Tracklist
| Astral Traveling | 5:43 | ||
| Red, Black & Green | 8:56 | ||
| Thembi | 6:55 | ||
| Love | 5:13 | ||
| Morning Prayer | 9:11 | ||
| Bailophone Dance | 5:43 |
Credits (22)
Cecil McBeeBass [Solo]- Cecil McBeeBass, Effects [Bird]
- Cecil McBeeBass, Finger Cymbals, Percussion
- James JordanCymbal [Ring]
Roy HaynesDrums
Clifford JarvisDrums, Maracas, Bells, Percussion
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| Image | , | – | In Your Collection, Wantlist, or Inventory | Version Details | Data Quality | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Thembi LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold | Impulse! – AS-9206, ABC Records – AS-9206 | US | 1971 | US — 1971 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Thembi LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold | Impulse! – AS-9206 | Canada | 1971 | Canada — 1971 | New Submission | |||
 | Thembi Cassette, Album | Impulse! – M59206 | US | 1971 | US — 1971 | New Submission | |||
 | Thembi LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold | Impulse! – AS-9206, ABC Records – AS-9206 | France | 1971 | France — 1971 | New Submission | |||
 | Thembi LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold, True Sound Pressing | Impulse! – AS-9206, ABC Records – AS-9206 | US | 1971 | US — 1971 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Thembi 8-Track Cartridge, Album, Stereo | Impulse! – M 89206 | US | 1971 | US — 1971 | New Submission | |||
 | Thembi LP, Album, Club Edition, Stereo, Gatefold | Impulse! – AS-9206, ABC Records – AS-9206, Impulse! – SMAS-94261 | US | 1971 | US — 1971 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Thembi Cassette, Album | Impulse! – 5027-9206 | US | 1971 | US — 1971 | New Submission | |||
 | Thembi LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold | Impulse! – AS-9206, ABC Records – AS-9206 | US | 1971 | US — 1971 | New Submission | |||
 | Thembi LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold | Impulse! – AS-9206, ABC Records – AS-9206 | Japan | 1971 | Japan — 1971 | New Submission | |||
 | Thembi LP, Album, Test Pressing, Stereo, Gatefold, True Sound Pressing | Impulse! – AS-9206, ABC Records – AS-9206 | US | 1971 | US — 1971 | New Submission | |||
 | Thembi LP, Album, Stereo | Impulse! – ASC 9206, ABC Records – ASC 9206 | South Africa | 1971 | South Africa — 1971 | New Submission | |||
 | Thembi LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold | Impulse! – AS-9206, ABC Records – AS-9206 | US | 1972 | US — 1972 | New Submission | |||
 | Thembi LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Gatefold, Terre Haute Pressing | Impulse! – AS-9206, ABC Records – AS-9206 | US | 1973 | US — 1973 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Thembi LP, Album, Reissue, Gatefold | Impulse! – AS-9206, ABC Records – AS-9206 | US | 1974 | US — 1974 | New Submission | |||
 | Thembi LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Gatefold | ABC Impulse! – AS-9206, ABC Impulse! – AS 9.206 | France | 1976 | France — 1976 | New Submission | |||
 | Thembi LP, Album, Reissue | MCA Records – AS-9206 | US | 1980 | US — 1980 | New Submission | |||
 | Thembi LP, Album, Reissue | MCA Records – MCA-29059, Impulse! – AS-9206 | US | 1980 | US — 1980 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Thembi LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Gatefold | MCA Records – MCA-29059, Impulse! – AS-9206 | US | 1980 | US — 1980 | New Submission | |||
 | Thembi LP, Album, Reissue | Jasmine Records – JAS 53 | UK | 1982 | UK — 1982 | New Submission | |||
 | Thembi LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Stereo, Gatefold | Impulse! – P-5914, Impulse! – AS-9206, MCA Records – AS-9206 | Japan | 1983 | Japan — 1983 | New Submission | |||
 | Thembi LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered | MCA Impulse! – MCA-5860 | US | 1987 | US — 1987 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Thembi CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered | MCA Impulse! – MCAD-5860 | US | 1987 | US — 1987 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Thembi Cassette, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo | MCA Impulse! – MCAC-5860 | US | 1987 | US — 1987 | New Submission | |||
 | Thembi CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Digipak | Impulse! – IMPD-253 | US | 1998 | US — 1998 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Thembi CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Digipak | Impulse! – IMP 12532 | Europe | 1998 | Europe — 1998 | New Submission | |||
