brownie Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 Adjacent to the current Unfilables thread, where do people here file their Sun Ras? I have always filed albums alphabetically: The Miles Davis albums are filed under DDDs, the Lee Morgans albums are filed under MMMs, the Sun Ras are filed under SSSs. Anybody file their Sun Ras under RRRs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 Definitely Sun Ra goes in the SSS's. (Or at least in my world.) Now record stores, Sun Ra always seems to go in the RRR's, which is understandable. Where does the Jazz Record Mart have Ra filed??? (If anybody has him under the RRR's, it'd probably be them.) Funny, I'm quite comfortable referring to him as "Ra", but I know he shouldn't go in the RRR's for filing purposes. I know from interviews I've heard, that most of the people who knew him referred to him as "SunRa", said as if it were one word - usually with the accent on the "Sun", as in "SUNra" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertrand Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 (edited) They should go under B Bertrand. Edited December 17, 2004 by bertrand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKE BBB Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 And as I know you like blues a lot, brownie.... where do you file your Howlin´ Wolf? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Wheel Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 I file mine under the first letter of his real name. Unfortunately I still haven't found my copy of the Saturnian-English dictionary, so I don't know where in the alphabet that letter belongs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAL Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 I'm filing mine right next to the Basie discs. No reason, just for convenience. Wait, maybe there are a couple of reasons after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ariceffron Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 ABC-ORDER? sun ra wouildnt want u to do that. sun ra sez: go to http://www.dpo.uab.edu/~moudry/discintr.htm and order then as chronically as possble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted December 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 And as I know you like blues a lot, brownie.... where do you file your Howlin´ Wolf? I keep the blues albums in a separate section. Howling is filed under WOLF (not far from the WATERS, Muddy) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKE BBB Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 And as I know you like blues a lot, brownie.... where do you file your Howlin´ Wolf? I keep the blues albums in a separate section. Howling is filed under WOLF (not far from the WATERS, Muddy) I have them separately as well. But da Wolf is filed under H, near the HOPKINS, Lightnin´. Yep, I don´t seem to be very consistent with my filing criteria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Lightning Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 Under what letter do you file Count Basie? King Oliver? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKE BBB Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 Under what letter do you file Count Basie? King Oliver? B & O But I wouldn´t pay much attention to my criteria... B-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man with the Golden Arm Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 You guys need to start filing like in Japan: Instrument as played by the leader on the session is categorized first, horns descending to rhythm, then by first name of the leader within those subsets of alto, baritone, tenor, trumpet, piano, bass, drums, vibes and so on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 sonny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 (edited) You guys need to start filing like in Japan: Instrument as played by the leader on the session is categorized first, horns descending to rhythm, then by first name of the leader within those subsets of alto, baritone, tenor, trumpet, piano, bass, drums, vibes and so on. Or like in Europe (or at least from what I've personally seen in stores in France and Spain)... Everything is sorted by first name, or group name. Of course that means that 99% of things aren't anywhere even close to where you're normally used to finding them... ...but at least Jethro Tull is filed correctly, for a change. Edited December 17, 2004 by Rooster_Ties Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 everyone knows Sun Ra gets filed under "L," for Le Sonny Ra. Howlin' Wolf should get filed under "B," for Burnett, but I file him under the ' after Howlin'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randyhersom Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 I always file Sun Ra under R. After all he was in the Philly phone book that way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Late Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 I file mine under the first letter of his real name. Unfortunately I still haven't found my copy of the Saturnian-English dictionary, so I don't know where in the alphabet that letter belongs... ... that would be H or B. Herman Poole "Sonny" Blount, with his last name pronounced "blunt." Most members of the Arkestra called him Sonny, didn't they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Wheel Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 (edited) Ah, but that's only his Earthling name. I'd write out the Saturnian version here, but it's kind of hard to render five-dimensional letters on a two-dimensional bulletin board. Edited December 17, 2004 by Big Wheel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Late Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 Ah, but that's only his Earthling name. I'd write out the Saturnian version here, but it's kind of hard to render five-dimensional letters on a two-dimensional bulletin board. Oh ... I see. My mistake. Well then, here is a meager attempt at translation through the picto-morphogram collage method: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reg Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 the penguin guide to jazz files Sun Ra under S whilst all music guide to jazz files Sun Ra under R me, i'd go for S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 Under L for 'Lucifer' (isn't that what some of his bandmates used to call him?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 My Sun Ra recordings keep Paul Quinichette from touching Boyd Raeburn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKE BBB Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 Or like in Europe (or at least from what I've personally seen in stores in France and Spain)... Everything is sorted by first name, or group name. Those Spaniards are krazy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontooneous Posted December 18, 2004 Report Share Posted December 18, 2004 (edited) Just before Sunnyland Slim. Edited December 18, 2004 by Spontooneous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alankin Posted December 18, 2004 Report Share Posted December 18, 2004 (edited) “Some call me Mr Ra, some call me Mr Re, and some call me Mr Mystery." Edited December 18, 2004 by alankin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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