Sonny Sharrock Discography

by Christian Oestreicher

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Date: Oct 4, 1966
Location: unknown recording studio, New York
Label: Pixie

Ric Colbeck (ldr), Ric Colbeck (t), Byard Lancaster (bcl, as), Bennie Maupin (ts), Sonny Sharrock (g), Norris "Sirone" Jones (b), Sunny Murray (d), Joel Freedman (vc)

a. unknown titles
unissued

Session according to Tom Lord.


Date: Nov 15, 1966
Location: Rudy Van Gelder Recording Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Impulse!

Pharoah Sanders (ldr), Pharoah Sanders (pic, as, ts, v), Dave Burrell (p), Sonny Sharrock (g), Henry Grimes (b), Roger Blank (d), Nat Bettis (per)

a. 90673 Upper And Lower Egypt(Pharoah Sanders) - 16:12
Anthology Recordings LP 12"ARC 043 — Tauhid   (2017)
Audio Clarity LP 12"ACL 0083 — Tauhid   (2022)
Impulse! LP 12"A 9138 — Tauhid   (1966)
Impulse! LP 12"AS 9138 — Tauhid   (1967)
Impulse! LP 12"IMP 88075 — Tauhid   (1972)
Impulse! LP 12"IMP 437 — Tauhid   (1976)
Impulse! LP 12"YP-8553-AI — Tauhid   (1977)
MCA LP 12"MCA 29056 — Tauhid   (1980)
Verve LP 12"B0024700-01 — Tauhid   (2017)
Verve LP 12"06007 5397092 — Tauhid   (2022)
GRP CDGRD 129 — Tauhid   (1993)
Impulse! CDMVCI-23043 — Tauhid   (1991)
Impulse! CDGRP 11292 — Tauhid   (1993)
Impulse! CDUCCI-9050 — Tauhid   (2001)
Impulse! CDUCCI-9126 — Tauhid   (2007)
b. 90675 Japan(Pharoah Sanders) - 3:22
Anthology Recordings LP 12"ARC 043 — Tauhid   (2017)
Audio Clarity LP 12"ACL 0083 — Tauhid   (2022)
Impulse! LP 12"A 9138 — Tauhid   (1966)
Impulse! LP 12"AS 9138 — Tauhid   (1967)
Impulse! LP 12"IMP 88075 — Tauhid   (1972)
Impulse! LP 12"IMP 437 — Tauhid   (1976)
Impulse! LP 12"YP-8553-AI — Tauhid   (1977)
MCA LP 12"MCA 29056 — Tauhid   (1980)
Verve LP 12"B0024700-01 — Tauhid   (2017)
Verve LP 12"06007 5397092 — Tauhid   (2022)
GRP CDGRD 129 — Tauhid   (1993)
Impulse! CDMVCI-23043 — Tauhid   (1991)
Impulse! CDGRP 11292 — Tauhid   (1993)
Impulse! CDUCCI-9050 — Tauhid   (2001)
Impulse! CDUCCI-9126 — Tauhid   (2007)
c. 90674 Aum(Pharoah Sanders)
Anthology Recordings LP 12"ARC 043 — Tauhid   (2017)
Audio Clarity LP 12"ACL 0083 — Tauhid   (2022)
Impulse! LP 12"A 9138 — Tauhid   (1966)
Impulse! LP 12"AS 9138 — Tauhid   (1967)
Impulse! LP 12"IMP 88075 — Tauhid   (1972)
Impulse! LP 12"IMP 437 — Tauhid   (1976)
Impulse! LP 12"YP-8553-AI — Tauhid   (1977)
MCA LP 12"MCA 29056 — Tauhid   (1980)
Verve LP 12"B0024700-01 — Tauhid   (2017)
Verve LP 12"06007 5397092 — Tauhid   (2022)
GRP CDGRD 129 — Tauhid   (1993)
Impulse! CDMVCI-23043 — Tauhid   (1991)
Impulse! CDGRP 11292 — Tauhid   (1993)
Impulse! CDUCCI-9050 — Tauhid   (2001)
Impulse! CDUCCI-9126 — Tauhid   (2007)
d. 90674 Venus(Pharoah Sanders)
Anthology Recordings LP 12"ARC 043 — Tauhid   (2017)
Audio Clarity LP 12"ACL 0083 — Tauhid   (2022)
Impulse! LP 12"A 9138 — Tauhid   (1966)
Impulse! LP 12"AS 9138 — Tauhid   (1967)
Impulse! LP 12"IMP 88075 — Tauhid   (1972)
Impulse! LP 12"IMP 437 — Tauhid   (1976)
Impulse! LP 12"YP-8553-AI — Tauhid   (1977)
MCA LP 12"MCA 29056 — Tauhid   (1980)
Verve LP 12"B0024700-01 — Tauhid   (2017)
Verve LP 12"06007 5397092 — Tauhid   (2022)
GRP CDGRD 129 — Tauhid   (1993)
Impulse! CDMVCI-23043 — Tauhid   (1991)
Impulse! CDGRP 11292 — Tauhid   (1993)
Impulse! CDUCCI-9050 — Tauhid   (2001)
Impulse! CDUCCI-9126 — Tauhid   (2007)
e. 90674 Capricorn Rising(Pharoah Sanders) - 14:46
Anthology Recordings LP 12"ARC 043 — Tauhid   (2017)
Audio Clarity LP 12"ACL 0083 — Tauhid   (2022)
Impulse! LP 12"A 9138 — Tauhid   (1966)
Impulse! LP 12"AS 9138 — Tauhid   (1967)
Impulse! LP 12"IMP 88075 — Tauhid   (1972)
Impulse! LP 12"IMP 437 — Tauhid   (1976)
Impulse! LP 12"YP-8553-AI — Tauhid   (1977)
MCA LP 12"MCA 29056 — Tauhid   (1980)
Verve LP 12"B0024700-01 — Tauhid   (2017)
Verve LP 12"06007 5397092 — Tauhid   (2022)
GRP CDGRD 129 — Tauhid   (1993)
Impulse! CDMVCI-23043 — Tauhid   (1991)
Impulse! CDGRP 11292 — Tauhid   (1993)
Impulse! CDUCCI-9050 — Tauhid   (2001)
Impulse! CDUCCI-9126 — Tauhid   (2007)
f. edit Upper And Lower Egypt(Pharoah Sanders) - 6:00
GRP CDGRD 151 — Red Hot On Impulse!   (1991)
g. edit Upper Egypt(Pharoah Sanders) - 7:30
Impulse! LP 12"AS 9229 — The Best Of Pharoah Sanders/1   (1972)
Impulse! LP 12"MCA 2-4151 — The Best Of Pharoah Sanders/1   (1972)
Impulse! 8-TrackIMP L 89229 — The Best Of Pharoah Sanders   (1972)
Impulse! CassetteMCAC 2-4151 — The Best Of Pharoah Sanders/1   (1983)

c, d, e  performed as medley

Pharoah Sanders (pic) on a, f-g, (as) on c, (ts) on a, d-g, (v) on b.

1966 11 15


Date: Dec 8, 1966
Location: unknown recording studio, New York
Label: ESP-Disk'

Marzette Watts (ldr), Clifford Thornton (c, vtb), Byard Lancaster (f, bcl, as), Marzette Watts (bcl, ss, ts), Karl Berger (vib), Sonny Sharrock (g), Juney Booth, Henry Grimes (b), J. C. Moses (d)

a. Backdrop For Urban Revolution(Marzette Watts) - 17:50
b. Ia(Marzette Watts) - 6:02
c. Geno(Marzette Watts) - 13:17
All titles on:
ESP-Disk' LP 12"1044 — Marzette & Company   (1967)
ESP-Disk' LP 12"SFX-10723 — Marzette & Company   (1978)
Get Back LP 12"GET 1031 — Marzette & Company   (2001)
ESP-Disk' CDTKCZ-79136 — Marzette Watts   (1993)
ESP-Disk' CD1044 — Marzette & Company   (1996)
ESP-Disk' CDESP 1044 — Marzette Watts & Company   (2012)

b, c  performed as medley

Juney Booth (b) on a.

1966 12 08


Date: Dec 18, 1966
Location: unknown recording studio, New York
Label: Vortex

Byard Lancaster (ldr), Byard Lancaster (as), Sonny Sharrock (g), Jerome Hunter (b), Eric Gravatt (d), Keno Speller (per)

a. 11305 Garden Of Prayer(traditional)
unissued
b. 11306 Last Summer(Byard Lancaster)
unissued
c. 11307 Ghost(Byard Lancaster)
unissued
d. 11308 Mr. A. A.(Byard Lancaster)
unissued
e. 11309 Dogtown(Byard Lancaster)
unissued
f. 11310 Satan(Byard Lancaster, Sonny Sharrock, Jerome Hunter) - 8:54
Superior Viaduct LP 12"SV 168 — It's Not Up To Us   (2023)
Vortex LP 12"2003 — It's Not Up To Us   (1968)
Vortex LP 12"SD 2003 — It's Not Up To Us   (1968)
Atlantic CDWPCR-27388 — It's Not Up To Us   (2013)
Water CD115 — It's Not Up To Us   (2003)
g. 11311 John's Children(Sonny Sharrock) - 6:01
Superior Viaduct LP 12"SV 168 — It's Not Up To Us   (2023)
Vortex LP 12"2003 — It's Not Up To Us   (1968)
Vortex LP 12"SD 2003 — It's Not Up To Us   (1968)
Atlantic CDWPCR-27388 — It's Not Up To Us   (2013)
Water CD115 — It's Not Up To Us   (2003)
h. 11312 Misty(Erroll Garner, Johnny Burke) - 4:59
Superior Viaduct LP 12"SV 168 — It's Not Up To Us   (2023)
Vortex LP 12"2003 — It's Not Up To Us   (1968)
Vortex LP 12"SD 2003 — It's Not Up To Us   (1968)
Atlantic CDWPCR-27388 — It's Not Up To Us   (2013)
Water CD115 — It's Not Up To Us   (2003)
i. 11313 Over The Rainbow(Harold Arlen, Erwin "Yip" Harburg) - 4:28
Superior Viaduct LP 12"SV 168 — It's Not Up To Us   (2023)
Vortex LP 12"2003 — It's Not Up To Us   (1968)
Vortex LP 12"SD 2003 — It's Not Up To Us   (1968)
Atlantic CDWPCR-27388 — It's Not Up To Us   (2013)
Water CD115 — It's Not Up To Us   (2003)
j. 11314 Hello Eric(Byard Lancaster)
unissued

1966 12 18


Date: Jul 12, 1967
Location: unknown recording studio, New York
Label: Vortex

Byard Lancaster (ldr), Byard Lancaster (f), Sonny Sharrock (g), Jacob Hunter (b), Jerome Hunter (eb), Eric Gravatt (d), Keno Speller (per)

a. 12739 Dogtown(Byard Lancaster) - 4:03
Superior Viaduct LP 12"SV 168 — It's Not Up To Us   (2023)
Vortex LP 12"2003 — It's Not Up To Us   (1968)
Vortex LP 12"SD 2003 — It's Not Up To Us   (1968)
Atlantic CDWPCR-27388 — It's Not Up To Us   (2013)
Water CD115 — It's Not Up To Us   (2003)
b. 12740 Mr. A. A.(Byard Lancaster) - 4:03
Superior Viaduct LP 12"SV 168 — It's Not Up To Us   (2023)
Vortex LP 12"2003 — It's Not Up To Us   (1968)
Vortex LP 12"SD 2003 — It's Not Up To Us   (1968)
Atlantic CDWPCR-27388 — It's Not Up To Us   (2013)
Water CD115 — It's Not Up To Us   (2003)
c. 12741 Peanut(Sonny Sharrock)
unissued
d. 12742 Hello Eric(Byard Lancaster)
unissued
e. 12743 Traning(Byard Lancaster)
unissued
f. 12744 It's Not Up To Us(Byard Lancaster) - 4:46
Superior Viaduct LP 12"SV 168 — It's Not Up To Us   (2023)
Vortex LP 12"2003 — It's Not Up To Us   (1968)
Vortex LP 12"SD 2003 — It's Not Up To Us   (1968)
Atlantic CDWPCR-27388 — It's Not Up To Us   (2013)
Water CD115 — It's Not Up To Us   (2003)
g. 12745 Last Summer(Byard Lancaster) - 3:21
Superior Viaduct LP 12"SV 168 — It's Not Up To Us   (2023)
Vortex LP 12"2003 — It's Not Up To Us   (1968)
Vortex LP 12"SD 2003 — It's Not Up To Us   (1968)
Atlantic CDWPCR-27388 — It's Not Up To Us   (2013)
Water CD115 — It's Not Up To Us   (2003)
h. 12746 Untitled Elecctric Bass Solo(Jerome Hunter)
unissued
i. 12747 Untitled Guitar Solo(Sonny Sharrock)
unissued

Byard Lancaster (ldr) on a-g, (f) on a-g; Sonny Sharrock (g) on a-g, i; Jacob Hunter (b) on a-g; Jerome Hunter (eb) on a-h; Eric Gravatt (d) on a-g; Keno Speller (per) on a-g.


Date: Oct 6, 1967
Location: unknown recording studio, New York
Label: A&M

Herbie Mann (ldr), Hubert Laws (pic, f), Herbie Mann (f), Roy Ayers (vib), Sonny Sharrock (g), Earl May (b), Grady Tate (d), Ray Barretto (per)

a. 1441 The Letter(Wayne Carson) - 3:20
b. Hold On, I'm Comin'(Issac Hayes, David Porter) - 3:10
c. Love Is Stronger Far Than Me(Francis Albert Lai, Pierre Barouh, Jerry Keller) - 3:07
All titles on:
A&M LP 12"LP 2003 — Glory Of Love   (1967)
A&M LP 12"SAML 932,779 — Glory Of Love   (1967)
A&M LP 12"SP 3003 — Glory Of Love   (1967)
A&M LP 12"212 027 — Glory Of Love   (1968)
A&M LP 12"AM 2022 — Glory Of Love   (1968)
A&M LP 12"AML 32 779 — Glory Of Love   (1968)
A&M LP 12"AML-303 — Glory Of Love   (1968)
A&M LP 12"AMLS 944 — Glory Of Love   (1968)
A&M LP 12"HDA 371-15 — Glory Of Love   (1968)
A&M LP 12"HDAS 371-15 — Glory Of Love   (1968)
A&M LP 12"LPS 77330 — Glory Of Love   (1968)
A&M LP 12"TAAMM 22003 — Glory Of Love   (1968)
A&M LP 12"X 5024 — Glory Of Love   (1969)
A&M LP 12"X 6035 — Glory Of Love   (1969)
A&M LP 12"SLAM 47.040 — Glory Of Love   (1971)
A&M LP 12"AML-356 — Glory Of Love   (1972)
A&M LP 12"87.900-I — Glory Of Love   (1974)
A&M LP 12"LAX-3102 — Glory Of Love   (1977)
A&M LP 12"AMP-4010 — Glory Of Love   (1978)
A&M LP 12"SP-9-3003 — Glory Of Love   (1983)
A&M 8-TrackL-51-3003 — Glory Of Love   (1968)
A&M Cassette30 SP 4003 — Glory Of Love   (1968)
A&M ReelAMC 3003 — Glory Of Love   (1967)
A&M ReelOR 3003 — Glory Of Love   (1968)
A&M CDPOCM-5022 — Glory Of Love   
A&M CD30XB-69 — Glory Of Love   (1986)
A&M CDD32Y-3817 — Glory Of Love   (1987)
A&M CDCD 0827 — Glory Of Love   (1989)
A&M CDPCCY-10125 — Glory Of Love   (1990)

1967 10 06


Date: November 1967
Location: unknown recording studio, unknown city, Japan
Label: Union

Roy Ayers (ldr), Roy Ayers (vib), Jim Hall, Barney Kessel, Sonny Sharrock (g), Earl May (b), Bruno Carr (d)

a. A Man And A Woman(Francis Albert Lai, Pierre Barouh, J. Keller) - 3:01
Union LP 7"SUW-86 — Complete Bossa Nova   (1967)
b. Corcovado(Antonio Carlos Jobim) - 2:29
c. Mañha De Carnaval(Luiz Bonfa, Antonio Maria Araujo de Moraes) - 4:12
Union LP 7"SUW-86 — Complete Bossa Nova   (1967)
d. So Danço Samba(Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes, Ary Barroso) - 5:17
Union LP 7"SUW-86 — Complete Bossa Nova   (1967)
e. Little Boat (O Barquinho)(Roberto Menescal, Ronaldo Boscoli, Buddy Kaye) - 5:13
f. Summertime(George Gershwin, Dubose Heyward, Ira Gershwin) - 6:01
g. How Insensitive(Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes, Norman Gimbel) - 3:30
h. Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)(Bart Howard) - 3:23
Union LP 7"SUW-86 — Complete Bossa Nova   (1967)
i. The Girl From Ipanema(Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes, Norman Gimbel) - 3:28
j. Comin' Home Baby(Ben Tucker, Bob Dorough) - 5:11
All titles on:
Union LP 12"UPS-26 — Herbie Mann's Song Book - Complete Bossa Nova   (1967)

Jim Hall (g) on b, h; Barney Kessel (g) on d, g, i; Sonny Sharrock (g) on a, e-f, j.

1967 11 xx


Date: Feb 8, 1968
Location: Atlantic Studios, New York
Label: Atlantic

Herbie Mann (ldr), Herbie Mann (f), Roy Ayers (vib), Sonny Sharrock (g), Miroslav Vitous (b), Bruno Carr (d)

a. A 13884 By The Time I Get To Phoenix(Jimmy Webb) - 2:22
b. A 13885 Footprints(Wayne Shorter) - 8:27
c. A 13886 There Is A Mountain(Donavan Leitch) - 6:08
d. A 13887 Windows Opened(Roy Ayers) - 7:30
All titles on:
Atlantic LP 12"1507 — Windows Opened   (1968)
Atlantic LP 12"ATC 9126 — Windows Opened   (1968)
Atlantic LP 12"ATL-ST 09104 — Windows Opened   (1968)
Atlantic LP 12"SD 1507 — Windows Opened   (1968)
Atlantic LP 12"P-6072A — Windows Opened   (1972)
Atlantic CassetteALX 51507 — Windows Opened   (1968)
Atlantic CDWPCR-27242 — Windows Opened   (2013)
Collectables CDCOL-CD 6882 — Windows Opened + The Inspiration I Feel   (2001)
East West CDAMCY-1239 — Windows Opened   (1999)

1968 02 08


Date: Apr 2, 1968
Location: Atlantic Studios, New York
Label: Atlantic

Herbie Mann (ldr), Herbie Mann (f), Roy Ayers (vib), Sonny Sharrock (g), Miroslav Vitous (b), Bruno Carr (d)

a. A 14193 Flute's Blues(Herbie Mann)
unissued
b. A 14194 If I Were A Carpenter(Tim Hardin) - 5:41
Atlantic LP 12"1507 — Windows Opened   (1968)
Atlantic LP 12"ATC 9126 — Windows Opened   (1968)
Atlantic LP 12"ATL-ST 09104 — Windows Opened   (1968)
Atlantic LP 12"SD 1507 — Windows Opened   (1968)
Atlantic LP 12"P-6072A — Windows Opened   (1972)
Atlantic CassetteALX 51507 — Windows Opened   (1968)
Atlantic CDWPCR-27242 — Windows Opened   (2013)
Collectables CDCOL-CD 6882 — Windows Opened + The Inspiration I Feel   (2001)
East West CDAMCY-1239 — Windows Opened   (1999)
c. A 14195 Paper Man(Charles Tolliver) - 6:47
Atlantic LP 12"1507 — Windows Opened   (1968)
Atlantic LP 12"ATC 9126 — Windows Opened   (1968)
Atlantic LP 12"ATL-ST 09104 — Windows Opened   (1968)
Atlantic LP 12"SD 1507 — Windows Opened   (1968)
Atlantic LP 12"P-6072A — Windows Opened   (1972)
Atlantic CassetteALX 51507 — Windows Opened   (1968)
Atlantic CDWPCR-27242 — Windows Opened   (2013)
Collectables CDCOL-CD 6882 — Windows Opened + The Inspiration I Feel   (2001)
East West CDAMCY-1239 — Windows Opened   (1999)
d. A 14196 I Never Knew What You Were Up To
unissued
e. A 14197 Flute's Blues(Herbie Mann)
unissued

