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Archie Shepp ~ The Cry of My People  1972 White Label Promo Original pressing. Impulse Records - AS9231 Promotional Quadraphonic pressing, plays excellent on all tables and systems. Vinyl is VG++. Vinyl looks VG+ to VG++: numerous, faint, inaudible inner-sleeve-type scuffs and marks and an inaudible 1" mark on side 2. Vinyl plays VG++ to Mint-, except A-1 and B-1 intro's are VG+ for minor crackle.
Labels are VG++ to Mint-, except pen on side 1. Gatefold cover is VG- to VG: wear, bends, indentations and tape on the bottom-edges. Out of print original WL promo.

Recorded in 1972 with a core band of ,  (!), , and,  supplemented these proceedings in much the same way he did with the cast of , with gospel singers, big bands, quintets, sextets, and chamber orchestras, with guests that included  on piano,  on drums, and  on electric bass! Recorded during a period in which  was reaching out of the jazz idiom to include all of what he perceived to be "trans-African" music at the time, there is gutbucket R&B here, as well as the sweetly soul gospel of "Rest Enough." The charts' arrangements are a combination of 's more pastoral moods -- usually expressed in his suites -- and the more darkly complex modal stylings of. Unlike some of 's dates from this period, the vocals do not detract from the mix employed here. This is an urban record that showcases 's ability, at this time in his career, to literally take on any project, combine as many sources as he was permitted by his financial resources, and come up with something compelling, provocative, and soulful. All extremes are subsumed by the whole: The avant-garde free jazz of the period is covered in the large-ensemble playing, which is covered by the gospel and R&B stylings that are accented by the free jazz players.  worked with many larger ensembles as a leader, but never did he achieve such a perfect balance as he did on . Given that the remastered version -- with excellent liner notes, superb sound, and a gorgeous package -- is being issued during an election year in the United States, its poignancy and urgency couldn't be more timely.
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