Recorded September and October 1972 at Nashville Sound Studios in Houston, Texas.
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Innhold CD 1: Wench ; Blues For Curtis ; Cold Bair ; Energy Control Center ; Leo ; Jupiter's Child ; The Phantom
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Innhold CD 2: Leo (Alternate); All Praises To Allah (Alternate) ; Cold Bair (Alternate) ; The Phantom (Alternate); All Praises To Allah (7" Single Version) ; Me ; Thomas Meloncon - Ain't Gonna Wait Too Long ; Thomas Meloncon - Bullets Of A Gun ; Thomas Meloncon - Waiting On Your Mind ; Thomas Meloncon - 400 Years
. - Alto Saxophone, Flute [Bamboo Flute] – Virgil SolomonArt Direction – Errol F. Richardson Bass, Electric Bass, Percussion [Miscellaneous Percussion Instruments] – Ed Rose (3) Congas – James Johnson (46) (tracks: 1-1, 1-2 ), John Harvey (8) Drums, Leader – Bubbha Thomas Electric Bass – Don Patterson* Executive-Producer – Bubbha Thomas Flute – Marsha Frazier (tracks: 1-7, 2-4 ), Virgil Solomon (tracks: 1-2, 1-6 ) Piano, Electric Piano, Thumb Piano [African Thumb Piano] – Marsha Frazier Producer – Bubbha Thomas, Marsha Frazier, Virgil Solomon Recorded By – Jim Roberson, Joe Johnson* Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Doug Harris Synthesizer [Arp Synthesizer] – Truitt Tidwell Transferred By [Select Tape Transfers] – Len Horowitz Transferred By [Tape And Vinyl Transfers], Remastered By [Remastering], Restoration – Dave Cooley Trombone – Joe Singleton Trumpet – James Hensley, Pat Williams (tracks: 1-6, 1-7)
. - Drummer, bandleader and activist Bubbha Thomas had toured America with R&B revues, servedas 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.
