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Portrait Of Robert Thompson (As A Young Man)	19:09
1.1	a. Prelude To A Kiss
1.2	b. The Break Strain-King Cotton
1.3	c. Dem Basses
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2	Mama Too Tight	5:25
3	Theme For Ernie Written-By – Fred Lacey	3:21
4	Basheer	10:43

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – MCA Victor, Inc.
• Distributed By – MCA Victor, Inc.
• Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
• Designed At – Viceroy

Credits

• Bass – Charlie Haden
• Clarinet – Perry Robinson
• Design [Cover] – Robert Flynn
• Design [Liner] – Joe Lebow
• Drums – Beaver Harris
• Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
• Liner Notes – Archie Shepp, Takao Ogawa
• Photography By [Cover Photos] – Charles Stewart*
• Producer – Bob Thiele
• Tenor Saxophone – Archie Shepp
• Trombone – Grachan Moncur III, Roswell Rudd
• Trumpet – Tommy Turrentine
• Tuba – Howard Johnson
• Written-By – Archie Shepp (tracks: 1, 2, 4)

Notes

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on August 19, 1966.

Comes with five-page booklet containing liner notes in English and Japanese.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4988067007162
• Rights Society: JASRAC

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
A-9134	Archie Shepp	Mama Too Tight ‎(LP, Album, Mono, Gat)	Impulse!	A-9134	US	1967
IMP 12482, 051 248-2	Archie Shepp	Mama Too Tight ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM, RP)	Impulse!, Impulse!	IMP 12482, 051 248-2	UK & Europe	Unknown
JAS 18	Archie Shepp	Mama Too Tight ‎(LP, TP, Album, RE)	Jasmine Records	JAS 18	UK	1982
AS-9134	Archie Shepp	Mama Too Tight ‎(LP, Album, RE, Gat)	Impulse!, MCA Records	AS-9134	US	Unknown
AS-9134, A-9134	Archie Shepp	Mama Too Tight ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Impulse!, Impulse!, ABC Records	AS-9134, A-9134	US	Unknown

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