206:, Graves and Pullen delineated their goals in establishing their own record company, writing of "a music free of Western tradition," and stating: "The first Black men were not slaves to the thought of Europeans... They produced from their own natural mental-physical energy and power. Self-reliance... is a recovery, a re-emergence of this energy and power. It is a confidence in the Black mind and wisdom which does not have to meet the approval or sanction of the West." In a 1969 interview, Graves spoke of SRP as "a collective thing where we record ourselves, and we do all the distribution... that will stop us from going downtown depending on RCA and Columbia and those companies." Baraka praised this outlook, writing: "Do it yourself, brother. Not brother can you spare a 10 percent."
199:, bringing together the contents of both LPs on a single CD. Given that the master tapes for both albums had been lost, the tracks were transferred from mint-quality LPs and subjected to noise reduction. The release includes reproductions of the original hand-painted covers, along with photos and an interview with Graves.
238:, John Sharpe commented: "The five pieces represent a true dialogue... Although intensity levels vary, the exchanges remain resolutely non-melodic and non-metric throughout... Even after all this time the music still challenges preconceptions. It remains a classic of the genre and deserves to be widely heard."
178:. Together, they formed SRP (variously referred to as Self-Reliance Program, Self-Reliance Project, or Self-Reliance Productions) Records for the purpose of releasing the music, and had a thousand LPs printed, selling them in person and via mail order with hand-painted covers. Following the release,
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