From what I can suss, the 1996 reissue was distributed by EMI since it also has an EMI catalogue number (#351496) but it appears as FS are taking care of their own distribution these days. Being listed as 'temporarily out of stock' on the label's website would seem to indicate it's OOP now. The original release, which by all accounts is a superlative listening experience, was put out on CD-only in 19 by Spanish jazz re-issue label Fresh Sounds under its original Warwick title. Perhaps copyright oversight is the reason a version of his album with the same title was released twice on CD in 20 by bargain-basement brand Collectables. In other words, it sure smells like a bootleg. Early 70s seems as definitive as it gets, although for years I was under the impression it was '74 but can't find anything concrete to support that.

Outside of each song's publisher, no copyright notices are included, contributing to the mystery of the year of its issue. Worst of all, there are no liner notes whatsoever and personnel info is sorely lacking with no compositional credits given at all. It also has inconsistent labeling ' Ping Bong Beer' is called ' Ping Pong,' ' All Alone (Quite Temple)' is simply called ' Quiet Temple' and the label title is ' Music of the Third World' while the front cover uses ' The Third World.' I say dodgy because this release drops a song (' Witch Fire') and, although I haven't heard the original, according to anecdotal evidence TCB messed up the stereo mix and poorly edited the tracks, apparently even truncated a song or two in the process. This is a dodgy early 70s re-issue of The Soul Of Jazz Percussion, originally recorded & released in 1960 by the long-defunct Warwick records and usually credited to The All Stars or Earl Zinder/Armando Peraza in record guides. Beatnuts Props over Here & Pete Rock w/ Deda Originate

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