DIW 388 was issued in 1994 as the first disk in a limited-edition two-CD set titled Live at Soundscape. According to a poster reproduced in the leaflet for the companion disk DIW 388B, there were shows at 3 and 8 pm on November 11; it is not known which one was recorded. The second CD pressing, which appeared in Japan in 1996, consists of the concert CD without the lecture.
The CD is not a full set of music. Additional items from this same set (seemingly recorded from a different vantage point and with greater stereo separation -- in fact, Sun Ra's keyboards threaten to take over the whole left channel) were broadcast on WKCR-FM during the April 1987 Sun Ra Festival. Thanks to Stephen Ramirez for information about the broadcast; it ran 87 minutes. "Watusi" was placed at the end of the broadcast but was obviously shifted there from its spot before "Space Is the Place," as can be heard on the CD. "On Jupiter" is faded right after the beginning of the space chant on the CD; on the radio broadcast, it continues with a trumpet duet, a long synthesizer solo in the "dentist drill" manner, a shout of "All out for Jupiter!" and a freakout ensemble, then trails off with vibes and drums.
"Keep Your Sunny Side Up" is a chant by Sun Ra, not the standard. Personnel identified by Bradford Graves and Verna Gillis by rlc from the tapes; no other documentation of the concert survives.
Live from Soundscape
Sun Ra (org, syn, declamation); Michael Ray (tp); Walter Miller (tp); Charles Stephens (tb); Vincent Chancey (Fr hn); Marshall Allen (as, fl, picc, perc); Danny Davis (as, fl, perc); John Gilmore (ts, cl, timb, voc, announcement); Eloe Omoe (bcl, fl, perc); James Jacson (bsn, fl, Inf-d); Danny Ray Thompson (bars, fl, perc); Skeeter McFarland (eg); Damon Choice (vib); Richard "Radu" Williams (b); Luqman Ali (d); Atakatune (cga, perc); June Tyson (voc); Bill Sebastian (light show); unidentified dancers.
Soundscape, NYC, November 11, 1979
info from The Earthly Recordings vol. 2
Sun Ra & His Arkestra
Live from Soundscape on November 11, 1979
CD 1
Astro Black
Where There Is No Sun [Pleiades]
Living In The Space Age
Keep Your Sunny Side Up
D. 27
Watusi
Space Is The Place
We Travel The Space Ways
On Jupiter, The Skies Are Always Blue
CD 2
SUN RA Talks On "The Possibility of Altered Destiny"
November 10, 1979
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thank you, yotte!
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You're welcome as always I-).
ReplyDeleteFunny. There have been relatively few downloads of this one. I think it's a fantastic performance and I LOVE the lecture - it's one of my favorites. Strange, I guess, what interests people. Maybe it's time to step back a few years... we'll see what tomorrow brings.
The Arkestra returned to Soundscape a couple of weeks later on November 24th and THIS SHOW (offered in flac) was performed. Don't miss it. It's really a great sounding recording of a fantastic concert.
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Sun Ra & His Arkestra
"Spaceships at Soundscape"
Soundscape, NYC
Nov 24, 1979
Disc 1: (78:07)
1. unidentified title [fades out]
2. percussion solo >
Tapestry from an Asteroid >
Astro Black >
Pleiades
3. improvisation
4. Mystery, Mr. Ra >
Discipline 27
5. improvisation
6. Ra piano solo
7. The Way You Look Tonight
Disc 2: (76:56)
1. unidentified blues
2. Big John's Special
3. Images
4. unidentified title
5. Spontaneous Simplicity
6. Watusa
7. Door of the Cosmos >
Discipline 27-II [fade/tape flip @ 2:45]
Disc 3: (78:52)
1. unidentified title >
Friendly Galaxy [fades out]
2. unidentified title
3. Enlightenment
4. unidentified title
5. Strange World >
Black Myth >
We're Living in the Space Age >
Ancient Days and Myths >
Tomorrow Never Comes [fades out]
6. Keep Your Sunny Side Up >
unidentified title
Disc 4: (69:21)
1. Three Little Words
2. Halloween in Harlem
3. Yeah Man!
4. unidentified blues
5. unidentified title [fades out]
6. unidentified excerpt
7. unidentified title [fades in]
8. Calling Planet Earth >
Space is the Place >
We Travel the Spaceways >
Hit That Jive, Jack
Total time: 5:03:16