Melvin Van Peebles - Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (An Opera)
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Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (An Opera)

Label Stax ‎– STS-3001
Series Yeah Series
Format Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, 180g, Gatefold
Barcode 0888072397712
Country US
Released 26 May 2017
Genre Funk / Soul, Non-Music, Stage & Screen
Style Dialogue, Soul, Soundtrack, Rhythm & Blues, Movie Effects, Funk
A1 Sweetback Losing His Cherry 2:45
A2 Sweetback Getting It Uptight And Preaching It So Hard The Bourgeois Reggin Angels In Heaven Turn Around 5:00
A3 Come On Feet 4:15
A4 Sweetback's Theme 7:36
B1 Hoppin John 2:25
B1a Voices 0:11
B2 Mojo Woman 2:43
B2a Voices 0:15
B3 Sanra Z 3:47
B3a Voices 0:17
B4 Reggins Hanging On In There As Best They Can 2:58
B4a Voices 1:13
B5 Wont Bleed Me 2:41
B6 The Man Tries Running His Usual Game But Sweetback's Jones Is So Strong He Wastes The Hounds (Yeah! Yeah! And Besides That Will Be Coming Back Takin Names & Collecting Dues) 4:25
Engineer [Remix] – Dick Burns
Featuring – Brer Soul
Featuring – Brer Soul
Featuring – Earth Wind & Fire
Featuring – Earth Wind & Fire
Lacquer Cut By – -CKJ-
Liner Notes – Jeff Weiss
Liner Notes – Melvin Van Peebles
Producer – Yeah Inc.
Written-By, Composed By – Melvin Van Peebles
From hype sticker on front cover :
Cut in Memphis at Ardent Studios
180-gram vinyl pressed at Memphis Record Pressing
Features new in-depth liner notes by author and music writer Jeff Weiss (Passion of the Weiss, LA Weekly)
Plus, commentary from acclaimed director Mario Van Peebles (New Jack City)

Release Page:
Remastered from the original analog tapes. Cut to the original Stax lathe at Memphis' Ardent studios, then pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Memphis Record pressing

On back cover :
Published by Yeah Inc. except
[A3 by Alamo, courtesy of A&M Records
[B4 (Bye And Bye) Courtesy, Black Dues
℗ & © 1973 Concord Music Group Inc.
Made in U.S.A.

Originally released in 1971
Barcode (Text on hype sticker) – 8 88072 39771 2
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched) – STS-3001 888072397712-1 SIDE A -CKJ-
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched) – STS-3001 888072397712-1 SIDE B #4 -CKJ-
Rights Society – ASCAP
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