Some Old and Some New

OK--Here are some reposts of links that were killed, as well as some new material.
Also, if someone could upload the links that were posted in the comments section that I had requested in previous posts, I'd much appreciate it. Unfortunately I was not near a computer when those links were valid.

Oh, and the request for Sun Ra and John Cage from the person who fulfilled my request--that album is available from UBU.com. See the sidebar. If it isn't there, go to UBU.com and search for Sun Ra. There are two mp3s, each a side of the vinyl.

On a personal note, for many months, Atlantis was one of my most frequently listened to albums.

----------THE OLD (IE REPOSTS OF DEAD LINKS)--------

http://rapidshare.de/files/34715316/1964_-_Other_Planes_Of_There__rel.1966c_.rar

http://rapidshare.de/files/34824281/1966-7c_-_Sun_Ra_-_Strange_Strings__1967_.rar

http://rapidshare.de/files/34820825/1966_-_Sun_Ra_-_Monorails_and_Satellites__rel.1968_.rar

--------THE NEW--------(all links at bottom)

Sun Ra and his Solar Arkestra
The Magic City
Editions:
Saturn LPB 711 (1966)
Thoth Intergalactic LPB 711
Saturn LP 403
Impulse AS-9243 (1973)
Evidence (CD, 1993)

Included Tracks:
Side A:
The Magic City (Ra) (27:24)

Side B:
The Shadow World (Ra) (10:59)
Abstract Eye (Ra) (2:45)
Abstract "I" (Ra) (4:01)

Line-up & Recording Date:
Side A:
Ra-clavioline, p; Walter Miller-tp; Ali Hassan-tb; Marshall Allen-as, fl, picc; Danny Davis-as, fl; Harry Spencer-as; John Gilmore-ts; Pat Patrick-bs, fl; Robert Cummings-bcl; Ronnie Boykins-b; Roger Blank-d; James Jacson-perc.
Rehearsal, New York City, around Sept. 24 1965.
Side B:
Ra-p, e-celeste, bass marimba, tympani (on Shadow World), sun harp, dragon drum (on Abstracts); Chris Capers-tp; Teddy Nance-tb; Bernard Pettaway-btb; Marshall Allen-as, picc; Danny Davis-as; John Gilmore-ts; Pat Patrick-bs, tympani (on Abstracts); Robert Cummings-bcl; Ronnie Boykins-b; Jimmy Johnson-d; "other percussions by members of the Arkestra".
Live at Olatunji's loft, New York, spring 1965.

Sun Ra and his Astro Infinity Arkestra
Atlantis
Editions:
Saturn ESR 507 (1969)
Impulse AS-9239 (1973)
Evidence (CD, 1993)

Included Tracks:
Side A:
Mu (Ra) (4:49)
Lemuria (Ra) (4:58)
Yucatan (Ra) [on Saturn]
Yucatan (Ra) (3:44) [on Impulse; they are two different tracks, both published on Evidence's cd]
Bimini (Ra) (5:54)

Side B:
Atlantis

Line-up & Recording Date:
Side A:
Ra-solar sound instrument (Hohner Clavinet); Gilmore-ts on Mu &Lemuria, perc; Robert Barry-d, perc; Clifford Jarvis-d, perc; Marshall Allen, Pat Patrick, James Jacson, perc on Bimini.
Rehearsal. Surely at Sun Studios, New York 1967-1969.
Side B:
Ra-solar sound org (Gibson Kalamazoo org), clavioline; Wayne Harris- tp; Akh Tal Ebah (D. E. Williams)-tp; Ali Hassan-tb; Charles Stephens- tb; Robert Northern-frh; Danny Ray Thompson-as; John Gilmore-ts, perc; Danny Davis-as; Pat Patrick-bs, fl; Marshall Allen-as, ob, Jupiterian fl; Robert Cummings-bcl; James Jacson-log drums; Robert Barry-d, lightning drum; Clifford Jarvis-d.
Rehearsal, New York 1967.

Imamu Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) with Sun Ra and his Myth Science Arkestra
A Black Mass
Editions:
Jihad 1968 (1968) (matrix K-2281/82)

Included Tracks:
Side A:
A Black Mass

Side B:
A Black Mass (cont.)

Line-up & Recording Date:
Radioplay written by LeRoi Jones (Imamu Amiri Baraka). Ra and the Arkestra play the musical background.