1968 04 02


Date: August 20-23, 1968
Location: Atlantic Studios, New York
Label: Atlantic

Herbie Mann (ldr), Herbie Mann (f), Roy Ayers (vib, per), Bobby Wood (ep), Bobby Emmons (org), Larry Coryell, Sonny Sharrock, Reggie Young (g), Tommy Cogbill, Mike Leach, Miroslav Vitous (eb), Gene Christman (d)

a. A 15059 New Orleans(Frank J. Guida, Joseph F. Royster) - 2:07
Atco LP 12"ALP 605.022 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"1522 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"588 200 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"921 006 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"ATC 9183 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"ATL 1058 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"ATS 91836 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"ATS-ST 06061 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"HATS 421-36 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"MT-2007 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"SAL 933,384 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"SD 1552 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"SD 42032 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"SMT-2007 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"40.038 — Memphis Underground   (1971)
Atlantic LP 12"P-8087A — Memphis Underground   (1971)
Atlantic LP 12"2SA 300 — The Evolution Of Mann/1   (1972)
Atlantic LP 12"ATL 60 020 — The Evolution Of Mann/1   (1972)
Atlantic LP 12"P-5081-2A — The Evolution Of Mann/1   (1972)
Atlantic LP 12"SD 2-300 — The Evolution Of Mann/1   (1972)
Atlantic LP 12"SVBB 94909 — The Evolution Of Mann/1   (1972)
Atlantic LP 12"40038 — Memphis Underground   (1972)
Atlantic LP 12"ATL 40 038 — Memphis Underground   (1972)
Atlantic LP 12"K 40038 — Memphis Underground   (1972)
Atlantic LP 12"P-10133A — Memphis Underground   (1976)
Atlantic LP 12"ATL 50 520 — Memphis Underground   (1978)
Supraphon LP 12"1 15 1358 — Memphis Underground   (1973)
Atlantic 8-TrackM 81522 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic CassetteCS 1522 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic CassetteX 51522 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic CassetteRMS 86083 — Memphis Underground   (1970)
Atlantic CassetteATL CD 2-300 — The Evolution Of Mann/1   (1972)
Atlantic CassetteATL CS2300 0797 — The Evolution Of Mann/1   (1972)
Atlantic ReelC 1522 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic CD30XD-1043 — Memphis Underground   (1988)
Atlantic CDAMCY-1042 — Memphis Underground   (1988)
Atlantic CD7567 81364 2 9 — Memphis Underground   (1990)
Atlantic CD1522-2 — Memphis Underground   (1991)
Atlantic CDWPCR-25009 — Memphis Underground   (2005)
Atlantic CDWPCR-25137 — Memphis Underground   (2006)
Atlantic CDWPCR-75356 — Memphis Underground   (2008)
Atlantic CDWPCR-27385 — Memphis Underground   (2013)
Atlantic CDWPCR-29031 — Memphis Underground   (2016)
Atlantic Jazz CD81227 3586 2 4 — Memphis Underground   (2002)
East West CDAMCY-1175 — Memphis Underground   (1998)
b. A 15060 Chain Of Fools(Don Covay) - 10:42
Atco LP 12"ALP 605.022 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"1522 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"588 200 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"921 006 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"ATC 9183 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"ATL 1058 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"ATS 91836 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"ATS-ST 06061 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"HATS 421-36 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"MT-2007 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"SAL 933,384 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"SD 1552 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"SD 42032 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"SMT-2007 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"40.038 — Memphis Underground   (1971)
Atlantic LP 12"P-8087A — Memphis Underground   (1971)
Atlantic LP 12"40038 — Memphis Underground   (1972)
Atlantic LP 12"ATL 40 038 — Memphis Underground   (1972)
Atlantic LP 12"K 40038 — Memphis Underground   (1972)
Atlantic LP 12"P-10133A — Memphis Underground   (1976)
Atlantic LP 12"ATL 50 520 — Memphis Underground   (1978)
Supraphon LP 12"1 15 1358 — Memphis Underground   (1973)
Atlantic 8-TrackM 81522 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic CassetteCS 1522 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic CassetteX 51522 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic CassetteRMS 86083 — Memphis Underground   (1970)
Atlantic ReelC 1522 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic CD30XD-1043 — Memphis Underground   (1988)
Atlantic CDAMCY-1042 — Memphis Underground   (1988)
Atlantic CD7567 81364 2 9 — Memphis Underground   (1990)
Atlantic CD1522-2 — Memphis Underground   (1991)
Atlantic CDWPCR-25009 — Memphis Underground   (2005)
Atlantic CDWPCR-25137 — Memphis Underground   (2006)
Atlantic CDWPCR-75356 — Memphis Underground   (2008)
Atlantic CDWPCR-27385 — Memphis Underground   (2013)
Atlantic CDWPCR-29031 — Memphis Underground   (2016)
Atlantic Jazz CD81227 3586 2 4 — Memphis Underground   (2002)
East West CDAMCY-1175 — Memphis Underground   (1998)
c. A 15061 Memphis Underground(Herbie Mann) - 7:07
Atco LP 12"ALP 605.022 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"1522 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"588 200 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"921 006 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"ATC 9183 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"ATL 1058 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"ATS 91836 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"ATS-ST 06061 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"HATS 421-36 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"MT-2007 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"SAL 933,384 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"SD 1552 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"SD 42032 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"SMT-2007 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"ATC 9225 — The Best Of Herbie Mann   (1970)
Atlantic LP 12"ATS-ST 05519 — The Best Of Herbie Mann   (1970)
Atlantic LP 12"K 40055 X — The Best Of Herbie Mann   (1970)
Atlantic LP 12"SAL 933721 — The Best Of Herbie Mann   (1970)
Atlantic LP 12"SD 1544 — The Best Of Herbie Mann   (1970)
Atlantic LP 12"40.038 — Memphis Underground   (1971)
Atlantic LP 12"P-8087A — Memphis Underground   (1971)
Atlantic LP 12"40038 — Memphis Underground   (1972)
Atlantic LP 12"ATL 40 038 — Memphis Underground   (1972)
Atlantic LP 12"K 40038 — Memphis Underground   (1972)
Atlantic LP 12"500-29S — The Jazz Years - Atlantic Records 25th Anniversary 1948-1973/2   (1973)
Atlantic LP 12"K 60054 — The Jazz Years - Atlantic Records 25th Anniversary 1948-1973/2   (1973)
Atlantic LP 12"SD2-316 — The Jazz Years - Atlantic Records 25th Anniversary 1948-1973/2   (1973)
Atlantic LP 12"ATLP 069 — The Jazz Years - Atlantic Records 25th Anniversary 1948-1973/2   (1974)
Atlantic LP 12"P-10133A — Memphis Underground   (1976)
Atlantic LP 12"ATL 50 520 — Memphis Underground   (1978)
Supraphon LP 12"1 15 1358 — Memphis Underground   (1973)
Atlantic 8-TrackM 81522 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic 8-TrackTP 1544 — The Best Of Herbie Mann   (1970)
Atlantic CassetteCS 1522 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic CassetteX 51522 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic CassetteRMS 86083 — Memphis Underground   (1970)
Atlantic CassetteCS 1544 — The Best Of Herbie Mann   (1971)
Atlantic ReelC 1522 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic ReelX 1544 — The Best Of Herbie Mann   (1970)
Atlantic ReelATL 40 055 — The Best Of Herbie Mann   (1971)
Atlantic CD30XD-1043 — Memphis Underground   (1988)
Atlantic CDAMCY-1042 — Memphis Underground   (1988)
Atlantic CD1544-2 — The Best Of Herbie Mann   (1990)
Atlantic CD7567 81329 2 4 — The Best Of Herbie Mann   (1990)
Atlantic CD7567 81364 2 9 — Memphis Underground   (1990)
Atlantic CD1522-2 — Memphis Underground   (1991)
Atlantic CDWPCR-25009 — Memphis Underground   (2005)
Atlantic CDWPCR-25137 — Memphis Underground   (2006)
Atlantic CDWPCR-75356 — Memphis Underground   (2008)
Atlantic CDWPCR-27385 — Memphis Underground   (2013)
Atlantic CDWPCR-29031 — Memphis Underground   (2016)
Atlantic CDWPCR-14661 — The Jazz Years - Atlantic Records 25th Anniversary 1948-1973/2   (2017)
Atlantic Jazz CD81227 3586 2 4 — Memphis Underground   (2002)
East West CDAMCY-1175 — Memphis Underground   (1998)
d. A 15062 Battle Hymn Of The Republic(traditional) - 7:12
Atco LP 12"ALP 605.022 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"1522 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"588 200 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"921 006 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"ATC 9183 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"ATL 1058 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"ATS 91836 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"ATS-ST 06061 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"HATS 421-36 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"MT-2007 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"SAL 933,384 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"SD 1552 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"SD 42032 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"SMT-2007 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"40.038 — Memphis Underground   (1971)
Atlantic LP 12"P-8087A — Memphis Underground   (1971)
Atlantic LP 12"40038 — Memphis Underground   (1972)
Atlantic LP 12"ATL 40 038 — Memphis Underground   (1972)
Atlantic LP 12"K 40038 — Memphis Underground   (1972)
Atlantic LP 12"P-10133A — Memphis Underground   (1976)
Atlantic LP 12"ATL 50 520 — Memphis Underground   (1978)
Supraphon LP 12"1 15 1358 — Memphis Underground   (1973)
Atlantic 8-TrackM 81522 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic CassetteCS 1522 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic CassetteX 51522 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic CassetteRMS 86083 — Memphis Underground   (1970)
Atlantic ReelC 1522 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic CD30XD-1043 — Memphis Underground   (1988)
Atlantic CDAMCY-1042 — Memphis Underground   (1988)
Atlantic CD7567 81364 2 9 — Memphis Underground   (1990)
Atlantic CD1522-2 — Memphis Underground   (1991)
Atlantic CDWPCR-25009 — Memphis Underground   (2005)
Atlantic CDWPCR-25137 — Memphis Underground   (2006)
Atlantic CDWPCR-75356 — Memphis Underground   (2008)
Atlantic CDWPCR-27385 — Memphis Underground   (2013)
Atlantic CDWPCR-29031 — Memphis Underground   (2016)
Atlantic Jazz CD81227 3586 2 4 — Memphis Underground   (2002)
East West CDAMCY-1175 — Memphis Underground   (1998)
e. A 15063 I Never Knew(Gus Kahn, Ted Fiorito)
unissued
f. A 15064 Soul March(Roland Alexander)
unissued
g. A 15065 Hold On, I'm Comin'(Issac Hayes, David Porter) - 8:52
Atco LP 12"ALP 605.022 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"1522 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"588 200 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"921 006 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"ATC 9183 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"ATL 1058 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"ATS 91836 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"ATS-ST 06061 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"HATS 421-36 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"MT-2007 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"SAL 933,384 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"SD 1552 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"SD 42032 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"SMT-2007 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"40.038 — Memphis Underground   (1971)
Atlantic LP 12"P-8087A — Memphis Underground   (1971)
Atlantic LP 12"40038 — Memphis Underground   (1972)
Atlantic LP 12"ATL 40 038 — Memphis Underground   (1972)
Atlantic LP 12"K 40038 — Memphis Underground   (1972)
Atlantic LP 12"P-10133A — Memphis Underground   (1976)
Atlantic LP 12"ATL 50 520 — Memphis Underground   (1978)
Supraphon LP 12"1 15 1358 — Memphis Underground   (1973)
Atlantic 8-TrackM 81522 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic CassetteCS 1522 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic CassetteX 51522 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic CassetteRMS 86083 — Memphis Underground   (1970)
Atlantic ReelC 1522 — Memphis Underground   (1969)
Atlantic CD30XD-1043 — Memphis Underground   (1988)
Atlantic CDAMCY-1042 — Memphis Underground   (1988)
Atlantic CD7567 81364 2 9 — Memphis Underground   (1990)
Atlantic CD1522-2 — Memphis Underground   (1991)
Atlantic CDWPCR-25009 — Memphis Underground   (2005)
Atlantic CDWPCR-25137 — Memphis Underground   (2006)
Atlantic CDWPCR-75356 — Memphis Underground   (2008)
Atlantic CDWPCR-27385 — Memphis Underground   (2013)
Atlantic CDWPCR-29031 — Memphis Underground   (2016)
Atlantic Jazz CD81227 3586 2 4 — Memphis Underground   (2002)
East West CDAMCY-1175 — Memphis Underground   (1998)
h. A 15066 Honky Tonk(Bill Doggett, Billy Butler, Shep Shepherd, Clifford Scott)
unissued

Roy Ayers (vib) on a-c, e-h, (per) on d; Tommy Cogbill (eb) on e; Mike Leach (eb) on a-d, f, h; Miroslav Vitous (eb) on g; Gene Christman (d) on a-d, f-h.

1968 08 20


Date: Oct 2, 1968
Location: Atlantic Studios, New York
Label: Atlantic

Sonny Sharrock (ldr), Ted Daniel (t), Dave Burrell (p), Sonny Sharrock (g), Norris "Sirone" Jones, Richard Pierce (b), Eric Gravatt (d, per)

a. A 15390 Peanut(Sonny Sharrock)
b. A 15391 Black Woman(Sonny Sharrock)
c. A 15392 Portrait(Sonny Sharrock)
All titles unissued.

Date: Nov 8, 1968
Location: Berlin Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
Label: private recording
Berlin Drum Workshop

Sunny Murray, Sonny Sharrock (ldr), Sonny Sharrock (g), Sunny Murray (d), Joachim-Ernst Berendt (mc)

a. live introduction - 0:33
b. live Black Woman(Sonny Sharrock) - 6:04
Both titles on:
tape copy CD(no number) — The Berlin Drum Workshop, 1968   (2008)

Sonny Sharrock (g) on b; Sunny Murray (d) on b; Joachim-Ernst Berendt (mc) on a.


Date: Nov 8, 1968
Location: Quasimodo Club, Berlin, Germany
Label: unknown broadcast

Gunter Hampel (ldr), Gunter Hampel (f, vib), Pharoah Sanders (ts), John McLaughlin, Sonny Sharrock (g), Arjen Gorter (b), Laurie Allan (d)

a. alive unidentified - 34:38
tape copy CD(no number) — Berlin, 1968/1   (2011)
b. blive unidentified - 10:37
tape copy CD(no number) — Berlin, 1968/1   (2011)
c. clive unidentified - 1:36
tape copy CD(no number) — Berlin, 1968/1   (2011)
d. dlive unidentified - 46:57
tape copy CD(no number) — Berlin, 1968/2   (2011)

Date: Nov 9, 1968
Location: unknown venue, Berlin, Germany
Label: RBB Kulturradio broadcast
Berliner Jazztage

Don Cherry (ldr), Maffy Falay (t), Don Cherry (pt, f, p, per), Albert Mangelsdorff, Eje Thelin (tb), Bernt Rosengren (f, ts), Pharoah Sanders (ts), Karl Berger (vib), Joachim Kühn (p), Sonny Sharrock (g), Arild Andersen (b), Jacques Thollot (d), Ulf Drechsel (mc)

a. alive introduction - 1:38
b. live Eternal Rhythm, part 2(Donald Ross Cherry) - 10:41
c. blive introduction - 0:28
d. blive Solo Piano(Donald Ross Cherry) - 1:12
e. blive closing - 0:19
All titles on:
tape copy CD(no number) — Berlin, 1968   (2016)

Maffy Falay (t) on b; Don Cherry (pt) on b, (f) on b, (p) on d, (per) on b; Albert Mangelsdorff (tb) on b; Eje Thelin (tb) on b; Bernt Rosengren (f) on b, (ts) on b; Pharoah Sanders (ts) on b; Karl Berger (vib) on b; Joachim Kühn (p) on b; Sonny Sharrock (g) on b; Arild Andersen (b) on b; Jacques Thollot (d) on b; Ulf Drechsel (mc) on a, c, e.


Date: November 11 & 12, 1968
Location: unknown venue, Berlin, Germany
Label: MPS
Berlin Jazz Festival

Don Cherry (ldr), Don Cherry (pt, f, gam, gng), Albert Mangelsdorff, Eje Thelin (tb), Bernt Rosengren (f, ob, cl, ts), Karl Berger (vib, gam, p), Joachim Kühn (p, prp), Sonny Sharrock (g), Arild Andersen (b), Jacques Thollot (d)

a. live Eternal Rhythm, part 1(Donald Ross Cherry) - 17:45
BASF LP 12"20680 — Eternal Rhythm   (1972)
BASF LP 12"ULX-28-P — Eternal Rhythm   (1975)
MPS LP 12"MPS 15 204 ST — Eternal Rhythm   (1969)
MPS LP 12"MPS 15007 — Eternal Rhythm   (1970)
MPS LP 12"YS-2210-MP — Eternal Rhythm   (1970)
MPS LP 12"CRM 680 — Eternal Rhythm   (1971)
MPS LP 12"21 20680-7 — Eternal Rhythm   (1972)
MPS LP 12"MB 20680 — Eternal Rhythm   (1972)
MPS LP 12"35 53161 — Eternal Rhythm   (1975)
MPS LP 12"MPS 0068.225 — Eternal Rhythm   (1979)
MPS LP 12"ULS-1711-P — Eternal Rhythm   (1980)
MPS LP 12"31118 — Eternal Rhythm   (1981)
MPS CDPOCJ-2520 — Eternal Rhythm   (1997)
MPS CDUCCM-9027 — Eternal Rhythm   (2000)
MPS CDUCCU-5184 — Eternal Rhythm   (2004)
MPS CDUCCU-6188 — Eternal Rhythm   (2012)
b. live Eternal Rhythm, part 2(Donald Ross Cherry) - 23:37
BASF LP 12"20680 — Eternal Rhythm   (1972)
BASF LP 12"ULX-28-P — Eternal Rhythm   (1975)
MPS LP 12"MPS 15 204 ST — Eternal Rhythm   (1969)
MPS LP 12"MPS 15007 — Eternal Rhythm   (1970)
MPS LP 12"YS-2210-MP — Eternal Rhythm   (1970)
MPS LP 12"CRM 680 — Eternal Rhythm   (1971)
MPS LP 12"21 20680-7 — Eternal Rhythm   (1972)
MPS LP 12"MB 20680 — Eternal Rhythm   (1972)
MPS LP 12"35 53161 — Eternal Rhythm   (1975)
MPS LP 12"MPS 0068.225 — Eternal Rhythm   (1979)
MPS LP 12"ULS-1711-P — Eternal Rhythm   (1980)
MPS LP 12"31118 — Eternal Rhythm   (1981)
MPS CDPOCJ-2520 — Eternal Rhythm   (1997)
MPS CDUCCM-9027 — Eternal Rhythm   (2000)
MPS CDUCCU-5184 — Eternal Rhythm   (2004)
MPS CDUCCU-6188 — Eternal Rhythm   (2012)
c. live Eternal Rhythm(Donald Ross Cherry) - 38:11
ezz-thetics CDezz-thetics 1129 — Where Is Brooklyn? & Eternal Rhythm Revisited   (2022)

Eternal Rhythm, Part 1 :
Baby's Breath
"Sonny Sharrock"
Turkish Prayer
Crystal Clear (Exposition)
Endless Beginnings
Baby's Breath (Unaccompanied)
Eternal Rhythm, Part 2 :
Autumn Melody
Lanoo
Crystal Clear (Development)
Screaming J
Always Beginnings


Date: Nov 11, 1968
Location: unknown recording studio, Berlin, Germany
Label: Atlantic

Herbie Mann (ldr), Ernest "Benny" Bailey, Carmell Jones (t), Ake Persson (tb), Herbie Mann (f), Leo Wright (as), Roy Ayers (vib), Sonny Sharrock (g), Ron Carter (b), Bruno Carr (d), Berliner Symphonica Orchestra (orc), Hans Arlt (con)

a. A 17943 Concerto Grosso In D Blues(William S. Fisher) / arr: William S. Fisher - 28:15
Atlantic LP 12"SAL 933665 — Concerto Grosso In D Blues   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"SD 1540 — Concerto Grosso In D Blues   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"2465005 — Concerto Grosso In D Blues   (1970)
Atlantic LP 12"MT-2015 — Concerto Grosso In D Blues   (1970)
Atlantic LP 12"P-8089A — Concerto Grosso In D Blues   (1971)
Atlantic 8-TrackM 81540 — Concerto Grosso In D Blues   (1970)
Atlantic ReelX 1540 — Concerto Grosso In D Blues   (1969)
Wounded Bird CDWOU 1540 — Concerto Grosso In D Blues   (2000)

1968 11 11


Date: Nov 12, 1968
Location: unknown recording studio, Berlin, Germany
Label: Atlantic

Herbie Mann (ldr), unknown (frh, ob, enh, bsn, wdw), Herbie Mann (f), Leo Wright (as), Roy Ayers (vib), Sonny Sharrock (g), Ron Carter (b), Bruno Carr (d), Double String Quartet (str)

a. A 17944 Sense Of No Return(Herbie Mann) / arr: William S. Fisher - 5:13
b. A 17945 Wailing Wall(Woody Herman, Cy Touff) / arr: William S. Fisher - 9:46
c. A 17946 My Little Ones(Herbie Mann) / arr: William S. Fisher - 7:09
All titles on:
Atlantic LP 12"SAL 933665 — Concerto Grosso In D Blues   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"SD 1540 — Concerto Grosso In D Blues   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"2465005 — Concerto Grosso In D Blues   (1970)
Atlantic LP 12"MT-2015 — Concerto Grosso In D Blues   (1970)
Atlantic LP 12"P-8089A — Concerto Grosso In D Blues   (1971)
Atlantic 8-TrackM 81540 — Concerto Grosso In D Blues   (1970)
Atlantic ReelX 1540 — Concerto Grosso In D Blues   (1969)
Wounded Bird CDWOU 1540 — Concerto Grosso In D Blues   (2000)

unknown (ob) on a, (enh) on a, (bsn) on a, (wdw) on a; Double String Quartet (str) on b-c.


Date: Jan 14, 1969
Location: TownSound Studios, Englewood, NJ
Label: Strata-East

Pharoah Sanders (ldr), Howard Johnson (tu), Sonny Fortune (f, as), Pharoah Sanders (f, ts, per, v), Lonnie Liston Smith (p), Sonny Sharrock (g), Norris "Sirone" Jones, Cecil McBee (b), Billy Hart, Majeed Shabazz (d), Nat Bettis, Chief Bey, Tony Wiles (per), Leon Thomas (per, v)

a. Prince Of Peace(Pharoah Sanders) - 8:46
Strata-East LP 12"SJR LP 19 — Soul Jazz Love Strata-East/1   (1994)
Strata-East CDSJR CD 19 — Soul Jazz Love Strata-East   (1994)
b. Balance(Pharoah Sanders) - 12:37
c. Izipho Zam(Pharoah Sanders) - 28:47
All titles on:
Everland Jazz LP 12"ELC 003 — Izipho Zam (My Gifts)   (2017)
Pure Pleasure LP 12"SES 19733 — Izipho Zam (My Gifts)   (2019)
Strata-East LP 12"SES 19733 — Izipho Zam (My Gifts)   (1973)
Strata-East LP 12"JC-7509 — Izipho Zam (My Gifts)   (1976)
Bellaphon CD660 51 018 — Izipho Zam (My Gifts)   (1993)
Bomba CDBOM 522 — Izipho Zam (My Gifts)   (1995)
Bomba CDBOM 22180 — Izipho Zam (My Gifts)   (2003)
Bomba CDBOM 1403 — Izipho Zam (My Gifts)   (2010)
Charly CDCDGR 226 — Izipho Zam (My Gifts)   (1998)
Mosaic CD#256 MD6 — The Complete Clifford Jordan Strata-East Sessions/4   (2004)
Strata-East CDSECD 9022 — Izipho Zam (My Gifts)   (1993)
Sunspots CDSPOT 552 — Izipho Zam (My Gifts)   (2003)

1969 01 14


Date: Mar 18, 1969
Location: Atlantic Studios, New York
Label: Atlantic

Herbie Mann (ldr), Herbie Mann (f), Roy Ayers (vib), Sonny Sharrock (g), Ron Carter (b), Bruno Carr (d), Mannie Green, Gene Orloff (vn), Selwart Richard Clarke (vl), George Ricci (vc)

a. A 18088 In Tangier(David J. Mills) / arr: William S. Fisher
b. A 18089 Paradise Beach(Herbie Mann) / arr: William S. Fisher - 10:36
c. A 18090 Flying(John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr) / arr: William S. Fisher - 4:59
All titles on:
Atlantic LP 12"2465 008 — Stone Flute   (1970)
Atlantic LP 12"ATC 9224 — Stone Flute   (1970)
Atlantic LP 12"ATS ST 05521 — Stone Flute   (1970)
Atlantic LP 12"ATL 1006 — Stone Flute   (1982)
Embryo LP 12"SD 520 — Stone Flute   (1970)
Embryo ReelX 520 — Stone Flute   (1970)
Atlantic CDWPCR-27463 — Stone Flute   (2013)
Atlantic CD8122 79589 8 5 — Stone Flute   (2014)
Wounded Bird CDWOU 0520 — Stone Flute   (2000)

a, b  performed as medley

1969 03 18


Date: Mar 20, 1969
Location: Atlantic Studios, New York
Label: Atlantic

Herbie Mann (ldr), Herbie Mann (f), Roy Ayers (vib), Sonny Sharrock (g), Ron Carter (b), Bruno Carr (d), Mannie Green, Gene Orloff (vn), Selwart Richard Clarke (vl), George Ricci (vc)

a. A 18094 Pendulum(Herbie Mann) / arr: William S. Fisher - 2:39
Atlantic LP 12"2465 008 — Stone Flute   (1970)
Atlantic LP 12"ATC 9224 — Stone Flute   (1970)
Atlantic LP 12"ATS ST 05521 — Stone Flute   (1970)
Atlantic LP 12"ATL 1006 — Stone Flute   (1982)
Embryo LP 12"SD 520 — Stone Flute   (1970)
Embryo ReelX 520 — Stone Flute   (1970)
Atlantic CDWPCR-27463 — Stone Flute   (2013)
Atlantic CD8122 79589 8 5 — Stone Flute   (2014)
Wounded Bird CDWOU 0520 — Stone Flute   (2000)

Date: May 16, 1969
Location: Apostolic Recording Studios, New York
Label: Vortex

Sonny Sharrock (ldr), Ted Daniel (t), Dave Burrell (p), Sonny Sharrock (g), Norris "Sirone" Jones, Richard Pierce (b), Milford Graves (d), Linda Sharrock (v)

a. 17059 Bialero(traditional, Sonny Sharrock) - 4:49
b. 17061 Blind Willie(Sonny Sharrock) - 3:18
c. 17063 Portrait Of Linda In Three Colors, All Black(Sonny Sharrock) - 9:06
All titles on:
4 Men With Beards LP 12"4M103 — Black Woman   (2001)
Superior Viaduct LP 12"SV 169 — Black Woman   (2023)
Vortex LP 12"2014 — Black Woman   (1969)
Vortex CassetteCS 2014 — Black Woman   (1969)
Collectables CDCOL-CD 6612 — Black Woman / People Get Ready - Sonny Sharrock/Wayne Henderson   (2000)
Vortex CDAMCY-1290 — Black Woman   (2000)
Vortex CDWPCR-27280 — Black Woman   (2013)
Water CD152 — Black Woman   (2005)

Ted Daniel (t) on b-c; Richard Pierce (b) on b-c.

