Thembi (Verve By Request): Vinyl LP Scritti Politti reshaping the hard rock sound

reshaping the hard rock sound with electronic flourishes and airtight songcraft

The album is intended to evoke “a day in the life of a bear in a canyon in the Smoky Mountains

It was to sell twice as many copies in its first two weeks as Rattlesnakes had to date

Gordon Lightfoot

Thembi (Verve By Request): Vinyl LP Scritti Politti reshaping the hard rock soundReleased in 1971 on Impulse and recorded with two different ensembles, Thembi marked a departure from the slowly developing, side long, mantra like grooves Sanders had been pursuing for much of his solo career. Instead, it offers an intriguingly wide range of relatively concise ideas resulting in something of an anomaly in Sanders' prime period. This Verve By Request title is pressed on 180 gram vinyl at Third Man in Detroit. Tracklist: Side A 1.