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Pharoah SandersPharoah

Label:

Luaka Bop – 6 80899 8008-1-5

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered
Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Box Set, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition

Country:

Worldwide

Released:

Genre:

Jazz

Style:

Soul-Jazz, Modal

Tracklist

Pharoah
A1Harvest Time20:24
B1Love Will Find A Way14:27
B2Memories Of Edith Johnson5:44
Harvest Time Live 1977
C1Harvest Time Live - Middelheim18:15
D1Harvest Time Live - Willisau10:34
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Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Luaka Bop, Inc.
  • Copyright ©Luaka Bop, Inc.
  • Copyright ©Jazz Festival Willisau
  • Copyright ©Guy Stevens (4)
  • Copyright ©Markus Di Franceso
  • Licensed FromPharoah Sanders
  • Published ByF. Sanders Music
  • Recorded AtJazz Middelheim
  • Recorded AtJazz Festival Willisau
  • Engineered AtUnited Music Foundation
  • Engineered AtSwiss Transfers
  • Pressed BySchallplattenfabrik Pallas GmbH – 62393
  • Pressed BySchallplattenfabrik Pallas GmbH – 62394
  • Produced ForIndia Navigation
  • Recorded AtIndia Navigation Studios

Credits

  • BassSteve Neil (tracks: A1 to B2)
  • Bass, PercussionHayes Burnett (tracks: C1, D1)
  • BellsPharoah Sanders (tracks: C1, D1)
  • Booklet Editor [Editor]Eliza Grace Martin
  • Cover [Pharoah LP: Cover Design], Design [Pharoah LP: Cover Design]Peter Shepard*
  • DesignPaul Diddy Wah Diddy*
  • DrumsClifford Jarvis (tracks: C1, D1), Greg Bandy (tracks: A1 to B2)
  • Engineer [Audio Restoration And Transfer]Colin Young (5) (tracks: A1 to B2)
  • Executive-Producer [Executive Produced By]Eric Welles-Nyström, Yale Evelev
  • GuitarTisziji Muñoz (tracks: A1 to B2)
  • HarmoniumBedria Sanders (tracks: A1 to B2)
  • Illustration [Pharoah LP]O. Star*
  • KeyboardsClifton "Jiggs" Chase (tracks: A1 to B2)
  • Lacquer Cut ByCB*
  • Layout [Pharoah LP: Layout By]Paul Diddy
  • Liner Notes [Booklet: An Introduction To Pharoah]Eliza*, Eric*, Yale*
  • Liner Notes [Booklet]Tisziji Muñoz
  • Liner Notes [Essay By]Marcus J. Moore, Pierre Crépon
  • Liner Notes [Pharoah LP]Harmony Holiday
  • Mastered ByChris Bellman
  • PercussionLawrence Killian (tracks: A1 to B2)
  • Photography ByGian Carlo Roncaglia
  • Photography By [Booklet Pg 2, 19]Rob Miseur
  • Photography By [Booklet Pg 21]Markus DiFrancesco*
  • Photography By [Booklet Pg 4]Beth Cummins, Nancy Cummins
  • Photography By [Booklet Pg 5]Bob Cummins
  • Photography By [Box Back Cover], Photography By [Booklet Pp 16-17, 22]Gérard Ruoy
  • Photography By [Harvest Time Live 1977: Back & Side 2 Photographs]Markus di Francesco
  • Photography By [Harvest Time Live 1977: Cover & Side 1 Photographs], Photography By [Booklet Pg 23]Guy Stevens (4)
  • Piano, Electric PianoKhalid Moss (tracks: C1, D1)
  • ProducerBob Cummins (tracks: A1 to B2)
  • Product Manager [Manufacturing Overseen By]Dominikus Kungl
  • Recorded ByVRT-Vlaamse Radio En Televisie* (tracks: C1), Walter Troxler (tracks: D1)
  • ResearchChristian Tarabini, Eric Welles-Nyström, Lander Lenaerts, Dr. Peter Kemper*, Pierre Crépon, Thomas "Truckthomas" Gauffroy-Haudin*
  • Research [Additional Research Help]David Mittleman
  • Tenor Saxophone, Percussion, Composed By [Composition By]Pharoah Sanders
  • Transferred ByChristian Tarabini, Thomas Gauffroy-Haudin
  • Transferred By [Transfers By], Restoration [Audio Restoration By]David Hadzis
  • VocalsPharoah Sanders (tracks: A1 to B2)

Notes

Box set with embossed print on front. Includes the original album plus a second LP with two previously unreleased live performances.

