A Prayer Before Dawn

~ Release by Pharoah Sanders (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Tracklist

12" Vinyl 1
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A1The Light at the Edge of the World
recorded in:
San Francisco, California, United States (in 1987-09)
tenor saxophone:
Pharoah Sanders (US jazz saxophonist) (in 1987-09)
recorded at:
Hyde Street Studios (San Francisco) in San Francisco, California, United States (in 1987-09)
cover recording of:
The Light at the Edge of the World (in 1987-09)
composer:
Piero Piccioni (Italian score composer)
5:00
A2Dedication to James W. Clark
recorded in:
San Francisco, California, United States (in 1987-09)
tenor saxophone:
Pharoah Sanders (US jazz saxophonist) (in 1987-09)
recorded at:
Hyde Street Studios (San Francisco) in San Francisco, California, United States (in 1987-09)
recording of:
Dedication to James W. Clark (in 1987-09)
composer:
Pharoah Sanders (US jazz saxophonist)
5:05
A3Softy for Shyla
recorded in:
San Francisco, California, United States (in 1987-09)
tenor saxophone:
Pharoah Sanders (US jazz saxophonist) (in 1987-09)
recorded at:
Hyde Street Studios (San Francisco) in San Francisco, California, United States (in 1987-09)
recording of:
Softly for Shyla (in 1987-09)
composer:
William Henderson (jazz pianist)
5:17
A4After the Rain
recorded in:
San Francisco, California, United States (in 1987-09)
piano:
John Hicks (American jazz pianist) (in 1987-09)
tenor saxophone:
Pharoah Sanders (US jazz saxophonist) (in 1987-09)
recorded at:
Hyde Street Studios (San Francisco) in San Francisco, California, United States (in 1987-09)
cover recording of:
After the Rain (in 1987-09)
composer:
John Coltrane
publisher:
Jowcol Music
6:37
B1The Greatest Love of All
recorded in:
San Francisco, California, United States (in 1987-09)
tenor saxophone:
Pharoah Sanders (US jazz saxophonist) (in 1987-09)
recorded at:
Hyde Street Studios (San Francisco) in San Francisco, California, United States (in 1987-09)
cover recording of:
The Greatest Love of All (in 1987-09)
lyricist:
Linda Creed
composer:
Michael Masser
publisher:
EMI Gold Horizon Music Corp., EMI Golden Torch Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing (S.E. Asia) Ltd. (EMI Music Publishing (South East Asia) Limited), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (Consortium Music Publishing, CF Division) (until 2021-06-30), Golden Horizon Music Corp. (in 1986), Golden Torch Music Corp. (in 1986) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
8:16
B2Midnight at Yoshi’s
recorded in:
San Francisco, California, United States (in 1987-09)
drums (drum set):
Alving Queen (in 1987-09)
other instruments [chandrasarang] and sarod:
Lynn Taussig (in 1987-09)
tabla:
Brian McLaughlin (in 1987-09)
tenor saxophone:
Pharoah Sanders (US jazz saxophonist) (in 1987-09)
recorded at:
Hyde Street Studios (San Francisco) in San Francisco, California, United States (in 1987-09)
recording of:
Midnight at Yoshi’s (in 1987-09)
composer:
Pharoah Sanders (US jazz saxophonist)
5:52
B3Living Space
recorded in:
San Francisco, California, United States (in 1987-09)
tenor saxophone:
Pharoah Sanders (US jazz saxophonist) (in 1987-09)
recorded at:
Hyde Street Studios (San Francisco) in San Francisco, California, United States (in 1987-09)
cover recording of:
Living Space (in 1987-09)
composer:
John Coltrane
publisher:
Jowcol Music
4:25