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Arrangements are by Marty Paitch. Back cover photo, sound sample of "Easy to Love" http://amazing.sub.jp/LindaLawson/LindaLawson.htm

Personnel and a bit of history (such as her main influences were Ella and Lena): http://home.earthlink.net/~nuttbait/linda_lawson.htm

Never saw this record or heard it, can't comment regarding that, don't know the personnel. Quite an attractive cover though!

It was thunderstorming, now it's steady rain here in Houston.

I like the music on these. . . FROM www.dustygroove.com Creator Of The Universe -- The Lost Reel Collection Vol 1 Sun Ra Temporarily Out Of Stock Add Item to Want List CD (Item 460323) Transparency, 1971 -- Condition: New Copy Lost work from Sun Ra -- pulled from two different tapes recorded in the Bay Area in 1971! Disc one features an obscure performance -- even by Ra standards -- done at the Warehouse in San Francisco, with a group of unlisted players, all of whom really hit some of the farthest-reaching Arkestra modes of the time. The sound is often quite free, and relatively out -- but a few sparer tracks feature great instrumental pairings that include percussion and trombone, and percussion with moog from Ra! Titles include "Discipline", "Enlightenment", "Satellites Are Spinning", and 3 more unidentified tracks. Disc two is quite different, but equally compelling -- as it features Sun Ra speaking before a class at UC Berkeley, spinning out his thoughts in a relatively freewheeling manner! The lecture covers a number of themes similar to his writings of the time -- quite political at moments, and always pretty compelling. Intergalactic Research -- The Lost Reel Collection Vol 2 Sun Ra Temporarily Out Of Stock Add Item to Want List CD (Item 463716) Transparency, 1971/1972 -- Condition: New Copy The Lost Reel Collection continues -- with two great slices of rare Sun Ra work from the early 70s! The first half of the set features a 1971 performance in Berkeley -- one that begins with a wonderful extended improvisation by John Gilmore -- blowing beautifully in near-solo space, and coming across like some lost track on Impulse Records! That one's followed by a beautiful medley of "Strange Worlds/It's After The End Of The World/Outer Spaceways Incorporated/Why Go To The Moon" -- with prominent vocals from June Tyson, some very Eastern-styled horns from the rest of the group -- all giving way to yet another long improvised number. Part 2 of the CD features material from the following year, recorded in an unknown location -- very notable for a long moog solo by Ra at the beginning -- which then leads into a highly electronic take on "Outer Space", and the more acoustic "Intergalactic Research", plus an untitled track! Recording quality is great on all material -- and although the performances are "lost", they rank with some of the Arkestra's most compelling work of the period. These are some links with images, and to purchase: http://cgi.ebay.com/Sun-Ra-CREATOR-O...QQcmdZViewItem http://cgi.ebay.com/Sun-Ra-INTERGALA...QQcmdZViewItem

Of course different systems and different ears have different interpretations and tastes. I'd be interested in hearing your comparison. I find the DCC to be a bit thick and rich in comparison. . . the Keepnews swings.

Yes, and emptied and refilled at least once since then!

I believe so, yes.

Yes, it's forty one! But. . . sadly not registered.

Just don't go floating in the Hudson!

Scandalous! I don't have a tv in the car either. Wait a minute. . . I still have only that Chevy, and it doesn't run and isn't legal!

That's a good thing, Dan, that's a good thing.

NO, I don't listen to any radio I'm afraid, over the air or on the web etc. I became so burned out with radio in the 'eighties that from about 1990 on I simply didn't ever have a tuner for my stereo, I've only had one car in all that time and it has no radio (a 1966 Chevy Belair wagon that has empty holes where the stock radio once was), and I use an alarm clock to get me out of bed sometimes with the radio and boy does it work. I've gotten so I just can't stand to hear djs and commercials on the radio, and the music is rarely worth it, so I'm totally out of the radio habit and don't want to start it again. I've got 25 days of music on my iBook currently and rotate the music pretty regularly when I'm home. I keep a mixture that runs from Basie to Beethoven to the Dead to Steve Wonder (listening to Syreeta Wright right now). It works for me.