According to www.pharoahsanders.com/ (a site associated to the estate of Pharoah Sanders and to the issuer of the current release Luaka Bop) the lacquer cutting was done at Bernie Grundman Mastering.

Contains a 24-page booklet, one matte gatefold record jacket (Pharoah), one glossy standard record jacket (Harvest Time Live 1977), plain white poly-lined inner sleeves for each record, and several replicas:
- poster of Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen (August 1977);
- news clipping from New York Daily News, (Aug., 10, 1977);
- ticket for The Pharoah Sanders Group, Aug. 28, 1977 at the Sinkkasten Artsclub, Frankfurt am Main;
- head sheet for Harvest Time;
- large photograph of Pharoah Sanders;
- contact copy sheet of 35 mm film; and
- seven small photographs in an Italian photo sleeve (of Cine Foto Studio, Rome).

["Pharoah" box & jacket back covers, “Harvest Time Live 1977" jacket back cover, and labels]
©/℗ 2023 Luaka Bop Inc.

["Pharoah" box & jacket back covers]
Licensed from Pharoah Sanders
Mastered By Chris Bellman

["Pharoah" box & "Harvest Time Live 1977" jacket back covers]
Manufacturing overseen by Dominikus Kungl
Design by Paul Diddy wah Diddy

["Pharoah" jacket back cover]
Produced by Bob Cummins for India Navigation
Recorded August & September, 1976

["Harvest Time Live 1977" jacket back cover]
Recorded live at Jazz Middelheim, August 1977, by VRT-Vlaamse Radio En Televisie,
and at Jazz Festival Willisau, August 1977, by Walter Troxler
Swiss transfers and audio restoration by David Hadzis, United Music Foundation.
Cover & side 1 photographs: Pharoah Sanders at Jazz Middelheim, 1977. © Guy Stevens
Back & side 2 photographs: Pharaoh Sanders and Hayes Burnett, Pharoah Sanders at Jazz Festival Willisau, 1977. © Marcus di Francesco / Jazz Festival Willisau

Runouts are etched except "-62393-" and "-62394-" are stamped.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text, outer box): 6 80899 80081 5
  • Barcode (Scanned, outer box, UPC-A): 680899800815
  • Barcode (Text, "Pharoah" jacket): 6 80899 00901 0
  • Barcode (Scanned, "Pharoah" jacket, UPC-A): 680899009010
  • Barcode (Text, "Harvest Time Live 1977" jacket): 6 80899 50511 6
  • Barcode (Scanned, "Harvest Time Live 1977" jacket, UPC-A): 680899505116
  • Rights Society: BMI
  • Other (Cat # LP1, spine): 6 80899 0090-1-0
  • Other (Cat # LP1, labels): LB 0090
  • Other (Cat # LP2, spine): 6 80899 5051-1-6
  • Other (Cat # LP2, front and labels): LB 5051
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout A, variant 1): Luaka Bop - 5051 -A CB -62393-I
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout B, variant 1): Luaka Bop - 5051 -B CB -62393-III
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout C, variant 1): Luaka Bop - 5051 -C CB -62394-I
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout D, variant 1): Luaka Bop - 5051 -D CB -62394-III
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout A, variant 2): Luaka Bop - 5051 -A CB -62393-I
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout B, variant 2): Luaka Bop - 5051 -B CB -62393-I
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout C, variant 2): Luaka Bop - 5051 -C CB -62394-I
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout D, variant 2): Luaka Bop - 5051 -D CB -62394-I
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout A, variant 3): Luaka Bop - 5051 -A CB -62393-I
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout B, variant 3): Luaka Bop - 5051 -B CB -62393-I
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout C, variant 3): Luaka Bop - 5051 -C CB -62394-III
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout D, variant 3): Luaka Bop - 5051 -D CB -62394-IV

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Reviews

  • greencoatrecordshop's avatar
    A Fantastic deluxe reissue. For standard vinyl, the sound is top notch. The extras are of superior quality in and of themselves. For $40-$50 this release is a steal.
    • Vinylmeup's avatar
      Vinylmeup
      I like everything about this release. Great music, great box set and to my ears the pressing itself is very nice.
      • okshiro's avatar
        okshiro
        Is it useful to tag this as "Limited Edition" when there are 4k+ Haves?
        • seewhyaudio's avatar
          seewhyaudio
          Hi all, I'm pretty sure you'll all be happy with your own opinions of this work but here's my take.. from the original project notes .. hope Yale doesn't mind :P
          CY
          Pharoah Sanders 'Pharoah' Notes

          Observations:

          A) 'Harvest Time'

