Archie Shepp – The Way Ahead

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Label:	ABC Records – A-9170
Format:	Vinyl , LP, Album
Country:	Japan
Released:	1969
Genre:	Jazz
Style:	Post Bop

Tracklist

A1	Damn If I Know (The Stroller) Written-By – Walter Davis, Jr.*	6:16
A2	Frankenstein Written-By – Grachan Moncur*	13:51
B1	Fiesta Written-By – Archie Shepp	9:55
B2	Sophisticated Lady Written-By – Duke Ellington	7:08

Companies, etc.

Distributed By – King Record Co. Ltd
Designed At – Viceroy (2)
Manufactured By – ABC Records, Inc.
Mastered At – Longwear Plating
Published By – Pamco Music Inc.
Published By – Gramon Music Pub.
Published By – Dawn Of Freedom Music
Published By – Miils Music, Inc.

Credits

Bass – Ron Carter
Cover – Robert & Barbara Flynn
Drums – Roy Haynes (tracks: A1, B1)
Engineer – Bob Simpson
Liner Notes – 野口久光*
Photography By – Chuck Stewart
Photography By [Liner Photo] – Frank Kofsky
Piano – Walter Davis Jr.
Producer – Bob Thiele
Tenor Saxophone – Archie Shepp
Trombone – Grachan Moncur III
Trumpet – Jimmy Owens

Notes

Catalog number is A-9170 on sleeve (front, rear, spine, inside) and AS-9170 on labels.

Thick cardboard gatefold sleeve externally laminated.
With Impulse factory printed inner sleeve.

[On spine]: The Way Ahead Archie Shepp stereo A-9170 Impulse!

Made in U.S.A. - Printed in U.S.A.

Cover designed at Viceroy.

Recorded: January 29th, 1968

A1 - Damn If I Know (The Stroller) – Pamco Music, Inc. - BMI
A2 - Frankenstein – Gramon Music Pub. - BMI
B1 - Fiesta – Dawn Of Freedom Music, Ltd. - BMI
B2 - Sophisticated Lady – Miils Music, Inc. - ASCAP

Original US pressing distributed by King Record Co., Ltd. with Japanese liner notes and obi.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Label side A): AS-9170-A
Matrix / Runout (Label side B): AS-9170-B
Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 1, etched): AS-9170A LW
Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 1, etched): AS-9170B LW
Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 2, etched): AS - 9170A
Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 2, etched): AS - 9170B LW
Rights Society: BMI
Rights Society: ASCAP

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	The Way Ahead (LP, Album, Stereo)	ABC Records	A-9170, AS-9170	US	1968
New Submission	The Way Ahead (LP, Album, Stereo)	Impulse!	SIPL 516	UK	1969
New Submission	The Way Ahead (LP, Album, Mono)	Impulse!	MIPL-516	UK	1969
	The Way Ahead (LP, Album, Stereo, Laminated)	ABC Records	A-9170, A. 9170		1969
New Submission	The Way Ahead (LP, Album, Reissue)	ABC Records	AS-9170	US	1973