Archie Shepp – Attica Blues

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Label:	Impulse! – AS-9222, ABC Records – AS-9222
Series:	University Series Of Fine Recordings
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, True Sound pressing
Country:	US
Released:	1972
Genre:	Jazz
Style:	Soul-Jazz, Free Jazz

Tracklist

A1	Attica Blues Written-By – A. Shepp, W. Harris	4:49
A2	Invocation: Attica Blues Written-By – W. Harris*	0:18
A3	Steam, Part 1 Written-By – A. Shepp*	5:08
A4	Invocation To Mr. Parker Written-By – A. Shepp, B. Gray	3:17
A5	Steam, Part 2 Written-By – A. Shepp*	5:10
B1	Blues For Brother George Jackson Written-By – A. Shepp*	4:00
B2	Invocation: Ballad For A Child Written-By – W. Harris*	0:30
B3	Ballad For A Child Written-By – A. Shepp, W. Harris	3:37
B4	Good Bye Sweet Pops Written-By – C. Massey*	4:23
B5	Quiet Dawn Written-By – C. Massey*	6:12

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – ABC Records, Inc.
Copyright © – ABC Records, Inc.
Published By – Down Of Freedom Pub., Ltd
Published By – Becabiverip Pub. Co.
Published By – Trousdale Music Pub. Inc.
Published By – Prestige Music (3)
Recorded At – A&R Studios
Pressed By – True Sound Manufacturing Corp.

Credits

Alto Saxophone – Clarence White (tracks: A1, B1, B4, B5), Marion Brown (tracks: A1, B1)
Backing Vocals – Albertine Robinson (tracks: A1), Joshie Armstead* (tracks: A1)
Baritone Saxophone – James Ware (tracks: A1, B1, B4, B5)
Bass – Jimmy Garrison (tracks: A3, A4, A5, B4, B5)
Bass [Fender] – Jerry Jemmott (tracks: A1), Roland Wilson (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B1, B3)
Cello – Calo Scott (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B3, B4, B5), Ronald Lipscomb (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B3, B4, B5)
Conductor – Romulus Franceschini (tracks: B4, B5)
Cornet – Clifford Thornton (tracks: A1, B1, B4, B5)
Design – Clyde Gilliam
Drums – Beaver Harris (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B1, B3), Billy Higgins (tracks: B4, B5)
Electric Piano – Dave Burrell (tracks: A3, A5), Walter Davis Jr. (tracks: A1, B1)
Engineer – Tony May
Engineer [Assisted By] – Eddie Sepanski
Euphonium – Hakim Jami (tracks: A1, B1, B4, B5)
Flugelhorn – Cal Massey (tracks: B5)
Flute – Marion Brown (tracks: A4)
Flute [Bamboo] – Marion Brown (tracks: A3, A5)
Guitar – Cornell Dupree (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B3)
Narrator – Bartholomew Gray (tracks: A4), William Kunstler (tracks: A2, B2)
Percussion – Juma Sutan* (tracks: A1, B1, B5), Marion Brown (tracks: A3, A4, A5), Nene DeFense (tracks: A1, B1, B5), Ollie Anderson (tracks: A1, B1, B5)
Photography By – Charles Stewart*
Piano – Walter Davis Jr. (tracks: B1, B3, B4, B5)
Producer – Ed Michel
Soprano Saxophone – Archie Shepp (tracks: A3, A5, B4)
Tenor Saxophone – Archie Shepp (tracks: A1, B1, B3, B5), Billy Robinson (tracks: A1, B1, B4, B5), Roland Alexander (tracks: A1, B1, B4, B5)
Trombone – Charles Greenlee (tracks: A1, B1, B4, B5), Charles Stephens (tracks: A1, B1, B4, B5), Kiane Zawadi (tracks: A1, B1, B4, B5)
Trumpet – Charles McGhee (tracks: A1, B1, B4, B5), Michael Ridley (tracks: A1, B1, B4, B5), Roy Burrowes (tracks: A1, B1, B4, B5)
Violin – John Blake (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B3, B4, B5), Leroy Jenkins (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B3, B4, B5), Shankar (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B3, B4, B5)
Vocals – Henry Hull (tracks: A1, B3), Joe Lee Wilson (tracks: A3, A5), Waheeda Massey (tracks: B5)

Notes

Recorded January 24, 25, and 26, 1972, at A&R Recording, New York. Engineering by Tony May, assisted by Eddie Sepanski.

Red/Black Impulse! labels on record.
Label variation: ℗1972, ABC RECORDS, INC. printed below credits and as rim text.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society: BMI
Pressing Plant ID (Etched in runout): TSM
Matrix / Runout (Label Side A): AS 9222-A
Matrix / Runout (Label Side B): AS 9222-B
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A etched): AS-9222-A TƧM
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B etched): AS-9222-B TSM

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Attica Blues (LP, Album, Promo, Stereo, Gatefold Cover)	Impulse!, ABC Records	AS-9222, AS 9222	US	1972
Recently Edited	Attica Blues (LP, Album)	Impulse!, ABC Records	AS-9222	US	1972
Recently Edited	Attica Blues (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold)	Impulse!, Impulse!, ABC Records	AS-9222, AS 9222	US	1972
Recently Edited	Attica Blues (LP, Album, Dynaflex)	Impulse!, Impulse!, ABC Records	AS-9222, AS 9222	Canada	1972
New Submission	Attica Blues (LP, Album, Stereo)	Impulse!	AS 9222	France	1972