• Idris Ackamoor/The Collective – The Shepherd's Tune
    • Idris Ackamoor/The Collective – Idrissa's Dream Part I
    • Idris Ackamoor/The Collective – Idrissa's Dream Part II
    • Idris Ackamoor/The Collective – Black Queen
    • Idris Ackamoor/The Collective – Beginning Roots Part I
    • Idris Ackamoor/The Collective – Beginning Roots Part II
    • Idris Ackamoor/The Collective – Veil Of Solitude
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    • 3. Idrissa's Dream Part II
    • 4. Black Queen
    • 5. Beginning Roots Part I
    • 6. Beginning Roots Part II
    • 7. Veil Of Solitude

    Strut continue their work from the archives of Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids with a first ever vinyl release of Ackamoor's debut avant-garde / Afro-jazz recordings from 1971 with The Collective, based out of Yellow Springs, Ohio.

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