Z1969 05 16 a


Date: May 16, 1969
Location: A&R Studios, New York
Label: Vortex

Sonny Sharrock (ldr), Gary Sharrock (bel), Dave Burrell (p), Sonny Sharrock (g), Norris "Sirone" Jones (b), Milford Graves (d), Linda Sharrock (v)

a. 17060 Black Woman(Sonny Sharrock) - 5:11
TAD LP 12"TAD1LP — Running The Voodoo Down Volume 2 - Explorations In Psychrockfunksouljazz 1965-77/1   (2018)
TAD CDTAG1CD — Running The Voodoo Down Volume 2 - Explorations In Psychrockfunksouljazz 1965-77   (2018)
b. 17062 Peanut(Sonny Sharrock) - 9:14
Both titles on:
4 Men With Beards LP 12"4M103 — Black Woman   (2001)
Superior Viaduct LP 12"SV 169 — Black Woman   (2023)
Vortex LP 12"2014 — Black Woman   (1969)
Vortex CassetteCS 2014 — Black Woman   (1969)
Collectables CDCOL-CD 6612 — Black Woman / People Get Ready - Sonny Sharrock/Wayne Henderson   (2000)
Vortex CDAMCY-1290 — Black Woman   (2000)
Vortex CDWPCR-27280 — Black Woman   (2013)
Water CD152 — Black Woman   (2005)

Gary Sharrock (bel) on a.

1969 05 16 b


Date: Jun 7, 1969
Location: Whisky A Go-Go, Los Angeles
Label: Atlantic

Herbie Mann (ldr), Herbie Mann (f), Steve Marcus (ts), Roy Ayers (vib), Sonny Sharrock (g), Miroslav Vitous (b), Bruno Carr (d)

a. A 17706live Ooh Baby(Chris Hill, Colombus Baker) - 15:50
b. A 17707live Philly Dog(Rufus Thomas) - 14:04
Atlantic LP 12"ATC 9225 — The Best Of Herbie Mann   (1970)
Atlantic LP 12"ATS-ST 05519 — The Best Of Herbie Mann   (1970)
Atlantic LP 12"K 40055 X — The Best Of Herbie Mann   (1970)
Atlantic LP 12"SAL 933721 — The Best Of Herbie Mann   (1970)
Atlantic LP 12"SD 1544 — The Best Of Herbie Mann   (1970)
Atlantic 8-TrackTP 1544 — The Best Of Herbie Mann   (1970)
Atlantic CassetteCS 1544 — The Best Of Herbie Mann   (1971)
Atlantic ReelX 1544 — The Best Of Herbie Mann   (1970)
Atlantic ReelATL 40 055 — The Best Of Herbie Mann   (1971)
Atlantic CD1544-2 — The Best Of Herbie Mann   (1990)
Atlantic CD7567 81329 2 4 — The Best Of Herbie Mann   (1990)
Both titles on:
Atlantic LP 12"SAL 933619 — Live At The Whiskey A Go Go   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"SD 1536 — Live At The Whiskey A Go Go   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"MT-2012 — Live At The Whiskey A Go Go   (1970)
Atlantic LP 12"CSJ-919 — Live At The Whiskey A Go Go   (1971)
Atlantic LP 12"P-8088A — Live At The Whiskey A Go Go   (1977)
Atlantic CassetteCS 1536 — Live At The Whiskey A Go Go   (1969)
Atlantic ReelXT-1016 — Live At The Whiskey A Go Go   (1969)
Atlantic CDAMCY-1240 — Live At The Whiskey A Go Go   (1999)
Atlantic CDWPCR-27170 — Live At The Whiskey A Go Go   (2012)
Collectables CDCOL-CD 6883 — Live At The Whiskey A Go Go/Mississippi Gambler   (2001)

1969 06 07


Date: June 7-8, 1969
Location: Whisky A Go-Go, Los Angeles
Label: Atlantic

Herbie Mann (ldr), Herbie Mann (f, spk), Steve Marcus (ss, ts), Roy Ayers (vib), Sonny Sharrock (g), Miroslav Vitous (b), Bruno Carr (d), Linda Sharrock (v)

a. live Untitled Jam(Herbie Mann, Roy Ayers, Bruno Carr, Steve Marcus, Sonny Sharrock, Miroslav Vitous) - 7:22
Real Gone CDRGM 0439 — Live At The Whisky 1969 - The Unreleased Tapes/1   (2016)
b. live Tangier(Donavan Leitch)
Real Gone CDRGM 0439 — Live At The Whisky 1969 - The Unreleased Tapes/1   (2016)
c. take 1live If I Were A Carpenter(Tim Hardin) - 24:21
Real Gone CDRGM 0439 — Live At The Whisky 1969 - The Unreleased Tapes/1   (2016)
d. live Memphis Underground(Herbie Mann) - 10:38
Real Gone CDRGM 0439 — Live At The Whisky 1969 - The Unreleased Tapes/1   (2016)
e. live Ooh Baby(Chris Hill, Colombus Baker) - 21:37
Real Gone CDRGM 0439 — Live At The Whisky 1969 - The Unreleased Tapes/1   (2016)
f. live Scarborough Fair(Paul Simon) - 4:07
Real Gone CDRGM 0439 — Live At The Whisky 1969 - The Unreleased Tapes/1   (2016)
g. live Black Woman(Sonny Sharrock) - 5:48
Real Gone CDRGM 0439 — Live At The Whisky 1969 - The Unreleased Tapes/25   (2016)
h. live All Blues(Miles Davis) - 6:02
Real Gone CDRGM 0439 — Live At The Whisky 1969 - The Unreleased Tapes/25   (2016)
i. take 2live If I Were A Carpenter(Tim Hardin) - 25:50
Real Gone CDRGM 0439 — Live At The Whisky 1969 - The Unreleased Tapes/25   (2016)
j. live Philly Dog(Rufus Thomas) - 10:46
Real Gone CDRGM 0439 — Live At The Whisky 1969 - The Unreleased Tapes/25   (2016)
k. live Portrait Of Linda In Three Colors, All Black(Sonny Sharrock) - 7:36
Real Gone CDRGM 0439 — Live At The Whisky 1969 - The Unreleased Tapes/25   (2016)
l. part 1live Comin' Home Baby(Ben Tucker, Bob Dorough)
Real Gone CDRGM 0439 — Live At The Whisky 1969 - The Unreleased Tapes/25   (2016)
m. live Battle Hymn Of The Republic(traditional)
Real Gone CDRGM 0439 — Live At The Whisky 1969 - The Unreleased Tapes/25   (2016)
n. part 2live Comin' Home Baby(Ben Tucker, Bob Dorough) - 5:13
Real Gone CDRGM 0439 — Live At The Whisky 1969 - The Unreleased Tapes/25   (2016)
o. live Chain Of Fools(Don Covay) - 12:47
Real Gone CDRGM 0439 — Live At The Whisky 1969 - The Unreleased Tapes/25   (2016)

b, c;   l, m, n  performed as medleys

Linda Sharrock (v) on g, k; Herbie Mann (spk) on j.

1969 06 08


Date: Jul 6, 1969
Location: Nippon Columbia's Studios, Tokyo, Japan
Label: Columbia

Roy Ayers (ldr), Roy Ayers (vib), Sonny Sharrock (g), Miroslav Vitous (b), Bruno Carr (d)

a. Unchain My Heart(Freddy James, Agnes Jones) - 4:10
Columbia EP45-PX-2008-AX — Herbie Mann Presents Comin' Home Baby Roy Ayers Quartet 1   (1969)
Denon EPYX-7403-ND — Herbie Mann Presents Comin' Home Baby Roy Ayers Quartet 1   (1976)
b. Comin' Home Baby(Ben Tucker, Bob Dorough) - 5:38
Columbia EP45-PX-2008-AX — Herbie Mann Presents Comin' Home Baby Roy Ayers Quartet 1   (1969)
Denon EPYX-7403-ND — Herbie Mann Presents Comin' Home Baby Roy Ayers Quartet 1   (1976)
c. A Man And A Woman(Francis Albert Lai, Pierre Barouh, J. Keller) - 4:25
Columbia EP45-PX-2008-AX — Herbie Mann Presents Comin' Home Baby Roy Ayers Quartet 1   (1969)
Denon EPYX-7403-ND — Herbie Mann Presents Comin' Home Baby Roy Ayers Quartet 1   (1976)
d. Scarborough Fair(Paul Simon) - 5:15
Columbia EP45-PX-2008-AX — Herbie Mann Presents Comin' Home Baby Roy Ayers Quartet 1   (1969)
Denon EPYX-7403-ND — Herbie Mann Presents Comin' Home Baby Roy Ayers Quartet 1   (1976)
e. If I Were A Carpenter(Tim Hardin) - 10:00
Columbia EP45-PX-2009-AX — Herbie Mann Presents All Blues Roy Ayers Quartet 2   (1969)
Denon EPYX-7404-ND — Herbie Mann Presents All Blues Roy Ayers Quartet 2   (1976)
f. All Blues(Miles Davis) - 9:55
Columbia EP45-PX-2009-AX — Herbie Mann Presents All Blues Roy Ayers Quartet 2   (1969)
Denon EPYX-7404-ND — Herbie Mann Presents All Blues Roy Ayers Quartet 2   (1976)

1969 07 06 a 1969 07 06 b


Date: Aug 13, 1969
Location: unknown recording studio, New York
Label: Atlantic

Roy Ayers (ldr), Roy Ayers (vib), Herbie Hancock (p), Sonny Sharrock (g), Ron Carter (b), Bruno Carr (d), unknown (orc), Gene Orloff, Jerome Richardson (dir)

a. A 17780 Daddy Bug(Roy Ayers)
unissued
b. A 17781 Emmie(Laura Nyro) - 4:14
Atlantic LP 12"SD 1538 — Daddy Bug   (1969)
Atlantic LP 12"75679 3064 1 8 — Daddy Bug   (2002)
Atlantic 8-TrackM 81538 — Daddy Bug   (1970)
Atlantic CD75679 3064 2 5 — Daddy Bug   (2002)
Atlantic CDWPCR-27041 — Daddy Bug   (2012)
Atlantic CDWPCR-29275 — Daddy Bug   (2012)
Atlantic Masters CD8122 73064-2 — Daddy Bug   (1998)

1969 08 13


Date: Aug 29, 1969
Location: unknown recording studio, New York
Label: Blue Note

Wayne Shorter (ldr), Wayne Shorter (ss), Chick Corea (vib, d), John McLaughlin, Sonny Sharrock (g), Miroslav Vitous (b), Jack DeJohnette (d)

a. take 2 Capricorn(Wayne Shorter) - 7:45
b. take 3 Super Nova(Wayne Shorter) - 4:45
Blue Note LP 12"W-5514 — The Ages Of Jazz/14 Super Nova - The New wave In Jazz   (1984)
Blue Note CD7243 8 59072 2 7 — Jazz Profile - Wayne Shorter   (1997)
Blue Note CD7243 5 40856 2 8 — The Classic Blue Note Recordings/1   (2002)
c. take 9 Water Babies(Wayne Shorter) - 4:50
EMI LP 12"1A 158-83402 — 40 Years Of Jazz - The Best Of Blue Note - Box 5/2   (1983)
Blue Note CDCDP 7 91141 2 — The Best Of Wayne Shorter   (1988)
d. take 10 Sweet Pea(Wayne Shorter) - 4:35
Franklin Mint LP 12"GJR 098 — Contemporary Currents Vol. 2   (1986)
Franklin Mint LP 12"JAZZ 25 — The Greatest Jazz Recordings Of All Time - Contemporary Currents/2   (1986)
All titles on:
Blue Note LP 12"BST 84332 — Super Nova   (1969)
Blue Note LP 12"BNS 40028 — Super Nova   (1977)
Blue Note LP 12"GXF-3019 — Super Nova   (1977)
Blue Note LP 12"BSTF 84332 — Super Nova   (1978)
Blue Note LP 12"FRP 5-7 — Super Nova   (1978)
Blue Note LP 12"GXK-8048 — Super Nova   (1978)
Blue Note LP 12"11C 076-83127 — Super Nova   (1981)
Blue Note LP 12"B1 84332 — Super Nova   (1988)
Blue Note LP 12"CDP 7 84332 1 7 — Super Nova   (1988)
Blue Note CassetteB4 84332 — Super Nova   (1988)
Blue Note CDBNST 84332 — Super Nova   (1986)
Blue Note CDCP32-5240 — Super Nova   (1986)
Blue Note CDCDP 7 84332 2 4 — Super Nova   (1988)
Blue Note CDCJ28-8110 — Super Nova   (1989)
Blue Note CDTOCJ-6694 — Super Nova   (2000)
Blue Note CDUCCQ-5054 — Super Nova   (2014)
Blue Note CDUCCQ-9296 — Super Nova   (2016)
Blue Note CDUCCU-45099 — Super Nova   (2023)
Blue Note/RVG Edition CDTOCJ-9239 — Super Nova   (2000)
Blue Note/RVG Edition CDTOCJ-7200 — Super Nova   (2009)
ezz-thetics CDezz-thetics 1153 — Adam's Apple To Super Nova Revisited   (2023)

1969 08 29


Date: Aug 30, 1969
Location: unknown venue, unknown city, TX
Label: private recording
Texas International Pop Festival

Herbie Mann (ldr), Herbie Mann (f), Roy Ayers (vib), Sonny Sharrock (g), Miroslav Vitous (b), Bruno Carr (d)

a. live unidentified - 14:45
tape copy CD(no number) — Texas International Pop Festival, 1969   (2018)

Date: Sep 2, 1969
Location: unknown recording studio, New York
Label: Blue Note

Wayne Shorter (ldr), Wayne Shorter (ss), Chick Corea (vib, d), Walter Booker, Sonny Sharrock (g), Miroslav Vitous (b), Jack DeJohnette (d, kal), Airto Moreira (per), Maria Booker (v)

a. take 4 Dindi(Antonio Carlos Jobim, Aloysio Oliveira, Louis Wolfe Gilbert) - 9:45
b. take 6 More Than Human(Wayne Shorter) - 6:10
Both titles on:
Blue Note LP 12"BST 84332 — Super Nova   (1969)
Blue Note LP 12"BNS 40028 — Super Nova   (1977)
Blue Note LP 12"GXF-3019 — Super Nova   (1977)
Blue Note LP 12"BSTF 84332 — Super Nova   (1978)
Blue Note LP 12"FRP 5-7 — Super Nova   (1978)
Blue Note LP 12"GXK-8048 — Super Nova   (1978)
Blue Note LP 12"11C 076-83127 — Super Nova   (1981)
Blue Note LP 12"B1 84332 — Super Nova   (1988)
Blue Note LP 12"CDP 7 84332 1 7 — Super Nova   (1988)
Blue Note CassetteB4 84332 — Super Nova   (1988)
Blue Note CDBNST 84332 — Super Nova   (1986)
Blue Note CDCP32-5240 — Super Nova   (1986)
Blue Note CDCDP 7 84332 2 4 — Super Nova   (1988)
Blue Note CDCJ28-8110 — Super Nova   (1989)
Blue Note CDTOCJ-6694 — Super Nova   (2000)
Blue Note CDUCCQ-5054 — Super Nova   (2014)
Blue Note CDUCCQ-9296 — Super Nova   (2016)
Blue Note CDUCCU-45099 — Super Nova   (2023)
Blue Note/RVG Edition CDTOCJ-9239 — Super Nova   (2000)
Blue Note/RVG Edition CDTOCJ-7200 — Super Nova   (2009)
ezz-thetics CDezz-thetics 1153 — Adam's Apple To Super Nova Revisited   (2023)

Walter Booker (g) on a; Maria Booker (v) on a.

1969 09 02


Date: Sep 16, 1969
Location: A&R Studios, New York
Label: Embryo

Brute Force (ldr), Arthur Ray Brooks, Ted Daniel (t), Stanley Strickland (f, ts), Richard Daniel (ep), Sonny Sharrock (g), Russel I. Ingles (b), Thomas Lee Williams (b, eb), Sidney Smart (d), Robert A. Jones (per)

a. A 17741 Do It Right Now(Richard Daniel) - 3:38
Cotillion LP 12"SD 5252 — Brute Force   (1970)
Embryo LP 12"SD 522 — Brute Force   (1970)
Sepia Tone CD15 — Brute Force   (2004)
b. A 17742 The Deacon(Richard Daniel) - 4:31
Cotillion LP 12"SD 5252 — Brute Force   (1970)
Embryo LP 12"SD 522 — Brute Force   (1970)
Sepia Tone CD15 — Brute Force   (2004)
c. A 17743 Some Kind Of Approval(Richard Daniel) - 3:47
Cotillion LP 12"SD 5252 — Brute Force   (1970)
Embryo LP 12"SD 522 — Brute Force   (1970)
Sepia Tone CD15 — Brute Force   (2004)
d. A 17744 Tapestries(Richard Daniel)
unissued

1969 09 16


Date: Feb 18, 1970
Location: Columbia Studio B, New York
Label: Columbia

Miles Davis (ldr), Miles Davis (t), Bennie Maupin (bcl), Chick Corea (ep), John McLaughlin, Sonny Sharrock (g), Dave Holland (eb), Jack DeJohnette (d)

a. take 2 Willie Nelson(Miles Davis) - 6:41
b. take 3 Willie Nelson(Miles Davis) - 10:21
c. insert 1 Willie Nelson(Miles Davis) - 6:33
d. insert 2 Willie Nelson(Miles Davis) - 5:22
All titles on:
Columbia Legacy CDC5K 86359 — The Complete Miles Davis Jack Johnson Sessions/1   (2003)

