NOTE: one corner of package a slightly damaged - shrink is torn and album jackets are slightly dented, but VINYL IS MINT & SEALED
This is the definitive box set of Thomas’s four classic albums with his Lightmen band, each mastered from the original tapes, expanded with bonus tracks and alternate mixes.
Bubbha Thomas had toured America with R&B revues, served as a session musician for Peacock and Back Beat Records, and played straight ahead jazz with legends before the political and social upheaval of the late 1960s led him to a path first charted by Coltrane. His first set of self-issued albums predated the deep-set, maverick jazz issued by the likes of Tribe and Strata East and were a harbinger of best of the 1970s jazz underground. Over the course of the decade, he contributed to a collective voice of resistance to the musical and cultural status quo that is just beginning to be understood.
Each album comes with booklet, a download card for WAV files, and footage of live performances included.
| A1 | Creative Music |
| A2 | Free As You Wanna Be |
| A3 | High Pockets |
| B1 | Talk Visit |
| B2 | May ’67 |
| B3 | #109 Psychosomatic |
| B4 | Luke 23:32-49 |
| C1 | Creative Music (mono) |
| C2 | Free As You Wanna Be (mono) |
| C3 | High Pockets (mono) |
| D1 | Talk Visit (mono) |
| D2 | May ’67 (mono) |
| D3 | #109 Psychosomatic (mono) |
| D4 | Luke 23:32-49 (mono) |
| E1 | Sorrow, Bitterness & Revolution (Now He's Gone) |
| E2 | Fancy Pants |
| E3 | On The Road Home |
| F1 | Blue Tip |
| F2 | Hope |
| F3 | Song Of Praise |
| F4 | Ujimma |
| F5 | Ashie |
| G1 | Sorrow, Bitterness & Revolution (Now He's Gone) (mono) |
| G2 | Fancy Pants (mono) |
| G3 | On The Road Home (mono) |
| H1 | Blue Tip (mono) |
| H2 | Hope (mono) |
| H3 | Song Of Praise (mono) |
| H4 | Ujimma (mono) |
| H5 | Ashie (mono) |
| I1 | Wench |
| I2 | Blues For Curtis |
| I3 | Cold Bair |
| I4 | Energy Control Center |
| J1 | Leo |
| J2 | Jupiter’s Child |
| J3 | The Phantom |
| K1 | Leo (alternate) |
| K2 | All Praises To Allah (alternate) |
| K3 | Cold Bair (alternate) |
| L1 | The Phantom (alternate) |
| L2 | All Praises To Allah (7" Single Version) |
| L3 | Me |
| L4 | Ain’t Gonna Wait Too Long |
| L5 | Bullets Of A Gun |
| L6 | Waiting On Your Mind |
| L7 | 400 Years |
| M1 | Country Fried Chicken |
| M2 | All In Love Is Fair |
| M3 | Survival Song |
| N1 | Herbs (Of Life) |
| N2 | Famous Last Words |
| N3 | Sweet Ray |
| O1 | Country Fried Chicken (Youthful Musicians Summer Program Version) |
| O2 | Luke 23:32 (Synth Version) |
| O3 | Ujimma (Synth Version) |
| O4 | Ashie (Synth Version) |
| P1 | Looking Back At Summer |
| P2 | Boogie Down (part 1) |
| P3 | Boogie Down (part 2) |
| P4 | Let Me Play The Music |
