{"id":27088,"date":"2025-03-14T22:59:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T22:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=27088"},"modified":"2025-03-15T06:53:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T06:53:15","slug":"music-exploring-sun-ra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=27088","title":{"rendered":"MUSiC: Exploring Sun Ra"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ordered!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Well, I\u2019m so taken with Gilles Peterson\u2019s superb Sun Ra mixes, on To Those of Earth\u2026 & Other Worlds<\/em>, that I\u2019ve ordered some more Sun Ra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Simply superb!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m after a fair number of his recordings, to be honest. But I can\u2019t afford some of the extravagant prices being asked. I already have Heliocentric Worlds Vol 1 & 2<\/em>, and Nothing Is.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Looks terrific.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve just ordered Space Is The Place<\/em> (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.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And here\u2019s a wee gallery of the stuff I already have:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And, being the impulsive fool I am, and digging Sun Ra as I do, I\u2019ve also just ordered this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Four of Ra\u2019s earliest releases.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a bit of overlap: the album Jazz In Silhouette<\/em> is on both \u2018classic album\u2019 multi-CD sets, and both collections also include a bunch of Ra\u2019s doo-wop singles, which I\u2019ll be getting on The Definitive 45s Collection<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/em>!):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jazz by Sun Ra, 1957
Super-Sonic Jazz, 1957
Jazz In Silhouette, 1959
The Futuristic Sounds Of\u2026, 1962
Angels & Demons At Play, 1960
The Nubians of Plutonia, 1966
Batman & Robin(!?), 1966<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
That still leaves a whole bunch more Ra albums I\u2019m keen to acquire, such as these:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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There\u2019s lots of interesting stuff about this maverick jazz iconoclast out there, amongst which is this interesting cache of goodies<\/a>, curated by Chicago university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The young Herman \u2018Sonny\u2019 Blount.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Well, I\u2019m so taken with Gilles Peterson\u2019s superb Sun Ra mixes, on To Those of Earth\u2026 & Other Worlds, that I\u2019ve ordered some more Sun Ra. I\u2019m after a fair number of his recordings, to be honest. But I can\u2019t afford some of the extravagant prices being asked. I already have Heliocentric Worlds Vol 1 … <\/p>\n
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