Pharoah Sanders – Thembi

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Label:	ABC Records – AS-9206
Series:	University Series Of Fine Recordings
Format:	Vinyl , LP, Album, Test Pressing, Stereo , Gatefold, True Sound Pressing
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

True Sound Test Pressing.

Remarks on label include a number of 3/25, which would imply 25 test pressing copies produced by ABC's Hauppauge, NY plant.

Runout is slightly different from other TSM pressings.

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): TSM AS-9206 A
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B): AS 9206 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