With Pharoah Sanders’ blessing, we present the definitive, remastered version of 

 his seminal record from 1977, in an embossed 2 LP box set and CD box set. Pre-order 

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Alongside the original record, we’re including two previously unreleased live performances of his masterpiece, “Harvest Time,” a 24-page booklet with interviews, essays and incredibly rare photographs, and a separate collection of ephemera, which tell the story of this album and this moment in Pharoah’s life in a way that has never been done before. There are interviews with many of the participants, as well as a conversation with Pharoah himself.

For those of you who already know this record, you’ll be surprised to learn its origin story. It was born out of a misunderstanding between him and the India Navigation producer Bob Cummins, and was recorded when he was at a crossroads in his career with a group so unlikely they were all never in the same room again. Among them was the guitarist Tisziji Muõz, who was in the process of becoming a spiritual guru, the organist Clifton “Jiggs” Chase, who would go on to co-write and produce “The Message,” and a classically trained pianist—his wife at the time, Bedria Sanders—who played the harmonium despite never having seen one. At times ambient and serene, at others funky and modal, 

 radically departed from his earlier work. And it became beloved. (You can read a little bit more about it on the site 

We were working with Pharoah on this project last fall when he unexpectedly passed away. At first, it was hard to know what to do. We loved him, and the reason you do all of this is not solely for the music, but also for the person who made it. It’s their personality, their humor, and their wishes that drive you forward. So, we decided to go deep into the research. 

We set out to create something that showed Pharoah and his music in a new light.

Over the next few months, we’re going to share with you all the amazing things we found, many of which are the result of the extensive research we did throughout Europe and North America to support this release. We’re calling it 

, and it will be based on his website at 

There, we’ll share the insights made by a dedicated research team, including essays by Harmony Holiday, Marcus J. Moore, and Pierre Crépon—whose writing appears in the box set—among many others. You can 

As part of this, we’re also very excited to announce the live show 

The Harvest Time Project: A Tribute to Pharoah Sanders

, a bespoke concert series featuring the original guitarist Tisziji Muñoz and a selection of different musical ensembles who will come together in different iterations to reinterpret the composition “Harvest Time.” Each performance will diverge from each other as much as Pharoah’s own wildly different performances

The world premiere will take place at Le Guess Who? (Nov 12), featuring Irreversible Entanglements, Domenico Lancellotti, and special guest Tisziji Muñoz, under the musical direction of Joshua Abrams. And a special workshop performance will take place at National Sawdust (Oct 14), in honor of Pharoah's birthday.

In some ways, these live concerts will be a reflection of what Pharoah was able to achieve in the live versions of “Harvest Time,” which you find in this box set. Performed during a short but intense European tour that he took in the summer of ’77, they turn the original piece on its head.

Whether this album is new to you—or whether you’ve got a bootleg (or even an original) at home—

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