sidewinder Posted May 22, 2009 Report Share Posted May 22, 2009 (edited) Just been watching the 'Magic Sun' B&W short on DVD. Looks as if it was from Sun Ra's 'Strange Strings' vintage around 1966 - art house inverse negative effects which must have seemed like totally from another planet back in the day. Musically very interesting, with prominent solo space to Marshall Allen and Walter Miller plus bags of reverb. Ronnie Boykins and Clifford Jarvis also in the lineup (looks like there's some inverse negative shots of Clifford drumming and some-one (Ra?) on that space-harp thingy, on the film). Edited May 22, 2009 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Ptah Posted May 22, 2009 Report Share Posted May 22, 2009 Interview with Robert Barry Wow, Captain Walter Dyett at DuSable High School had such a positive effect on so many musicians who went on to great things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Weiss Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 I've had this 8mm little reel of footage from Sun Ra's gig at the Bluebird in Bloomington, IN (1977) in my drawer for years. Gotta get it transferred! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 did u shoot it? silent footage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Weiss Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 Silent. I didn't shoot it but I was there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jostber Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 It seems like Atavistic Records has a new Saturn reissue coming up: "Continuation": http://www.amazon.com/Continuation-Sun-Ra/...5032&sr=1-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jostber Posted August 6, 2009 Report Share Posted August 6, 2009 Another nu one coming up from Transparency, saying it might be their best release ever! http://www.jazzloft.com/p-50399-helsinki-1971.aspx This seems pretty hot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jostber Posted August 6, 2009 Report Share Posted August 6, 2009 Another nu one coming up from Transparency, saying it might be their best release ever! http://www.jazzloft.com/p-50399-helsinki-1971.aspx This seems pretty hot. More on this release: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseact...iendId=79809502 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewHill Posted August 6, 2009 Report Share Posted August 6, 2009 Thanks for the link. I'll be buying it! I didn't realize Transparency has already released over 20 Ra titles. If the mastering is as good as they are claiming, then it might be quite possible that this would be one of the cleanest transfers of Ra's music from this period, perhaps right up there with Black Myth/Out in Space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jostber Posted August 9, 2009 Report Share Posted August 9, 2009 Sun Ra Sunday: http://nuvoid.blogspot.com/search/label/Sun%20Ra%20Sunday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jostber Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 Seems like a new book is coming up, written by John Sinclair: http://headpress.com/ShowProduct.aspx?ID=8...CookieSupport=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalupa Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 FYI.... There's a very good article on Marshall Allen & the Sun Ra legacy in the latest Signal to Noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jostber Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 A new Sun Ra album is coming out soon - "Rocket Ship Rock": http://www.dustygroove.com/item.php?id=4bfr2v46gj Issued by Norton, this is looking good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jostber Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 A couple more new releases from Norton here: http://www.dustygroove.com/item.php?id=6jwzqfrxsv http://www.dustygroove.com/item.php?id=95jtcn6mw7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 look like motly its not the same stuff as on other recent sun vocal cds etc ie altavistic looks like a lot is priv. unreleased!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 too bad i dont read books cause that sun ra book looks really ineteresting. maybe i can buy it and put it on my shelf with my Tesla biography and book on the history of the Calif. goldrush ive been meaning to read for ten years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jostber Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 A new Sun Ra reissue on Art Yard Records of a 1974 Saturn classic: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papsrus Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 Just ordered my first Sun Ra disc, "Sound of Joy," a rec from the Delmark thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 A great cd! