From Rodney Perkins Sent Fri, Apr 23rd 1999, 15:51
From Rodney Perkins Sent Fri, Apr 23rd 1999, 15:51
More Sun Ra recommends: Its After the End of the World Nothing is Night of the Purple Moon Universe in Blue Super-Sonic Jazz I like them all but "Night of the Purple Moon" is really something else. Like a lot of the Saturn recordings, its really lo-fi but its pretty amazing. I must also second the recommendation of "Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy." There are some really spaced out *and* grooving compositions on there. On a related note, I recently wrote a review of a Marshall Allen/Tyrone Hill/Luqman Ali Trio (Sun Ra Arkestra) show in Houston. You can read it at http://home.earthlink.net/~rdperkins/arkestra.html > > if i may make one simple recommendation--the soundtrack to the pbs film > "space is the place" on evidence (not the impulse album with the same > name, although it's great too) is probably the best place to start. the > songs are more straightforward than many sun ra records, but nonetheless > quite thrilling, & it has many references to other sun ra records which > you'll want to check out at some point in the future. > > usually, anything reissued on evidence is worth buying, especially > albums recorded within the 60-70s period. buy by the cover, the more > sketchy & obscure they look, the better they're likely to be. at least > that's how i buy mine. :) here's a few more titles which i > wholeheartedly recommend: > > - heliocentric worlds (only got vol.2 but i would bet vol.1 is just as > great) (esp disk) > - atlantis (evidence) (don't have it, but heard great things about it) > - cosmic tones for mental therapy / art forms for dimensions tomorrow > (evidence) (has a great early use of echo effects... sounds especially > spacey & experimental) > - space is the place (impulse) (excellent, but would be worth buying > anyway if only for the 20-minute title song, which is also available in > 5-minute form on the aforementioned soundtrack) > > it is also worthy of note that all these cds come with more than > extensive liner notes which make you appreciate sun ra's work all the more. > > if anybody has more sun ra recommendations, please do go ahead, i'm far > from having everything myself. :)