Awakening is an album by The Pharaohs which was originally released in 1971 on Scarab Records, Chicago. It was reissued by Luv N' Haight Records in 1996.
Track listing
- "Damballa" (Louis Satterfield) 7:50
- "Ibo" (Oye Bisi Nalls, Fred Walker) 3:43
- "Tracks of My Tears" (Smokey Robinson, Pete Moore, Marv Tarplin) 3:45
- "Black Enuff" (Pharaoh Don "Hippmo") 2:55
- "Somebody's Been Sleeping" (Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland) 3:30
- "Freedom Road" (Pharaoh Ki) 5:15
- "Great House" (Pharaoh Don "Hippmo", Pharaoh Ki) 12:14
Personnel
- Pharaoh Don "Hippmo" (Don Myrick) - alto, tenor and baritone saxophones, flute, cowbell
- Pharaoh Black Herman - alto saxophone, quinto drum
- Pharaoh Ki (Charles Handy) - trumpet, backing vocals, flugelhorn, alto horn, African shawm, percussion
- Pharaoh (Big) Willie Woods (Willie Woods) - trombone, bassoon, baritone horn, big black drum
- Pharaoh Aaron Ifah Dodd (Aaron Dodd) - tuba, baritone horn, tambourine
- Pharaoh Yehudah Ben Israel (Yackov Ben Israel) - guitars, lead vocals
- Pharaoh Ealee Satterfield (Louis Satterfield) - bass, backing vocals, cowbell
- Pharaoh Alious (Alious C. Watkins, Jr.) - drums, tumba
- Pharaoh Derf Reklaw Raheem (Fred Walker) - African drums, backing vocals, tumba, flute, congas, cowbell
- Pharaoh Shango Njoko - African drums, backing vocals, tumba
- Pharaoh Oye Bisi (Oye Bis Nalls) - African drums, cowbells, congas, tambourine
References