Sun Ra - Hiroshima (1985)

I hope you've been enjoying the Solo Piano LPs.  Because the solo posts are now complete, I thought a suitable segue back to The Mighty Arkestra might be an LP that is nearly solo (pipe organ + a li'l bit o' percussion) on one side and the Sun Ra All Stars on the other.  I have two rips for you today: the first is courtesy of Paul W. from his original LP; You might notice a bit of 'radio music concrete' on Side A on this version that does not appear on the 2nd offering - my Art Yard LP rip (but not my scans).  Curious difference, no?

Hiroshima (Stars That Shine Darkly)
Sun Ra (pipe org).
Atlanta, GA, 1984 or 1985

Stars That Shine Darkly vol. 1
Sun Ra All Stars

Sun Ra (p, syn, voc); Don Cherry (pocket tp); Eloe Omoe (cacl); Lester Bowie (tp); Marshall Allen (as, fl, ob, EVI); John Gilmore (ts, voc); Archie Shepp (ts, ss); Richard Davis (b); Clifford Jarvis (d); Philly Joe Jones (d); Famoudou Don Moye (d, Sun Percussion).

 

Saturn 10-11-85, Stars That Shine Darkly, was released in 1985.  It is sometimes titled Hiroshima.  "Hiroshima" appeared on Side B.  In the first edition of this discography [Earthly Recordings vol. 1], this piece was said to have been recorded on the same European tour as the All Stars material.  However, in a conversation with Peter Hinds on Feb. 14, 1986, Sun Ra alluded to the existence of additional material from this performance, as well as an unissued video by Danny Ray Thompson.  Peter Hinds refers to "the thing in Atlanta, Ga, with the organ."  According to John and Peter Hinds, the organ was located in a large theater in Atlanta.  The exact date is not known, but the Arkestra was in Atlanta on October 26, 1984 and again on January 1, 1985.

From The Earthly Recordings of Sun Ra 2nd ed.

Hiroshima (Stars That Shine Darkly)

1. Stars that shine darkly (part 1)    14:50
2. Hiroshima    15:05

 

Paul W. Original LP Rip

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Art Yard LP Rip

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