1970 02 18


Date: Apr 7, 1970
Location: Columbia Studio B, New York
Label: Columbia

Miles Davis (ldr), Miles Davis (t), Steve Grossman (ss), Herbie Hancock (org), John McLaughlin, Sonny Sharrock (g), Mike Henderson (eb), Billy Cobham (d)

a. CO 105098-10 Right Off(Miles Davis) - 11:09
Columbia Legacy CDC5K 86359 — The Complete Miles Davis Jack Johnson Sessions/3   (2003)
b. CO 105098-10A Right Off(Miles Davis) - 4:33
Columbia Legacy CDC5K 86359 — The Complete Miles Davis Jack Johnson Sessions/3   (2003)
c. CO 105098-11 Right Off(Miles Davis) - 5:58
Columbia Legacy CDC5K 86359 — The Complete Miles Davis Jack Johnson Sessions/3   (2003)
d. CO 105098-12 Right Off(Miles Davis) - 8:49
Columbia Legacy CDC5K 86359 — The Complete Miles Davis Jack Johnson Sessions/3   (2003)
e. CO 105098-LP Right Off(Miles Davis) - 26:54
CBS LP 12"70089 — Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording)   (1971)
CBS LP 12"S 70089 — Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording)   (1971)
CBS LP 12"SPB 473877 — Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording)   (1971)
CBS LP 12"CBS 70216 — A Tribute To Jack Johnson   (1982)
CBS/Sony LP 12"SOPC-57110 — Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording)   (1971)
CBS/Sony LP 12"SOPN-99 — Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording)   (1974)
Columbia LP 12"30455 — Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording)   (1971)
Columbia LP 12"S 30455 — Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording)   (1971)
Columbia LP 12"KC 30455 — A Tribute To Jack Johnson   (1971)
Columbia LP 12"PC 30455 — A Tribute To Jack Johnson   (1977)
Columbia Legacy LP 12"19075950871 — A Tribute To Jack Johnson   (2020)
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab LP 12"MFSL 1-440 — Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording)   (2015)
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab LP 12"MFSV 1-516 — Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording)   (2024)
Music On Vinyl LP 12"MOVLP 1868 — Jack Johnson   (2017)
Columbia 8-TrackSA 30455 — Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording)   (1971)
Columbia Legacy CassetteCT 47036 — A Tribute To Jack Johnson   (1992)
Columbia Legacy CassetteWCT 47036 — A Tribute To Jack Johnson   (1992)
CBS/Sony ReelSONT-52101 — Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording)   (1971)
Columbia ReelSR 30455 — Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording)   (1971)
Columbia ReelCR 30455 — A Tribute To Jack Johnson   (1971)
CBS/Sony CD20AP-1405 — Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording)   (1979)
CBS/Sony CDCSCS-5153 — Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording)   (1990)
Columbia CDCOL 519264 2 — A Tribute To Jack Johnson   (2005)
Columbia Legacy CD7471003 2 — A Tribute To Jack Johnson   (1992)
Columbia Legacy CDCK 47036 — A Tribute To Jack Johnson   (1992)
Columbia Legacy CDC5K 86359 — The Complete Miles Davis Jack Johnson Sessions/5   (2003)
Columbia Legacy CDACK 96599 — Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording)   (2004)
Columbia Legacy CD2 519264 — A Tribute To Jack Johnson   (2005)
Columbia Legacy CDCK 93599 — A Tribute To Jack Johnson   (2005)
Jazz Heritage CD5188756 — A Tribute To Jack Johnson   (2008)
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab CDUDSACD 2150 — Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording)   (2016)
SME CDSRGS-4504 — A Tribute To Jack Johnson   (1999)
SME CDSRCS-9718 — A Tribute To Jack Johnson   (2000)
Sony CDSRCS.9120 — A Tribute To Jack Johnson   (1996)
Sony BMG CD2 093599 — Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording)   (2005)
Sony Int'l CDSICP-838 — A Tribute To Jack Johnson   (2005)
Sony Int'l CDSICP-1222 — A Tribute To Jack Johnson   (2006)
Sony Int'l CDSICP-20030 — Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording)   (2009)
Sony Int'l CDSICP-30269 — A Tribute To Jack Johnson   (2013)
Sony Int'l CDSICJ-30982 — A Tribute To Jack Johnson   (2023)
f. CO 105099-16 Yesternow(Miles Davis) - 9:49
Columbia Legacy CDC5K 86359 — The Complete Miles Davis Jack Johnson Sessions/3   (2003)
g. CO 105099-N4 Yesternow(Miles Davis) - 16:02
Columbia Legacy CDC5K 86359 — The Complete Miles Davis Jack Johnson Sessions/3   (2003)
h. CO 105099-LP Yesternow(Miles Davis) - 25:36
CBS LP 12"70089 — Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording)   (1971)
CBS LP 12"S 70089 — Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording)   (1971)
CBS LP 12"SPB 473877 — Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording)   (1971)
CBS LP 12"CBS 70216 — A Tribute To Jack Johnson   (1982)
CBS/Sony LP 12"SOPC-57110 — Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording)   (1971)
CBS/Sony LP 12"SOPN-99 — Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording)   (1974)
Columbia LP 12"30455 — Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording)   (1971)
Columbia LP 12"S 30455 — Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording)   (1971)
Columbia LP 12"KC 30455 — A Tribute To Jack Johnson   (1971)
Columbia LP 12"PC 30455 — A Tribute To Jack Johnson   (1977)
Columbia Legacy LP 12"19075950871 — A Tribute To Jack Johnson   (2020)
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab LP 12"MFSL 1-440 — Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording)   (2015)
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab LP 12"MFSV 1-516 — Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording)   (2024)
Music On Vinyl LP 12"MOVLP 1868 — Jack Johnson   (2017)
Columbia 8-TrackSA 30455 — Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording)   (1971)
Columbia Legacy CassetteCT 47036 — A Tribute To Jack Johnson   (1992)
Columbia Legacy CassetteWCT 47036 — A Tribute To Jack Johnson   (1992)
CBS/Sony ReelSONT-52101 — Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording)   (1971)
Columbia ReelSR 30455 — Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording)   (1971)
Columbia ReelCR 30455 — A Tribute To Jack Johnson   (1971)
CBS/Sony CD20AP-1405 — Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording)   (1979)
CBS/Sony CDCSCS-5153 — Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording)   (1990)
Columbia CDCOL 519264 2 — A Tribute To Jack Johnson   (2005)
Columbia Legacy CD7471003 2 — A Tribute To Jack Johnson   (1992)
Columbia Legacy CDCK 47036 — A Tribute To Jack Johnson   (1992)
Columbia Legacy CDC5K 86359 — The Complete Miles Davis Jack Johnson Sessions/5   (2003)
Columbia Legacy CDACK 96599 — Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording)   (2004)
Columbia Legacy CD2 519264 — A Tribute To Jack Johnson   (2005)
Columbia Legacy CDCK 93599 — A Tribute To Jack Johnson   (2005)
Jazz Heritage CD5188756 — A Tribute To Jack Johnson   (2008)
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab CDUDSACD 2150 — Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording)   (2016)
SME CDSRGS-4504 — A Tribute To Jack Johnson   (1999)
SME CDSRCS-9718 — A Tribute To Jack Johnson   (2000)
Sony CDSRCS.9120 — A Tribute To Jack Johnson   (1996)
Sony BMG CD2 093599 — Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording)   (2005)
Sony Int'l CDSICP-838 — A Tribute To Jack Johnson   (2005)
Sony Int'l CDSICP-1222 — A Tribute To Jack Johnson   (2006)
Sony Int'l CDSICP-20030 — Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording)   (2009)
Sony Int'l CDSICP-30269 — A Tribute To Jack Johnson   (2013)
Sony Int'l CDSICJ-30982 — A Tribute To Jack Johnson   (2023)

Miles Davis (t) on a-f, h; Sonny Sharrock (g) on g-h.

On Yesternow, according To Sonny Sharrock, he plays guitar through an echoplex that was manipulated by Chick Corea. Also there were other musicians who participated in the recording and, like Sharrock, never received credits.

1970 04 07 a 1970 04 07 b


Date: Jun 22, 1970
Location: Studio Saravah, Paris
Label: Byg/Actuel

Sonny Sharrock (ldr), Sonny Sharrock (g, s-w), Beb Guérin (b), Jacques Thollot (d), Linda Sharrock (v)

a. 27th Day(Sonny Sharrock) - 17:01
b. Soon(Sonny Sharrock) - 7:59
Get Back LP 12"GET 300 — Jazzactuel/1   (2001)
Charly CDCDNEW 137-3 — Jazzactuel/1   (2000)
Charly CDSNAJ 707 CD — Jazzactuel/1   (2001)
Charly CDCHARLY 707 J — Jazzactuel/1   (2013)
c. Monkey-Pockie-Boo(Sonny Sharrock) - 9:00
All titles on:
Affinity LP 12"AFF 35 — Monkey-Pockie-Boo   (1979)
BYG LP 12"BY-358-71 — Monkey-Pockie-Boo   (1971)
BYG LP 12"BYG-33 — Monkey-Pockie-Boo   (1971)
Byg/Actuel LP 12"529.337 — Monkey-Pockie-Boo   (1969)
Byg/Actuel LP 12"S-26.062 — Monkey-Pockie-Boo   (1970)
Get Back LP 12"GET 337 — Monkey-Pockie-Boo   (2001)
King Records LP 12"K23P-6238 — Monkey-Pockie-Boo   (1983)
Sunspots CDSPOT 504 — Monkey-Pockie-Boo   (2002)

1970 06 22


Date: Sep 11, 1970
Location: Victor Studio, Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan
Label: Victor

Daniel Humair, Steve Marcus, Sonny Sharrock, Miroslav Vitous (ldr), Steve Marcus (ss, ts), Sonny Sharrock (g), Miroslav Vitous (b), Daniel Humair (d)

a. Melvin(Daniel Humair) - 8:48
b. Mr. Sheets At Night(Eleanor Marcus) - 7:05
c. Green Line(Miroslav Vitous) - 6:11
d. The Echos(Sonny Sharrock) - 10:49
All titles on:
Storyville LP 12"SLP 1011 — Green Line - Steve Marcus, Miroslav Vitous, Sonny Sharrock, Daniel Humair   (1971)
Victor LP 12"SMJX-10109 — Green Line - Steve Marcus, Miroslav Vitous, Sonny Sharrock, Daniel Humair   (1970)
Birdsong CDHYCA-2068 — Green Line - Steve Marcus, Miroslav Vitous, Sonny Sharrock, Daniel Humair   (2013)
Endless Happiness CDHE 70007 — Green Line - Steve Marcus, Miroslav Vitous, Sonny Sharrock, Daniel Humair   (2024)
Nivico CDSMJX-1011 — Green Line - Steve Marcus, Miroslav Vitous, Sonny Sharrock, Daniel Humair   (1971)

1970 09 11


Date: November 1970
Location: Atlantic Studios, New York
Label: Embryo

Herbie Mann (ldr), Herbie Mann (f), Charlie Brown, Sonny Sharrock, Eric Weissberg (g), Miroslav Vitous (b), Bruno Carr (d), Angel Allende, Carlos "Patato" Valdes (per)

a. 20626 Down On The Corner(John Fogerty) - 5:48
b. 20627 Guinnevere(David Crosby) - 7:50
Both titles on:
Atlantic LP 12"2400 121 — Memphis Two-Step   (1971)
Atlantic LP 12"940.074 — Memphis Two-Step   (1971)
Atlantic LP 12"ATC 9303 — Memphis Two-Step   (1971)
Atlantic LP 12"ATL 40 150 — Memphis Two-Step   (1971)
Atlantic LP 12"P-8028A — Memphis Two-Step   (1971)
Atlantic LP 12"SD 33-531 — Memphis Two-Step   (1971)
Atlantic LP 12"K 40150 — Memphis Two-Step   (1972)
Embryo LP 12"SD 531 — Memphis Two-Step   (1971)
Embryo LP 12"SMAS 93796 — Memphis Two-Step   (1971)
Embryo CassetteM 5531 — Memphis Two-Step   (1971)
Embryo CDWPCR-27293 — Memphis Two-Step   (2013)
Wounded Bird CDWOU 0531 — Memphis Two-Step   (2007)

Carlos "Patato" Valdes (per) on a.

1970 11 xx a


Date: November 1970
Location: Atlantic Studios, New York
Label: Embryo

Herbie Mann (ldr), Herbie Mann (f), Richie Resnicoff, Sonny Sharrock, Eric Weissberg (g), Ron Carter, Miroslav Vitous (b), Bruno Carr (d), Carlos "Patato" Valdes (per)

a. 20628 Acapulco Rain(Herbie Mann) - 8:00
b. 20629 Kabuki Rock(Herbie Mann) - 5:28
Both titles on:
Atlantic LP 12"2400 121 — Memphis Two-Step   (1971)
Atlantic LP 12"940.074 — Memphis Two-Step   (1971)
Atlantic LP 12"ATC 9303 — Memphis Two-Step   (1971)
Atlantic LP 12"ATL 40 150 — Memphis Two-Step   (1971)
Atlantic LP 12"P-8028A — Memphis Two-Step   (1971)
Atlantic LP 12"SD 33-531 — Memphis Two-Step   (1971)
Atlantic LP 12"K 40150 — Memphis Two-Step   (1972)
Embryo LP 12"SD 531 — Memphis Two-Step   (1971)
Embryo LP 12"SMAS 93796 — Memphis Two-Step   (1971)
Embryo CassetteM 5531 — Memphis Two-Step   (1971)
Embryo CDWPCR-27293 — Memphis Two-Step   (2013)
Wounded Bird CDWOU 0531 — Memphis Two-Step   (2007)

Date: Apr 19, 1971
Location: Atlantic Studios, New York
Label: Embryo

Herbie Mann (ldr), Herbie Mann (f, af), Tom Coppola (ep), Sonny Sharrock (g), John Siegler (b), Mark Rosengarden (d), Dave Johnson (per)

a. A 21945 Suite: Judy Blue Eyes(Stephen Still)
b. A 21946 Una Muy Bonita(Ornette Coleman)
Both titles on:
Embryo LP 12"SD 533 — Flute, Air And Rock (aka Herbie Mann '71) - unreleased   

Date: Apr 21, 1971
Location: Atlantic Studios, New York
Label: Atlantic

Herbie Mann (ldr), Herbie Mann (f, af), Tom Coppola (ep), Duane Allman, Sonny Sharrock (g), John Siegler (b), Mark Rosengarden (d), Dave Johnson (per)

a. A 21948 1953 Blue Boogie Children(Sonny Sharrock) - 15:30
Embryo LP 12"SD 533 — Flute, Air And Rock (aka Herbie Mann '71) - unreleased   

Date: Aug 25, 1971
Location: Atlantic Studios, New York
Label: Atlantic

Herbie Mann (ldr), Herbie Mann (f), Tom Coppola (p), Sonny Sharrock (g), John Siegler (b), Mark Rosengarden (d), Dave Johnson (per)

a. A 22738 Just An Old Balalaika Love Song(Herbie Mann)
Embryo LP 12"SD 533 — Flute, Air And Rock (aka Herbie Mann '71) - unreleased   

Date: Jun 25, 1972
Location: Pavillon du Montreux Palace, Montreux, Switzerland
Label: Atlantic
Montreux Jazz Festival

Herbie Mann (ldr), Herbie Mann (f), David "Fathead" Newman (f, ts), Patrick Rebillot (ep), Sonny Sharrock (g), Andy Muson (b), Reggie Ferguson (d)

a. A 25979live Respect Yourself(Max Rice, Luther Ingram) - 8:52
Atlantic LP 12"ATC 9465 — Hold On, I'm Comin'   (1973)
Atlantic LP 12"ATL 40 467 — Hold On, I'm Comin'   (1973)
Atlantic LP 12"HATS 421-121 — Hold On, I'm Comin'   (1973)
Atlantic LP 12"K 40467 — Hold On, I'm Comin'   (1973)
Atlantic LP 12"P-8335A — Hold On, I'm Comin'   (1973)
Atlantic LP 12"QD 1632 — Hold On, I'm Comin'   (1973)
Atlantic LP 12"QP-11006A — Hold On, I'm Comin'   (1973)
Atlantic LP 12"SD 1632 — Hold On, I'm Comin'   (1973)
Atlantic LP 12"SMAS 95117 — Hold On, I'm Comin'   (1973)
Atlantic 8-Track1632-8 — Hold On, I'm Comin'   (1973)
Atlantic 8-TrackQT 1632 — Hold On, I'm Comin'   (1973)
Atlantic CassetteK 440467 — Hold On, I'm Comin'   (1973)
Atlantic ReelATLQ 1632-QR — Hold On, I'm Comin'   (1973)
Atlantic CD8122 79771 1 5 — Hold On, I'm Comin'   (2011)
Atlantic CDWPCR-27115 — Hold On, I'm Comin'   (2012)

1972 06 25


Date: Jul 8, 1972
Location: Yankee Stadium, New York
Label: Atlantic
Newport Jazz Festival In New York

Herbie Mann (ldr), Herbie Mann (f), David "Fathead" Newman (f, ts), Patrick Rebillot (ep), Sonny Sharrock (g), Andy Muson (b), Reggie Ferguson (d)

a. A 25977live (Gimme some of that good old) Soul Beat Momma(Herbie Mann) - 7:36
b. A 25978live Never Can Say Goodbye(Clifton Davis) - 4:36
c. A 25980live Memphis Underground(Herbie Mann) - 13:07
d. A 25981live Hold On, I'm Comin'(Issac Hayes, David Porter) - 4:08
Atlantic LP 12"ATL 40 439 — Newport In New York '72   (725)
Cobblestone LP 12"SCT 9028 — Newport In New York '72   (1972)
All titles on:
Atlantic LP 12"ATC 9465 — Hold On, I'm Comin'   (1973)
Atlantic LP 12"ATL 40 467 — Hold On, I'm Comin'   (1973)
Atlantic LP 12"HATS 421-121 — Hold On, I'm Comin'   (1973)
Atlantic LP 12"K 40467 — Hold On, I'm Comin'   (1973)
Atlantic LP 12"P-8335A — Hold On, I'm Comin'   (1973)
Atlantic LP 12"QD 1632 — Hold On, I'm Comin'   (1973)
Atlantic LP 12"QP-11006A — Hold On, I'm Comin'   (1973)
Atlantic LP 12"SD 1632 — Hold On, I'm Comin'   (1973)
Atlantic LP 12"SMAS 95117 — Hold On, I'm Comin'   (1973)
Atlantic 8-Track1632-8 — Hold On, I'm Comin'   (1973)
Atlantic 8-TrackQT 1632 — Hold On, I'm Comin'   (1973)
Atlantic CassetteK 440467 — Hold On, I'm Comin'   (1973)
Atlantic ReelATLQ 1632-QR — Hold On, I'm Comin'   (1973)
Atlantic CD8122 79771 1 5 — Hold On, I'm Comin'   (2011)
Atlantic CDWPCR-27115 — Hold On, I'm Comin'   (2012)

1972 07 08


Date: Oct 21, 1974
Location: Studios Of Columbia University, New York
Label: WKCR Radio broadcast

The Savages (ldr), Sonny Sharrock (g, spk, dir), Dave Arches (b), Abe Speller (d), José Santos (per), Linda Sharrock (v)

a. live introduction - 0:40
b. live Sweet Butterfingers(Sonny Sharrock) - 4:24
c. live 1953 Blue Boogie Children(Sonny Sharrock) - 8:11
d. live Peaceful(Sonny Sharrock, Linda Sharrock) - 2:28
e. live Highlife(traditional) - 2:42
f. live End Of The Rainbow(Linda Sharrock) - 3:00
g. live Gary's Step(Sonny Sharrock) - 8:27
h. live Apollo(Sonny Sharrock, Linda Sharrock) - 7:50
All titles on:
B 13 LP 12"B 209 — Live In The Studios Of Columbia University's WKCR On October 21, 1974   (2013)

Sonny Sharrock (g) on b-h, (spk) on a; Dave Arches (b) on b-h; Abe Speller (d) on b-h; José Santos (per) on b-h; Linda Sharrock (v) on b-h.

1974 10 21


Date: July 1975
Location: A&R Studios, New York
Label: Atco

Linda Sharrock, Sonny Sharrock (ldr), Kenny Armstrong (key), Sonny Sharrock (g), Dave Artis (eb), Buddy Williams (d, tmp), Sonny Bonilla (per), Linda Sharrock (v)

a. A 31086 Apollo(Sonny Sharrock, Linda Sharrock) - 7:45
b. A 31087 End Of The Rainbow(Linda Sharrock) - 2:57
c. A 31088 Miss Doris(Sonny Sharrock) - 9:14
d. A 31089 1953 Blues Boogie Children(Sonny Sharrock) - 6:57
e. A 31090 Peaceful(Sonny Sharrock, Linda Sharrock) - 4:18
f. A 31091 Gary's Step(Sonny Sharrock) - 8:22
All titles on:
Atco LP 12"SD 26-121 — Paradise - Sonny & Linda Sharrock   (1975)
Atco 8-TrackTP 36-121 — Paradise - Sonny & Linda Sharrock   (1975)
Water CD104 — Paradise - Sonny & Linda Sharrock   (2002)

1975 07 xx


Date: May 13, 1981
Location: The Underground, New York
Label: private recording

Material (ldr), Michael Beinhorn (syn, v), Sonny Sharrock (g), Bill Laswell (eb), Fred Maher (d), Billy Bang (vn)

a. live Upriver(Michael Beinhorn, Bill Laswell, Fred Maher, Billy Bang) - 6:01
Elektra Musicians LP 12"E1 60043 — The Musicians Guide Volume 1   (1982)
Elektra Musicians LP 12"MUS K 52 367 — The Musicians Guide Volume 1   (1982)
Elektra Musicians CassetteXE4 60043 — The Musicians Guide Volume 1   (1982)
b. live Conform To The Rhythm(Michael Beinhorn, Fred Frith, Bill Laswell) - 4:44
c. live Square Dance(Bill Laswell, Fred Frith, Michael Beinhorn) - 5:04
d. live Disappearing(Bill Laswell, Olu Dara, Michael Beinhorn, Sonny Sharrock, Fred Maher) - 5:59
e. live Unauthorized(Michael Beinhorn, Bill Laswell, Sonny Sharrock) - 6:45
All titles on:
tape copy CD(no number) — The Underground, 1981   (2008)

1981 05 13


Date: Sep 18, 1981
Location: The Kitchen, Knitting Factory, New York
Label: MuWorks

Derek Bailey, Fred Frith, Bill Laswell, Material, Charles K. Noyes, Sonny Sharrock, John Zorn (ldr), John Zorn (sax), Derek Bailey, Fred Frith, Sonny Sharrock (g), Bill Laswell (eb), Charles K. Noyes (d, per)

a. live Improvised Music New York 1981, Part 1(Bill Laswell, Derek Bailey, Fred Frith, Sonny Sharrock, John Zorn, Charles K. Noyes) - 1:21
b. live Improvised Music New York 1981, Part 2(Bill Laswell, Derek Bailey, Fred Frith, Sonny Sharrock, John Zorn, Charles K. Noyes) - 5:03
c. live Improvised Music New York 1981, Part 3(Bill Laswell, Derek Bailey, Fred Frith, Sonny Sharrock, John Zorn, Charles K. Noyes) - 4:32
d. live Improvised Music New York 1981, Part 4(Bill Laswell, Derek Bailey, Fred Frith, Sonny Sharrock, John Zorn, Charles K. Noyes) - 5:48
e. live Improvised Music New York 1981, Part 5(Bill Laswell, Derek Bailey, Fred Frith, Sonny Sharrock, John Zorn, Charles K. Noyes) - 6:40
f. live Improvised Music New York 1981, Part 6(Bill Laswell, Derek Bailey, Fred Frith, Sonny Sharrock, John Zorn, Charles K. Noyes) - 5:44
g. live Improvised Music New York 1981, Part 7(Bill Laswell, Derek Bailey, Fred Frith, Sonny Sharrock, John Zorn, Charles K. Noyes) - 3:48
All titles on:
Bill Laswell Self-Released MP3(no number) — The Kitchen, NYC   (2021)
MuWorks CDMUW 1007 — Improvised Music New York 1981   (1992)
MuWorks CDTKCB-30574 — Improvised Music New York 1981   (1992)

Derek Bailey (ldr) on b-g; Fred Frith (ldr) on b-g; Bill Laswell (ldr) on b-g; Material (ldr) on a; Charles K. Noyes (ldr) on b-g; Sonny Sharrock (ldr) on b-g; John Zorn (ldr) on b-g.

