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Sunday, August 13, 2006

Sun Ra - 3 froms the 60s

NOTE: A number of albums missing from my collection are coming up chronologically. If anyong could post any of the following, it would be highly appreciated:
What's New? / Featuring Pharaoh Sanders & Black Harold / Heliocentric Worlds, volumes 2 and 3 / Impressions of a Patch of Blue / Nothing Is / Monorails and Satellites Vol2
Just leave it in the comments of the most recent post, please. I will post individual entries for them.

Sun Ra and his Astro Infinity Arkestra
Strange Strings

Editions:
Thoth Intergalactic KH 5472
Saturn LP 502 (1967)

Included Tracks:
Side A:
Worlds Approaching (Ra)
Ra-Wurlitzer ep, perc; Ali Hassan-tb; Marshall Allen-as, ob; Danny Davis-as, fl; John Gilmore-ts; Pat Patrick-bs, fl; Robert Cummings- bcl; Ronnie Boykins-b; Clifford Jarvis-d, tympani; James Jacson-log drums.

Strange Strings featuring vocal by Arthur Jenkins (Ra)

Side B:
Strange Strings featuring lightning drum (Ra)
Marshall Allen-strings; Danny Davis-strings; John Gilmore-strings; Pat Patrick-strings; Robert Cummings-strings; Ali Hassan-strings; Carl Nimrod-electric strings, perc; Ronnie Boykins-b, vla; Sun Ra-lightning drum, tympani; James Jacson-log drums; Clifford Jarvis-tympani, perc; Art Jenkins-strings, space voice.

Line-up & Recording Date:
See each track. The recording date is not clear, surely between 1966 and 1967.
Notes:
The string instruments used are mostly japanese. No member of the band had any experience playing them before the recording.

Sun Ra
Monorails and Satellites

Editions:
Saturn SR 509 (1968)
Evidence 22013 (CD, 1992)

Included Tracks:
Side A:
Space Towers (Ra)
Cogitation (Ra)
Skylight (Ra)
The Alter Destiny (Ra)

Side B:
Easy Street (Jones)
Blue Differentials (Ra)
Monorails and Satellites (Ra)
The Galaxy Way (Ra)

Line-up & Recording Date:
Sun Ra-piano. Sun Studios, New York 1966 (Home made recording).
Notes:
Some vinyl bootlegs began to appear during 2000. They are said to come from UK.

Sun Ra and his Solar Arkestra
The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra Volume 1

Editions:
ESP-Disk' 1014 (1965)
Fontana STL 5514
Phonogram BT-5055 (Japan)
Boots 2404 (1982)
Happy Bird B 90131 (German bootleg, 1983)
Base ESPS-1014 (Italy, early 80s)
Tobacco Road 111 (German bootleg)
Magic Music 30011 (German CD bootleg, 1990)
ESP 1014-2 (CD, 1992)

Included Tracks:
Side A:
Heliocentric (Ra) (4:00)
Outer Nothingness (Ra) (7:40)
Other Worlds (Ra) (4:18)

Side B:
The Cosmos (Ra) (7:20)
Of Heavenly Things (Ra) (5:40)
Nebulae (Ra) (3:16)
Dancing in the Sun (Ra) (1:50)

Line-up & Recording Date:
Ra-p, bass marimba, e-celeste, tympani; Chris Capers-tp; Teddy Nance- tb, Bernard Pettaway, btb, Marshall Allen, picc, as, bells, spiral cymbal; Danny Davis-fl, as; John Gilmore-ts, tympani; Pat Patrick-bs, perc; Robert Cummings- bcl, wood blocks; Ronnie Boykins-b; Jimmy Johnson-d; perc, tympani.
RLA Studio, New York. April 20th. 1965.
Notes:
Some of the bootlegs have a different name: Cosmic Equation, Other Worlds...

http://rapidshare.de/files/29082288/Sun_Ra_-_String_Strings_with_Monorails_and_Satellites.rar

http://rapidshare.de/files/28590535/1965_-_Sun_Ra_and_his_Solar_Arkestra_-_Heliocentric_Worlds_Vol1.rar

Friday, August 11, 2006

Sun Ra - 2 from the early 60s




Just two CDs linked together in an RAR file. More of that early 60s Sun Ra.

