• 1. The Creator Has A Master Plan
      • 2. Colors

      Over half an hour of "The Creator Has A Master Plan"! Leon Thomas on vocals joins the Pharoah for one of the greatest collaborations in deep, spiritual jazz ever! Essential!

      original= 1980 mca pressing

      Other Releases by Pharoah Sanders

      Pharoah SandersElevationVerve
      Awesome spiritual jazz of the highest order!Elevation, released in 1974 on Impulse! Records, finds saxophonist Pharoah Sanders expanding his spiritual...
        • LP 7898487£27.99
          Part of Verve’s ‘Vault’ series.
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        Pharoah SandersLove is HereTranscendence Sounds
        Transferred from the original stereo tape reels and mastered by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab, these sessions stand as one of the last major unreleased...
        • – Love Is Here 1
        • – Love Is Here 2
        • – Farrel Tune
        • – The Creator Has A Master Plan
        • – I Want To Talk About You
        • – Love Is Everywhere
        Pharoah SandersPharoahLuaka Bop
        Frequently bootlegged, this is the first official version since 1977! Includes two previously unreleased live performances of the masterpiece “Harvest...
        • – Harvest Time
        • 2×LP Box Set (1.2kg) LPLBOP8008£52.00
          Deluxe limited edition embossed 2LP boxset w/ 24-page booklet, rare photos and ephemera.
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        • 2×CD CDLBOP8008£28.00
          Deluxe 2xCD boxset w/ 70-page booklet.
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        Pharoah SandersBlack Unity (1971)Impulse!
        Super-heavy percussive spiritual jazz. Highly recommended!Pharaoh Sanders added groove to foundation of spiritual and free jazz he had explored on his...
        • – Black Unity Pt. 1
        • – Black Unity Pt. 2
        • New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM) 5521236£25.99
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        Pharoah SandersKarma (Acoustic Sounds Series)Verve
        Seminal release on Impulse featuring the spiritual vocalist supreme Leon Thomas on the anthem The Creator has A Masterplan. Pharoah Sanders’ third Impulse!...
        • – The Creator Has A Master Plan
        • – Colours
        Pharoah SandersWelcome To LoveMusic On Vinyl
        Pharoah "Farrell" Sanders was a leading figure in the world of jazz and his tenor saxophone playing earned him a legendary status among jazz circles.This...
        • – You Don't Know What Love Is
        • – The Nearness Of You
        • – My One And Only Love
        • – I Want To Talk About You
        • – Soul Eyes
        Pharoah SandersMoon ChildMusic On Vinyl
        Pharoah Sanders' Moon Child was released in 1990 and bookended a decade of musical soul searching for Sanders.The record was co-written with Horace Silver,...
        • – Moon Child
        • – Moon Rays
        • – The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
        • – All Or Nothing At All
        • – Soon
        • – Moniebah
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          - Limited edition of 1000 individually numbered copies on translucent red coloured vinyl
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        Other Releases on Impulse!

