Archie SheppThe Way Ahead

Label:

ABC Records – A-9170

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album

Country:

Japan

Released:

Genre:

Jazz

Style:

Post Bop

Tracklist

A1 Damn If I Know (The Stroller)
Written-ByWalter Davis, Jr.*
6:16
A2 Frankenstein
Written-ByGrachan Moncur*
13:51
B1 Fiesta
Written-ByArchie Shepp
9:55
B2 Sophisticated Lady
Written-ByDuke Ellington
7:08

Companies, etc.

  • Distributed ByKing Record Co. Ltd
  • Designed AtViceroy (2)
  • Manufactured ByABC Records, Inc.
  • Mastered AtLongwear Plating
  • Published ByPamco Music Inc.
  • Published ByGramon Music Pub.
  • Published ByDawn Of Freedom Music
  • Published ByMiils Music, Inc.

Credits

  • BassRon Carter
  • CoverRobert & Barbara Flynn
  • DrumsRoy Haynes (tracks: A1, B1)
  • EngineerBob Simpson
  • Liner Notes野口久光*
  • Photography ByChuck Stewart
  • Photography By [Liner Photo]Frank Kofsky
  • PianoWalter Davis Jr.
  • ProducerBob Thiele
  • Tenor SaxophoneArchie Shepp
  • TromboneGrachan Moncur III
  • TrumpetJimmy 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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