Catalyst (4) – The Funkiest Band You Never Heard

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Label:	32 Groove – 32116
Format:	2 x CD, Compilation
Country:	US
Released:	Mar 16, 1999
Genre:	Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style:	Fusion, Jazz-Funk

Tracklist

	Catalyst
1-1	Ain't It The Truth Bass – Ron Baker Guitar – Norman Harris	2:42
1-2	East Instruments [Poppy Pad] – Skip Drinkwater Vocals – Morris Bailey	8:03
1-3	Catalyst Is Coming Bass – Anthony Jackson	8:13
1-4	Jabali	8:44
1-5	New-Found Truths Bass – Anthony Jackson Instruments [Poppy Pad] – Skip Drinkwater	5:44
1-6	Salaam	1:34
	Unity
1-7	A Country Song Bass [Additional] – Alphonso Johnson Drums [Additional], Percussion [Misc.] – Jabali BIlly Hart*	6:20
1-8	Little Miss Lady	4:53
1-9	Maze	5:17
1-10	Athene Drums [Additional], Percussion [Misc.] – Jabali BIlly Hart* Flute – Connie Hamilton, Shirley Byrne Brown Piccolo Flute – Steve Tanzer Violin – Gail Murdaugh Violin, Soloist – John Blake	5:27
1-11	Mail Order Drums [Additonal], Percussion [Misc.] – Jabali BIlly Hart*	6:12
1-12	Shorter Street	3:53
	A Tear And A Smile
2-1	The Demon Pt. 1	4:10
2-2	The Demon Pt. 2 Vocals – Eddie Green (3)	3:10
2-3	A Tear And A Smile	4:34
2-4	Fifty Second Street Boogie Down	3:56
2-5	Suite For Albeniz Cello – Michael Peebles Clarinet, Flute – George Taylor (6) Flute – Shirley Byrne Brown Flute [Alto], Flute – Steve Tanzer Viola – Aliza Appel Violin, Soloist – John Blake	6:15
2-6	A Prayer Dance	5:54
2-7	Bahia	6:15
	Perception
2-8	Perception	15:10
2-9	Uzuri	2:59
2-10	Celestial Bodies	9:20
2-11	Ile Ife	7:02
2-12	Got To Be There Bass – Anthony Jackson Congas – Larry Washington	2:44

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – 32 Groove
Copyright © – 32 Groove
Mastered At – DB Plus
Pressed By – Allied DT – 3331
Pressed By – Allied DT – 3335

Credits

Bass – Al Johnson* (tracks: 1-2 to 1-4, 1-6), Zuri Tyrone Brown* (tracks: 1-7 to 1-12, 2-8 to 2-12), Tyrone Brown (tracks: 2-1 to 2-7)
Compilation Producer [Series Produced By], Liner Notes – Mocean Worker
Congas – Farel Johnson (tracks: 2-8 to 2-12)
Coordinator [Production] – Becky Wisdom
Design [Graphic] – Page Simon
Double Bass – Tyrone Brown (tracks: 1-1 to 1-7)
Drums – Jabali Billy Hart* (tracks: 1-10), Sherman Ferguson (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5, 2-1 to 2-7), Onaje Sherman Ferguson* (tracks: 1-7 to 1-12, 2-8 to 2-12)
Electric Piano – Eddie Green (3) (tracks: 1-1 to 1-6, 2-1 to 2-7), Sanifu Eddie Green* (tracks: 1-7 to 1-12, 2-8 to 2-12)
Engineer – Bob Kosiba (tracks: 2-1 to 2-7), Carl Paroulo* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-6, 2-8 to 2-12), Jay Mark (tracks: 1-1 to 1-6), Joe Tarsia (tracks: 1-1 to 1-6), Joel Fein (tracks: 2-1 to 2-7)
Engineer [Mastering] – George Horn (tracks: 2-1 to 2-7)
Engineer [Remix] – Ken Hopkins (tracks: 2-1 to 2-7), Skip Drinkwater (tracks: 2-1 to 2-7)
Flute – Odean Pope (tracks: 1-3, 1-6, 2-1 to 2-7), Mwalimu Odean Pope* (tracks: 1-7 to 1-12)
Flute [Alto] – Odean Pope (tracks: 2-1 to 2-7)
Guitar – Charles Ellerbe* (tracks: 2-1 to 2-7), Norman Harris (tracks: 2-8 to 2-12)
Instruments [Glute] – Mwalimu Odean Pope* (tracks: 2-8 to 2-12)
Marimba – Sherman Ferguson (tracks: 2-1 to 2-7)
Mastered By – Gene Paul
Oboe – Odean Pope (tracks: 1-2)
Percussion – Jabali BIlly Hart* (tracks: 1-7, 1-10, 1-11, 2-8 to 2-12), Sanifu Eddie Green* (tracks: 1-7 to 1-12), Farel Johnson (tracks: 1-2 to 1-7, 2-8 to 2-12), Sherman Ferguson (tracks: 1-2, 1-5, 1-6, 2-1 to 2-7), Onaje Sherman Ferguson* (tracks: 1-7 to 1-12, 2-8 to 2-12)
Photography By [Cover] – Hugh Bell (2) (tracks: 2-1 to 2-7), Stephanie Blumenthal (tracks: 1-1 to 1-6)
Piano – Eddie Green (3) (tracks: 1-1, 2-1 to 2-7)
Producer [Original Recordings] – Dennis Wilen (tracks: 1-1 to 1-6, 2-8 to 2-12), Skip Drinkwater
Synthesizer [Arp] – Pat Gleason* (tracks: 2-8 to 2-12)
Synthesizer [Moog] – Eddie Green (3) (tracks: 2-1 to 2-7)
Tenor Saxophone – Odean Pope (tracks: 1-3, 1-4, 2-1 to 2-7), Mwalimu Odean Pope* (tracks: 1-7 to 1-12, 2-8 to 2-12)
Vocals – Eddie Green (3) (tracks: 1-1, 1-2), Sharon Scott (3) (tracks: 2-1 to 2-7)
Vocals [Chants] – Farel Johnson (tracks: 2-1 to 2-7)

Notes

Mastered at DB Plus Digital Services, New York City.
℗© 1999 32 Groove.

Combines the first four Catalyst albums:

Tracks 1-1 to 1-6, "Catalyst", Muse (MR 5170).
Recorded at Sigma Sound Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 1972.

Tracks 1-7 to 1-12, "Unity", Muse (MR 5042).
Recorded at Sigma Sound Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 1974.

Tracks 2-1 to 2-7, "A Tear And A Smile", Muse (MR 5069).
Recorded at Society Hills Studios, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Remixed at Wally Heiders Recording, San Francisco, California. Mastered at Columbia Studios, San Francisco, California.

Tracks 2-8 to 2-12, "Perception", Muse (MR 5025).
Recorded at Sigma Sound Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 21-27, 1972.