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Excellent. Good insight. Nevertheless I ordered both available sets as the material just isn't as readily available elsewhere (Intergalactic & Sun Embassy). I learned these LPs are mastered for vinyl and cut by Carl Saff from tapes transferred by former Arkestra drummer Michael Anderson from his personal collection. I'm always happy to support grassroots labels putting in the work.

Ah, I missed another Ra LP from Roaratorio, Other Strange Worlds, which is also OOP. From what I can tell the material this label released doesn't really appear anywhere else, at least anywhere that's really accessible. These seem to fly under the radar while Strut and Modern Harmonic get more pub.

Anyone have either of the LP sets that Roaratorio put out that are still in print: The Intergalactic Thing or Sun Embassy? Good vinyl quality? Albums pulled from tapes during the Philly era so the music's good I'm sure. Their other one, Sign of the Myth went OOP quick as it was one of the forsaken Impulse sessions...

Nice! And welcome!

The Ludwig-cut LP of this album is outstanding.

From what I've read, Sonny really took care of himself. Early morning meditation sessions, no late nights, limited to no substances etc. Reaching 90 years for a jazz musician that lived through those early eras is really a feat. Here's hoping his health stays good for many years to come.

Winter Hill Mosaica IPA. 6.8 abv. Gift from a friend that lives in MA. Good stuff.

Those are the 2 Resonance Evans releases I didn't get. I stuck with the DeJohnette sets, of which Another Time was my favorite of the two. Gomez, of course, is ubiquitous across them all.

I guess I should qualify "funky" as in "funky for Morell." It was unexpected from my perspective. Not a bad drummer, but on this one he seemed to let loose a little more.

The discount grocery store Aldi sells LPs from time to time. Of course, nothing as cool as Sun Ra but nevertheless. Those little bodegas probably have a much better vibe about them though.

Yeah, me neither but he's playing some inspired brush work here. Maybe it was being in Tokyo or something but he's having fun. Gomez is kind of a drag here but Morell & Evans are in good form.

Marty Morell gettin' funky with the brushes. Some crisp playing on this one. Nice sound as well.

Vinegar balances sweetness. I grew up in a region that basically throws spices in vinegar and calls it sauce, then pours it over pork bbq. Sometimes there's even pickles on those sandwiches.

Lovely. I passed on the LP foolishly during one of those Target 3 for 2 sales.

My neighbor plays trombone professionally in the local symphony. Tone for days. Always nice to hear him practicing.

This question calls to mind every middle school band teacher that's ever existed. God bless 'em, and sainthood for the ones that were able to pull off cohesive concerts with them.

Correct. They'd have to do a run of 500 and charge the equivalent of what Craft and the MoFi One Steps go for, but with more LPs (so around $300 I'm guessing for this Henderson set). The retentiveness of the customers in that market is off the charts, so anything less than perfect would be sent back. So they would have to invest in some very high level QC. But...they'd sell out preorder if they did this. Blue Note knows this market for jazz vinyl otherwise they'd never do that Lee Morgan Lighthouse complete set. They have more scale of course than a small player like Mosaic, but I'd have to think those guys can pull some strings, call in some favors, etc. to get it done. All of these small labels press limited run LPs on Bandcamp and for the more well known artists, they sell out in presale (See what Hive Mind did for Sonny Sharrock and what's probably about to happen with Sun Ra's Lanquidity). It can be done, but I have no doubt that Mosaic's heart isn't in that type of product anymore.

Very cool find. If only downloading/streaming was more viable for artists and there wasn't so much metadata extracted from it for profiling the listener and selling them ads.

Download for me. Would love to have the LPs but without a US distributor I'm out.

T.R.O.Y, my god

One of my personal great musical discoveries was his solo output post Blackheart Man. He was a great ambassador for both JA & reggae music. Some of the writings that Roger Steffens has on Bunny are great reads. Here's hoping that his bio, Old Firesticks, will be published at some point. RIP Jah B.

That's really, really good!

RIP Neville Livingston AKA Bunny Wailer AKA Jah B. He put out some of the best roots reggae around. Not to mention that he also wrote "Electric Slide," something I learned recently.

As in Bobby Womack serious?