Billy CobhamSpectrum

Label:

Atlantic – SD 7268

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Reissue , RI - Richmond Pressing, Gatefold

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Jazz

Style:

Jazz-Rock

Tracklist

A1 Quadrant 4 4:18
Medley (6:33)
A2a Searching For The Right Door
Soloist [Uncredited], Drums [Uncredited]Billy Cobham
A2b Spectrum
CongasRay Barretto
Acoustic BassRon Carter
FlugelhornJimmy Owens
Flute, Soprano SaxophoneJoe Farrell
Medley (4:45)
A3a Anxiety
Soloist [Uncredited], Drums [Uncredited]Billy Cobham
A3b Taurian Matador
B1 Stratus 9:50
Medley (4:00)
B2a To The Women In My Life
Soloist [Uncredited], Piano [Uncredited]Jan Hammer
B2b Le Lis
Alto SaxophoneJoe Farrell
CongasRay Barretto
Acoustic BassRon Carter
Flugelhorn, TrumpetJimmy Owens
GuitarJohn Tropea
Medley (7:39)
B3a Snoopy's Search
Soloist [Uncredited], Synthesizer [Uncredited]Jan Hammer
B3b Red Baron

Companies, etc.

  • Pressed ByPRC Recording Company, Richmond, IN
  • Recorded AtElectric Lady Studios
  • Remixed AtTrident Studios
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Atlantic
  • Manufactured ByAtlantic Recording Corporation
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Atlantic Recording Corporation
  • Copyright ©Atlantic Recording Corporation
  • Lacquer Cut AtAtlantic Studios
  • Published ByPegasus Music, Inc.

Credits

  • Design [Album Design]Stanislaw Zagorski
  • Electric Bass [Fender Bass]Lee Sklar* (tracks: A1, A2b, A3b to B1b, B3b)
  • Electric Piano, Piano, Synthesizer [Moog]Jan Hammer (tracks: A1, A2b, A3b to B1b, B3b)
  • Engineer [Recording & Re-mix]Ken Scott
  • GuitarTommy Bolin (tracks: A1, A2b, A3b to B1b, B3b)
  • Painting [Cover]Jeff Snider (2)
  • PercussionBilly Cobham
  • Photography By [Backliner Photo]Armen Kachaturian
  • Photography By [Inside Liner Photo]Urve Kuusik
  • Written-By, ProducerWilliam E. Cobham Jr.*

Notes

Ca. 1975-1977 reissue with Warner logo on label.
Label variation, pressed at PRC Recording Company ("RI"-suffix matrix on labels).

Recorded at Electric Lady Studios, New York, N.Y.
Re-mixed at Trident Studios, London, England
Produced for Bilham Cobly Productions, Inc.
℗ © 1973 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Printed in U.S.A.

℗ 1973 Atlantic
Mfg by Atlantic Recording Corp., 75 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y., N.Y.. [Warner logo] A Warner Communications Company

Note: the personnel is credited globally, but preludes A2a, A3a, B2a and B3a are solo performances.

Similar US releases:
PR on label - Presswell pressing:
Release 2624697 - label rim text does not mention Warner Communications
Release 508046 - label rim text does mention Warner Communications
RI on label - PRC pressing:
Release 8503967 - First - label rim text mentions first Broadway address, not later Rockefeller Plaza
Release 4388849 - label rim text does not mention Warner Communications
SP on label - Specialty Records pressing:
Release 10886544 - SRC in runout, Warner Communications in rim text
Release 5136185 - has embossed E A S T on centre label, no SRC in runout, Warner Communications in rim text
LY on label - Shelley pressing:
Release 4357224
MO on label - Monarch pressing:
Release 4894115 - DJ-MO on label, rim text does not mention Warner Communications, no 0598 price code
Release 9707932 - DJ-MO on label, rim text does mention Warner Communications, no 0598 price code
Reissue pressings in standard sleeve from Rainbo (indicated in runout only), no price code 0598:
Release 3594474
Release 4312613 - SP on labels, first Broadway address mentioned, comes with barcode

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Label side A): ST-A-732895RI
  • Matrix / Runout (Label side B): ST-A-732896RI
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched Variant 1): ST-A-732895-B AT PRC
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched Variant 1): ST-A-732896 D-+BBB-1-11 PRC
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched Variant 2): ST-A-732895-BBB-1-11 AT PR D
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched Variant 2): ST-A-732896-BBB-1 AT PR J

Other Versions (5 of 132)

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Spectrum (LP, Album, Gatefold ) Atlantic P-8384A Japan 1973
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Spectrum (LP, Album, Promo, Gatefold Sleeve) Atlantic ATL 40 506 1973
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Spectrum (LP, Album) Atlantic SD 7268 Canada 1973
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Spectrum (LP, Album, RI - Richmond Pressing, Gatefold) Atlantic SD 7268 US 1973
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Spectrum (LP, Album, Promo, Gatefold Sleeve) Atlantic SD 7268 US 1973

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