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted November 25, 2009 Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 Just ordered my first Sun Ra disc, "Sound of Joy," a rec from the Delmark thread. That's a really good one! I think you'll dig it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted November 25, 2009 Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 so youre going in chronological order- thats good. but if you really wanna do it u gotta go back and listen to i believe the name was Clearence Williams- "CHOCOLATE AVENUE" is def. the title, Suns 1st publicaly recorded and released composition. its from **1929**. thats right you heard me. the same year the stock market crashed and pornos had girls doing sex acts that werent seen again until the 1990s. clarance williams or perhaps the recordlabel or publichsing house or i dolnt know screwed sun ra, and used his submitted song and didnt even tell him or pay him, and the story goes this was a big reason which spawned his lifelong distrust of the music industry and inspired him to go his own way, eg. el saturn records Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jostber Posted November 28, 2009 Report Share Posted November 28, 2009 A new Sun Ra album is coming out soon - "Rocket Ship Rock": http://www.dustygroove.com/item.php?id=4bfr2v46gj Issued by Norton, this is looking good. From a newsletter from Norton previously this year: • WATCH OUT FOR MUCK MUCK! Norton recently took a rocket ride into the vaults of El Saturn Research and arrived back on Earth with a motherlode of unissued early R&B, doo wop, soul and general weirdness featuring Sun Ra and his Arkestra backing a variety of artists. This series will be compiled on several Norton albums and singles including an entire disc by Yochanan (The Space Age Vocalist) backed by Sun Ra and his Arkestra featuring his demented Saturn 45 Muck Muck / Hot Skillet Mama and much more lunacy from yet another Norton turban headed star! These stupendous recordings include Yochanan-Rocket Ship Rock / Nu Sounds - The Second Stop Is Jupiter / Crystals - Honey In The Bee Box / Qualities - If I Only Hadn't Sinned / Ebah - I'm Gonna Unmask The Batman / Don (Dino) Dean - The Space Stroll / Sun Ra - I Am Strange / Cosmic Rays - Daddy's Gonna Tell You No Lie and many, many more. A pretty hot new single too! http://www.dustygroove.com/item.php?id=r5c...%2Bra%2Bstrange Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jostber Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 A new Sun Ra reissue on Art Yard Records of a 1974 Saturn classic: Here is from the ReR newsletter: UN RA The Antique Blacks [£12] Artyard Another much sought after and long unavailable title recorded in 1974 with a smallish ensemble consisting (probably) of stalwarts Marshall Allen, John Gilmore, Danny David, James Jacson, Akh Tal Ebah, Clifford Jarvis, Artakatune, and new electric guitarist, Sly, that was released on Saturn in the same year. This sounds like a studio recording, carefully thought out - most of the compositions appear only on this record (apart from versions of Nature’s God and Space is the Place), and include a chain of very interesting accompanied /interpolated) spoken texts: There is a Change in the Air, The Antique Blacks, The ridiculous “I” and the Cosmos “Me” - as well as a very long and scary coda to Space is the Place. Ra plays Rocksichord and Moog throughout (solo on track 7 and at the end of track 8). Theatrical and political; this is a fascinating release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 A new Sun Ra album is coming out soon - "Rocket Ship Rock": http://www.dustygroove.com/item.php?id=4bfr2v46gj Issued by Norton, this is looking good. From a newsletter from Norton previously this year: • WATCH OUT FOR MUCK MUCK! Norton recently took a rocket ride into the vaults of El Saturn Research and arrived back on Earth with a motherlode of unissued early R&B, doo wop, soul and general weirdness featuring Sun Ra and his Arkestra backing a variety of artists. This series will be compiled on several Norton albums and singles including an entire disc by Yochanan (The Space Age Vocalist) backed by Sun Ra and his Arkestra featuring his demented Saturn 45 Muck Muck / Hot Skillet Mama and much more lunacy from yet another Norton turban headed star! These stupendous recordings include Yochanan-Rocket Ship Rock / Nu Sounds - The Second Stop Is Jupiter / Crystals - Honey In The Bee Box / Qualities - If I Only Hadn't Sinned / Ebah - I'm Gonna Unmask The Batman / Don (Dino) Dean - The Space Stroll / Sun Ra - I Am Strange / Cosmic Rays - Daddy's Gonna Tell You No Lie and many, many more. A pretty hot new single too! http://www.dustygroove.com/item.php?id=r5c...%2Bra%2Bstrange This seems to duplicate a lot of the Evidence "The Singles" package. Is that now unavailable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenny weir Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 This seems to duplicate a lot of the Evidence "The Singles" package. Is that now unavailable? Yes, that's what I figured, too. Even if there are alt takes involved, it's too much like the 2cd singles set for me - much as I love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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