The allknowing blowhard that is wikipedia.com says Stromboli are similar to calzones, but traditionally the two are distinct dishes, as stromboli usually contain only mozzarella cheese, while calzones contain a cheese mixture (often including ricotta) and tend to lack marinara sauce. Moreover, Stromboli is rolled to resemble a loaf, whereas a calzone is folded to resemble a semi-circle.

I think I see what you mean. To me. . .the fighter says: a whole different battlefield is needed. I just feel that we need a quantum leap of human social evolution to survive and we MAY GET it. What Ra was doing just seems narrow and absurd to me. I almost feel I myself know what's needed, I also know how impossible it is to achieve. Probably we'll not even make it possible to bring a bit of the "kingdom of heaven" before we're fried either in a natural disaster we've created of warming or a final stage of our warring nature. Recent developments have me actually just focusing on the survival of my family. And in so doing my career is going to end (I bought time; I can retire in about ten months) and all complacency and work related hope with it. If I come out the other side of this with a healthy wife and a chance at a new direction, I'm going to focus on it, perhaps, focus on how I can be a more positive part. But I don't need to hear more Ra games. I'm not a gamesman, and I just find that lecture ridiculous in a bad, nonhelpful (to me at least) way.

I am, thanks! Doing some work (putting together a calendar of events due to our agency handling after hours parking in state garages and lots) which requires a lot of internet surfing, so I've got my iBook going. . . right now a lot of RCA artists of the twenties and thirties doing Hoagy Carmichal songs.

Oh, I've an iBook full of music, and an iPod. . . I just hadn't turned them on all week to focus on my wife and now it's Saturday and I'm drinking in music thirstily. Thanks!

Well, I wasn't really surprised per se. . . . I guess I just didn't want to actually HEAR it. I figured that was what was at the heart of the Ra thing, but hearing it was to make it too real. I've heard others in PERSON doing these things in Chicago and with more drama than Ra imparts. I've shut down on this line of approach and especially if very passionate because I just don't believe that following this can bring any good or even any personal peace to those on that road. And really. .. the analysis of English words from Bible translations of source words. . . I guess I just find this the silliest possible thing. Sure, I know the kabalistic numerology and letter/symbol stuff is there for ever and a day, but using English words? And it's all so silly to me. . . God and the universe are so beyond words that man's logic and wordplay are just jokes. I lost respect for Ra listening to that. . . I would rather not hear more, because I respect his music and a lot of his "act" and yet I don't want to associate my love of his music with what I heard there in that lecture. So I'll go back into the Ra myth that I have instead.

I actually went from Sunday afternoon to last night without any of my music. I'm in Houston with my wife and we had one test and appointment after another and lots of talking and deciding to do. A rough week.

Yes, I do. And I brought a few bits up. But would have loved to have been able to play say... Bells/Prophecy

It was nice that y'all honored Al yesterday. I have no Ayler with me here in Houston, and would have really liked to have put some on.

She photographed well sometimes. . . .

UGH! That one on Vol. 1 gave me the willies. I'll never be able to quite think of Blount the same way again. I'll stick to his music. I mean. . . I knew about his gnostic leanings and general "philosophy". . . . But all that silly manipulation of English words and the racism. . . .I don't want to hear more.

Jump for Joy! Have an Azure Day!

Thought I'd pass along the contents of an email I received this morning from Michael of Transparency regarding the sale of Volume 3 of the Lost Reels Collection of concert material from Sun Ra. You can purchase from Michael with confidence. (I'm in no way connected with Transparency, just a fan of the series and an satisfied experienced user of the service). SUN RA The Shadows Took Shape The Lost Reel Collection Volume Three Transparency 0303 (2xCD) This recording is from a concert during the early 1970’s. There is no further information on this recording, except that the original reel tape was labelled as "Spacemaster Concert". June Tyson recites "The Shadows Took Shape", a Sun Ra poem never heard or seen until now. The music ranges from symphonic jazz to full psychedelic freakout. Available via Ebay. All Ebay orders receive a free five-hour DVD. Here is the link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=220130669864 Love and Thanks to all! Michael / Transparency