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It was announced that the late Pharoah Sanders’ classic 1969 album Karma will be pressed on 180-gram black vinyl as part of Verve/UMe’s Acoustic Sounds, an acclaimed audiophile vinyl reissue series. The LP is set to be mastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound from analog tapes, overseen by AcousticSounds’ CEO Chad Kassem and released on Dec. 16.
Karma was released by the iconic tenor saxophonist in May of 1969 and marked his third album with Impulse! Records. It has long since been considered a milestone of the Spiritual Jazz movement, which Sanders spearheaded with the likes of John Coltrane and Alice Coltrane over five years. The reissue – which will be housed in a high-quality tip-on deluxe gatefold jacket and will utilize the unsurpassed production craft of Quality Record Pressings – will feature two songs: “The Creator Has A Master Plan” filling the entire A-side and “Colors” serving as the B-side.
The addition of Sanders’ music joins the likes of John Coltrane’s Live At The Village Vanguard, Bill Evans’ Trio 65, Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong’s Ella & Louis, Oscar Peterson’s We Get Requests and more on the list of audiophile-grade pressings delivered by the reissue series – which launched only in 2020.
Pre-order Acoustic Sounds’ reissue of Sanders’ Karma here.
