Feb 2013 Finds

[llmod1]

Went to my local fair today and picked up the following:



Tina Britt - Blue All the Way - Spare copy of the funky soul LP. Sadly this copy does not come with the added sticke that my copy I found in Rotterdam had on the front cover!

Dusko Goykovich - Swinging Macedonia - Long time euro want that I can finally cross off of the list! Beautiful jazz!





Thought it was time I upped my Sun Ra game.

What other Ra releases do you guys consider as essential. Nothing too out there please!!

As well as these I have Angels and Demons, Space is the Place, Nubians.

What else do I need?

 

[ppadilha]

I like Lanquidity a lot. Wouldn't mind some recommendations either, my knowledge is pretty limited when it comes to Sun Ra.

 

[coqui]

ppadilha said:I like Lanquidity a lot.

Yes, Lanquidity is a good one. Sun Ra on a jazz funk tip. Select bits of chanting here and there, mystical vibes throughout. "There Are Other Worlds (They Have Not Told You Of)" is probably the farthest-out the record gets into deep space. Plus you can play that one in public out and people won't think you're crazy! Twin Stars Of Thence" is a MONSTER tune.





Here are a couple not dissimilar from Lanquidity, from the same era (late 70s) that I recommend:

Sun Ra - Sleeping Beauty





Mellow vibes throughout, jazz bliss in evidence. Nothing abrasive to be found here, all soft edges and slow-motion. Pure awe and beauty. Check "Sleeping Beauty" the track, por ejemplo.

Sun Ra - Strange Celestial Road





llmod1, you mentioned that you already had Space Is The Place... this record is like it's moody cousin, less all out, more strung out, but the spooky chanting still in evidence. And a lot of the jazz funk sound carried over from Lanquidity. The track "Say" would make the point I'm trying to here.





One more track I'd like to bring attention to, maybe his first in this vein, is "Moon Dance". It's a skull-snapping track that splits the difference between swing and funk, with a wraithlike organ slithering throughout. It's from this record:

Sun Ra And His Myth Science Arkestra ?????? Cosmic Tones For Mental Therapy





Of which, I must warn you, the rest of it gets pretty out there. Echo chambers and furiously played congas in full effect! You might want to give it a shot anyway, since it might be the most distinct snapshot of that certain side of Sun Ra's whole trip. I really dig a lot of the out there stuff he does (this record and Atlantis are favorites of mine), but this one track in particular is a super-accessible track (at sea in an experimental lp) that everyone should get to hear.





There's many of his early records that qualify as well, but as this post has already gone on way to long, I'll just mention these two:

Sun Song and The Futuristic Sounds Of Sun Ra





Both of which are Ra at his most traditional, and in truly fine form.

 

[leon]

Stopped by some flea shops and managed to grip these for 30 total.

Upper left:





Jackie Mittoo- in London. White label in white sleeve. Could this be a promo? It's an old pressing (dirt on labels etc.)?





Rueben Wilson - blue mode. In shrink, blue/white stereo.





Baden Powell - a vontade. Beautiful Brazil pressing, great record.





Michel Sardaby - gail. Welcome new warmth is a jazz funk bomb, the rest of the album is easy jazz. Very enjoyable lp.





Jack McDuff- the fourth dimension. Two killer tracks, this lp is quite a mixbag of styles, vocals on several tracks.





Charlie Parker - Bird symbols. French mono press. Great tracks from two 1947 sessions. Has Nights in Arabia, as sampled by Gangstarr if i'm not mistaking.

 

[coqui]

leon said:Rueben Wilson - blue mode. In shrink, blue/white stereo.




How is this one? That sleeve looks like it must have been done by Mati Klarwein, right?

 

[fishmongerfunk]

 

[earthings]

leon said:


Jackie Mittoo- in London. White label in white sleeve. Could this be a promo? It's an old pressing (dirt on labels etc.)?




No. That's the way it should be, you're just missing the cover. Most records from that time had white labels, I think the UK press had a blue one.





Did Coxsone/Studio One ever release promo records anyway? I don't think I've ever seen any.

 

[skel]

leon said:


Michel Sardaby - gail. Welcome new warmth is a jazz funk bomb, the rest of the album is easy jazz. Very enjoyable lp.


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Great score.


Used to be an easy bill on its own

 

[leon]

No. That's the way it should be, you're just missing the cover. Most records from that time had white labels, I think the UK press had a blue label.





Allright that makes sense, thanks!





coqui said:leon said:Rueben Wilson - blue mode. In shrink, blue/white stereo.

How is this one? That sleeve looks like it must have been done by Mati Klarwein, right?




Yes it is by Mati Klarwein. The record is pretty much jazz funk all the way through. It sounds a little dated to my ears but it's good.

 

[upskiboo]

bee gees album came in a fleamarket stack, more accidental than on purpose, a little bit better than other early stuff ive heard with these dudes

on the beatles tip...

 

[leon]

crabmongerfunk said:

Some insane finds there! Still need those two Don Cherry albums...

 

[LoopDreams]

llmod1 said:What other Ra releases do you guys consider as essential. Nothing too out there please!!







Congrats on the Other Side of the Sun! Such a rediculous Ra w/ the best version of Space Is the Place.





Here's a few that I love:





The Sun Ra Arkestra meets Salah Ragab in Egypts


We Travel the Spaceways ( With Tapestry for an Asteroid)


Dark Myth Equation Visitation


Discipline 27-II


Sun Ra Quartet: New Steps on Horo (with rome at twilight)


Sleeping Beauty (essential Ra)


Nuclear War (ditto)


Sun Ra : Pictures of Infinity (for the track Spontaneous Simplicity)


Cosmos


and as mentioned Lanquidity....what a record





Angels and Demons and Nubians are two of my favourites, which you've got





At Crab: how is that Knirsch LP? Good MPS fusion? And if that Prague Big Band is a dupe..........

 

[Guzzo]

crabmongerfunk said:

That Harold Vick is amazingly underrated


How's that Knirsch? Wolfgang Dauner related right?

 

[fishmongerfunk]

yes, harold vick is killer:








knirsch is wolfgang dauner and etcetera...features larry coyrell. fantastic date:








the siggi busch record is even iller and features dauner:








loopdreams: prague big band is not a dupe but i know a dude with etra copies. hit me up on the pm:

 

[billbradley]

C.I.A. is pre-N.W.A. (I'm sure most of you knew that already though)

This was a club staple in Houston back in the day.

 

[bobtheorange]

Some of my finds from a recent trip to Puerto Rico:

Harlow is a gold label mono.





45s

and finally a few 12"s

Oh, and this came in the mail:

 

[LaserWolf]

Damn BTO, where you been digging you found all that?


Not Portland.

 

[Oligee]

Daaaannng, Bob the Orange KILLING THE GAME

 

[leon]

NerdAlert saidaaaannng, Bob the Orange KILLING THE GAME

 

[bobtheorange]

Thanks!


LaserWolf saidamn BTO, where you been digging you found all that?


Not Portland.

I found those on my recent trip to Puerto Rico! I also stocked up on some salsa commons(well, common in places like NYC) for my table at crossroads.