1981 09 18 a 1981 09 18 b


Date: Nov 8, 1981
Location: Metropol, Berlin, Germany
Label: RBB Kulturradio broadcast
Berlin Jazz Festival

Material (ldr), George Cartwright (ts), Michael Beinhorn (syn, v), Sonny Sharrock (g), Bill Laswell (eb), J. T. Lewis (d), Billy Bang (vn)

a. live Upriver(Michael Beinhorn, Bill Laswell, Fred Maher, Billy Bang) - 8:25
Bill Laswell Self-Released MP3(no number) — Berlin '81   (2021)
b. live Unauthorized(Michael Beinhorn, Bill Laswell, Sonny Sharrock) - 4:47
Bill Laswell Self-Released MP3(no number) — Berlin '81   (2021)
c. live Improvisation(Material) - 4:14
Bill Laswell Self-Released MP3(no number) — Berlin '81   (2021)
d. live Conform To The Rhythm(Michael Beinhorn, Fred Frith, Bill Laswell) - 6:43
Bill Laswell Self-Released MP3(no number) — Berlin '81   (2021)
e. live Disappearing(Bill Laswell, Olu Dara, Michael Beinhorn, Sonny Sharrock, Fred Maher) - 14:56
Bill Laswell Self-Released MP3(no number) — Berlin '81   (2021)
f. live Heritage(Material) - 6:48
g. live Reduction(Material) - 11:18
Bill Laswell Self-Released MP3(no number) — Berlin '81   (2021)
h. live Metal Test(Bill Laswell, Fred Frith, Michael Beinhorn, Fred Maher) - 3:54
Bill Laswell Self-Released MP3(no number) — Berlin '81   (2021)
All titles on:
tape copy CD(no number) — Berlin Jazz Festival, 1981   (2008)

1981 11 08


Date: 1981
Location: OAO Studio, New York
Label: Celluloid

Material (ldr), Olu Dara (c), George Lewis (tb), Henry Threadgill (as), Charles K. Noyes (bel, d, per), Michael Beinhorn (syn, g, v, t-m), Grand Mixer D. S. T. (tt), Fred Frith, Henry Kaiser, Robert Musso, Sonny Sharrock (g), Fred Maher (g, d, per), Bill Laswell (eb), Anton Fier (d), Daniel Ponce (per), Billy Bang (vn)

a. Memory Serves(Bill Laswell, Michael Beinhorn) - 5:05
Celluloid LP 12"204 291-320 — Memory Serves   (1981)
Celluloid LP 12"CEL N.Y. 5007 — Memory Serves   (1981)
Celluloid LP 12"CELL 5507 — Memory Serves   (1981)
Celluloid LP 12"ILPS 9693 — Memory Serves   (1981)
Celluloid LP 12"25AP 2751 — Memory Serves   (1982)
Celluloid LP 12"529812 — Memory Serves   (2008)
Elektra Masters LP 12"XE1 60042 — Memory Serves   (1982)
Elektra Musicians LP 12"E1 60042 — Memory Serves   (1982)
Elektra Musicians CassetteE4 60042 — Memory Serves   (1982)
Elektra Musicians CassetteXE4 60042 — Memory Serves   (1982)
Bill Laswell Self-Released MP3(no number) — Memory Serves   (2017)
b. Disappearing(Bill Laswell, Olu Dara, Michael Beinhorn, Sonny Sharrock, Fred Maher) - 7:09
Celluloid LP 12"204 291-320 — Memory Serves   (1981)
Celluloid LP 12"CEL N.Y. 5007 — Memory Serves   (1981)
Celluloid LP 12"CELL 5507 — Memory Serves   (1981)
Celluloid LP 12"ILPS 9693 — Memory Serves   (1981)
Celluloid LP 12"25AP 2751 — Memory Serves   (1982)
Celluloid LP 12"529812 — Memory Serves   (2008)
Elektra Masters LP 12"XE1 60042 — Memory Serves   (1982)
Elektra Musicians LP 12"E1 60042 — Memory Serves   (1982)
Elektra Musicians CassetteE4 60042 — Memory Serves   (1982)
Elektra Musicians CassetteXE4 60042 — Memory Serves   (1982)
Bill Laswell Self-Released MP3(no number) — Memory Serves   (2017)
Charly CDCDNEW 117 — The Best Of Material   (1998)
Fuel 2000 CD302 06 112 62 7 — The Best Of Material   (2001)
c. Upriver(Michael Beinhorn, Bill Laswell, Fred Maher, Billy Bang) - 5:23
Celluloid LP 12"204 291-320 — Memory Serves   (1981)
Celluloid LP 12"CEL N.Y. 5007 — Memory Serves   (1981)
Celluloid LP 12"CELL 5507 — Memory Serves   (1981)
Celluloid LP 12"ILPS 9693 — Memory Serves   (1981)
Celluloid LP 12"25AP 2751 — Memory Serves   (1982)
Celluloid LP 12"529812 — Memory Serves   (2008)
Elektra Masters LP 12"XE1 60042 — Memory Serves   (1982)
Elektra Musicians LP 12"E1 60042 — Memory Serves   (1982)
Elektra Musicians CassetteE4 60042 — Memory Serves   (1982)
Elektra Musicians CassetteXE4 60042 — Memory Serves   (1982)
Bill Laswell Self-Released MP3(no number) — Memory Serves   (2017)
Charly CDCDNEW 117 — The Best Of Material   (1998)
Fuel 2000 CD302 06 112 62 7 — The Best Of Material   (2001)
d. Metal Test(Bill Laswell, Fred Frith, Michael Beinhorn, Fred Maher) - 4:27
Celluloid LP 12"204 291-320 — Memory Serves   (1981)
Celluloid LP 12"CEL N.Y. 5007 — Memory Serves   (1981)
Celluloid LP 12"CELL 5507 — Memory Serves   (1981)
Celluloid LP 12"ILPS 9693 — Memory Serves   (1981)
Celluloid LP 12"25AP 2751 — Memory Serves   (1982)
Celluloid LP 12"529812 — Memory Serves   (2008)
Elektra Masters LP 12"XE1 60042 — Memory Serves   (1982)
Elektra Musicians LP 12"E1 60042 — Memory Serves   (1982)
Elektra Musicians CassetteE4 60042 — Memory Serves   (1982)
Elektra Musicians CassetteXE4 60042 — Memory Serves   (1982)
Bill Laswell Self-Released MP3(no number) — Memory Serves   (2017)
e. Conform To The Rhythm(Michael Beinhorn, Fred Frith, Bill Laswell) - 4:27
Celluloid LP 12"204 291-320 — Memory Serves   (1981)
Celluloid LP 12"CEL N.Y. 5007 — Memory Serves   (1981)
Celluloid LP 12"CELL 5507 — Memory Serves   (1981)
Celluloid LP 12"ILPS 9693 — Memory Serves   (1981)
Celluloid LP 12"25AP 2751 — Memory Serves   (1982)
Celluloid LP 12"529812 — Memory Serves   (2008)
Elektra Masters LP 12"XE1 60042 — Memory Serves   (1982)
Elektra Musicians LP 12"E1 60042 — Memory Serves   (1982)
Elektra Musicians CassetteE4 60042 — Memory Serves   (1982)
Elektra Musicians CassetteXE4 60042 — Memory Serves   (1982)
Bill Laswell Self-Released MP3(no number) — Memory Serves   (2017)
f. Unauthorized(Michael Beinhorn, Bill Laswell, Sonny Sharrock) - 3:48
Celluloid LP 12"204 291-320 — Memory Serves   (1981)
Celluloid LP 12"CEL N.Y. 5007 — Memory Serves   (1981)
Celluloid LP 12"CELL 5507 — Memory Serves   (1981)
Celluloid LP 12"ILPS 9693 — Memory Serves   (1981)
Celluloid LP 12"25AP 2751 — Memory Serves   (1982)
Celluloid LP 12"529812 — Memory Serves   (2008)
Elektra Masters LP 12"XE1 60042 — Memory Serves   (1982)
Elektra Musicians LP 12"E1 60042 — Memory Serves   (1982)
Elektra Musicians CassetteE4 60042 — Memory Serves   (1982)
Elektra Musicians CassetteXE4 60042 — Memory Serves   (1982)
Bill Laswell Self-Released MP3(no number) — Memory Serves   (2017)
g. Square Dance(Bill Laswell, Fred Frith, Michael Beinhorn) - 4:26
Tiger Bay LP 7"TB 6003 — Reacted   (2018)
Celluloid LP 12"204 291-320 — Memory Serves   (1981)
Celluloid LP 12"CEL N.Y. 5007 — Memory Serves   (1981)
Celluloid LP 12"CELL 5507 — Memory Serves   (1981)
Celluloid LP 12"ILPS 9693 — Memory Serves   (1981)
Celluloid LP 12"25AP 2751 — Memory Serves   (1982)
Celluloid LP 12"529812 — Memory Serves   (2008)
Elektra Masters LP 12"XE1 60042 — Memory Serves   (1982)
Elektra Musicians LP 12"E1 60042 — Memory Serves   (1982)
Elektra Musicians CassetteE4 60042 — Memory Serves   (1982)
Elektra Musicians CassetteXE4 60042 — Memory Serves   (1982)
Bill Laswell Self-Released MP3(no number) — Memory Serves   (2017)
Charly CDCDNEW 117 — The Best Of Material   (1998)
Fuel 2000 CD302 06 112 62 7 — The Best Of Material   (2001)
h. Silent Land(Bill Laswell, George Lewis, Michael Beinhorn) - 3:47
CBS/Sony 4507SP-785 — For A Few Dollars More / Silent Land   (1983)
Celluloid LP 12"204 291-320 — Memory Serves   (1981)
Celluloid LP 12"CEL N.Y. 5007 — Memory Serves   (1981)
Celluloid LP 12"CELL 5507 — Memory Serves   (1981)
Celluloid LP 12"ILPS 9693 — Memory Serves   (1981)
Celluloid LP 12"25AP 2751 — Memory Serves   (1982)
Celluloid LP 12"529812 — Memory Serves   (2008)
Elektra Masters LP 12"XE1 60042 — Memory Serves   (1982)
Elektra Musicians LP 12"E1 60042 — Memory Serves   (1982)
Elektra Musicians CassetteE4 60042 — Memory Serves   (1982)
Elektra Musicians CassetteXE4 60042 — Memory Serves   (1982)
Bill Laswell Self-Released MP3(no number) — Memory Serves   (2017)
i. For A Few Dollar More(Ennio Morricone) - 3:51
All titles on:
Restless Cassette18777 2653-4 — Memory Serves   (1992)
Birdsong CDHYCA-2065 — Memory Serves   (2013)
Charly CDCPCD 8285 — Memory Serves   (1997)
Jimco CDJICK-89046 — Memory Serves   (1992)
Mau Mau CDMAUCD 623 — Memory Serves   (1992)
Restless CD18777 2653 2 4 — Memory Serves   (1992)

Olu Dara (c) on b-c; George Lewis (tb) on a, g-h; Henry Threadgill (as) on b, f-g; Charles K. Noyes (bel) on a, h, (d) on a, h, (per) on a, h; Grand Mixer D. S. T. (tt) on i; Fred Frith (g) on a, d-e, g; Henry Kaiser (g) on h-i; Fred Maher (g) on a-f, (d) on a-f, (per) on a-f; Robert Musso (g) on h-i; Sonny Sharrock (g) on a-f; Anton Fier (d) on i; Daniel Ponce (per) on h-i; Billy Bang (vn) on c, e, h.

1981 xx xx


Date: March 29 & 30, 1982
Location: Studio Jazz Unité, Paris
Label: Marge

Sonny Sharrock (ldr), Sonny Sharrock (g), Kendall Buchanan (eb), Levender Cope (d)

a. Dick Dogs(Sonny Sharrock) - 3:58
Marge LP 12"20 — Dance With Me Montana   (1982)
b. alt Dick Dogs(Sonny Sharrock) - 3:52
c. Dance With Me Montana(Sonny Sharrock) - 10:06
Marge LP 12"20 — Dance With Me Montana   (1982)
d. alt Dance With Me Montana(Sonny Sharrock) - 11:41
e. Slow Drag(Sonny Sharrock) - 5:09
Marge LP 12"20 — Dance With Me Montana   (1982)
f. alt Slow Drag(Sonny Sharrock) - 6:45
g. Marpasa Dawn/Song To Chester(Sonny Sharrock) - 4:21
Marge LP 12"20 — Dance With Me Montana   (1982)
h. alt Marpasa Dawn/Song To Chester(Sonny Sharrock) - 4:19
i. Purple, Blue, Green And Yellow(Pharoah Sanders) - 5:17
j. 74-75(Sonny Sharrock) - 2:40
Marge LP 12"20 — Dance With Me Montana   (1982)
k. alt 74-75(Sonny Sharrock) - 2:47
l. She's Only Fourteen(Sonny Sharrock) - 8:44
Marge LP 12"20 — Dance With Me Montana   (1982)
All titles on:
Marge CD20 — Dance With Me Montana   (2005)
Socadisc CD804630 — Dance With Me Montana   (2005)

1982 03 29


Date: June 1982
Location: County Fairgrounds, Monterey, CA
Label: private recording
Monterey Jazz Festival

Material (ldr), Henry Kaiser, Sonny Sharrock (g), Bill Laswell (eb), rest unknown (grp)

a. Monterey Part 1(Material) - 5:55
b. Monterey Part 2(Material) - 4:43
c. Monterey Part 3(Material) - 3:23
d. Monterey Part 4(Material) - 5:51
e. Monterey Part 5(Material) - 5:26
f. Monterey Part 6(Material) - 3:51
g. Monterey Part 7(Material) - 1:52
h. Monterey Part 8(Material) - 6:40
i. Monterey Part 9(Material) - 2:52
All titles on:
tape copy CD(no number) — At Monterey, 1982   (2008)

Date: Jul 13, 1983
Location: Casino, Montreux, Switzerland
Label: DRS Radio broadcast
Montreux International Jazz Festival

Material (ldr), Michael Beinhorn (key), Derek "Grandmixer DST" Showard (key, tt, v), Henry Kaiser, Sonny Sharrock (g), Bill Laswell (eb), J. T. Lewis (d), unknown (mc)

a. live broadcast - 0:42
b. live Don't Lose Control(Material) - 5:37
c. live Disappearing(Bill Laswell, Olu Dara, Michael Beinhorn, Sonny Sharrock, Fred Maher) - 4:22
d. live Sonny Sharrock Solo(Sonny Sharrock) - 2:31
e. live New York City - Rock'it(Material) - 11:56
f. live Metal Test(Bill Laswell, Fred Frith, Michael Beinhorn, Fred Maher) - 6:03
g. live Reduction(Material) - 7:27
All titles on:
Bill Laswell Self-Released MP3(no number) — Montreux 1983   (2020)

Michael Beinhorn (key) on b-g; Derek "Grandmixer DST" Showard (key) on b-g, (tt) on b-g, (v) on b-g; Henry Kaiser (g) on b-g; Sonny Sharrock (g) on b-g; Bill Laswell (eb) on b-g; J. T. Lewis (d) on b-g; unknown (mc) on a.

1983 07 13


Date: Aug 16, 1985
Location: First On First, New York
Label: private recording
first set

Sonny Sharrock (ldr), Mitch Rothchild (key), Sonny Sharrock (g), Tony Cimirosi (b), Andy Potter (d), Ron Galway (per)

a. Impressions(John Coltrane) - 9:47
b. Dance With Me Montana(Sonny Sharrock) - 6:59
c. J. D. Schaap(Sonny Sharrock) - 7:24
d. The Promise(John Coltrane) - 6:41
e. Fourteen(Sonny Sharrock) - 6:38
f. Dick Dogs(Sonny Sharrock) - 3:25
All titles on:
tape copy CD(no number) — First On First, August 16, 1985/1   (2008)

Date: Aug 16, 1985
Location: First On First, New York
Label: private recording
second set

Sonny Sharrock (ldr), Mitch Rothchild (key), Sonny Sharrock (g), Tony Cimirosi (b), Andy Potter (d), Ron Galway (per)

a. live Stupid Fuck(Sonny Sharrock) - 7:44
b. live Venus(Pharoah Sanders)
c. live Upper Egypt(Pharoah Sanders) - 9:39
d. live Slow Dance(Sonny Sharrock) - 6:30
e. live All Blues(Miles Davis) - 18:15
f. live Princess Sonata(Sonny Sharrock) - 18:36
g. live Dick Dogs(Sonny Sharrock) - 5:36
All titles on:
tape copy CD(no number) — First On First, August 16, 1985/2   (2008)

b, c  performed as medley


Date: Aug 17, 1985
Location: First On First, New York
Label: private recording
first set

Sonny Sharrock (ldr), Mitch Rothchild (key), Sonny Sharrock (g), Tony Cimirosi (b), Andy Potter (d), Ron Galway (per)

a. live Impressions(John Coltrane) - 9:47
b. live Dance With Me Montana(Sonny Sharrock) - 7:44
c. live J. D. Schaap(Sonny Sharrock) - 7:28
d. live The Promise(David Shire, Alan Bergman) - 7:04
e. live She's Only Fourteen(Sonny Sharrock) - 6:37
f. live Dick Dogs(Sonny Sharrock) - 3:24
All titles on:
tape copy CD(no number) — First On First, August 17, 1985/1   (2010)

Date: Aug 17, 1985
Location: First On First, New York
Label: private recording
second set

Sonny Sharrock (ldr), Mitch Rothchild (key), Sonny Sharrock (g), Tony Cimirosi (b), Andy Potter (d), Ron Galway (per)

a. live Stupid Fuck(Sonny Sharrock) - 7:43
b. live Venus(Pharoah Sanders)
c. live Upper Egypt(Pharoah Sanders) - 9:39
d. live Slow Dance(Sonny Sharrock) - 6:04
e. live All Blues(Miles Davis) - 18:25
f. live Princess Sonata(Sonny Sharrock) - 18:26
g. live Dick Dogs(Sonny Sharrock) - 5:32
All titles on:
tape copy CD(no number) — First On First, August 17, 1985/2   (2010)

b, c  performed as medley


Date: Nov 9, 1985
Location: First On First, New York
Label: private recording
early set

Sonny Sharrock (ldr), Mitch Rothchild (key), Sonny Sharrock (g), Kendall Buchanan (eb), Andy Potter (d)

a. live Impressions(John Coltrane) - 11:28
b. live Dance With Me Montana(Sonny Sharrock) - 8:58
c. live J. D. Schaap(Sonny Sharrock) - 11:28
d. live Fourteen(Sonny Sharrock) - 9:15
e. live Dick Dogs(Sonny Sharrock) - 9:15
All titles on:
tape copy CD(no number) — First On First, November 11, 1985/1   (2008)

Date: Nov 9, 1985
Location: First On First, New York
Label: private recording
late set

Sonny Sharrock (ldr), Mitch Rothchild (key), Sonny Sharrock (g), Kendall Buchanan (eb), Andy Potter (d)

a. live Stupid Fuck(Sonny Sharrock) - 10:47
b. live Venus(Pharoah Sanders)
c. live Upper Egypt(Pharoah Sanders) - 8:56
d. live Slow Dance(Sonny Sharrock) - 6:34
e. live All Blues(Miles Davis) - 11:30
f. live Princess Sonata(Sonny Sharrock) - 14:30
g. live Dick Dogs(Sonny Sharrock) - 14:30
All titles on:
tape copy CD(no number) — First On First, November 11, 1985/2   (2008)

b, c  performed as medley


Date: Dec 14, 1985
Location: Neither/Nor, New York
Label: private recording

Sonny Sharrock (ldr), Mitch Rothchild (key), Sonny Sharrock (g), Kendall Buchanan (eb), Andy Potter (d)

a. live unidentified - 8:45
b. live unidentified - 9:29
c. live unidentified - 10:27
d. live unidentified - 6:47
e. live unidentified - 8:27
f. live unidentified - 4:04
g. live unidentified - 7:36
h. live unidentified - 2:53
i. live unidentified - 4:48
j. live unidentified - 11:50
k. live unidentified - 0:59
All titles on:
tape copy CD(no number) — Neither/Nor, 1985   (2008)

Date: Feb 4, 1986
Location: Rote Fabrik, Zurich, Switzerland
Label: private recording
Taktlos Festival

Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock (ldr), Peter Brötzmann (ts), Sonny Sharrock (g), Bill Laswell (eb), Ronald Shannon Jackson (d)

a. live unidentified - 31:23
b. live unidentified - 14:55
c. live unidentified - 4:21
d. live unidentified - 5:09
e. live unidentified - 9:07
All titles on:
tape copy CD(no number) — Taktlos Festival, 1986   (2007)

Date: Feb 12, 1986
Location: unknown venue, Köln, Germany
Label: ITM

Last Exit (ldr), Peter Brötzmann (ts), Sonny Sharrock (g), Bill Laswell (eb), Ronald Shannon Jackson (d, v)

a. live Hard School(Ronald Shannon Jackson, Bill Laswell, Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock) - 19:05
b. live Brain Damage(Ronald Shannon Jackson) - 6:20
c. live Taking A Beating(Ronald Shannon Jackson, Bill Laswell, Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock) - 2:50
d. live Last Call(Sonny Sharrock, Peter Brötzmann, Bill Laswell, Ronald Shannon Jackson) - 4:27
e. live Dark Heart(Ronald Shannon Jackson, Bill Laswell, Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock) - 6:35
All titles on:
Bill Laswell Self-Released MP3(no number) — Köln   (2017)
Ars Nova CD8-956 — Köln   (1999)
Atavistic CDALP 252 CD — Köln   (2005)
ITM CDITM 1446 — Köln   (1990)

1986 02 12


Date: Feb 16, 1986
Location: unknown recording studio, Paris
Label: Enemy

Last Exit (ldr), Peter Brötzmann (ss, ts), Sonny Sharrock (g), Bill Laswell (eb), Ronald Shannon Jackson (d, v)

a. Discharge(Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock, Bill Laswell, Ronald Shannon Jackson) - 3:21
b. Backwater(Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock, Bill Laswell, Ronald Shannon Jackson) - 5:24
c. Catch As Catch Can(Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock, Bill Laswell, Ronald Shannon Jackson) - 2:09
d. Red Light(Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock, Bill Laswell, Ronald Shannon Jackson) - 7:54
e. Enemy Within(Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock, Bill Laswell, Ronald Shannon Jackson) - 3:44
f. Crackin(Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock, Bill Laswell, Ronald Shannon Jackson) - 7:43
g. Pig Freedom(Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock, Bill Laswell, Ronald Shannon Jackson) - 3:58
h. Voice Of A Skin Hanger(Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock, Bill Laswell, Ronald Shannon Jackson) - 1:41
i. Zulu Butter(Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock, Bill Laswell, Ronald Shannon Jackson) - 2:21
All titles on:
Enemy LP 12"25JAL-3062 — Last Exit   (1986)
Enemy LP 12"88561 8176-1 — Last Exit   (1986)
Enemy LP 12"EMY 101 — Last Exit   (1986)
Bill Laswell Self-Released MP3(no number) — Last Exit   (2017)
Enemy CD32JC-164 — Last Exit   (1986)
Enemy CD88561 8176-2 — Last Exit   (1986)
Enemy CDEMY 101-2 — Last Exit   (1986)
Jimco CDJICK-89178 — Last Exit   (1993)

