{"product_id":"wendell-harrison-and-the-tribe-farewell-to-the-welfare-1","title":"Wendell Harrison And The Tribe – Farewell To The Welfare","description":"\u003cp\u003eDetroit's Wendell Harrison is an award-winning saxophonist, clarinetist, composer, and bandleader. With\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePhil Ranelin\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehe co-founded the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTribe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein 1971. Their acclaimed albums included 1972's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/wendell-harrison-phillip-ranelin-a-message-from-the-tribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMessage from the Tribe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand Harrison's 1973 classic\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/wendell-harrison-an-evening-with-the-devil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn Evening with the Devil\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e. Harrison founded the Wen-Ha and Rebirth labels.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDreams of a Love Supreme\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eappeared in 1980. 1993's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSomething for Pops\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas recorded with\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHarold McKinney.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCarl Craig\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eproduced 2009's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTribe: Rebirth. In 2021, Harrison's lost 1975 album\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eFarewell to the Welfare\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esaw release . Current effort\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eGet Up Off Your Knees\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe following year. Harrison joined\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eRanelin,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAdrian Younge, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAli Shaheed Muhammad\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand recorded\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePhil Ranelin and Wendell Harrison JID016.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWendell Harrison was born in Detroit in 1942. He began studying clarinet at age seven. He attended Northwestern High School, and his classmates included trumpeter\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLonnie Hillyer, drummer\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eRoy Brooks, and saxophonist\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCharles McPherson. Harrison began formal jazz studies during the mid- to late '50s with pianist and composer\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBarry Harris\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eat the Detroit Conservatory of Music (now called the Center for Creative Studies). During the latter part of the decade, he played early sessions for Motown and backed\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMarvin Gaye, as well as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAretha Franklin\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efor Columbia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the Tribe Records co-founder’s lost album, recorded in 1975, rumored to exist no more. Mastered from the original tapes and lacquered by Bernie Grundman. Included in an extensive, oversized booklet, Larry Gabriel and Jeff “Chairman” Mao take us through the history of the Tribe, in a compelling story that delves not just into the history of the label and its principals, but into the story of Black American empowerment in the latter half of the 20th Century. This is the i\u003cspan\u003endividual release of the same mastering as the edition for the Now-Again Records \u0026amp; Vinyl Me Please, Anthology boxset, \u003cem\u003eThe Story of Tribe Records\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e— via Label\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/6ZpCKNlg9yf9FxjhQZ9TUA?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Now Again Records, Tribe\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Remastered, Stereo\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2022\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz, Funk \/ Soul\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Space-Age, Jazz-Funk\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Soul-Jazz \/ Jazz-Funk\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Now-Again Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41563926429854,"sku":"659457521318","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/a3872454429_10.jpg?v=1745566895","url":"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/wendell-harrison-and-the-tribe-farewell-to-the-welfare-1","provider":"The Analog Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}