Now-Again Records
Wendell Harrison - Farewell To The Welfare
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The
Tribe
Records
co-founder’s
lost
album,
rumored
to
exist
no
more.
Mastered
from
the
original
tapes
and
lacquered
by
Bernie
Grundman.
“As
I
thought
about
reecting
on
an
aggregate
of
music
for
this
album,
I
projected
my
attitude
and
spirit
while
living
and
working
here,
in
Detroit,
Michigan.
We
are
earning
and
learning
a
new
way
of
life,
which
explicitly
tells
us
to
become
self-reliant
in
taking
care
of
our
families
and
each
other.
Government
hand-outs
are
not
an
option
for
us.”
Wendell
Harrison.
The
first
ever
issue
of
this
Spiritual
Jazz
album.
The
Tribe
label,
one
of
the
brightest
lights
of
America’s
1970s
jazz
underground,
receives
the
Now-Again
reissue
treatment.
This
is
your
chance
to
indulge
in
the
music
and
story
of
one
of
the
most
meaningful,
local
movements
of
the
20th
Century
Black
American
experience,
one
that
expanded
outwards
towards
the
cosmos.
In
the
words
of
the
collective
themselves,
“Music
is
the
healing
force
of
the
universe.”
Included
in
an
extensive,
oversized
booklet,
Larry
Gabriel
and
Jeff
“Chairman”
Mao
take
us
through
the
history
of
the
Tribe,
in
a
compelling
story
that
delves
not
just
into
the
history
of
the
label
and
its
principals,
but
into
the
story
of
Black
American
empowerment
in
the
latter
half
of
the
20th
Century.
The
booklet
features
never-before-seen
archival
photos
and
rare
ephemera
from
Tribe’s
mid-1970s
heyday.
Tracks:
A1.
Farewell
To
The
Welfare
A2.
Heavenese
A3.
He's
The
One
We
All
Knew
B1.
Where
Am
I
B2.
Tons
And
Tons
of
B.S.
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