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Don't let the LIVED IN (Seam Splits) cover fool you because the Vinyl itself is SUPER NMINT and PLAYS TOTALLY CLEAN !!!
Great SOUND QUALITY on this RARE QUAD MIX which SOUNDS INCREDIBLE in STEREO that's what's so COOL about QUAD!

Love this ARCHIE SHEPP 70's era. GREAT PLAYING on this Hard To Find JAZZ MONSTER.

AGAIN the vinyl itself is BORDERING ON MINT. YES, it's THAT CLEAN !!!

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Black center labels with neon Impulse! logo beside white ABC logo.

Recorded September 25-27, 1972, at Allegro Sound Studios, New York City.

Mixed at The Village Recorder, Los Angeles.
The Cry of My People Review

by Thom Jurek  FIVE STARS

Recorded in 1972 with a core band of , (!), , and , Shepp 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 Shepp 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 Shepp's dates from this period, the vocals do not detract from the mix employed here. This is an urban record that showcases Shepp'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. Shepp worked with many larger ensembles as a leader, but never did he achieve such a perfect balance as he did on The Cry of My People. 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.

– The Cry Of My People Label: – AS-9231Format: , LP, Album, Quadraphonic Country:Released:Genre:Style:, A1
Rest Enough (Song To Mother) Backing Vocals – , Lead Vocals – * Written-By – 4:38A2
A Prayer Arranged By, Conductor – Written-By, Arranged By – 6:29A3
All God's Children Got A Home In The Universe Written-By – 2:57A4
The Lady Arranged By – Arranged By, Conductor – Vocals – Written-By – 5:28B1
The Cry Of My People Arranged By – Written-By, Arranged By, Conductor – 5:43B2
African Drum Suite, Part 1 Vocals – Written-By – * 0:35B3
African Drum Suite, Part 2 Arranged By, Conductor – Berimbau, Percussion [Brazilian] – Bongos, Congas – Tambourine, Congas – Written-By – * 7:32B4
Come Sunday Arranged By, Conductor – Backing Vocals – Lead Vocals – Written-By – 9:30 Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Copyright © – Recorded At – Mixed At – Mastered At – Record Company – Published By – Published By – Published By – Published By – Published By – Lacquer Cut At – Bass – (tracks: A2, A4 to B4) Bass [Fender] – (tracks: A1, A3, B1) Cello – (tracks: A2, A4, B1, B3, B4), (tracks: A2, A4, B1, B3, B4) Coordinator [Graphic Coordination] – Design [Album] – Drums – (tracks: A3 to B1), (tracks: A1, A2) Engineer – Engineer [Engineering] – , Guitar – (tracks: A1, A3) Illustration – * Liner Notes – Mixed By – Percussion – (tracks: A2, A4, B1, B4) Photography By – Piano – (tracks: B2. B3), (tracks: A1 to B1, B4) Producer – Soprano Saxophone – (tracks: A2, A4, B3) Tambourine – (tracks: A1, A3) Tenor Saxophone – (tracks: A3, A4, B1, B4) Trombone – (tracks: A2 to B3), (tracks: A2 to B1, B4) Trumpet – (tracks: A2 to B1, B3, B4) Violin – (tracks: A2, A4, B1, B3, B4), (tracks: A4, B3, B4), (tracks: A2, B1), (tracks: A2, A4, B1, B3, B4), (tracks: A2, B1), (tracks: A4, B3, B4) Vocals – (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B3), (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B3)