PHARAOHS Awakening LP orig 1971 private AFRO-FUNK soul

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The Pharaohs -- The Awakening LP

Original 1971 stereo private pressing on Scarab Records (catalog # SR-#001).

An explosive mixture of spiritual jazz, Afro soul, wild big-band funk and Sun Ra-inspired freak-out from Chicago's legendary Pharaohs. Very rare original private pressing on the band's label Scarab.

AMG Review: Absolutely one of the finest funk albums of the early '70s, and one of the most unfairly neglected, 1971's Awakening is as important and exciting as any of Funkadelic's early albums from the same period. It doesn't have the mordant humor of George Clinton's best work, but these seven lengthy tracks are as powerful as early funk gets. A Chicago-based 11-piece ensemble (many members of which would go on to found Earth, Wind & Fire with Maurice White), the Pharaohs were led by their five-man-strong drum section, which included future world jazz pioneer Derf Reklaw and two percussionists specializing in African drumming. The other main component of the Pharaohs was the Artistic Heritage Ensemble, who had already recorded one late-'60s LP with cornetist Philip Cohran, a veteran of Sun Ra's Arkestra and AACM. This polyrhythmic powerhouse takes center stage on all of the tracks, even the jazzy, ballad-tempo version of Smokey Robinson & the Miracles' "Tracks of My Tears." Every track is a winner, from the purely Afro-centric "Ibo" to the soulful groove of "Freedom Road," but the winner is the 13-and-a-half-minute closer, "Great House," on which the drums and horn section hurry each other along an expansive, loose-limbed groove while guitarist Yehudah Ben Israel unleashes some acid-style guitar solos similar to what Eddie Hazel was doing on tracks like Funkadelic's "Wars of Armageddon." This is as good as Afro-funk gets. Two photos and a scan of actual copy for sale:

"Listen... Listen, not only with your ears... listen with your soul & your spirit to the sounds of an African village... listen to the simultaneous dimensions of time(past, present future)... listen & you shall hear the spiritual fruits of the PHARAOHS".

Tracks:

Damballa Ibo Tracks Of My Tears Black Enuff Somebodys Been Sleeping Freedom Road Great House

CONDITION: Cover VG to VG+ / Vinyl VG to VG+   cover has light ringwear, several patches of sticker residue which could probably be cleaned off, no split seams, no marks; vinyl has light wear, two visible surface scratches, checked and plays well, looks VG, plays strong VG+.

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