          The sleeve states side 1 is 20:50 but is actually 20:24. Change sleeve artwork?
          The feature track obviously, and very intense music so I went in very deep to remove the slightest glitch from vinyl, whilst leaving in a great many that exist on the recording.
          The vinyl noise is very low and was easily dealt with.
          The same cannot be said for the recording which is noisy and flawed throughout - though hopefully not in a way that'll ruin anyone's enjoyment unless they're very picky.
          There are several low clicks in the original mix (examples at 2:15.6, 18:57.3, etc) these could be removed but they are part of the canvas, a canvas covered in many little beautiful moments of imperfection.
          Much of the tape hiss, the sax track especially, fades in/out along with the instrument, in the mix. The guitar does much the same, with its fluttering amplification and it's really all just fine when you get into it and realise it's what the musicians were doing, not flaws in the record. For example the intro guitar mix is mono but starts shifting to the right channel when Pharoah's sax starts at 0:45
          In a nutshell: Don't worry about the noise and tape hiss, it's what they made.
          Anecdote:
          I love laughing and crying at the same time.. and music is one of the only things that can make me do this.
          The deep snagging session (looking for very tiny glitches by sitting down, closing my eyes and listening back on a rich system with my finger hovering over the F8 button (to make reference marks on the track) was really tough because I just kept welling up. This is very beautiful music and listening to it so intensely is quite draining. Which can only mean it's doing a good job!
          I hope you love it as much as I do. Warts and all. I honestly do not think any further noise reduction would help anything.

          B1) 'Love Will Find A Way'

          The only problem with this track is some hot vocal mix distorting on the right channel between about 1:03 and 3:13 but it was no sweat to grab the left channel only on the hotspots. The mix is very narrow, almost mono, until the sax begins.. even then it's very narrow but when the crazy guitar solo begins it's a little more stereo :-) (although why they recorded the organ from 100 yards away is anyone's guess...)

          B2) 'Memories Of Edith Johnson'

          This was in all ways very straightforward :-)

          So there you have it. I'm not letting you wonder... this is how it happened. Enjoy the music and don't worry. A lot of effort went into this x CY
          • mosariot's avatar
            mosariot
            Terrific release!
            The packaging is awesome - the box, all the paper materials, polygraphy.
            The sound is just superb - deep, dynamic, wide, detailed etc.
            The pressing quality is top notch - not a single tick throughout all the records.
            Ohh, the music… is something beyond.
            And with all this it’s quite affordable boxset.
            Six stars out of a five.
            • eric18966's avatar
              eric18966
              I have recently come to terms that owning original pressings are just as feesable and need to focus on some cool remaster/reissues. This is prime example of a really well put together package, as a very reasonable price.
              Sound is really clear and up front…I agree with the one reviewer, it’s like being in the first row! The extras are amazing..just really cool add-ins..
              Overall, a really nice box set! Highly recommended!!
              • espdisco's avatar
                espdisco
                On my copy the side A original version sounds like shit. Lots of high end noise and crackle pretty disappointed. Other tracks, LP and box set all very nice and sound good. Running it through the spin clean didn't help.
                • Martell0's avatar
                  Martell0
                  Great sounding pressing and what a package, great detail like the newspaperclipping which were reprodoced on both sides, the amazing pictures, posters and informative booklet.
                  Not that keen on collector's edition, it's all about the music for me, but [Rakim voice:]
                  this is how it should be done.
                  • kurniik's avatar
                    kurniik
                    What a beautiful thing!

                    I wish more reissues were like that.
                    • whitespyder's avatar
                      whitespyder
                      I've ordered my copy while travelling so, now i'm back in my home country, i finally had the chance to check this boxset & listen to the music.
                      At this point, i guess it's pretty clear this reissue is a home-run. From the numerous goodies in the boxset to the actual LP, everything is top-notch.
                      The QC is pretty high as, not only my records are pristine but they also came with ZERO pops & a very low noise-floor.
                      When you know how cheap this thing was, it's unbelievable we got so much stuff with such a high quality.

                      To add something (a bit negative i'm afraid, but i'm just splitting hair here):
                      - The design of side of the box is far from being amazing -> they could have just done the stripes on one side so we could choose.
                      - I love those booklets but there are quite a few repetitions in it and, not all the content is particularly insightful (Pharoah's ITV is almost a joke). It could have been curated a bit better.
                      - The goodies are nice but it's almost like there are too much of them (this pictures 'wallet' is nice but it wasn't really necessary). This box is cheap enough but, if they wanted to make it even a bit more affordable they could have lose some of these things. Or they could have made a proper book cumulating all the goodies in one place.

                      Anyway, just my 2 cents.

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