Guy Berger Posted October 30, 2014 Report Posted October 30, 2014 Hey guys, I was finally going to get around to picking up the reissue of Pharoah Sanders's Thembi and realized the late 90s reissue has gone OOP. Amazon instead offers this import: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000024Y5J?pc_redir=1413733105&robot_redir=1 Is there any reason I should avoid this? It's not a CD-R, right? Quote
jazzbo Posted October 30, 2014 Report Posted October 30, 2014 Looks as if it's a European Impulse reissue. I would doubt you'd get a CDR. http://www.amazon.de/Thembi-Impulse-Sessions-Pharoah-Sanders/dp/B000024Y5J Quote
erwbol Posted October 30, 2014 Report Posted October 30, 2014 (edited) The link Lon provided is simply the EU pressing of the disc Guy said is OOP in the US. None of these EU pressings are CD-rs. There's simply some old stock left. Edited October 30, 2014 by erwbol Quote
paul secor Posted October 30, 2014 Report Posted October 30, 2014 I bought the LP when it was released back when. I have few positive memories and am not inclined to revisit it. Quote
felser Posted October 30, 2014 Report Posted October 30, 2014 There's some good and some not so good on it, but it is a relic of a fascinating musical era. Worth it if you are into that era. I am, big-time. Quote
JSngry Posted October 30, 2014 Report Posted October 30, 2014 There's some good and some not so good on it, but it is a relic of a fascinating musical era. Worth it if you are into that era. I am, big-time. This. Definitely a "product of its time", as they say, but those 70s Pharoah impulse! albums are all messy in some form or fashion. I'd rather have it than not have it. Quote
Shawn Posted October 31, 2014 Report Posted October 31, 2014 That period of time is what interests me most now. Late 60s to early 70s was always my favorite era of rock, but it's also become my favorite era of jazz. Quote
colinmce Posted October 31, 2014 Report Posted October 31, 2014 Personally not too big on this stuff myself. I like Tauhid best. Quote
Homefromtheforest Posted October 31, 2014 Report Posted October 31, 2014 "Tauhid" is by far my favorite Impulse album from Pharoah. Quote
clifford_thornton Posted October 31, 2014 Report Posted October 31, 2014 Thembi is cool but the pieces are too damn short. I assume they are edited. Pharoah and company usually need some stretching room. Quote
soulpope Posted October 31, 2014 Report Posted October 31, 2014 (edited) worth the entry ticket for Cecil McBee`s majestical side 2 opener "Love" alone...... Edited October 31, 2014 by soulpope Quote
erwbol Posted October 31, 2014 Report Posted October 31, 2014 Hey guys, I was finally going to get around to picking up the reissue of Pharoah Sanders's Thembi and realized the late 90s reissue has gone OOP. Amazon instead offers this import: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000024Y5J?pc_redir=1413733105&robot_redir=1 Is there any reason I should avoid this? It's not a CD-R, right? The link Lon provided is simply the EU pressing of the disc Guy said is OOP in the US. None of these EU pressings are CD-rs. There's simply some old stock left. What I said previously basically stands, I ordered two of these Impulse Master Sessions digipaks earlier this year and they were old stock. I just noticed one disc that does have a CD-R warning on amazon.de. Alice Coltrane's A Monastic Trio which is listed with a January 2013 release date (unlike the Pharoah Sanders disc). Quote
felser Posted October 31, 2014 Report Posted October 31, 2014 Hey guys, I was finally going to get around to picking up the reissue of Pharoah Sanders's Thembi and realized the late 90s reissue has gone OOP. Amazon instead offers this import: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000024Y5J?pc_redir=1413733105&robot_redir=1 Is there any reason I should avoid this? It's not a CD-R, right? The link Lon provided is simply the EU pressing of the disc Guy said is OOP in the US. None of these EU pressings are CD-rs. There's simply some old stock left. What I said previously basically stands, I ordered two of these Impulse Master Sessions digipaks earlier this year and they were old stock. I just noticed one disc that does have a CD-R warning on amazon.de. Alice Coltrane's A Monastic Trio which is listed with a January 2013 release date (unlike the Pharoah Sanders disc). Buying from an Amazon Marketplace seller should eliminate the CD-R fears. There are a lot of reputable sellers listed for that 'Thembi' listing. Better prices than Amazon direct also. Quote
