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Members, Don’t Git Weary

Max Roach

Recorded	Jun 25-26, 1968
Label	Arc Records
Released	1968
Personnel	6 credited players
Discogs	master 183533

The record

Bartz and Tolliver bring front-line heat to Roach's working quintet here, with Stanley Cowell's harmonic reach giving the writing extra depth. Andy Bey's vocal ties the set to its moment, a message of persistence cut as the decade's tensions peaked.

Session personnel

Gary Bartz — alto saxophone
Max Roach — drums
Jymie Merritt — electric bass
Stanley Cowell — piano
Charles Tolliver — trumpet
Andy Bey — vocals

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 25 pressings on file.

1968	Atlantic · SD 1510 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Monarch Press earliest on file
1968	Atlantic · ATS-ST 05501 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1968	Atlantic · 588 202 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1968	Atlantic · SD 1510 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Stereo
1968	Atlantic · SD 1510 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1968	Atlantic · TXT-1008 — Reel-To-Reel, 7 ½ ips, ¼", 4-Track Stereo, 7" Cine Reel, Album, Large hub
1968	Atlantic · SD 1510 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1968	Atlantic · 1510 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono, Presswell Press
1968	Atlantic · ATS-ST 05501 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1968	Atlantic · SD 1510 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Presswell Press
1968	Atlantic · SD 1510 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, CT
1968	Atlantic · ALM 81510 — 8-Track Cartridge, Album, Stereo
1968	Atlantic · 1510 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono
1972	Atlantic · P-6084A — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Stereo