Sun Ra "Sleeping Beauty"
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Randy Watson
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Where can I get these? I don't usually buy online. Any tips appreciated.
Diggedy Derek
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I'm not into all Sun Ra, but I heard 10 minutes of this on The Wire's Resonance show, and it was absolutely awesome. As fluid and languid as, er, Languidity, which (in the absence of 100s of £s to spend on tunes) remains my favourite Sun Ra, but Sleeping Beauty is even more fragile and sensuous.
I'm with y'all on the sensual attributes of Sleeping Beauty. The Horo lps occasionally had a similar feel but the Fender Rhodes on SB kinda puts it over the top. So was this a vinyl only reappearance?
On Jupiter is almost as enjoyable ("UFO", the Arkestra's sole attempt at disco, is hilariously shambling) but hard copies remain hopelessly lost to the majority of us.
One more for those with a taste for LanQuidity (note the Q, a Ra variant perhaps?) and Sleeping Beauty is Strange Celestial Road. More downtempo chug dripping with glorious Fender electric piano. Rounder gave it a CD issue in the late 90s. I think Sun Ra mothballed his Rhodes after this-- although I can't claim to have heard the entirety of his discog.
On Jupiter is almost as enjoyable ("UFO", the Arkestra's sole attempt at disco, is hilariously shambling) but hard copies remain hopelessly lost to the majority of us.
One more for those with a taste for LanQuidity (note the Q, a Ra variant perhaps?) and Sleeping Beauty is Strange Celestial Road. More downtempo chug dripping with glorious Fender electric piano. Rounder gave it a CD issue in the late 90s. I think Sun Ra mothballed his Rhodes after this-- although I can't claim to have heard the entirety of his discog.
Diggedy Derek
Stray Dog
Thanks heiku!
Oops! 
I've just listened to a copy of "Sleeping Beauty" on my headphones and I can't find any sign of the problem Honest Jons reported. There are a few minor crackles and pops in the last third of the title track, but the remastering is so lush (check out hwo zingy the hi-hats sound!) it's leaps and bounds ahead of the usual Sun Ra bootleg vinyl quality!
JOY!
PS There's an interesting-looking Sun Ra DVD on the horizon - i've lost the e-mail but I think it's by the guy who made the "Cry Of Jazz" film (featuring Arkestra) is it called the Magic Sun? I think it's out in a couple of weeks anyway...
I've just listened to a copy of "Sleeping Beauty" on my headphones and I can't find any sign of the problem Honest Jons reported. There are a few minor crackles and pops in the last third of the title track, but the remastering is so lush (check out hwo zingy the hi-hats sound!) it's leaps and bounds ahead of the usual Sun Ra bootleg vinyl quality!JOY!
PS There's an interesting-looking Sun Ra DVD on the horizon - i've lost the e-mail but I think it's by the guy who made the "Cry Of Jazz" film (featuring Arkestra) is it called the Magic Sun? I think it's out in a couple of weeks anyway...
Diggedy Derek
Stray Dog
I heard this again today, and was going to big it up. But then I found I'd already done it upthread. Nevertheless, bloody hell, this is so so so good. I'd swap a whole parallel universe full of Heliocentric Worlds-esque nonsense for this dream-like vibe.
AshRa said:Oops!
JOY!
PS There's an interesting-looking Sun Ra DVD on the horizon - i've lost the e-mail but I think it's by the guy who made the "Cry Of Jazz" film (featuring Arkestra) is it called the Magic Sun? I think it's out in a couple of weeks anyway...
don letts has done one too
i got disco 3000 the other day one side the first side is fantastic