2 LPs on 1 CD: COSMIC WIND (1977)/HIGH ON MAD MOUNTAIN (1979).
Composer: Mike Theodore.
Personnel: Colleen Beaton, Sandra Jackson, Eryke McClinton, Charles Clark, Jr., Al Weaver, Cleveland Horne, Judy Cochill, Roz Ryan (vocals); Eddie Willis, Bruce Nazarian (guitar); Joseph Striplin, Gordon Staples, Lillian Fenstermacher, Margaret Tundo, James Waring, Alvin Score, Beatriz Staples, Paul Phillips (violin); David Ireland, Lee Fenstermacher (viola); Philip Porbe, Bogos Mortchikian, Winifred Mayes, John Thurman, Hart Hollman , Nathan Gordon , Linda Smith, Felix Resnick (strings); Ervin Monroe, Clement Barone (flute, piccolo, woodwinds); Chuck Feger (flute, saxophone); Don Baker , Ron Odemark (oboe); Lyell Lindsey (bassoon, contrabassoon); Ed Nuccelli, Gordon Stump, John Trudell, Maurice Davis (trumpet); Joe Buono, John Grose (French horn); George Troia, Leo Harrison, Stewart Saunders, Mike Suter, Carl Raetz (trombone); Eric Morgeson, Rudy Robinson (keyboards); Rod Rose, Robert Pangborn, Jack Brokensha (vibraphone, marimba); Lee Marcus, Uriel Jones, Jerry Jones (drums); Amira Amir (percussion, background vocals); Armen Boladian, Lorenzo Brown, Ray Hogan, Jerry Paul, Barbara Huby, Paulinho Da Costa, Emil Richards, Jack Ashford (percussion); Constance Durden, Curtis Durden (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Jim Sessody; Arthur Stoppe.
Recording information: Pac 3 Recording Studios, Dearborn MI; Sound Suite Recording, Detroit MI; Total Experience Records.
Arranger: Mike Theodore.
In 2001, Southbound released Cosmic Wind/High on Mad Mountain, which compiled two albums -- Cosmic Wind (1977, originally released on Westbound) and High on Mad Mountain (1979, also originally on Westbound) -- by the Mike Theodore Orchestra on one compact disc. ~ Tim Sendra