Sorry I don't update this blog on a more regular basis. But, I'm glad to see no more links have been deleted.

Sun Ra and his Myth Science Arkestra
When Angels Speak of Love

Editions:
Saturn LP 1966 (c. 1966)
Saturn LP 405
Evidence (CD, 2000)

Included Tracks:
Side A:
Celestial Fantasy (Ra)
The Idea of It All (Ra)
Ecstasy of Being (Ra)

Side B:
When Angels Speak of Love (Ra) (4:25)
Next Stop Mars (Ra) (16:30)

Line-up & Recording Date:
Ra-p, clavioline, gong; Walter Miller-tp; Marshall Allen-as, ob, perc; Danny Davis-as; John Gilmore-ts, perc; Pat Patrick-bs, perc; Robert Cummings-bcl (only on Next stop Mars), Ronnie Boykins-b; Clifford Jarvis-d, perc (only on side A); prob. Tommy Hunter-perc and reverb. They all sing on Next Stop Mars.
New York, 1963.
Notes:
Side B was treated on studio and released on Out There a Minute, a compilation by Blast First.

Sun Ra and his Myth Science Arkestra
When Sun Comes Out

Editions:
Saturn LP 2066 (1963)
Saturn LP 402
Evidence (CD, 1993)

Included Tracks:
Side A:
Circe (Ra)
Theda Barbara-voc; Ra-perc; Tommy Hunter-gong; prob. Pat Patrick-bgo; Other-bells.

The Nile (Ra)
Marshall Allen-fl; Ra-p; Ronnie Boykins-b; Clifford Jarvis-d; John Gilmore-perc; prob. Pat Patrick-bgo; Tommy Hunter-perc.

Brazilian Sun (Ra)
Ra-p; Ronnie Boykins-b; Clifford Jarvis-perc; Marshall Allen-perc; John Gilmore-perc; prob. Pat Patrick-bgo; Tommy Hunter-perc.

We Travel the Spaceways (Ra)
Teddy Nance-tb; Bernard Pettaway-tb; Marshall Allen-as; John Gilmore- ts; Ra-p, e-celeste; Ronnie Boykins-b; prob. Pat Patrick-d. Ensemble voc.

Side B:
Calling Planet Earth (Ra) Marshall Allen-as; Danny Davis-as; Pat Patrick-bs; Ra, p; Ronnie Boykins-b; John Gilmore-d; Lex Humphries-d. Ensemble voc.

Dancing Shadows (Ra)
Walter Miller-tp; John Gilmore-ts; Ra-p; Ronnie Boykins-b; Clifford Jarvis-d.

The Rainmaker (Ra)
Walter Miller-tp; Marshall Allen-as; Danny Davis-as; John Gilmore-ts; Pat Patrick-bs; Ra, p; Ronnie Boykins-b; Clifford Jarvis-d; poss. Tommy Hunter-bgo.

When Sun Comes Out (Ra)
Walter Miller-tp; Marshall Allen-as; Danny Davis-as; Ra-p; Ronnie Boykins-b; Lex Humphries-d; John Gilmore-perc; Pat Patrick-bgo; Tommy Hunter-perc.

Only on CD:
Dimensions in Time (Ra) John Gilmore-bcl; prob. Minerva Colen-cowbell; unknown-cga; unknown-cga.

Line-up & Recording Date:
See each track individually. Recorded in New York, late 1962 or 1963

http://rapidshare.de/files/27514382/Sun_Ra_-_Angels_Speak_of_Love__When_Sun_Comes_Out.part1.rar http://rapidshare.de/files/27515816/Sun_Ra_-_Angels_Speak_of_Love__When_Sun_Comes_Out.part2.rar