Lester Bowie - The Great Pretender

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	The Great Pretender Written-By – Buck Ram	16:22
A2	Howdy Doody Time Written-By – Edward Kean	2:08
A3	When The Doom (Moon) Comes Over The Mountain Arranged By – Lester BowieWritten-By – Harry M. Woods*, Howard E. Johnson*	3:39
B1	Rios Negroes Written-By – Lester Bowie	7:17
B2	Rose Drop Written-By – Lester Bowie	7:28
B3	Oh, How The Ghost Sings Written-By – Smith*, Williams*, Bowie*, Eicher*, Wieland*, Wilson*	5:50

Companies, etc.

• Produced For – ECM Production
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – ECM Records GmbH
• Published By – Panther Music Corp.
• Published By – Art Ensemble of Chicago Publishing Co.
• Published By – Robbins Music Corp.
• Recorded At – Tonstudio Bauer

Credits

• Baritone Saxophone – Hamiet Bluiett (tracks: A1)
• Bass, Electric Bass – Fred Williams
• Drums – Phillip Wilson
• Engineer – Martin Wieland
• Photography By [Cover], Design – Dieter Rehm
• Photography By [Liner] – Helmut Frühauf
• Piano, Organ – Donald Smith
• Producer – Manfred Eicher
• Trumpet – Lester Bowie
• Vocals – David Peaston (tracks: A1), Fontella Bass (tracks: A1)

Notes

Recorded June 1981 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, Germany.

An ECM Production
℗ 1981 ECM Records GmbH

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (A): 2301 209 S 1=2 320
• Matrix / Runout (B): 2301 209 S 2=2 320
• Rights Society: GEMA
• Rights Society (Publisher, A1, A3, B): ASCAP
• Rights Society (Publisher, A2): BMI
• Label Code: LC 2516

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
ECM 1209, 177 6214	Lester Bowie	The Great Pretender ‎(CD, Album, RE, Car)	ECM Records, ECM Records	ECM 1209, 177 6214	Germany	2008
ECM 1209, 829 369-2	Lester Bowie	The Great Pretender ‎(CD, Album, RE)	ECM Records, ECM Records	ECM 1209, 829 369-2	Germany	Unknown
ECM 1209, 2301 209	Lester Bowie	The Great Pretender ‎(LP, Album, Promo)	ECM Records, ECM Records	ECM 1209, 2301 209	Germany	1981
ECM 1209	Lester Bowie	The Great Pretender ‎(CD, Car)	ECM Records	ECM 1209	US	2008
ECM 1209	Lester Bowie	The Great Pretender ‎(LP, Album)	ECM Records	ECM 1209	Spain	1983

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