It was recorded on April 25, 1979, at CBS Studios in New York City with his band Prime Time, which featured guitarists Charlie Ellerbee and Bern Nix, bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma, and drummers Calvin Weston and Coleman's son Denardo.
Concrete Theatre started in 1987 and was officially registered in 1989 as a Not-For-Profit Society. It began as a collectively-run company committed to using theatre in the community to explore and analyze social issues.