Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Transparency 'The Eternal Myth Revealed' Update


Transparency has released a new update to their forthcoming cooperative project with The Sun Ra Music Archive.  The collection has been expanded from an estimated 14 cds to an amazing 20 cds!  Transparency is now accepting pre-orders at the unreasonably low price of $65.00 + shipping.  In concert with this announcement, Michael D. Anderson uploaded expanded versions of his 'teaser' segments to approximately 57 minutes. 

Part 1


D/L Pt 1


Part 2



D/L Pt 2



Sun Ra - The Eternal Myth Revealed -- CD Box Set

The Story Of A Universal Being And His Music
Covering 1924 -- 1959
Contains thirteen plus hours of unreleased & ultra-rare music
Plus definitive Sun Ra autobiographical commentary

This is a 2 part video demonstration of the "Sun Ra -- The Eternal Myth Revealed" Vol. 1 CD box set which covers 1924 to 1959. The box set is due for release by Michael Sheppard and TRANSPARENCY as TRANSPARENCY 0316 in the summer of 2011.

Executive Director of the Sun Ra Music Archive, Michael D. Anderson has produced this historically extensive work in an effort to disclose various facts and music related information many Sun Ra enthusiasts are not aware of. The presentation also includes interview footage with Sun Ra narrating each section of the presentation for accuracy.

Part 1 = 1924 to 1953

Pt. 1 examines Sun Ra's early 1920's Blues Vocal and 1930's Big Band influences, his first recordings in 1946 as a piano sideman, his arrangements and compositions, Sun Ra as a singer in the late 1940's, his trio in 1949, creating the sound for vocalists Laverne Baker and Joe Williams, coaching The Hambone Kids in 1952 and the late 1940's Afro-Cuban influence of band leader Perez Prado and other rare facts and musically unheard inclusions.

For More Information:

Michael Sheppard -- TRANSPARENCY
Email: meridianavenue@yahoo.com

Michael D. Anderson -- Sun Ra Music Archive
Email: sunraarchive@gmail.com


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4 comments:

  1. yotteApril 20, 2011 at 6:40 AM

    This also from Transparency:
    *THE ETERNAL MYTH REVEALED**
    The Story Of A Universal Being And His Music*

    Part One -- Covering 1933-1959

    *Over thirteen hours of unreleased & ultra-rare music*

    *Plus definitive Sun Ra autobiographical commentary*

    Transparency 0316
    An estimated TWENTY CDs with a 5" x 5" paperback book

    (approximately 100 pages) in a sturdy box



    We are now accepting pre-orders for this mind-blowing June 2011 release --
    available via direct mail order at our distributor's wholesale price of
    sixty-five dollars ($65) per copy-- plus priority mail shipping ($5 within
    the U.S. -- $10 to Canada -- $12 to Europe). Please calculate your correct
    total -- and paypal transfer that amount to transparency2011@yahoo.com
    [4]. Your pre-order is very much appreciated."



    For those of you with no calculator, that works out to $3.25 per cd. You
    can't beat that price.

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  2. AnonymousApril 20, 2011 at 11:23 AM

    this is going to be an amazing set!

    I-)

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  3. yotteApril 20, 2011 at 12:36 PM

    Yes! I'm SO looking forward to summer!

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  4. rev. bApril 21, 2011 at 12:02 PM

    Listened to the previews lat night. Wow...... Sun Ra was always recording things and I've imagined boxes filled with mountains of tapes, etc. Having a chance to hear some of this is a big deal to people like me. Sounds like they'll be lots of info provided as well.

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