1986 02 16


Date: May 16, 1986
Location: unknown venue, Moers, Germany
Label: unknown broadcast
Moers International New Jazz Festival

Last Exit (ldr), Peter Brötzmann (ts), Sonny Sharrock (g), Bill Laswell (eb), Ronald Shannon Jackson (d)

a. live Discharge(Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock, Bill Laswell, Ronald Shannon Jackson) - 5:40
Bill Laswell Self-Released MP3(no number) — Moers   (2021)
tape copy CD(no number) — Live At Moers New Jazz Festival, 1986   (2008)
b. live Backwater(Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock, Bill Laswell, Ronald Shannon Jackson) - 4:05
Bill Laswell Self-Released MP3(no number) — Moers   (2021)
tape copy CD(no number) — Live At Moers New Jazz Festival, 1986   (2008)
c. live Catch As Catch Can(Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock, Bill Laswell, Ronald Shannon Jackson) - 10:38
Bill Laswell Self-Released MP3(no number) — Moers   (2021)
tape copy CD(no number) — Live At Moers New Jazz Festival, 1986   (2008)
d. live Red Light(Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock, Bill Laswell, Ronald Shannon Jackson) - 9:03
Bill Laswell Self-Released MP3(no number) — Moers   (2021)
tape copy CD(no number) — Live At Moers New Jazz Festival, 1986   (2008)
e. live Enemy Within(Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock, Bill Laswell, Ronald Shannon Jackson) - 9:03
Bill Laswell Self-Released MP3(no number) — Moers   (2021)
tape copy CD(no number) — Live At Moers New Jazz Festival, 1986   (2008)
f. live Crackin(Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock, Bill Laswell, Ronald Shannon Jackson) - 5:54
Bill Laswell Self-Released MP3(no number) — Moers   (2021)
tape copy CD(no number) — Live At Moers New Jazz Festival, 1986   (2008)
g. live Pig Freedom(Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock, Bill Laswell, Ronald Shannon Jackson) - 6:55
Bill Laswell Self-Released MP3(no number) — Moers   (2021)
tape copy CD(no number) — Live At Moers New Jazz Festival, 1986   (2008)
h. editlive Enemy Within(Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock, Bill Laswell, Ronald Shannon Jackson) - 3:47
Enemy CDEMCD 110 — Best Of Live   (1990)
i. editlive Pig Freedom(Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock, Bill Laswell, Ronald Shannon Jackson) - 4:01
Enemy CDEMCD 110 — Best Of Live   (1990)
j. editlive Discharge(Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock, Bill Laswell, Ronald Shannon Jackson) - 3:24
Enemy CDEMCD 110 — Best Of Live   (1990)

1986 05 16


Date: May 18, 1986
Location: unknown venue, Stockholm, Sweden
Label: unknown broadcast

Last Exit (ldr), Peter Brötzmann (sax), Sonny Sharrock (g), Bill Laswell (eb, spk), Ronald Shannon Jackson (d)

a. live Stockholm Part 1(Last Exist) - 20:22
b. live Stockholm Part 2(Last Exist) - 1:16
c. live Stockholm Part 3(Last Exist) - 19:15
d. live Stockholm Part 4(Last Exist) - 12:42
e. live Stockholm Part 5(Last Exist) - 1:32
All titles on:
Bill Laswell Self-Released MP3(no number) — Stockholm   (2023)

Peter Brötzmann (sax) on a, c-d; Sonny Sharrock (g) on a, c-d; Bill Laswell (eb) on a, c-d, (spk) on b, e; Ronald Shannon Jackson (d) on a, c-d.

1986 05 18


Date: Oct 2, 1986
Location: Parco Space Part 3, Tokyo, Japan
Label: Enemy

Last Exit (ldr), Peter Brötzmann (cl, ts, bar), Akira Sakata (bcl, as), Sonny Sharrock (g), Bill Laswell (eb), Ronald Shannon Jackson (d, v)

a. live Straw Dog(Bill Laswell, Peter Brötzmann, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Sonny Sharrock)
b. live You Got Me Rockin'(Jimmy Reed)
c. live Take Cover(Bill Laswell, Peter Brötzmann, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Sonny Sharrock)
d. live Ma Rainey(Sterling A. Sterling)
e. live Crack Butter(Bill Laswell, Peter Brötzmann, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Sonny Sharrock) - 5:50
f. live Pig Cheese(Sonny Sharrock) - 1:54
g. live Panzer Be-Bop(Bill Laswell, Peter Brötzmann, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Sonny Sharrock) - 9:00
Enemy CDEMCD 110 — Best Of Live   (1990)
h. live Base Metal(Bill Laswell) - 2:25
i. live Blind Willie(Sonny Sharrock) - 6:20
Enemy CDEMCD 110 — Best Of Live   (1990)
j. live Needles Balls(Peter Brötzmann, Akira Sakata) - 4:53
k. live Civil War Test(Bill Laswell, Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock) - 1:56
All titles on:
Enemy LP 12"28JAL-3080 — The Noise Of Trouble (Live In Tokyo)   (1986)
Enemy LP 12"88561-8178-1 — The Noise Of Trouble (Live In Tokyo)   (1986)
Enemy LP 12"EMY 103 — The Noise Of Trouble (Live In Tokyo)   (1986)
Enemy Cassette88561-8178-4 — The Noise Of Trouble (Live In Tokyo)   (1986)
Bill Laswell Self-Released MP3(no number) — The Noise Of Trouble (Live In Tokyo)   (2017)
Enemy CD32JC-212 — The Noise Of Trouble (Live In Tokyo)   (1987)
Enemy CDEMY 103-2 — The Noise Of Trouble (Live In Tokyo)   (1987)
King Records CDABCJ-362 — The Noise Of Trouble (Live In Tokyo)   (2005)

a, b, c, d, e  performed as medley

Akira Sakata (bcl) on i-k, (as) on i-k.

1986 10 02


Date: Oct 5, 1986
Location: Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo, Japan
Label: Enemy

Last Exit (ldr), Peter Brötzmann (cl, ts, bar), Herbie Hancock (p), Sonny Sharrock (g), Bill Laswell (eb), Ronald Shannon Jackson (d, v)

a. live Help Me Mo I'm Blind(Bill Laswell, Herbie Hancock, Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock) - 7:12
Enemy LP 12"28JAL-3080 — The Noise Of Trouble (Live In Tokyo)   (1986)
Enemy LP 12"88561-8178-1 — The Noise Of Trouble (Live In Tokyo)   (1986)
Enemy LP 12"EMY 103 — The Noise Of Trouble (Live In Tokyo)   (1986)
Enemy Cassette88561-8178-4 — The Noise Of Trouble (Live In Tokyo)   (1986)
Enemy CD32JC-212 — The Noise Of Trouble (Live In Tokyo)   (1987)
Enemy CDEMY 103-2 — The Noise Of Trouble (Live In Tokyo)   (1987)
Enemy CDEMCD 110 — Best Of Live   (1990)
King Records CDABCJ-362 — The Noise Of Trouble (Live In Tokyo)   (2005)

1986 10 05


Date: Oct 12, 1986
Location: unknown venue, Leverkusen, Netherlands
Label: unknown broadcast

Last Exit (ldr), Peter Brötzmann (cl, ts), Sonny Sharrock (g), Bill Laswell (eb), Ronald Shannon Jackson (d)

a. live Leverkusen(Ronald Shannon Jackson, Bill Laswell, Sonny Sharrock, Peter Brötzmann) - 10:14
tape copy CD(no number) — Tempere & Leverkusen, 1986   (2008)

Date: Nov 1, 1986
Location: University Of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
Label: Bill Laswell Self-Released
Tampere Jazz Happening

Last Exit (ldr), Peter Brötzmann (cl, ts), Sonny Sharrock (g), Bill Laswell (eb), Ronald Shannon Jackson (d)

a. live Tampere Part 1(Last Exist) - 9:05
Bill Laswell Self-Released MP3(no number) — Akashic Bassmatter Chapter 1   (2024)
b. live Tampere Part 2 - 9:51
c. live Tampere Part 3 - 8:02
d. live Tampere Part 4 - 5:18
e. live Tampere Part 6 - 3:52
All titles on:
Bill Laswell Self-Released MP3(no number) — Tampere   (2023)
tape copy CD(no number) — Tempere & Leverkusen, 1986   (2008)

1986 11 01


Date: 1986
Location: RPM Sound Studios, New York
Label: Enemy

Sonny Sharrock (ldr), Sonny Sharrock (g)

a. Blind Willie(Sonny Sharrock) - 4:38
Enemy CDEMY 156-2 — Into Another Light   (1992)
b. Devils Doll Baby(Sonny Sharrock) - 4:03
c. Broken Toys(Sonny Sharrock) - 6:34
Enemy CDEMY 156-2 — Into Another Light   (1992)
d. Black Bottom(Sonny Sharrock) - 3:51
e. Kula-Mae(Sonny Sharrock) - 5:03
f. Princess Sonata Part 1 - Princess And The Magician(Sonny Sharrock) - 4:05
g. Princess Sonata Part 2 - Like Voices Of Sleeping Birds(Sonny Sharrock) - 3:08
h. Princess Sonata Part 3 - Flowers Laugh(Sonny Sharrock) - 2:12
i. Princess Sonata Part 4 - They Enter The Dream(Sonny Sharrock) - 3:32
All titles on:
Enemy LP 12"25JAL-3061 — Guitar   (1986)
Enemy LP 12"EMY 102 — Guitar   (1986)
Enemy LP 12"88561 8177-1 — Guitar   (1997)
Enemy Cassette88561 8177-4 — Guitar   (1987)
Bill Laswell Self-Released MP3(no number) — Guitar   (2017)
Enemy CDEMY 102-2 — Guitar   (1986)
Jimco CDJICK-89182 — Guitar   (1992)
Tokuma CD32JC-163 — Guitar   (1986)

f, g, h, i  performed as medley

Sonny Sharrock (ldr) on a-f, (g) on a-f.

1986 xx xx a


Date: 1986
Location: Onkio Haus Studio, Tokyo, Japan

The Stalin (ldr), Namba Hiroyuki (key), Ono Masayuki, Sonny Sharrock (g), Higo Hiroshi, Bill Laswell (eb), Inui Jun (d), Endo Michiro (v)

a. Haigyo(The Stalin) - 4:48
b. M-16(The Stalin) - 4:49
c. T-Legs(The Stalin) - 6:42
d. Bye-Bye "Nietzsche"(The Stalin) - 2:45
e. Akumade Awaremu Uta(The Stalin) - 6:15
f. Fish Inn(The Stalin) - 10:43
All titles on:
Japan LP 12"28JAL-3079 — Fish Inn   (1986)
Inonder CDWC-107 — Fish Inn   (2024)
Japan CD32JC.211 — Fish Inn   (1986)
Tokuma CDTKCA-72604 — Fish Inn   (2003)
Wax CDTKCA-30105 — Fish Inn   (1990)

1986 xx xx b 1986 xx xx c


Date: 1986-1987
Location: various places, Copenhagen, Den Haag, Allentown, PA
Label: Enemy

Last Exit (ldr), Peter Brötzmann (cl, as, ts, bsx), Sonny Sharrock (g), Bill Laswell (eb), Ronald Shannon Jackson (d, v)

a. live Line Of Fire(Bill Laswell, Peter Brötzmann, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Sonny Sharrock) - 20:45
Celluloid LP 12"CELL 6140 — Cassette Recordings 87   (1988)
Enemy LP 12"EMY 105 — Cassette Recordings 87   (1987)
Enemy LP 12"EMY 105 — From The Board   (1987)
Enemy LP 12"28JAL-3156 — Cassette Recordings 87   (1988)
Celluloid CDCELD 6140 — Cassette Recordings 87   (1993)
Enemy CD32JC-299 — Cassette Recordings 87   (1988)
Enemy CDEMY 105-2 — From The Board   (1995)
Jimco CDJICK-89179 — From The Board   (1992)
b. live Big Boss Man(Willie Dixon, Jimmy Reed) - 1:03
Celluloid LP 12"CELL 6140 — Cassette Recordings 87   (1988)
Enemy LP 12"EMY 105 — Cassette Recordings 87   (1987)
Enemy LP 12"EMY 105 — From The Board   (1987)
Enemy LP 12"28JAL-3156 — Cassette Recordings 87   (1988)
Celluloid CDCELD 6140 — Cassette Recordings 87   (1993)
Enemy CD32JC-299 — Cassette Recordings 87   (1988)
Enemy CDEMY 105-2 — From The Board   (1995)
Jimco CDJICK-89179 — From The Board   (1992)
c. live Sore Titties(Bill Laswell, Peter Brötzmann, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Sonny Sharrock) - 6:18
Celluloid LP 12"CELL 6140 — Cassette Recordings 87   (1988)
Enemy LP 12"EMY 105 — Cassette Recordings 87   (1987)
Enemy LP 12"EMY 105 — From The Board   (1987)
Enemy LP 12"28JAL-3156 — Cassette Recordings 87   (1988)
Celluloid CDCELD 6140 — Cassette Recordings 87   (1993)
Enemy CD32JC-299 — Cassette Recordings 87   (1988)
Enemy CDEMY 105-2 — From The Board   (1995)
Jimco CDJICK-89179 — From The Board   (1992)
d. live Ulli Bulli Fooli(Bill Laswell, Peter Brötzmann, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Sonny Sharrock) - 3:57
Celluloid LP 12"CELL 6140 — Cassette Recordings 87   (1988)
Enemy LP 12"EMY 105 — Cassette Recordings 87   (1987)
Enemy LP 12"EMY 105 — From The Board   (1987)
Enemy LP 12"28JAL-3156 — Cassette Recordings 87   (1988)
Celluloid CDCELD 6140 — Cassette Recordings 87   (1993)
Enemy CD32JC-299 — Cassette Recordings 87   (1988)
Enemy CDEMY 105-2 — From The Board   (1995)
Jimco CDJICK-89179 — From The Board   (1992)
e. live Ma Rainey(Sterling A. Sterling) - 5:04
Celluloid LP 12"CELL 6140 — Cassette Recordings 87   (1988)
Enemy LP 12"EMY 105 — Cassette Recordings 87   (1987)
Enemy LP 12"EMY 105 — From The Board   (1987)
Enemy LP 12"28JAL-3156 — Cassette Recordings 87   (1988)
Celluloid CDCELD 6140 — Cassette Recordings 87   (1993)
Enemy CD32JC-299 — Cassette Recordings 87   (1988)
Enemy CDEMCD 110 — Best Of Live   (1990)
Enemy CDEMY 105-2 — From The Board   (1995)
Jimco CDJICK-89179 — From The Board   (1992)
f. live My Balls(Bill Laswell, Peter Brötzmann, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Sonny Sharrock)
Celluloid LP 12"CELL 6140 — Cassette Recordings 87   (1988)
Enemy LP 12"EMY 105 — Cassette Recordings 87   (1987)
Enemy LP 12"EMY 105 — From The Board   (1987)
Enemy LP 12"28JAL-3156 — Cassette Recordings 87   (1988)
Celluloid CDCELD 6140 — Cassette Recordings 87   (1993)
Enemy CD32JC-299 — Cassette Recordings 87   (1988)
Enemy CDEMCD 110 — Best Of Live   (1990)
Enemy CDEMY 105-2 — From The Board   (1995)
Jimco CDJICK-89179 — From The Board   (1992)
g. live Your Chin(Bill Laswell, Peter Brötzmann, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Sonny Sharrock) - 2:27
Celluloid LP 12"CELL 6140 — Cassette Recordings 87   (1988)
Enemy LP 12"EMY 105 — Cassette Recordings 87   (1987)
Enemy LP 12"EMY 105 — From The Board   (1987)
Enemy LP 12"28JAL-3156 — Cassette Recordings 87   (1988)
Celluloid CDCELD 6140 — Cassette Recordings 87   (1993)
Enemy CD32JC-299 — Cassette Recordings 87   (1988)
Enemy CDEMCD 110 — Best Of Live   (1990)
Enemy CDEMY 105-2 — From The Board   (1995)
Jimco CDJICK-89179 — From The Board   (1992)
h. editlive Line Of Fire(Bill Laswell, Peter Brötzmann, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Sonny Sharrock) - 20:27
Enemy CDEMCD 110 — Best Of Live   (1990)
All titles on:
Bill Laswell Self-Released MP3(no number) — Cassette Recordings '87   (2017)

f, g  performed as medley

1987 01 01


Date: Mar 9, 1987
Location: Alzette Kulturfabrik, Luxemburg
Label: Trost

Peter Brötzmann (ldr), Peter Brötzmann (cl, as, ts, bsx), Sonny Sharrock (g)

a. Whatthefuckdoyouwant, Part 1(Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock) - 3:29
b. Whatthefuckdoyouwant, Part 2(Sonny Sharrock, Peter Brötzmann) - 8:34
c. Whatthefuckdoyouwant, Part 3(Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock) - 8:12
d. Whatthefuckdoyouwant, Part 4(Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock) - 8:11
e. Whatthefuckdoyouwant, Part 5(Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock) - 5:47
f. Whatthefuckdoyouwant, Part 6(Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock) - 6:28
g. Whatthefuckdoyouwant, Part 7(Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock) - 4:41
h. Whatthefuckdoyouwant, Part 8(Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock) - 6:12
i. Whatthefuckdoyouwant, Part 9(Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock) - 9:44
j. Whatthefuckdoyouwant, Part 10(Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock) - 6:04
k. Whatthefuckdoyouwant, Part 11(Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock) - 4:40
All titles on:
Trost CDTR 124 — Whatthefuckdoyouwant - Peter Brötzmann & Sonny Sharrock   (2014)

1987 03 09


Date: Mar 19, 1987
Location: Théâtre Saint-Gervais, Geneva, Switzerland
Label: unknown broadcast
AMR Jazz Festival

No Material (ldr), Sonny Sharrock (g), Ginger Baker (d, per, v), Ampofo Acquah, Ansou Mana Bangoura, J.C. Commodore, Thomas Akuru Dyani, Francis Mensah (per, v)

a. alive unidentified - 14:53
tape copy CD(no number) — Geneva, 1987/1   (2011)
b. live Brain Damage(Ronald Shannon Jackson) - 8:08
tape copy CD(no number) — Geneva, 1987/1   (2011)
c. blive unidentified - 12:49
tape copy CD(no number) — Geneva, 1987/1   (2011)
d. live Breaking the Poles(unknown) - 23:11
tape copy CD(no number) — Geneva, 1987/1   (2011)
e. live Palava(unknown) - 11:12
tape copy CD(no number) — Geneva, 1987/2   (2011)
f. live Once Come, Wait(unknown) - 31:30
tape copy CD(no number) — Geneva, 1987/2   (2011)

1987 03 19
Photo Dany Gignoux


Date: Mar 25, 1987
Location: Theaterfabrik, Munich, Germany
Label: DRS Radio broadcast

No Material (ldr), Peter Brötzmann (cl, ts, bar), Sonny Sharrock, Nicki Skopelitis (g, spk), Jan Kazda (b), Ginger Baker (d, spk), unknown (mc, int)

a. live Piece 1(Ginger Baker, Nicky Skopelidis, Sonny Sharrock, Peter Brötzmann) - 15:17
Voiceprint CDVPTMQ 060 CD — Live In Munich Germany 1987   (2010)
b. live interview - 0:33
Voiceprint CDVPTMQ 060 CD — Live In Munich Germany 1987   (2010)
c. live Piece 2(Jan Kazda, Ginger Baker, Nicky Skopelidis, Sonny Sharrock, Peter Brötzmann) - 10:02
Voiceprint CDVPTMQ 060 CD — Live In Munich Germany 1987   (2010)
d. live interview - 0:42
Voiceprint CDVPTMQ 060 CD — Live In Munich Germany 1987   (2010)
e. live Piece 3(Jan Kazda, Ginger Baker, Nicky Skopelidis, Sonny Sharrock, Peter Brötzmann) - 15:17
Voiceprint CDVPTMQ 060 CD — Live In Munich Germany 1987   (2010)
f. live Piece 4(Jan Kazda, Ginger Baker, Nicky Skopelidis, Sonny Sharrock, Peter Brötzmann) - 12:50
Voiceprint CDVPTMQ 060 CD — Live In Munich Germany 1987   (2010)
g. live Piece 5(Jan Kazda, Ginger Baker, Nicky Skopelidis, Sonny Sharrock, Peter Brötzmann) - 1:52
Voiceprint CDVPTMQ 060 CD — Live In Munich Germany 1987   (2010)
h. live closing - 0:49
All titles on:
ITM CDITM 920012 — No Material - Ginger Baker, Sonny Sharrock, Nicky Skopelitis, Peter Brötzmann, Jan Kazda/2   (2013)
tape copy CD(no number) — Munich, 1987   (2008)

Peter Brötzmann (cl) on a, c, e-g, (ts) on a, c, e-g, (bar) on a, c, e-g; Sonny Sharrock (g) on a, c, e-g, (spk) on b; Nicki Skopelitis (g) on a, c, e-g, (spk) on d; Jan Kazda (b) on a, c, e-g; Ginger Baker (d) on a, c, e-g, (spk) on a, c, e-g; unknown (mc) on h, (int) on b, d.

1987 03 25 a 1987 03 25 b


Date: Mar 28, 1987
Location: Mühle Hunziken, Munich, Germany
Label: ITM

No Material (ldr), Peter Brötzmann (ss, ts), Nicky Scopelitis, Sonny Sharrock (g), Jan Kazda (eb), Ginger Baker (d)

a. live Dishy Billy(Ginger Baker) - 11:35
b. live Skin The Pizzle(Sonny Sharrock) - 15:28
c. live Oil Of Tongue(Nicky Scopelitis) - 10:25
d. live One In The Bush Is Worth Two In The Hand(Peter Brötzmann) - 16:39
All titles on:
ITM CDITM 1435 — No Material   (1989)
ITM CDITM 920012 — No Material - Ginger Baker, Sonny Sharrock, Nicky Skopelitis, Peter Brötzmann, Jan Kazda/1   (2013)

1987 03 28


Date: May 1987
Location: Electric Lady Land, New York
Label: Enemy

Sonny Sharrock (ldr), Sonny Sharrock (g), Melvin Gibbs (b), Bill Laswell (eb), Pheeroan Aklaff, Abe Speller (d)

a. Dick Dogs(Sonny Sharrock) - 5:10
b. My Song(Sonny Sharrock) - 6:25
c. Fourteen(Sonny Sharrock) - 9:55
d. J.D. Shaa(Sonny Sharrock) - 5:37
e. Seize The Rainbow(Sonny Sharrock) - 4:32
Enemy CDEMY 139-2 — Know Your Enemy   (1993)
Festival CDD 19835 — Know Your Enemy   (1993)
f. The Past Adventures Of Zydeco Honeycup(Sonny Sharrock) - 5:22
g. Sheraserhead's High-Top Sneakers(Sonny Sharrock) - 4:07
All titles on:
Enemy LP 12"88561 8205-1 — Seize The Rainbow   (1987)
Enemy LP 12"EMY 104 — Seize The Rainbow   (1987)
Enemy Cassette88561 8205-4 — Seize The Rainbow   (1987)
Bill Laswell Self-Released MP3(no number) — Seize The Rainbow   (2017)
Enemy CD28JAL-3129 — Seize The Rainbow   (1987)
Enemy CD88561 8205-2 — Seize The Rainbow   (1987)
Enemy CDEMY 104-2 — Seize The Rainbow   (1987)
Jimco CDJICK-89183 — Seize The Rainbow   (1993)
Tokuma CD32JC-255 — Seize The Rainbow   (1987)

Melvin Gibbs (b) on a-f; Bill Laswell (eb) on g.

