Boxset / Compilation · 1998
Tracklist
Prelusion ( 1974 )
1 Shortie's Portion 8:42
2 7/73 12:32
3 Haw-Right Now 8:00
4 Traverse 10:53
Before The Dawn ( 1975 )
5 Kickin' Back 7:35
6 What's The Story 5:15
7 Jubilation 5:58
8 Before The Dawn 8:18
9 Razzia 9:41
Line-up/Musicians
Bass – Charles Meeks (tracks: 5, 6, 8, 9), Tony Dumas (tracks: 1 to 4, 7)
Drums – Harvey Mason (tracks: 5, 7, ), Leon ''Ndugu'' Chancler (tracks: 1 to 4, 6, 8)
Flute – Hubert Laws (tracks: 5 to 9)
Flute [Alto] – Hubert Laws (tracks: 7, 8)
Flute, Flute [Alto], Soprano Saxophone – Hadley Caliman (tracks: 1 to 4)
Guitar – Lee Ritenour (tracks: 5 to 9)
Handclaps – Brenda White (tracks: 6), Charles Meeks (tracks: 6), Charles Mims (tracks: 6), Evelyn Wesley (tracks: 6), Jimmie Lee Wesley (tracks: 6), Martha Young (tracks: 6), Nate Alfred (tracks: 6), Reggie Andrews (tracks: 6), Thelette Bennett (tracks: 6)
Liner Notes [Reissue] – Zan Stewart
Percussion – Kenneth Nash (tracks: 1 to 4, 7, 8), Nate Alfred (tracks: 5, 6, 9)
Piano, Electric Piano, Clavinet, Synthesizer [Arp], Tambourine, Cabasa, Arranged By, Composed By – Patrice Rushen
Tenor Saxophone – Hadley Caliman (tracks: 5, 6), Joe Henderson (tracks: 1 to 4)
Trombone – George Bohanon (tracks: 1 to 6, 8)
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Oscar Brashear (tracks: 1 to 6, 8)
Vocals, Handclaps – Josie James (tracks: 6)
About this release
Prestige – PRCD-24207-2 (US)
Tracks 1 to 4 recorded at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, in August 1974.
Tracks 5 to 9 recorded at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, in August 1975.
Since maximum playing time of a single CD could not accommodate the entire length of the original two albums, it was necessary to delete "Puttered Bopcorn" from "Prelusion".
Thanks to snobb for the addition and js for the updates