sun ra- Heliocentric vol 3, the lost tapes

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

whats the music like, is is similar to vol 1 or 2? is it worth checkin out?

[clifford_thornton]

Yes. The lengthy first piece I like a lot; the rest of it not quite as interesting.

[erhodes]

That first piece, "Intercosmosis", is apparently an unissued track from the "When Angels Speak of Love" session...sort of a warm up for "Next Stop Mars". Very strong. Also, it's in stereo. It is part of a body of evidence that suggests there is/was a stereo master of WASOL.

The rest of the material is almost certainly from the "Heliocentric I" session. It includes what appears to be an alternate take of "Other Worlds" from H1...the new title is "Interplanetary Travelers".

The discographical information on the jacket is almost certainly wrong. It is not material from the "Heliocentric 2" session. There was a thread about this on the Saturn listserv in May of '05.

"Intercosmosis" is definitely the banger but "Interplanetary Travelers" is a good listen...sort of a compressed "Shadow World".

[clifford_thornton]

Thanks for the clarification. I thought it was all from the vol. 1 session; didn't realize one was a Saturn outtake.