 | Thembi CD, Album, Remastered, Reissue, Paper Sleeve | Impulse! – UCCI-9101, Impulse! – AS-9206 | Japan | 2003 | Japan — 2003 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Thembi CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Paper sleeve | Impulse! – UCCI-9130, Impulse! – AS-9206 | Japan | 2007 | Japan — 2007 | New Submission | |||
 | Thembi LP, Album, Reissue, Gatefold | Impulse! – B0028597-01, Verve Records – B0028597-01, UMe – B0028597-01 | US | 2018 | US — 2018 | ||||
 | Thembi CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Stereo, SHM-CD | Impulse! – UCCI-9366 | Japan | 2021 | Japan — 2021 | New Submission | |||
 | Thembi LP, Album, Reissue, Unofficial Release, Stereo, Gatefold | Audio Clarity – ACL 0089 | Europe | 2023 | Europe — 2023 | ||||
 | Thembi LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Gatefold, 180 gram | Impulse! – AS-9206, Elemental Music – 700218 | Europe | 2024 | Europe — 2024 | New Submission | |||
 | Thembi LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Gatefold, 180g | Impulse! – AS-9206, UMe – 602465225730 | Worldwide | 2024 | Worldwide — 2024 | New Submission | |||
 | Thembi LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Stereo, Yellow | Impulse! – AS-9206, UMe – 602465225754 | Worldwide | 2024 | Worldwide — 2024 | New Submission | |||
 | Thembi CD, Album, Remastered, Reissue, Digipak | Universal Music – 051 253-2, Impulse! – IMP 12532 | Europe | Europe | Recently Edited | ||||
 | Thembi LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, DMM | Impulse! – AS-9206, MCA Records – AS-9206 | Germany | Germany | Recently Edited | ||||
 | Thembi CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Repress | Impulse! – IMP 12532, Impulse! – 051 253-2 | Europe | Europe | Recently Edited | ||||
 | Thembi Cassette, Album, Reissue | Impulse! – ASC 9206, MCA Records – ASC 9206 | UK | UK | Recently Edited | ||||
 | Thembi Cassette, Album, Reissue | Jasmine Records – JASC 53 | UK | UK | New Submission | ||||
 | Thembi LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, DMM | Impulse! – AS-9206, ABC Records – AS-9206 | Germany | Germany | Recently Edited |
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Reviews
referencing Thembi (LP, Album, Stereo) ASC 9206
Another Impulse/ABC winner of a local pressing. Thank you whatever local distributor, white-collar office-worker decided Impulse LPs needed South African releases back in the early '70s. Free jazz nirvana.- Does anyone know if the mastering on this release is different from the UMe/Third Man Records release from the same year? Thanks.
After a wash my copy sounds pretty large and in charge. A little noise here and there but mostly fine. Definitely sounds more analog than playing Tidal through a hi-res streamer. I got it a few years ago for $30. Can’t say I would pay inflated prices much higher than that.. Worth having for sure
Agree, it's a quiet mastering but remains dynamic and sounded particularly good this week when running it through my Icon Audio/Klipsch speakers. I would recommend this one and a light volume increase is all that is needed for a good dynamic sounding record.
Edited 6 months agoThis has been one of the better Verve By Request releases. The mastering is slightly quiet but overall done well. Side B was slightly noisy at the beginning but overall the pressing was pretty quiet and better than my experience with this series so far
A great sounding pressing and mastering. Overall fully engaging sound and enjoyable with a wide soundstage. Having said that, while I don’t have another version of the whole album but when I compare Thembi to the version on my 1970s “The best of Pharoah Sanders”, the older pressing sounds more dynamic with deeper bass. But this does not take away from the overall great job Kevin Reeves has done.
Anything about sound quality on this press? Just bought it, but it will take time to me to receive my copy sadly- Great release. No complaints about the sound - it’s alive and wide. Gatefold packaging, antistatic inner sleeve for the plate. Absolutely quiet surface.
Dear Discogs community - did anyone get this pressing of Thembi yet? How's the pressing quality and the sound? Cheers!- Even though this is of questionable origins it sounds good to me. I am far from an expert on sound quality but this plays nicely.
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