Sun Ra
Pictures of Infinity
Editions:
Black Lion 30103
Black Lion 28421
Freedom 127015
Polydor 2460106
Black Lion 32JDB-216 (japanese CD)
Black Lion BLCD 760191 (1993) (Published as Outer Spaceways, Incorporated)
Freedom CD 741085 (1998) (Published as Outer Spaceways, Incorporated, disc 1 of the triple Calling Planet Earth)

Included Tracks:
Side A:
Somewhere There (Ra)
Outer Spaceways Incorporated (Ra)

Side B:
Saturn (Ra)
Song of the Sparer (Ra)
Spontaneous Simplicity (Ra)

Only in the version entitled "Outer Spaceways, Incorporated":
Intergalactic Motion (Sun Ra)

Line-up & Recording Date:
Ra-p; Akh Tal Ebah-tp, mellophone, perc; Kwame Hadi-tp, perc; Teddy Nance-tb, perc; Bernard Pettaway-tb; Marshall Allen-as, fl, ob, perc; Danny Davis-as, fl; John Gilmore-ts, perc; Pat Patrick-bs, fl, perc; Robert Cummings-bcl; Ronnie Boykins-b; Nimrod Hunt-hand drums; James Jacson-perc, fl; Clifford Jarvis-d.
Live recording, New York 1968.

http://rapidshare.de/files/34812325/1965_-_Sun_Ra_and_his_Solar_Arkestra_-_The_Magic_City__rel.1966_.rar

http://rapidshare.de/files/34818979/1967-9_-_Sun_Ra_-_Atlantis__rel.1969_.rar

http://rapidshare.de/files/34828901/1968_-_Imamu_Amiri_Baraka_with_Sun_Ra_-_A_Black_Mass.rar

http://rapidshare.de/files/34907746/1968_-_Sun_Ra_-_Pictures_of_Infinity__1993_CD_.rar

A Poor Defense

Many, but not all, of the posts I will get around to uploading are available on CD. If all of the ones I've posted are, I haven't really noticed. The fact is, I do not own a single legitimate Sun Ra album.

There is no possible way I could come to the appreciation I have of Sun Ra if I spent money. First and foremost, I have seen 2 Sun Ra albums in my hometown, and the CD of Sun Ra covers at the largest community library. I found a great deal of Sun Ra when I went to Portland, but the minimum price was $25. And that was for 40 minutes of material.
I do not own a credit card so I do not buy anything online.

This comes down the importance I place of aesthetic appreciation. Rapidshare, the piece of crap it can be, allows for a fairly reliable (as far as staying available) way to increase the aesthetic appreciation to a certain audience.

I am also crazy. This means that I believe everyone thinks like me. In my opinion, just because I have the digital copy of a great album does not influence the decision to buy that album. In recent years, there have only been 2 CDs that I bought NEW (and still at a discounted retail price) that I did not have on my computer. On the other hand, I've bought over a dozen used CDs just this year at what I deemed a reasonable price ($1 apiece for numerous Hovhaness symphonies, some Arvo Part, Koyanisqatsi soundtrack, Arnold Bax, Walton, etc.).

Independent record labels are going about this in what I see as the wrong way. If they had a website and offered digital music at $5-7 an album and then Print-On-Demand CDs for $10, there'd be a possibility of me buying a record or two. It just so happens that whatever company bought the CRI record label is offering print on demand CDs for $10 when you buy 10, no shipping and handling--something I plan on doing when I get a real job and have a credit card.

I can go out and buy a DVD 2001 A Space Odyssey for $7 NEW! If I wanted to collect the soundtrack for that movie on outside sources (ie, not buying the soundtrack, but buying a Ligeti album and a Straus CD...), it would be at least 4 if not 6 times that amount.

I am a poor individual and companies will not get my money unless I think they are reasonably priced. I actually think that $7 is a very reasonable price for almost any Stanley Kubrick film. I think $7 is a very reasonable price for a lot of the music I listen to. When I have the income to buy new music, it is $7 per disc (Naxos, or it averages out over the number of discs I buy--like the Hindemith Conducts Hindemith set).

So yes. I will continue to post Sun Ra's music for people like me. If you have the money to spend on this material, you really don't need me to tell you to buy it. That is, if you think like me.

For you Americans, encourage your public libraries--community and colleges--to buy Sun Ra albums for their collection. I don't know if other countries allow the public to make suggestions, but I'm sure that you can across the States.