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Born 1964-04-06. Author, scholar, musician and music producer based in San Francisco, and founder of [l73734] in 1988. From 1987 to 1997, he released five solo records, and he was drummer and percussionist with Absolute Grey and Mushroom. He has also produced reissues for [l=Water] and other labels. As a reissue producer, Pat Thomas has released vintage recordings from Allen Ginsberg, Elaine Brown, the Watts Prophets, Gene McDaniels and Eddie Gale, His writing about music has appeared in Mojo, Crawdaddy, and the San Francisco Bay Guardian. Thomas has spent five years in Oakland, CA researching his book "Listen Whitey! The Sights And Sounds Of Black Power 1965-1975" (Fantagraphics 2012, ISBN 978-2-60699-507-5) which got an accompanying release in [m428146]. While befriending members of the Black Panther Party, Thomas discovered rare recordings of speeches, interviews, and music by noted activists Huey Newton, Bobby Seale, Eldridge Cleaver, Elaine Brown, The Lumpen and many others ; the book also chronicles the forgotten history of Motown’s subsidiary label Black Forum, and privately pressed Black Power 7" soul singles. He was a consultant to Stanley Nelson's 2015 PBS documentary "The Black Panthers: Vanguard Of The Revolution" and has lectured at USC, Evergreen State and the Universities of Copenhagen, Oslo & East London. Together with [a522591] he curated the book "Invitation To Openness: The Jazz & Soul Photography Of Les McCann 1960-1980" (Wiley 2015, ISBN 978-1-606-99786-4) and in 2017 his book "Did It ! From Yippie To Yuppie: Jerry Rubin, An American Revolutionary" was published. Mr. Thomas was also involved with [l275364] as "a notable employee".