[1][2][3] The first LP of the set was recorded on September 31, 1970, at Intermedia Sound Studios in Boston, Massachusetts, and features Sultan on a variety of instruments, joined by his primary musical partner at the time, percussionist Ali Abuwi, along with saxophonist Gene Dinwiddie, trumpeter Earl Cross, electric guitarist Ralph Walsh, and drummer Phillip Wilson.

[4] Eremite customers who purchased the first 100 copies of Father of Origin also received a 7" release that featured "dub" remixes of two of the album's tracks, created by Joshua Abrams.

[5] In a review for The New York Times, Ben Ratliff called Sultan "a link between free jazz and Jimi Hendrix, and a puzzle piece in the history of musicians' cooperatives."

"[8] DownBeat's Peter Margasak noted that the album "pulls back the curtain on one of the more intriguing and forgotten figures from the earliest days of New York's loft jazz scene," and commented: "Sultan and... Abuwi lay down thick but open African-derived grooves in lengthy collective jams...

"[10] Clifford Allen of Tiny Mix Tapes wrote: "The whole set is beautifully presented... With hands and feet in the upstate artists' environment as well as the Black Arts lofts that formed part of the architecture of 1970s New York jazz, the Aboriginal Music Society's branches could be traced to almost any other ensemble or musician during this time period.