The Lightmen Plus One - Energy Control Center - 2x LP Vinyl

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SKU:
c0016823
UPC:
659457515751

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Specifications

Album:
Energy Control Center
Artist:
The Lightmen Plus One
Format:
12" Vinyl
UPC:
659457515751

Description

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 MelonconAin't Gonna Wait Too Long
D5–Thomas MelonconBullets Of A Gun
D6–Thomas MelonconWaiting On Your Mind
D7–Thomas Meloncon400 Years