1987 05 xx


Date: Oct 29, 1987
Location: unknown venue, Bremen, Germany
Label: Radio Bremen broadcast

Sonny Sharrock (ldr), Sonny Sharrock (g), Melvin Gibbs (eb), Pheeroan Aklaff, Abe Speller (d)

a. live Fourteen(Sonny Sharrock) - 16:09
b. live Stupid Fuck(Sonny Sharrock) - 8:26
c. live My Song(Sonny Sharrock) - 7:16
d. live JD Schaa(Sonny Sharrock) - 7:19
e. live Seize The Rainbow(Sonny Sharrock) - 5:15
f. live Princess Sonata(Sonny Sharrock) - 13:03
g. live Dick Dogs(Sonny Sharrock) - 2:02
All titles on:
tape copy CD(no number) — Bremen, 1987   (2008)

Date: Dec 27, 1987
Location: unknown venue, Allentown, PA
Label: Bill Laswell Self-Released

Last Exit (ldr), Peter Brötzmann (sax), Sonny Sharrock (g), Bill Laswell (eb), Ronald Shannon Jackson (d)

a. live Allentown Part 1 - 6:05
b. live Allentown Part 2(Last Exist) - 15:27
c. live Allentown Part 3(Last Exist) - 19:33
d. live Allentown Part 4(Last Exist) - 1:51
e. live Allentown Part 5(Last Exist) - 4:12
f. live Allentown Part 6(Last Exist) - 5:40
g. live Allentown Part 7(Last Exist) - 5:17
h. live Allentown Part 8(Last Exist) - 6:45
i. live Allentown Part 9 - 3:19
j. live Allentown Part 10 - 6:07
k. live Allentown Part 11 - 6:00
All titles on:
Bill Laswell Self-Released MP3(no number) — Allentown   (2021)

1987 12 27


Date: 1987
Location: Electric Lady Studios, New York
Label: Enemy

Sonny Sharrock (ldr), Sonny Sharrock (g), Melvin Gibbs (eb), Pheeroan Ak Laff, Abe Speller (d)

a. Dick Dogs(Sonny Sharrock) - 5:13
b. J. D. Schaap(Sonny Sharrock) - 5:37
Both titles on:
Enemy CDEMY 156-2 — Into Another Light   (1992)

1987 xx xx aq


Date: 1987
Location: unknown recording studio, Astoria, Long Island, NY
Label: Verve

Bill Cosby (ldr), David Murray, Odean Pope, Harold Vick (ts), Sonny Bravo, Harold Mabern, Don Pullen (key), Stu Gardner (syn), John Scofield, Sonny Sharrock (g), Mark Egan (b), Jack DeJohnette, Al Foster (d), Bill Cosby (per, v)

a. Ursalina(Bill Cosby) - 6:52
b. Where You Lay Your Head(Bill Cosby) - 6:12
c. Mouth Of The Blowfish(Bill Cosby) - 7:45
d. Four Queens And A King(Bill Cosby) - 10:36
e. Why Is It I Can Never Find Anything in the Closet (It's Long But it's Alright)(Bill Cosby) - 13:59
All titles on:
Verve Cassette841 930-4 — Where You Lay Your Head   (1990)
Verve CD841 930-2 — Where You Lay Your Head   (1990)
Verve CDPOCJ-1013 — Where You Lay Your Head   (1990)

David Murray (ts) on c-d; Odean Pope (ts) on a-b; Harold Vick (ts) on e; Sonny Bravo (key) on c-d; Harold Mabern (key) on a-b; Don Pullen (key) on e; Stu Gardner (syn) on b-e; John Scofield (g) on a-d; Sonny Sharrock (g) on e; Jack DeJohnette (d) on e; Al Foster (d) on a-d; Bill Cosby (per) on b, e.

1987 xx xx b


Date: Mar 12, 1988
Location: The Gas Station, New York
Label: Musso Music

Machine Gun (ldr), Thomas "Rage" Chapin (f, as), Robert Musso, Sonny Sharrock (g), Jair-Rohm Parker Wells (eb), Bil Bryant (d), John Richey (v, t-m)

a. Live At The Gas Station 12/03/88(Machine Gun, Sonny Sharrock) - 1:17:17
Musso Music CDMM 0046 — Live At The Gas Station 12/03/88   (2007)

1988 03 12


Date: Apr 21, 1988
Location: Knitting Factory, New York
Label: private recording

Sonny Sharrock (ldr), Sonny Sharrock (g), Melvin Gibbs (b), Pheeroan Aklaff (d)

a. live unidentified - 17:26
tape copy CD(no number) — Knitting Factory, 1988/1   (2008)
b. live unidentified - 9:55
tape copy CD(no number) — Knitting Factory, 1988/1   (2008)
c. live unidentified - 6:39
tape copy CD(no number) — Knitting Factory, 1988/1   (2008)
d. live unidentified - 1:14
tape copy CD(no number) — Knitting Factory, 1988/1   (2008)
e. live unidentified - 6:03
tape copy CD(no number) — Knitting Factory, 1988/1   (2008)
f. live unidentified - 5:41
tape copy CD(no number) — Knitting Factory, 1988/1   (2008)
g. live unidentified - 7:55
tape copy CD(no number) — Knitting Factory, 1988/1   (2008)
h. live unidentified - 12:55
tape copy CD(no number) — Knitting Factory, 1988/1   (2008)
i. live unidentified - 4:41
tape copy CD(no number) — Knitting Factory, 1988/1   (2008)
j. live unidentified - 8:41
tape copy CD(no number) — Knitting Factory, 1988/2   (2008)
k. live unidentified - 3:51
tape copy CD(no number) — Knitting Factory, 1988/2   (2008)
l. live unidentified - 5:24
tape copy CD(no number) — Knitting Factory, 1988/2   (2008)
m. live unidentified - 9:03
tape copy CD(no number) — Knitting Factory, 1988/2   (2008)
n. live unidentified - 5:57
tape copy CD(no number) — Knitting Factory, 1988/2   (2008)
o. live unidentified - 4:41
tape copy CD(no number) — Knitting Factory, 1988/2   (2008)

Date: November-December 1988
Location: Umbi Studio/Baby Monster Studio, Modena, Italy/New York
Label: ITM

N.A.D. (ldr), Fantasio Manlio Fox (tb, g, v), Elliott Sharp (sss, s-g), Egi Qselly (hps, org, syn, b, v), Henry Kaiser (syn), Nijk Salerchia (syn, v), Christian Marclay (tt), Zeena Parkins (acc), Riccardo Bianchi, Sonny Sharrock (g), Fred Frith (g, vn), Ricoh Screw Poloso (g, per, v), Zamir Ahmad Khan (sit, tbl), Umbi Maggi (b), Bert Willie Bevilacopia (d, cym, per, v), Denardo Coleman (d)

a. La Topinara Verde = The Green Mole(Nicola Salerno) / arr: Nijk Salerchia - 5:27
b. Ghosts(Albert Ayler)
c. Bar-oque(Nicola Salerno, Enrico Terragnoli) - 3:34
d. Lorenza In Arabia(Enrico Terragnoli, Nicola Salerno) - 6:02
e. Conservations(Enrico Terragnoli)
f. Bar-oque Church(Enrico Terragnoli) - 5:30
g. Bibbidi Bobbidi Bu(Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston, Mack David) / arr: Nijk Salerchia - 3:55
h. Giggirriva(Enrico Terragnoli) - 4:29
i. Ivanovic(Nicola Salerno, Alverto Olivieri, Elliott Sharp, Fred Frith, Henry Kaiser, Roberto Zorzi)
j. Bar-oque Blues(Nicola Salerno, Enrico Terragnoli) - 5:14
k. Broadway Blues(Ornette Coleman) - 4:05
l. Zigozago(Enrico Terragnoli, Nicola Salerno) - 5:45
m. Marina Goes To Hollywood(Enrico Terragnoli, Roberto Zorzi) - 8:52
All titles on:
Heron Music LP 12"HM LP 702 — Ghosts   (1989)
Nueva LP 12"NL 3003 — Ghosts   (1989)
Rose Rosse & Associati Cassette(no number) — Ghosts   (1989)
Basic CD50001 — Ghosts   (1995)
ITM CD1454 — Ghosts   (1989)

b, c;   e, f;   i, j  performed as medleys

Broadway Blues is a Title Variation of Broad Way Blues (Ornette Coleman)

Fantasio Manlio Fox (tb) on h, (g) on a-b, d-e, g-i, k-m, (v) on c-d, f, h, j; Elliott Sharp (sss) on d, (s-g) on h-i; Egi Qselly (hps) on c, (org) on f, (syn) on j, (b) on a-h, j-m, (v) on d; Henry Kaiser (syn) on i; Christian Marclay (tt) on e; Zeena Parkins (acc) on g; Riccardo Bianchi (g) on a; Fred Frith (g) on b, (vn) on i; Ricoh Screw Poloso (g) on a-b, d-e, g-h, j-m, (per) on g, (v) on c-d, f; Sonny Sharrock (g) on g-h; Zamir Ahmad Khan (sit) on d, (tbl) on d; Umbi Maggi (b) on j; Bert Willie Bevilacopia (d) on a-h, j-m, (cym) on i, (per) on d, g-h, (v) on c, f; Denardo Coleman (d) on b, h; Nijk Salerchia (v) on c, f, j.

1988 12 01


Date: 1988
Location: B.C. Studio, Brooklyn, NY
Label: Venture

Last Exit (ldr), Peter Brötzmann (cl, ss, ts, bsx), Sonny Sharrock (g), Bill Laswell (eb), Ronald Shannon Jackson (d, v)

a. Prayer(Bill Laswell, Sonny Sharrock, Peter Brötzmann, Ronald Shannon Jackson) - 4:34
b. Iron Path(Ronald Shannon Jackson, Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock, Bill Laswell) - 3:24
c. The Black Bat (For Aki Ikuta)(Bill Laswell, Sonny Sharrock, Peter Brötzmann, Ronald Shannon Jackson) - 4:29
d. Marked For Death(Ronald Shannon Jackson, Sonny Sharrock, Peter Brötzmann, Bill Laswell) - 2:16
e. The Fire Drum(Bill Laswell, Sonny Sharrock, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Peter Brötzmann) - 4:17
f. Detonator(Ronald Shannon Jackson, Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock, Bill Laswell) - 3:43
g. Sand Dancer(Bill Laswell, Sonny Sharrock, Peter Brötzmann, Ronald Shannon Jackson) - 1:51
h. Cut And Run(Ronald Shannon Jackson, Sonny Sharrock, Peter Brötzmann, Bill Laswell) - 2:26
i. Eye For Eye(Bill Laswell, Sonny Sharrock, Peter Brötzmann, Ronald Shannon Jackson) - 4:50
j. Devil's Rain(Ronald Shannon Jackson, Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock, Bill Laswell) - 4:15
All titles on:
ESP-Disk' LP 12"4075 — Iron Path   (2015)
Venture LP 12"7 91015-1 — Iron Path   (1988)
Venture LP 12"VE 38 — Iron Path   (1988)
Virgin LP 12"1-9105 — Iron Path   (1988)
Virgin LP 12"209 744-630 — Iron Path   (1988)
(no label) Cassette(no number) — Sonny Sharrock - Last Exit   
Venture Cassette7 91015-4 — Iron Path   (1988)
Venture CassetteTCVE 38 — Iron Path   (1989)
Bill Laswell Self-Released MP3(no number) — Iron Path   (2016)
ESP-Disk' CD4075 — Iron Path   (2015)
Venture CD7 91015-2 — Iron Path   (1988)
Venture CDCDVE 38 — Iron Path   (1988)

1988 xx xx a


Date: 1988
Location: CBGB's, New York
Label: MU

Machine Gun (ldr), Thomas "Rage" Chapin (f, as), Karl Berger (mld, v), Robert Musso, Sonny Sharrock (g), Jair-Rohm Parker Wells (eb), Bil Bryant (d)

a. live Muffy's 1st Date(Machine Gun) - 2:46
b. live The .8 Factor(Machine Gun) - 3:58
c. live One For The Chipper(Machine Gun) - 2:03
d. live Hierocryptics(Machine Gun) - 5:42
All titles on:
MU LP 12"MU 1001 — Machine Gun   (1988)
MU CDMU 1011 CD — Machine Gun   (1988)
MU CDMU CD 1001 — Machine Gun   (1988)
Tokuma CDTKCB-30131 — Machine Gun   (1990)

1988 xx xx b


Date: 1988
Location: Trinity College, Hartford, CT
Label: MU

Machine Gun (ldr), Thomas "Rage" Chapin (f, as), Karl Berger (mld, v), Robert Musso, Sonny Sharrock (g), Jair-Rohm Parker Wells (eb), Bil Bryant (d)

a. live Trinity Rain(Machine Gun) - 3:20
MU LP 12"MU 1001 — Machine Gun   (1988)
MU CDMU 1011 CD — Machine Gun   (1988)
MU CDMU CD 1001 — Machine Gun   (1988)
Tokuma CDTKCB-30131 — Machine Gun   (1990)

Date: 1988
Location: Court Tavern, New Brunswick, NJ
Label: MU

Machine Gun (ldr), Thomas "Rage" Chapin (f, as), Karl Berger (mld, v), Robert Musso, Sonny Sharrock (g), Jair-Rohm Parker Wells (eb), Bil Bryant (d)

a. live In Court(Machine Gun) - 5:51
b. live The Opening Of Entry(Machine Gun) - 3:29
c. live Fancy Products(Machine Gun) - 3:46
d. live Prancing In Your Bed(Machine Gun) - 4:48
e. live Dive(Machine Gun) - 3:46
All titles on:
MU LP 12"MU 1001 — Machine Gun   (1988)
MU CDMU 1011 CD — Machine Gun   (1988)
MU CDMU CD 1001 — Machine Gun   (1988)
Tokuma CDTKCB-30131 — Machine Gun   (1990)

Date: Jul 8, 1989
Location: unknown venue, Lucerne, Switzerland
Label: Unit
Pilatus Festival

Studer/Doran/Sharrock & Gee (ldr), Chrisry Doran, Sonny Sharrock (g), Rosko Gee (eb, spk), Freddy Studer (d)

a. live Blind Willie(Sonny Sharrock) - 6:38
Unit CDUTR 4068 — Half A Lifetime - Fredy Studer, Christy Doran/1   (1994)

1989 07 08


Date: Jul 14, 1989
Location: Knitting Factory, New York
Label: Enemy

Sonny Sharrock (ldr), Dave Snyder (key), Sonny Sharrock (g), Melvin Gibbs (b), Pheeroan Aklaff, Abe Speller (d), Ron "The Burglar" Cartel (v)

a. live Dick Dogs(Sonny Sharrock) - 3:56
Enemy LP 12"EMY 108 — Live In New York   (1989)
Tokuma CDTKCB-30109 — Live In New York   (1989)
b. live Herbie's Dance(Sonny Sharrock) - 4:06
Enemy LP 12"EMY 108 — Live In New York   (1989)
Tokuma CDTKCB-30109 — Live In New York   (1989)
c. live Elmo's Blues(Elmo Hope) - 4:27
Enemy LP 12"EMY 108 — Live In New York   (1989)
Tokuma CDTKCB-30109 — Live In New York   (1989)
d. live Princess Sonata(Sonny Sharrock) - 6:17
Enemy LP 12"EMY 108 — Live In New York   (1989)
Knitting Factory Works CDKFWCD 101 — Knitting Factory Goes To The Northwest   (1991)
Tokuma CDTKCB-30109 — Live In New York   (1989)
e. live My Song(Sonny Sharrock) - 10:22
Enemy LP 12"EMY 108 — Live In New York   (1989)
Knitting Factory Works CDKFWCD 101 — Knitting Factory Goes To The Northwest   (1991)
Tokuma CDTKCB-30109 — Live In New York   (1989)
f. live The Past Adventures Of Zydeco Honeycup(Sonny Sharrock) - 5:26
Enemy LP 12"EMY 108 — Live In New York   (1989)
Knitting Factory Works CDKFWCD 101 — Knitting Factory Goes To The Northwest   (1991)
Tokuma CDTKCB-30109 — Live In New York   (1989)
g. live Money Honey(Charles E. "Chuck" Calhoun) - 3:03
Enemy LP 12"EMY 108 — Live In New York   (1989)
Tokuma CDTKCB-30109 — Live In New York   (1989)
h. live Dance With Me Montana(Sonny Sharrock) - 11:47
All titles on:
Enemy CDEMCD 108 — Live In New York   (1989)
Enemy CDEMY 108-2 — Live In New York   (1989)
Jimco CDJICK-89184 — Live In New York   (1993)

1989 07 14


Date: August 1989
Location: Quad Recordings Studios, New York
Label: MuWorks

Pheeroan Aklaff (ldr), Carlos Ward (as), John Stubblefield (ts), Sonny Sharrock (g), Kenny Davis (b, eb), Pheeroan Aklaff (d)

a. Bit Her(Pheeroan Aklaff) - 11:30
b. Serious(Pheeroan Aklaff) - 10:06
c. Tout De Suite(Miles Davis) - 5:31
d. Sonogram(Pheeroan Aklaff) - 3:44
e. Juggler(Pheeroan Aklaff) - 3:33
All titles on:
MuWorks CassetteCS 1004 — Sonogram   (1990)
MuWorks CD268528 2 — Sonogram   (1990)
MuWorks CDMUW 1004 — Sonogram   (1990)

1989 08 xx a


Date: January-August 1989
Location: Knitting Factory, New York
Label: Enemy

Sonny Sharrock (ldr), Dave Snyder (key), Sonny Sharrock (g), Melvin Gibbs (b), Pheeroan Aklaff, Abe Speller (d)

a. live Dick Dogs(Sonny Sharrock) - 4:54
A&M LP 12"SP 5276 — Live At The Knitting Factory Volume 2   (1989)
Enemy LP 12"EMY 112 — Live At The Knitting Factory Volume 2   (1989)
A&M Cassette7502 15276 4 5 — Live At The Knitting Factory Volume 2   (1989)
A&M CD7502 15276 2 1 — Live At The Knitting Factory Volume 2   (1989)
Enemy CDEMCD 112 — Live At The Knitting Factory Volume 2   (1989)
Knitting Factory Works CDKFWCD 98 — Live At The Knitting Factory Volume 2   (1989)

1989 08 xx b


Date: Nov 25, 1989
Location: Knitting Factory, New York
Label: private recording

Sonny Sharrock (ldr), Sonny Sharrock (g), Melvin Gibbs (b), Pheeroan Aklaff, Abe Speller (d)

a. live Fourteen(Sonny Sharrock) - 16:55
b. live Stupid Fuck(Sonny Sharrock) - 8:04
c. live My Song(Sonny Sharrock) - 13:05
d. live J. D. Schaap(Sonny Sharrock) - 4:31
All titles on:
tape copy CD(no number) — Knitting Factory, 1989   (2008)

Date: Dec 2, 1989
Location: Elbo Room, Chicago, IL
Label: Okka Disk

Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock (ldr), Peter Brötzmann (rds), Sonny Sharrock (g)

a. live Elbo Room No. 1(Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock) - 11:55
b. live Elbo Room No. 2(Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock) - 8:03
c. live Elbo Room No. 3(Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock) - 6:24
d. live Elbo Room No. 4(Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock) - 4:02
e. live Elbo Room No. 5(Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock) - 9:23
All titles on:
Okka Disk LP 12"ODL 10010 — Fragments - Sharrock / Brötzman   (2003)

1989 12 02


Date: 1989
Location: unknown venues, Stockholm, Sweden & Munich, Germany
Label: MuWorks

Last Exit (ldr), Peter Brötzmann (ts), Sonny Sharrock (g), Bill Laswell (eb), Ronald Shannon Jackson (d)

a. live Lizard Eyes(Sonny Sharrock, Bill Laswell, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Peter Brötzmann) - 5:30
b. live Don't Be A Cry Baby Whatever You Do(Peter Brötzmann, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Bill Laswell, Sonny Sharrock) - 6:35
c. live So Small, So Weak, This Bloody Sweat Of Loving(Sonny Sharrock, Peter Brötzmann, Bill Laswell, Ronald Shannon Jackson) - 4:25
d. live Headfirst Into Flames(Ronald Shannon Jackson, Bill Laswell, Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock) - 3:00
e. live A Knight Of Ghosts And Shadows(Sonny Sharrock, Bill Laswell, Peter Brötzmann, Ronald Shannon Jackson) - 6:25
f. live Jesus! What Gorgeous Monkey We Are(Ronald Shannon Jackson, Bill Laswell, Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock) - 11:01
g. live Hanged Man Are Always Naked(Sonny Sharrock, Peter Brötzmann, Bill Laswell, Ronald Shannon Jackson) - 10:05
h. live No One Knows Anything(Ronald Shannon Jackson, Bill Laswell, Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock) - 5:15
i. live I Must Confess I'm A Cannibal(Sonny Sharrock, Peter Brötzmann, Bill Laswell, Ronald Shannon Jackson) - 10:40
All titles on:
DMG/ARC CD0701 — Headfirst Into The Flames - Live In Europe   (2008)
MuWorks CDMUW 1013 — Headfirst Into The Flames - Live In Europe   (1993)

1989 xx xx a


Date: 1989
Location: The Gas Station, New York
Label: MU

Machine Gun (ldr), Thomas "Rage" Chapin (f, as), Robert Musso, Sonny Sharrock (g), Jair-Rohm Parker Wells (eb), Bil Bryant (d), John Richey (v, t-m)

a. live Arsenal Tech High(Machine Gun) - 7:01
b. live Mommie Sir(Machine Gun) - 7:03
c. live Obsession + Oblivion(Machine Gun) - 5:11
All titles on:
MU LP 12"MU NY 1003 — Open Fire   (1989)
MU CassetteMU 1003 CS — Open Fire   (1989)
MU CDMU NY 1003 — Open Fire   (1989)
MU CDMU CD 1003 — Open Fire   (1990)

