Alongside a remastered version of PHAROAH, his seminal record from 1977, this 2 CD box set includes two previously unreleased live performances of his masterpiece, “Harvest Time." Includes a 70-page booklet with rarely seen photographs and interviews with many of the participants, as well as a conversation with Pharoah himself.

This record’s origin story is as elusive as Pharoah was about everything Pharoah. It was born out of a misunderstanding between him and the India Navigation producer Bob Cummins, and was recorded at a crossroads in his career with a group of musicians so unlikely that they were never all in the same room again. There was a guitarist who was also a spiritual guru, an organist who would go on to co-write and produce “The Message,” and a classically trained pianist—his wife at the time, Bedria Sanders—who played the harmonium despite never having seen one. At times ambient and serene, at others funky and modal, PHAROAH radically departed from his earlier work. It would become one of the artist’s most beloved records and one of the great works of the 20th century.

PHAROAH will be released a year after the legendary tenor saxophonists’ untimely passing, and two years after the release of what was to become his final album, the widely acclaimed PROMISES, a collaboration between the composer Floating Points and Pharoah Sanders, featuring the London Symphony Orchestra (Luaka Bop, 2021). The first pressing of this limited edition box set comes with an embossed cover and is accompanied by never-before- shared photographs and ephemera, as well as a 24-page booklet featuring rarely seen photographs, interviews with many of the participants, and a conversation with Pharoah himself.

Tracklist

Pharoah
01 / A. Harvest Time
02 / B1. Love Will Find a Way
03 / B2. Memories of Edith Johnson

Harvest Time Live 1977
01 / A. Harvest Time Live – Version 1
02 / B. Harvest Time Live – Version 2

Box set containing the original album on disc 1, and two live dates from 1977 on disc 2
70 page booklet w/photographs and interviews.
Recorded August & September 1976
Live Tracks Recorded August 1977