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THE PHARAOHS - In The Basement LP Postrock In October a series ofRSD RELEASE 2022 The Pharaohs only managed one release during their short lifetime, 1971's masterful Awakening. But when the San Francisco based jazz funk reissue label Luv N Haight reissued Awakening in 1996, they also came out with a brand new CD of mostly previously unreleased material called In the Basement. Most of this album was recorded live in 1972, after the already enormous 11 piece band had grown to include four more players, including a