Singer: Archie Shepp
Title: The Way Ahead
Label: Impulse! ‎– IMP 12722
Type: CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
Country: Europe
Date of released: 1998
Category: Jazz
Style: Avant-garde Jazz, Free Jazz
Size MP3 zip: 1732 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1764 mb
Rating: 4.2✭
Format: MP3 DMF AAC TTA AA DXD WMA XM FLAC

Tracklist Hide Credits

1	Damn If I Know (The Stroller) Written-By – Walter Davis Jr.	6:16
2	Frankenstein Written-By – Grachan Moncur III	13:50
3	Fiesta Written-By – Archie Shepp	9:54
4	Sophisticated Lady Written-By – Duke Ellington	7:08
5	New Africa Written-By – Grachan Moncur III	12:55
6	Bakai Written-By – Cal Massey	10:04

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – GRP Records, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – GRP Records, Inc.
• Recorded At – RCA Recording Studios
• Recorded At – National Recording Studios, New York City
• Remastered At – MCA Music Media Studios

Credits

• Art Direction – Hollis A King*
• Baritone Saxophone – Charles Davis (tracks: 5, 6)
• Bass – Ron Carter (tracks: 1 to 4), Walter Booker (tracks: 5, 6)
• Design [Cover] – Robert & Barbara Flynn
• Design [Graphic] – Isabelle Wong
• Drums – Beaver Harris (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 6), Roy Haynes (tracks: 3, 4)
• Engineer – Bob Simpson (tracks: 1 to 4), Dick Weissman (tracks: 5, 6)
• Photography By – Chuck Stewart
• Piano – Dave Burrell (tracks: 5, 6), Walter Davis Jr. (tracks: 1 to 4)
• Producer [Original Sessions] – Bob Thiele
• Reissue Producer, Liner Notes – Michael Cuscuna
• Remastered By – Erick Labson
• Tenor Saxophone – Archie Shepp
• Trombone – Grachan Moncur III
• Trumpet – Jimmy Owens

Notes

Tracks 1 to 4 recorded at RCA Studios, New York City on January 29, 1968. Originally issued as The Way Ahead (Impulse AS-9170).
Tracks 5 and 6 recorded at National Recording Studios, New York City on February 26, 1969. Originally issued on Kwanza (Impulse AS-9262).

Tracks 5 and 6 are marked as bonus tracks.

Remastered at MCA Studios.

℗ & © GRP Records, Inc. Distributed by the local BMG company A Unit of BMG Entertainment. Made in the EU.

Packaged in Digipak.

Please note, this is a BIEM/GEMA release.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Printed): 0 11105 12722 6
• Barcode (Scanned): 011105127226
• Label Code: LC 0236
• Rights Society: BIEM/GEMA
• Other (Distribution Code): UN560
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 & 2): [Sonopress logo] X-0358/ IMP12722 A
• Mastering SID Code (Variant 1 & 2): IFPI LB45
• Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 0734
• Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 0723

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
AS-9170	Archie Shepp	The Way Ahead ‎(LP, Album)	Impulse!	AS-9170	US	1968
SIPL 516	Archie Shepp	The Way Ahead ‎(LP, Album)	Impulse!	SIPL 516	UK	1969
MVCI-23080, AS-9170	Archie Shepp	The Way Ahead ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Impulse!, Impulse!	MVCI-23080, AS-9170	Japan	1992
MIPL-516	Archie Shepp	The Way Ahead ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Impulse!	MIPL-516	UK	1968
A-9170	Archie Shepp	The Way Ahead ‎(LP, Album)	Impulse!	A-9170	France	Unknown