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