Well, I’m so taken with Gilles Peterson’s superb Sun Ra mixes, on To Those of Earth… & Other Worlds, that I’ve ordered some more Sun Ra.
I’m after a fair number of his recordings, to be honest. But I can’t afford some of the extravagant prices being asked. I already have Heliocentric Worlds Vol 1 & 2, and Nothing Is.
I’ve just ordered Space Is The Place (1973), and a 3-CD collection of his prolific singles output (see above pic), plus a 5-disc set calling itself Timeless Classic Albums – Sun Ra.
And here’s a wee gallery of the stuff I already have:
And, being the impulsive fool I am, and digging Sun Ra as I do, I’ve also just ordered this:
There’s a bit of overlap: the album Jazz In Silhouette is on both ‘classic album’ multi-CD sets, and both collections also include a bunch of Ra’s doo-wop singles, which I’ll be getting on The Definitive 45s Collection.
But all told, these two multi-disc sets will add the following seven albums to my growing Sun Ra library (plus a bunch of his earlier singles, some gathered under the title Medicine For A Nightmare!):
Jazz by Sun Ra, 1957
Super-Sonic Jazz, 1957
Jazz In Silhouette, 1959
The Futuristic Sounds Of…, 1962
Angels & Demons At Play, 1960
The Nubians of Plutonia, 1966
Batman & Robin(!?), 1966
That still leaves a whole bunch more Ra albums I’m keen to acquire, such as these:
There’s lots of interesting stuff about this maverick jazz iconoclast out there, amongst which is this interesting cache of goodies, curated by Chicago university.
