Billy Cobham – Spectrum

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Label:	Atlantic – SD 7268
Format:	Vinyl , LP, Album , RI - Richmond Pressing, Gatefold
Country:	US
Released:	1973
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 Acoustic Bass – Ron Carter Congas – Ray Barretto Flugelhorn – Jimmy Owens Flute, Soprano Saxophone – Joe 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 Acoustic Bass – Ron Carter Alto Saxophone – Joe Farrell Congas – Ray Barretto Flugelhorn, Trumpet – Jimmy Owens Guitar – John Tropea
	Medley	(7:39)
B3a	Snoopy's Search Soloist [Uncredited], Synthesizer [Uncredited] – Jan Hammer
B3b	Red Baron

Companies, etc.

Pressed By – PRC Recording Company, Richmond, IN
Recorded At – Electric Lady Studios
Remixed At – Trident Studios
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Atlantic
Manufactured By – Atlantic Recording Corporation
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Atlantic Recording Corporation
Copyright © – Atlantic Recording Corporation
Lacquer Cut At – Atlantic Studios
Published By – Pegasus 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
Guitar – Tommy Bolin (tracks: A1, A2b, A3b to B1b, B3b)
Painting [Cover] – Jeff Snider (2)
Percussion – Billy Cobham
Photography By [Backliner Photo] – Armen Kachaturian
Photography By [Inside Liner Photo] – Urve Kuusik
Written-By, Producer – William E. Cobham Jr.*

Notes

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..

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

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RI on label - PRC pressing:
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SP on label - Specialty Records pressing:
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Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Side A label): ST-A-732895RI
Matrix / Runout (Side B label): ST-A-732896RI
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched, variant 1): ST-A-732895-AAA-1 AT PR
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, etched, variant 1): ST-A 732896 D-+BBB-1-11 PR
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched, variant 2): ST-A-732895-AAA-1-11 AT PR D
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, etched, variant 2): ST-A-732896-BBB-1-11 AT PR D

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Spectrum (LP, Album, Gatefold )	Atlantic	P-8384A	Japan	1973
New Submission	Spectrum (LP, Album, Promo, Gatefold Sleeve)	Atlantic	ATL 40 506		1973
Recently Edited	Spectrum (LP, Album)	Atlantic	SD 7268	Canada	1973
Recently Edited	Spectrum (LP, Album, Promo, Gatefold Sleeve)	Atlantic	SD 7268	US	1973
New Submission	Spectrum (LP, Album, MO - Monarch Pressing, Gatefold)	Atlantic	SD 7268	US	1973