Gheorghe Posted October 31, 2014 Report Posted October 31, 2014 I like that album, it´s really a nice thing. I also like the percussion stuff on it very very much. But I think it´s not as great as Karma or "Live at the East", the latter one was the first Pharoah Sanders album I got, shortly after it was in the stores, and anyway one of my first albums, when I was still a kid.... I still have it, and thought I´d like Mr. Sanders to sign it for me, but I was a bit afraid so I didn´t ask him, especially after I heard that he is not pleased with the stuff he did earlier. ... Quote
MomsMobley Posted October 31, 2014 Report Posted October 31, 2014 (edited) i recall this as the ultimate schizo Pharoah-- a side forgettably pleasant, b side perhaps his single greatest blowout, back when such meant a lot. and the context... Edited October 31, 2014 by MomsMobley Quote
JohnS Posted October 31, 2014 Report Posted October 31, 2014 I bought the LP when it was released back when. I have few positive memories and am not inclined to revisit it. My view too. Quote
Hot Ptah Posted October 31, 2014 Report Posted October 31, 2014 I always liked Thembi. I bought it as one of my first jazz album purchases because of an enthusiastic review in Rolling Stone magazine. Quote
clifford_thornton Posted October 31, 2014 Report Posted October 31, 2014 i recall this as the ultimate schizo Pharoah-- a side forgettably pleasant, b side perhaps his single greatest blowout, back when such meant a lot. and the context... Yeah, I like that one a lot! Live at the East is very good as well. Black Unity is wonderful too. And Jewels of Thought gets into some pretty bonkers stuff. Tauhid is beautiful but oddly not my go-to Pharoah (which, if anyone cares, is the Strata-East). Quote
Homefromtheforest Posted October 31, 2014 Report Posted October 31, 2014 My favorite is the India navigation album even if it is quite unlike a lot of his other albums Quote
clifford_thornton Posted October 31, 2014 Report Posted October 31, 2014 yeah, I like the duo side of that record. The other side I cannot hang with. Quote
soulpope Posted October 31, 2014 Report Posted October 31, 2014 (edited) Do like Black Unity, Karma, Thembi (as mentioned, THE bass solo) and Live at the East from the Impulse days His later efforts didnt do a lot for me, omitting this release from 1981 on Theresa one track (former vinyl A-side) titled "You've Got To Have Freedom" out of nowhere burns like in the "good old days", to a vast extent also due to the propelling rhythm section John Hicks+Walter Booker+Idris Muhammad...wish this track would go on and on and on..... Edited October 31, 2014 by soulpope Quote
Late Posted October 31, 2014 Report Posted October 31, 2014 Here's a previous thread on Pharaoh: Some useful comments, and even a rating system! Quote
Shawn Posted October 31, 2014 Report Posted October 31, 2014 My favorite later Sanders album: Fantastic record. Quote
JSngry Posted October 31, 2014 Report Posted October 31, 2014 Franklin Kiermyer/Pharoah-Sanders - Solomon's Daughter Believe it. Quote
felser Posted October 31, 2014 Report Posted October 31, 2014 (edited) Do like Black Unity, Karma, Thembi (as mentioned, THE bass solo) and Live at the East from the Impulse days His later efforts didnt do a lot for me, omitting this release from 1981 on Theresa one track (former vinyl A-side) titled "You've Got To Have Freedom" out of nowhere burns like in the "good old days", to a vast extent also due to the propelling rhythm section John Hicks+Walter Booker+Idris Muhammad...wish this track would go on and on and on..... Yeah, that's my favorite Pharoah cut ever. The adavantage of his later playing is that he no longer felt the need to insert the formulaic, often gratuitous "freak out" section into every solo. I think I could make a great 2 CDR set out of the prime cuts from his Impulse sides, should do that. "The Creator Has a Master Plan" and "Black Unity" would fill one disk. The other one would have "Upper Egypt", "Hum-Allah", "Elevation", and some of the other mid-70's stuff, including the first side from 'Village of The Pharoahs'. The gems on 'Thembi' for me have always been the title cut and "Morning Prayer", which is largely a Lonnie Liston Smith feature. Edited October 31, 2014 by felser Quote
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