1989 xx xx b


Date: 1989-1990
Location: B. C. & Greenpoint Studios, New York
Label: CMP

Nicky Scopelitis, Sonny Sharrock (ldr), Nicky Scopelitis (g, sit, rab, b), Sonny Sharrock (g)

a. Who Are You?(Sonny Sharrock, Nicky Scopelitis) - 5:27
Enemy CDEMY 156-2 — Into Another Light   (1992)
b. Becoming(Nicky Scopelitis, Sonny Sharrock) - 2:34
c. Mescalito(Sonny Sharrock, Nicky Scopelitis) - 3:28
d. Venus(Pharoah Sanders) - 5:48
CMP CDCMP CD 5002 — CMPler 2   (1992)
e. In The Flesh(Nicky Scopelitis) - 3:05
f. Sacrifice(Nicky Scopelitis, Sonny Sharrock) - 4:43
g. First Of Equals(Sonny Sharrock, Nicky Scopelitis) - 5:11
h. The Pyre(Nicky Scopelitis, Sonny Sharrock) - 6:06
i. Uncle Herbie's Dance(Sonny Sharrock) - 2:55
CMP CDCD 5006 — Guitar Zone   (1996)
All titles on:
CMP CDCD 52 — Faith Moves - Nicky Scopelitis & Sonny Sharrock   (1991)
Jimco CDJICK-89734 — Faith Moves - Nicky Scopelitis & Sonny Sharrock   (1994)

1990 01 01


Date: Feb 2, 1990
Location: Johnny D's Restaurant And Lounge, Somerville, MA
Label: private recording

Last Exit (ldr), Peter Brötzmann (ts), Sonny Sharrock (g), Bill Laswell (eb), Ronald Shannon Jackson (d)

a. live Somerville Part 1(Last Exist) - 14:54
Bill Laswell Self-Released MP3(no number) — Somerville   (2023)
b. live Somerville Part 2(Last Exist) - 22:23
Bill Laswell Self-Released MP3(no number) — Somerville   (2023)
c. live Somerville Part 3(Last Exist) - 4:22
Bill Laswell Self-Released MP3(no number) — Somerville   (2023)
d. live Somerville Part 4(Last Exist) - 6:46
Bill Laswell Self-Released MP3(no number) — Somerville   (2023)
e. live unidentified - 4:12
f. live Somerville Part 5(Last Exist) - 11:49
Bill Laswell Self-Released MP3(no number) — Somerville   (2023)
All titles on:
tape copy CD(no number) — Somerville, 1990   (2008)

1990 02 02


Date: Feb 3, 1990
Location: Knitting Factory, New York
Label: Enemy

Last Exit (ldr), Peter Brötzmann (rds), Sonny Sharrock (g), Bill Laswell (eb), Ronald Shannon Jackson (d)

a. live The Sprawl(Bill Laswell, Peter Brötzmann, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Sonny Sharrock) - 8:59
A&M Cassette75021 8332 4 0 — Live At The Knitting Factory Volume 4   (1990)
Bill Laswell Self-Released MP3(no number) — The Sprawl   (2019)
A&M CD75021 8332 2 6 — Live At The Knitting Factory Volume 4   (1990)
A&M CDTKCB-30273 — Live At The Knitting Factory Volume 4   (1991)
Enemy CDEMCD 118 — Live At The Knitting Factory Volume 4   (1990)
Knitting Factory Works CDKFWCD 100 — Live At The Knitting Factory Volume 4   (1993)

1990 02 03


Date: Apr 19, 1990
Location: unknown venue, Bremen, Germany
Label: unknown broadcast

Sonny Sharrock (ldr), Dave Snyder (key), Sonny Sharrock (g), Melvin Gibbs (b), Lance Carter, Abe Speller (d), unknown (mc)

a. introduction - 0:33
b. live unidentified - 5:00
c. live unidentified - 7:05
d. live unidentified - 12:02
e. live unidentified - 4:59
f. live unidentified - 10:59
g. live unidentified - 3:57
h. live unidentified - 9:18
i. live unidentified - 3:08
All titles on:
tape copy CD(no number) — Bremen, 1990   (2008)

Dave Snyder (key) on b-i; Sonny Sharrock (g) on b-i; Melvin Gibbs (b) on b-i; Lance Carter (d) on b-i; Abe Speller (d) on b-i.


Date: October 1990
Location: Quantum Sound Studio, unknown city, NJ
Label: Enemy

Sonny Sharrock (ldr), Dave Snider (syn), Sonny Sharrock (g), Charles Baldwin (b), Lance Carter, Abe Speller (d)

a. No More Tears(Sonny Sharrock) - 5:36
Enemy LP 12"EMY 119-1 — Highlife   (1990)
b. All My Trials(traditional) - 8:00
Enemy LP 12"EMY 119-1 — Highlife   (1990)
c. Chumpy(Sonny Sharrock) - 5:39
Enemy LP 12"EMY 119-1 — Highlife   (1990)
d. Highlife(traditional) - 4:13
Enemy LP 12"EMY 119-1 — Highlife   (1990)
e. Kate(Sonny Sharrock) - 5:50
Enemy LP 12"EMY 119-1 — Highlife   (1990)
f. Venus(Pharoah Sanders)
Enemy LP 12"EMY 119-1 — Highlife   (1990)
Enemy CDEMY 156-2 — Into Another Light   (1992)
g. Upper Egypt(Pharoah Sanders) - 8:38
Enemy LP 12"EMY 119-1 — Highlife   (1990)
Enemy CDEMY 156-2 — Into Another Light   (1992)
h. Your Eyes(Sonny Sharrock) - 5:47
i. Giant Steps(John Coltrane) - 0:37
All titles on:
Enemy CassetteEMY 119-4 — Highlife   (1991)
(no label) Cassette(no number) — Sonny Sharrock - Last Exit   
Enemy CDEMY 119-2 — Highlife   (1990)
Jimco CDJICK-89185 — Highlife   (1993)

f, g  performed as medley

Chumpy is a Title Variation of Stupid Fuck (Sonny Sharrock)

1990 10 xx


Date: 1990
Location: unknown venue, Köln, Germany
Label: unknown broadcast

Last Exit (ldr), Peter Brötzmann (ts), Sonny Sharrock (g), Bill Laswell (eb), Ronald Shannon Jackson (d)

a. live Hard School(Ronald Shannon Jackson, Bill Laswell, Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock) - 18:28
b. live Brain Damage(Ronald Shannon Jackson) - 6:04
c. live Taking A Beating(Ronald Shannon Jackson, Bill Laswell, Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock) - 2:50
d. live Last Call(Sonny Sharrock, Peter Brötzmann, Bill Laswell, Ronald Shannon Jackson) - 4:17
e. live Dark Heart(Ronald Shannon Jackson, Bill Laswell, Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock) - 6:21
All titles on:
tape copy CD(no number) — Köln, 1990   (2008)

Date: Feb 20, 1991
Location: DNA Lounge, San Francisco, CA
Label: private recording

Sonny Sharrock (ldr), Dave Snyder (key), Sonny Sharrock (g), Melvin Gibbs (b), Pheeroan Aklaff, Abe Speller (d)

a. live unidentified - 6:27
b. live unidentified - 6:52
c. live unidentified - 7:15
d. live unidentified - 6:21
e. live unidentified - 6:01
f. live unidentified - 5:21
g. live unidentified - 6:11
h. live unidentified - 3:56
i. live unidentified - 4:30
j. live unidentified - 4:00
All titles on:
tape copy CD(no number) — Live In 1991   (2008)

Date: Jun 1, 1991
Location: unknown venue, Vidshoffen, Germany
Label: private recording
Vidshoffen Jazz Festival

Sonny Sharrock (ldr), Dave Snyder (key), Sonny Sharrock (g), Melvin Gibbs (b), Pheeroan Aklaff, Abe Speller (d)

a. live unidentified - 7:04
b. live unidentified - 4:26
c. live unidentified - 9:13
All titles on:
tape copy CD(no number) — Live In 1991   (2008)

Date: Nov 14, 1991
Location: Sim's, San Francisco, CA
Label: private recording

Sonny Sharrock (ldr), Dave Snyder (key), Sonny Sharrock (g), Charles Baldwin (b), Lance Carter, Abe Speller (d)

a. live unidentified - 5:17
tape copy CD(no number) — Sim's, 1991/1   (2008)
b. live unidentified - 8:12
tape copy CD(no number) — Sim's, 1991/1   (2008)
c. live unidentified - 7:11
tape copy CD(no number) — Sim's, 1991/1   (2008)
d. live unidentified - 6:23
tape copy CD(no number) — Sim's, 1991/1   (2008)
e. live unidentified - 5:29
tape copy CD(no number) — Sim's, 1991/1   (2008)
f. live unidentified - 10:10
tape copy CD(no number) — Sim's, 1991/1   (2008)
g. live unidentified - 4:33
tape copy CD(no number) — Sim's, 1991/1   (2008)
h. live unidentified - 8:06
tape copy CD(no number) — Sim's, 1991/2   (2008)
i. live unidentified - 6:25
tape copy CD(no number) — Sim's, 1991/2   (2008)
j. live unidentified - 9:05
tape copy CD(no number) — Sim's, 1991/2   (2008)
k. live unidentified - 6:43
tape copy CD(no number) — Sim's, 1991/2   (2008)
l. live unidentified - 7:13
tape copy CD(no number) — Sim's, 1991/2   (2008)
m. live unidentified - 10:08
tape copy CD(no number) — Sim's, 1991/2   (2008)
n. live unidentified - 4:32
tape copy CD(no number) — Sim's, 1991/2   (2008)
o. live unidentified - 4:17
tape copy CD(no number) — Sim's, 1991/2   (2008)
p. live unidentified - 2:45
tape copy CD(no number) — Sim's, 1991/2   (2008)

Date: Nov 15, 1991
Location: Koncept's, Oakland, CA
Label: private recording

Sonny Sharrock (ldr), Pharoah Sanders (ts), Dave Snyder (key), Sonny Sharrock (g), Charles Baldwin (b), Lance Carter, Abe Speller (d)

a. take 1live Dick Dogs(Sonny Sharrock) - 4:30
b. alive unidentified - 7:30
c. live Venus(Pharoah Sanders)
d. live Upper And Lower Egypt(Pharoah Sanders) - 13:01
e. live Many Mansions(Sonny Sharrock) - 12:53
f. take 2live Dick Dogs(Sonny Sharrock) - 3:40
g. blive unidentified - 8:54
h. clive unidentified - 4:22
All titles on:
tape copy CD(no number) — Oakland, 1991 - Sonny Sharrock & Pharoah Sanders   (2008)

c, d  performed as medley

Pharoah Sanders (ts) on c-e; Lance Carter (d) on c-e.


Date: Nov 16, 1991
Location: Palomino Club, Hollywood, CA
Label: private recording

Sonny Sharrock (ldr), Dave Snyder (key), Sonny Sharrock (g), Charles Baldwin (b), Lance Carter, Abe Speller (d)

a. live unidentified - 4:24
tape copy CD(no number) — Palomino Club, 1991/1   (2008)
b. live unidentified - 8:55
tape copy CD(no number) — Palomino Club, 1991/1   (2008)
c. live unidentified - 8:05
tape copy CD(no number) — Palomino Club, 1991/1   (2008)
d. live unidentified - 6:37
tape copy CD(no number) — Palomino Club, 1991/1   (2008)
e. live unidentified - 5:12
tape copy CD(no number) — Palomino Club, 1991/1   (2008)
f. live unidentified - 5:46
tape copy CD(no number) — Palomino Club, 1991/1   (2008)
g. live unidentified - 10:48
tape copy CD(no number) — Palomino Club, 1991/1   (2008)
h. live unidentified - 6:57
tape copy CD(no number) — Palomino Club, 1991/1   (2008)
i. live unidentified - 4:43
tape copy CD(no number) — Palomino Club, 1991/1   (2008)
j. live unidentified - 8:41
tape copy CD(no number) — Palomino Club, 1991/2   (2008)
k. live unidentified - 6:00
tape copy CD(no number) — Palomino Club, 1991/2   (2008)
l. live unidentified - 8:36
tape copy CD(no number) — Palomino Club, 1991/2   (2008)
m. live unidentified - 7:55
tape copy CD(no number) — Palomino Club, 1991/2   (2008)
n. live unidentified - 8:35
tape copy CD(no number) — Palomino Club, 1991/2   (2008)

Date: 1991
Location: Sorcerer Sound/Greenpoint Studios, New York
Label: Axiom

Sonny Sharrock (ldr), Pharoah Sanders (ss, ts), Sonny Sharrock (g), Charnett Moffett (b), Elvin Jones (d)

a. Promises Kept(Sonny Sharrock) - 9:43
Hive Mind EPHMRLP 005 — Ask The Ages/1   (2019)
(no label) Cassette(no number) — Sonny Sharrock - Last Exit   
Enemy CDEMY 156-2 — Into Another Light   (1992)
b. Who Does She Hope To Be?(Sonny Sharrock) - 4:41
Hive Mind EPHMRLP 005 — Ask The Ages/1   (2019)
c. Little Rock(Sonny Sharrock) - 7:12
Hive Mind EPHMRLP 005 — Ask The Ages/1   (2019)
d. As We Used To Sing(Sonny Sharrock) - 7:45
Hive Mind EPHMRLP 005 — Ask The Ages/2   (2019)
Axiom CD422 848 958 2 8 — Illuminations (Axiom Collection)   (1991)
Columbia CDC4K 86462 — Progressions - 100 Years Of Jazz Guitar/3   (2005)
Enemy CDEMY 156-2 — Into Another Light   (1992)
e. Many Mansions(Sonny Sharrock) - 9:31
Hive Mind EPHMRLP 005 — Ask The Ages/2   (2019)
f. Once Upon A Time(Sonny Sharrock) - 6:26
Hive Mind EPHMRLP 005 — Ask The Ages/2   (2019)
All titles on:
Island LP 12"B0030287-01 — Ask The Ages   (2021)
Axiom Cassette422 848 957-4 — Ask The Ages   (1991)
Bill Laswell Self-Released MP3(no number) — Ask The Ages   (2019)
Axiom CD422 848 957-2 — Ask The Ages   (1991)
M.O.D. Technologies CDMOD 0016 — Ask The Ages   (2015)

1991 xx xx


Date: Mar 27, 1992
Location: unknown venue, Philadelphia, PA
Label: private recording

Sonny Sharrock (ldr), Dave Snyder (key), Sonny Sharrock (g), Charles Baldwin (b), Lance Carter, Abe Speller (d)

a. live unidentified - 4:42
b. live unidentified - 6:33
c. live unidentified - 7:46
d. live unidentified - 5:56
e. live unidentified - 1:08
f. live unidentified - 6:12
g. live unidentified - 13:04
h. live unidentified - 2:36
i. live unidentified - 12:36
All titles on:
tape copy CD(no number) — Philadelphia, 1992   (2008)

Date: Nov 1, 1992
Location: Bockenheimer Depot, Frankfurt, Germany
Label: Südwestfunk broadcast
24. Deutsches Jazzfestival Frankfurt

Pharoah Sanders, Sonny Sharrock (ldr), Pharoah Sanders (ts), Sonny Sharrock (g), Charnett Moffett (b), Pheeroan Aklaff (d)

a. live Little Rock(Sonny Sharrock) - 25:31
b. live Japan(Pharoah Sanders) - 18:01
c. live Upper And Lower Egypt(Pharoah Sanders) - 16:34
d. live Venus(Pharoah Sanders) - 7:33
e. live Many Mansions(Sonny Sharrock) - 10:45
All titles on:
tape copy CD(no number) — Frankfurt, 1992 - Sonny Sharrock & Pharoah Sanders   (2011)

Date: Jul 3, 1993
Location: Warner Theater, Washington, D.C.
Label: unknown broadcast
14th D.C. World Jazz Festival

Sonny Sharrock (ldr), Pharoah Sanders (ts), Dave Snyder (key), Sonny Sharrock (g), Charles Baldwin (b), Lance Carter, Abe Speller (d)

a. live Intro(Pharoah Sanders) - 6:53
b. live Unknown Title(Pharoah Sanders) - 8:52
c. live Upper And Lower Egypt(Pharoah Sanders) - 18:19
d. live Venus(Pharoah Sanders) - 7:10
e. live Many Mansions(Sonny Sharrock) - 8:32
f. live Dick Dogs(Sonny Sharrock) - 6:09
g. live Red Ribbons(Sonny Sharrock) - 7:33
All titles on:
Fat Albert's Bag CDFAJB 012 CD — Washington 93 - The World Jazz Broadcast   (2022)
tape copy CD(no number) — Washington, 1993 - Sonny Sharrock & Pharoah Sanders   (2012)

1993 07 03


Date: Jul 25, 1993
Location: unknown venue, Hartford, CT
Label: private recording
Real Art Ways Jazz Festival

Sonny Sharrock (ldr), Dave Snyder (key), Sonny Sharrock (g), Charles Baldwin (b), Abe Speller (d), Lance Carter (per)

a. unidentified - 0:29
b. unidentified - 7:29
c. unidentified - 7:02
d. unidentified - 9:23
e. unidentified - 4:34
f. unidentified - 10:12
g. unidentified - 5:53
h. unidentified - 5:15
i. unidentified - 4:12
j. unidentified - 10:08
k. unidentified - 8:14
All titles on:
tape copy CD(no number) — Hartford, 1993   (2008)

Date: Sep 19, 1993
Location: unknown venue, Chicago, IL
Label: private recording

Sonny Sharrock (ldr), Dave Snyder (key), Sonny Sharrock (g), Charles Baldwin (b), Lance Carter (d), Abe Speller (per)

a. live unidentified - 6:19
b. live unidentified - 8:13
c. live unidentified - 7:01
d. live unidentified - 8:32
e. live unidentified - 5:26
f. live unidentified - 5:22
g. live unidentified - 3:55
h. live unidentified - 8:11
i. live unidentified - 7:47
All titles on:
tape copy CD(no number) — Chicago, 1993   (2008)

Date: Nov 19, 1993
Location: Quantum Sound Studio, New York
Label: Cartoon Network

Sonny Sharrock (ldr), Eddie Horst (hrn, b), Sonny Sharrock (g), Lance Carter (d), Alfreda Gerald (v)

a. Hit Single(Sonny Sharrock) - 1:23
Cartoon Network CDSGCTC 1 CD — Space Ghost - Coast To Coast   (1994)
Cartoon Network CDSGCTC 2 CD — Space Ghost - Coast To Coast   (1996)
b. Cinnamon Ghost(Sonny Sharrock) - 1:43
Cartoon Network CDSGCTC 1 CD — Space Ghost - Coast To Coast   (1994)
Cartoon Network CDSGCTC 2 CD — Space Ghost - Coast To Coast   (1996)
c. Out To Launch(Sonny Sharrock) - 4:08
Cartoon Network CDSGCTC 1 CD — Space Ghost - Coast To Coast   (1994)
Cartoon Network CDSGCTC 2 CD — Space Ghost - Coast To Coast   (1996)
d. Fear Of A Ghost Planet(Sonny Sharrock) - 1:54
Cartoon Network CDSGCTC 1 CD — Space Ghost - Coast To Coast   (1994)
Cartoon Network CDSGCTC 2 CD — Space Ghost - Coast To Coast   (1996)
e. Rocket #99(Sonny Sharrock) - 1:45
Cartoon Network CDSGCTC 1 CD — Space Ghost - Coast To Coast   (1994)
Cartoon Network CDSGCTC 2 CD — Space Ghost - Coast To Coast   (1996)
f. Ghost Planet National Anthem(Sonny Sharrock) - 3:31
Cartoon Network CDSGCTC 1 CD — Space Ghost - Coast To Coast   (1994)
g. remix Ghost Planet National Anthem(Sonny Sharrock) - 3:31
Cartoon Network CDSGCTC 2 CD — Space Ghost - Coast To Coast   (1996)

1993 11 19


Date: 1993
Location: Greenpoint Studio, New York
Label: Delabel

F. Robert Lloyd (ldr), Gregoire Garrigues (g, b), F. Robert Lloyd, Sonny Sharrock (g, v), Bill Laswell (eb)

a. Daly Day(Gregoire Garrigues, F. Robert Lloyd) - 4:21
b. Corkscrew Swamp Road(F. Robert Lloyd, Jean Touitou) - 4:11
c. Waltzing Kate(Gregoire Garrigues) - 3:47
d. Lullaby You(Gregoire Garrigues, Jean Touitou, F. Robert Lloyd) - 5:02
e. Bloody Buddy Rumba(F. Robert Lloyd, Gregoire Garrigues) - 3:23
f. Four Lives In A Day Suite(Gregoire Garrigues, F. Robert Lloyd) - 7:14
g. Proverbs From Hell(F. Robert Lloyd, Gregoire Garrigues, Jean Touitou, William Blake) - 8:20
h. True Man Coyote(Jean Touitou, Gregoire Garrigues, F. Robert Lloyd) - 3:43
i. Brooklyn Fuss(F. Robert Lloyd, Gregoire Garrigues) - 2:42
j. I Want To Drink It Straight(traditional) - 5:23
k. Tribute To Sun Ra(Gregoire Garrigues, F. Robert Lloyd) - 10:07
All titles on:
APC CDA.P.C. 001 — Think About Brooklyn   (1993)
Delabel CDDE 391382 — Think About Brooklyn   (1993)

Gregoire Garrigues (g) on a-g, j-k, (b) on a-g, j-k; Bill Laswell (eb) on c-h.

1993 xx xx


Date: Feb 5, 1994
Location: The Knitting Factory, New York
Label: private recording

Sonny Sharrock (ldr), Sonny Sharrock (g), Charles Baldwin (b), Abe Speller (d)

a. live Kula-Mae(Sonny Sharrock) - 7:28
b. live unidentified - 10:02
c. live Seize The Rainbow(Sonny Sharrock) - 9:48
d. live J. D. Schaap(Sonny Sharrock) - 13:00
e. live unidentified - 5:26
f. live Dance With Me Montana(Sonny Sharrock) - 10:04
g. live unidentified - 10:31
h. live Dick Dogs(Sonny Sharrock) - 4:57
All titles on:
tape copy CD(no number) — Kintting Factory, 1994   (2008)

Sessions Reported: 113

Performances Reported: 665

Unique Songs Reported: 378

Unique Issues Reported: 551