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(BLACK PANTHERS.) MUSIC.
“No More” and (flip side) “Free Bobby
Now.” Part of “Seize the Time.”
45 RPM record, near fine in the original plain sleeve.
Apparently un-played.
[San Francisco], 1971-72
[300/400]
A VERY SCARCE RECORDING BY THE PANTHERS
’
FUNK BAND
,
THE LUMPEN
.
Member Michael
Torrance recalled the band for the Panthers
website
itsabouttimebpp.com: “In the
winter of 1971, the Lumpen and
comrade Emory (minister of culture)
went on an East Coast tour of
colleges and fundraisers in St.
Paul/Minneapolis, New York
City, Boston, New Haven and
the Revolutionary People’s
Constitutional Convention in
Washington DC. We pro-
moted the Party’s mass line
through re-working popular
songs by the Impressions (People
Get Ready - Revolution’s Come),
the Temptations (There’s Bullets in
the Air for Freedom, Old Pig Nixon)
as well as originals such as Revolution is
the Only Solution, We Can’t Wait
Another Day, Set Sister Erika Free, and Killin’
(If U Gon Be Free).
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