Sun Ra - Sound Mirror (1978)

 

This Saturn rarity features a side long Sun Ra declamation spoken over The Mayan Temples. Not to be missed! Thanks again to our friend, Paul W. for his lossless LP rip.

Saturn LP 19782, Sound Mirror, was released in 1978.  Some copies are titled Live in Philadelphia '78. The title track takes up all of Side A.  Personnel from Tilman Stahl with corrections by rlc.  "The Sound Mirror" is a recitation accompanied by the theme known as "The Mayan Temples."  The brand name of Sonny Blount's first wire recorder , which he purchased in the mid-1930's, was Sound Mirror.  "Jazzisticology" and "Of Other Tomorrows," from one or more live concerts in Italy, were part of the same sessions that produced Media Dream (also released under the title Saturn Research).  The exact locations of the concerts are not known. 

From The Earthly Recordings of Sun Ra 2nd ed.

Sound Mirror
(Live in Philadelphia '78)
Saturn 19782

Side A:
The Sound Mirror (The Mayan Temples) (Ra)

Sun Ra (recitation); Marshall Allen (fl); John Gilmore (perc); Danny Ray Thompson (bars); Ben Henderson [Jaribu Shahid] (b); Luqman Ali (d); James Jacson (Inf-d).
prob Variety Recording Studio, NYC, 1978
 

Side B:
Jazzisticology (Ra)
Of Other Tomorrows Never Known (Ra)

Sun Ra (Crumar Mainman, keyb, org, p); Michael Ray (tp); John Gilmore (ts, timb); Luqman Ali (d). Live in Italy, January 1978

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Sound Mirror (Live in Philadelphia 78)

1. The sound mirror - The Mayan temples (14:09)

2. Jazzisticology (4:09)

3. Of other tomorrows never known (8:00)