tracks

Thembi
Astral Traveling
Red, Black & Green
Thembi
Love
Morning Prayer
Bailophone Dance
Black Unity
Black Unity

Bass – Cecil McBee, Stanley Clarke

Congas, Talking Drum, Balafon [Balaphone] – Lawrence Killian

Drums – Billy Hart, Norman Connors

Piano – Joe Bonner

Tenor Saxophone, Balafon [Balaphone], Soprano Saxophone, Written-By – Pharoah Sanders

Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Carlos Garnett

Trumpet, Percussion – Hannibal Marvin Peterson

Bass – Cecil McBee, Stanley Clarke

Congas, Talking Drum, Balafon [Balaphone] – Lawrence Killian

Drums – Billy Hart, Norman Connors

Piano – Joe Bonner

Tenor Saxophone, Balafon [Balaphone], Soprano Saxophone, Written-By – Pharoah Sanders

Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Carlos Garnett

Trumpet, Percussion – Hannibal Marvin Peterson

37:21

notes

Impulse 2 for 1 compilation.
Thembi LP originally released as Impulse AS-9206 in 1971.
Tracks 1 to 3 recorded 25 November, 1970 at The Record Plant, L.A.
Tracks 4 to 6 recorded 12 January 1971 at The Record Plant, NYC.
Black Unity LP [track 7] originally released as Impulse AS-9219 in 1972. Recorded 24 November 1971 at A&R Recording Studios, NYC.
Track times listed above are as read from the CD using iTunes 11.4. Duration for tracks 3, 4, and 5 are listed slightly differently on the back cover, as 7:04, 5:12, and 9:10, respectively (a difference of 1 second each). The rest match.

credits

Art Direction, Design – - Rocco Park
Compilation Producer [Editor] – - Gerd Naumann
Compilation Producer [Series] – - Matthias Künnecke
Engineer – - Bill Szymczyk (tracks: 1 to 6), - Tony Maye * (tracks: 7)Engineer [Assisted By] – - Lillian Douma (tracks: 1 to 6), - Tom Flye (tracks: 1 to 6)Liner Notes [Original - Black Unity] – - Thembi Sanders
Photography By – - Chuck Stewart
Photography By, Design – - Philip Melnick
Producer – - Bill Szymczyk (tracks: 1 to 6), - Ed Michel (tracks: 1 to 6), - Lee Young (2) (tracks: 7)Remastered By – - Ahmed Chouraqui

companies

Copyright The Verve Music Group
Recorded At Record Plant, Los Angeles
Recorded At Record Plant, NYC
Recorded At AampR Studios
Remastered At On Air Studio, Berlin
Pressed By Arvato
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