weichselbaum Mar 1, 2024
Edited one year ago

Wonderful pressing. You take it out of the sleeve and immediately see that this is going to sound great. And it does.
CanuckPJ Jan 3, 2024
This looks exactly like my 1983 Japanese pressing, right down to the hype sticker.