        John ColtraneThe Best Of John Coltrane - His Greatest Years, Vol. 2Impulse!
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          John ColtraneImpressionsImpulse!
          Classic modal jazz album from the master of deep jazz and one of the most important performer/composers ever! Modal fans will love the tranquil, melancholic...
            • Original LP£40.00
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            • CD 1764899£7.99
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            John ColtraneA Love SupremeImpulse!
            STUNNING NEW 180gm, heavy USA tip-on style gatefold, mono pressing (first time in 50 years! - THE WORKS! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 100%...
              Brandee YoungerGadabout SeasonImpulse!
              In Brandee’s own words, “This album is the most vulnerable piece of work to ever come from me. Across ten tracks I navigate the ‘twists and turns’...
              • – Reckoning
              • – End Means (feat. Shabaka)
              • – Gadabout Season
              • – Breaking Point
              • – Reflection Eternal
              • – New Pinnacle
              • – Surrender (feat. Courtney Bryan)
              • – BBL
              • – Unswept Corners
              • – Discernment (feat. Josh Johnson)
              Alice ColtraneThe Carnegie Hall ConcertImpulse!
              This album features Alice Coltrane’s first Carnegie Hall performance as a leader, joined by an all-star band including fellow members of her late-husband...
              • – Shiva-Loka
              Sun RaSpace Is The Place (1973)Impulse!
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              • – space is the place
              Pharoah SandersBlack Unity (1971)Impulse!
              Super-heavy percussive spiritual jazz. Highly recommended!Pharaoh Sanders added groove to foundation of spiritual and free jazz he had explored on his...
              • – Black Unity Pt. 1
              • – Black Unity Pt. 2
              • New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM) 5521236£25.99
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              Yusef LateefPsychicemotus (1965)Impulse!
              Superb mid-sixties album featuring a great version of Erik Satie's tranquil classic "First Gymnopedie"!
              • – Psychicemoyus
              • – First Gymnopedie
              • New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM) 5521238£35.00
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                • Original LP AS-9157£10.00
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                Brandee YoungerBrand New LifeImpulse!
                Brandee Younger will release her second album on Impulse! Records, ‘Brand New Life’. Younger is quite often noted for standing on the shoulders of...
                • – You're A Girl For One Man Only
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                ShabakaAfrikan CultureImpulse!
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                • – Black Meditation
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                • – Memories Don’t Live Like People Do
                • – Ritual Awakening
                • – Explore Inner Space
                • – The Dimension Of Subtle Awareness
                • – Rebirth
                Yusef Lateef1984Impulse!
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                    Elemental Music
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                  John ColtraneCrescentImpulse!
                  Crescent is widely regarded as one of John Coltrane's finest albums, featuring the talents of McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones. During 1964,...
                  • – Crescent
                  • – Wise One
                  • – Lonnie's Lament
                  • LP (180 gram) 3807582£35.99
                    Deluxe gatefold tip-on sleeve
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                  Charles MingusMingus Mingus Mingus Mingus MingusImpulse!
                  Recorded at two sessions in 1963, this is one of Charles Mingus's stormiest recordings. From the blues-painted bass moaning that opens "II BS," a faster...
                    John ColtraneA Love Supreme: Live in SeattleImpulse!
                    A never-before-heard live recording from a private collection! Coltrane’s classic quartet inc. Pharoah Sanders. One of only three known concert performances...
                      Sons Of KemetBlack To The FutureImpulse!
                      Second Impluse! records release for cult UK jazz psychonauts, Sons Of Kemet! Frenetic, spiritual, cosmic jazz energy from Shabaka Hutchings, Theon Cross...
                      • – Hustle feat. Kojey Radical
                      Impulse Records: Music, Message And The MomentImpulse!
                      UNBELIEVABLE new compilation of deep spiritual music by John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Oliver Nelson, Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp and other groundbreaking...
                      • – The John Coltrane Quartet — Africa
                      • – Max Roach — Garvey's Ghost
                      • – John Coltrane & Alice Coltrane — Reverend King
                      • – Alice Coltrane — Blue Nile
                      • – Pharoah Sanders — Astral Traveling
                      • – Archie Shepp — Blues for Brother George Jackson
                      • 1. – The John Coltrane Quartet — Africa
                      • 2. – Max Roach — Garvey's Ghost
                      • 15. – John Coltrane & Alice Coltrane — Reverend King
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                      • 4×LP Box Set (2kg) 3567187£160.00
                        • 4xLP box set is housed in a high-quality archival portfolio cast with a museum drop front.
                        • Magazine style booklet featuring original impulse! ads and artist photos
                        • Impulse! vinyl slipmat.
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                      • 2×CD 3567186£20.00
                      Thelonious MonkPalo AltoImpulse!
                      'Palo Alto' is a previously unknown and unreleased live Thelonious Monk recording from 1968! After the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in...
                      • – Epistrophy
                      John ColtraneBlue World (1964) [Previously Unreleased]Impulse!
                      In 1964, the National Film Board of Canada asked John Coltrane to record the soundtrack for a French-language film titled 'Le Chat dans le Sac' ('The Cat...
                      • – Blue World
                      John HandyCarnival (1977)Impulse!
                        • Original LP 28 691 XOT£10.00
                          Vinyl condition: NM-Sleeve condition: NM-Original Pre-Owned UK Vinyl
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                        John Coltrane1963: New DirectionsImpulse!
                        FREE UK SHIPPING ON VINYL BOX SET! John Coltrane 1963: New Directions collects all of John Coltrane’s 1963 Impulse recordings in the order in which...
                          The Comet Is ComingTrust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep MysteryImpulse!
                          Futurist jazz voyagers (lead by Shabaka Hutchings) The Comet Is Coming release their anticipated 2nd album via Impulse! A propulsive, kaleidoscopic trip...
                          • – Summon The Fire
                          John ColtraneBoth Directions At Once: The Lost AlbumImpulse!
                          On March 6, 1963, John Coltrane and his classic quartet - McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, and Elvin Jones - recorded an entire studio album at the legendary...
                          • – Untitled Original 11383 (Take 1)
                          Sons of KemetYour Queen Is A ReptileImpulse!
                          Sons of Kemet’s third studio album, and first under the impulse! label! Shabaka Hutchings and his band incorporate sounds of spiritual jazz music, while...
                          • – My Queen Is Ada Eastman
                          • – My Queen Is Mamie Phipps Clark
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                          Louis BellsonThunderbird (1966)Impulse!
                            • Original LP£40.00
                              Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned USA Vinyl, first press Impulse Records
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                            John ColtraneAscension (1965)Impulse!
                            Landmark free jazz album! An essential classic for any fan of 'new thing' improvisation! John Coltrane was one of the greatest player/composers the world...
                            • – Part I
                            • – Part II
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                            Two seminal, deep Alice Coltrane albums on one CD! 'Huntington Ashram Monastery' from 1969 is a trio outing with Ron Carter on bass and Rashied Ali on...
                              Alice ColtraneJourney In Satchidananda (1971)Impulse!
                              100% essential, C-L-A-S-S-I-C spiritual jazz album featuring Pharoah Sanders! Deep-as-it-gets, hypnotic, trance-like, spiritually uplifting music featuring...
                              • – Journey in Satchidananda
                              • – Stopover Bombay
                              Duke Ellington & John ColtraneDuke Ellington & John Coltrane (1963)Impulse!
                              Duke Ellington & John Coltrane is a jazz album by Duke Ellington and John Coltrane recorded on September 26, 1962 and released in February 1963 on...
                                Archie SheppThe Magic Of Ju-Ju (1968)Impulse!
                                Heavyweight, check the bass-line on Sorry Bout Dat. Hardcore essential. A must-have for anyone interested in '60's African-American avant-garde jazz....
                                  John ColtraneColtrane (1962)Impulse!
                                  Coltrane's first for Impulse, in 1962, was also the first recording for the classic quartet line-up and is a beautiful blend of extended modal solos, as...
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                                    • LP 1810201£23.00
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                                    John ColtraneMeditations (1966)Impulse!
                                    Beautiful, intense, spiritual jazz from the master! This is a landmark album for John Coltrane, recorded in his 'classic period' just after his masterpiece...

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                                          Pharoah SandersThembi (1971)Decca / Verve
                                          Classic deep jazz album that incudes the tranquil "Astral Travelling", the beautiful "Thembi" and features Lonnie Liston Smith and Michael White! All...
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