kh1958 Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 (edited) The reissue of A Fireside Chat with Lucifer (on CD and LP) is imminent. https://sunra-mh.bandcamp.com/album/a-fireside-chat-with-lucifer Edited September 17, 2020 by kh1958 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 Thanks for the headsup. I have an earlier cd in storage. . . I know this will be an improvement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 I didn't realize that A Fireside Chat with Lucifer had previously been reissued. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 Ah my bad, my mind had it mixed up with "A Black Mass." This is even more an exciting pre-order then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 On 9/17/2020 at 10:46 AM, kh1958 said: The reissue of A Fireside Chat with Lucifer (on CD and LP) is imminent. https://sunra-mh.bandcamp.com/album/a-fireside-chat-with-lucifer cool! One of my favorites, though I've never had a Saturn copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 I've never heard the record--though I did hear Sun Ra perform a live version of Nuclear War (you can kiss your ass good-bye).. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Late Posted October 8, 2020 Report Share Posted October 8, 2020 A legit reissue (Enterplanetary Koncepts) of this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted October 15, 2020 Report Share Posted October 15, 2020 Received "A FIreside Chat with Lucifer" in the mail today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gheorghe Posted October 16, 2020 Report Share Posted October 16, 2020 On 8.10.2020 at 11:47 PM, Late said: A legit reissue (Enterplanetary Koncepts) of this: "Unity" was my first Sun Ra Album. And the rare quartet Album "Steps Ahead". Unity and Steps had very similar covers….. On Unity Sun Ra Plays mostly the organ, which is rare, usually when I saw them live he mostly played the acoustic piano, plus some small Keyboards.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted November 2, 2020 Report Share Posted November 2, 2020 96 years old Marshall Allen continues to lead the Arkestra, with the first new studio album in 20 years, Swirling, about to be released on Strut. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/27/arts/music/sun-ra-arkestra-swirling.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub Modal Posted November 2, 2020 Report Share Posted November 2, 2020 Track samples from that new album are really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted November 2, 2020 Report Share Posted November 2, 2020 (edited) It's all on Spotify, in the UK. It is good. Edited November 2, 2020 by mjazzg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gheorghe Posted November 3, 2020 Report Share Posted November 3, 2020 14 hours ago, kh1958 said: 96 years old Marshall Allen continues to lead the Arkestra, with the first new studio album in 20 years, Swirling, about to be released on Strut. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/27/arts/music/sun-ra-arkestra-swirling.html Great article About Marshall Allen. I saw the Arkestra last year in spring, they were great ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted November 3, 2020 Report Share Posted November 3, 2020 15 hours ago, kh1958 said: 96 years old Marshall Allen continues to lead the Arkestra, with the first new studio album in 20 years, Swirling, about to be released on Strut. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/27/arts/music/sun-ra-arkestra-swirling.html Interesting .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub Modal Posted January 26, 2021 Report Share Posted January 26, 2021 (edited) Well, new release announced: https://www.facebook.com/20544755421/posts/10165155229335422/ 4 x 45rpm LP set of Lanquidity, to include the rare "stripped down" Twin Stars of Thence and alternate versions of other tunes. https://www.instagram.com/p/CKgroQIAq2O/?igshid=1e43p30po9eua Edited January 26, 2021 by Dub Modal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted January 26, 2021 Report Share Posted January 26, 2021 I like 'Lanquidity' a lot, possibly that much. Thanks for posting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted March 3, 2021 Report Share Posted March 3, 2021 Lanquidity box set now up for pre-order at Strut's Bandcamp https://sunrastrut.bandcamp.com/album/lanquidity-definitive-edition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted March 3, 2021 Report Share Posted March 3, 2021 Thanks for the headsup! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted March 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2021 36 minutes ago, mjazzg said: Lanquidity box set now up for pre-order at Strut's Bandcamp https://sunrastrut.bandcamp.com/album/lanquidity-definitive-edition Just seeing at that link, that there’s a 2CD option too!! YIPPIE!!!!! (Until just a minute ago, I was under the strong impression — because no one could say otherwise (in the ongoing Sun Ra mega-thread on the Steve Hoffman forums — that it was going to be 2LP’s or download only, NEITHER of which I was especially interested in, even for something as tempting as this.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub Modal Posted March 3, 2021 Report Share Posted March 3, 2021 Download for me. Would love to have the LPs but without a US distributor I'm out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beatnik Daddy-O’73 Posted March 8, 2021 Report Share Posted March 8, 2021 ...Lanquidity preorder up on Amazon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub Modal Posted March 8, 2021 Report Share Posted March 8, 2021 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub Modal Posted March 8, 2021 Report Share Posted March 8, 2021 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pglbook Posted March 8, 2021 Report Share Posted March 8, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Dub Modal said: 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... I have all of the Roaratoria Sun Ra lps that you mentioned - The Intergalactic Thing, Sun Embassy, Other Strange Worlds, Sign of the Myth. Roaratoria does a very nice job: quality pressings and nice record sleeves, artwork, etc. My favorite of those 4 is probably The Intergalactic Thing - great music and sound quality. Other Strange Worlds is wonderful as well and is kind of a companion to the legendary album, Strange Strings, in which Ra gave each musician an instrument other than the musician's chosen instrument and had the musicians play insruments they were not familiar with. Great stuff. The only one of the 4 I was somewhat disappointed with was Sun Embassy. I bought a copy of that one last month and the sound quality and music is rather all over the place. I am sure the sound quality has to do with the original tapes not being in the best condition. The music consists of recordings/rehearsals at the Sun Ra house in Philadelphia. It is a mixed bag. Some songs are really good and others are definitely just rehearsal bits and fragments. Sound quality also unfortunately varies quite a bit from song to song on that release. I would say that Sun Embassy is really only for the Sun Ra completist. But I can highly recommend the other 3 records - The Intergalactic Thing, Other Strange Worlds, and Sign of the Myth. Excellent music and sound quality. Edited March 8, 2021 by pglbook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub Modal Posted March 8, 2021 Report Share Posted March 8, 2021 4 minutes ago, pglbook said: I have all of the Roaratoria Sun Ra lps that you mentioned - The Intergalactic Thing, Sun Embassy, Other Strange Worlds, Sign of the Myth. Roaratoria does a very nice job: quality pressings and nice record sleeves, artwork, etc. My favorite of those 4 is probably The Intergalactic Thing - great music and sound quality. Other Strange Worlds is wonderful as well and is kind of a companion to the legendary album, Strange Strings, in which Ra gave each musician an instrument other than the musician's chosen instrument and had the musicians play insruments they were not familiar with. Great stuff. The only one of the 4 I was somewhat disappointed with was Sun Embassy. I bought a copy of that one last month and the sound quality and music is rather all over the place. I am sure the sound quality has to do with the original tapes not being in the best condition. The music consists of recordings/rehearsals at the Sun Ra house in Philadelphia. It is a mixed bag. Some songs are really good and others are definitely just rehearsal bits and fragments. Sound quality also unfortunately varies quite a bit from song to song on that release. I would say that Sun Embassy is really only for the Sun Ra completist. But I can highly recommend the other 3 records - The Intergalactic Thing, Other Strange Worlds, and Sign of the Myth. Excellent music and sound quality. 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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