Revolutionary, spiritual jazz from the unlikely city of Houston, Texas: the definitive issue, mastered from the original tapes. PRESENTED IN A TIP-ON GATEFOLD JACKET Bonus disc contains previously unreleased tracks.
Drummer, bandleader and activist 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. Energy Control Center, his third LP with his Lightmen band is his masterpiece: deep-set, maverick jazz on part with the best Tribe and Strata East titles. This is a highpoint amongst the best of the 1970s jazz underground, a collective voice of resistance to the musical and cultural status quo.
Contains second disc with bonus tracks: unreleased alternate takes, including two versions of the spiritual jazz classic “All Praises To Allah”, all housed with an extensive booklet with photos and liner notes.
| A1 | –The Lightmen Plus One* | Wench |
| A2 | –The Lightmen Plus One* | Blues For Curtis |
| A3 | –The Lightmen Plus One* | Cold Bair |
| A4 | –The Lightmen Plus One* | Energy Control Center |
| B1 | –The Lightmen Plus One* | Leo |
| B2 | –The Lightmen Plus One* | Jupiter's Child |
| B3 | –The Lightmen Plus One* | The Phantom |
| C1 | –The Lightmen Plus One* | Leo (Alternate) |
| C2 | –The Lightmen Plus One* | All Praises To Allah (Alternate) |
| C3 | –The Lightmen Plus One* | Cold Bair (Alternate) |
| D1 | –The Lightmen Plus One* | The Phantom (Alternate) |
| D2 | –The Lightmen Plus One* | All Praises To Allah (7" Single Version) |
| D3 | –The Lightmen Plus One* | Me |
| D4 | –Thomas Meloncon | Ain't Gonna Wait Too Long |
| D5 | –Thomas Meloncon | Bullets Of A Gun |
| D6 | –Thomas Meloncon | Waiting On Your Mind |
| D7 | –Thomas Meloncon | 400 Years |
