This has proven to be one of the most popular offerings here and although no one has requested a re-up, I have noticed that the original post still receives a large number of visits. Because the MU links are now lo-o-o-ong gone, I can only assume that people are leaving disappointed; I believe it's time to rectify.
MANY Thanks to Vinylust for sharing his vinyl rip in FLAC with us!
496. [344] Sun Ra and John Cage
Sun Ra (Yamaha DX-7 syn); John Cage (voc); Marshall Allen (as -2); June Tyson (voc -2); Pharaoh Abdullah [Thomas Thaddeus] (dance, incense, procession -1).
Sun Ra (Yamaha DX-7 syn); John Cage (voc); Marshall Allen (as -2); June Tyson (voc -2); Pharaoh Abdullah [Thomas Thaddeus] (dance, incense, procession -1).
Sideshows by the Sea, Coney Island,
Brooklyn, NY, June 8, 1986
Brooklyn, NY, June 8, 1986
John Cage Meets Sun Ra (Cage-Ra)
John Cage Meets Sun Ra (Cage-Ra) (cont.)
untitled -1
untitled -2
Meltdown MPA-1, John Cage Meets Sun
Ra, was an LP released in 1987. According to Warren Smith of Variety
Recording Studios, who did the pressing, some copies were delivered to
Sun Ra without labels and may have circulated with Saturn labels. A
10th-anniversary limited-edition CD was scheduled for release in January
1997, but it never materialized.
On the released portions of the performance, Ra and Cage perform alternately, except during a stretch of Side B. According to Bill Andrejko, other portions of the concert, which included Pharaoh Abdullah (procession, dance) were recorded but not released; Rick Russo confirms that some material from the concert, including contributions by Marshall Allen and June Tyson, was not included on the LP. Sideshows by the Sea was the last surviving freak show along the Coney Island boardwalk. Ra and Cage's appearance was duly announced by the barker outside; a pizza party followed the performance. Information from the liner notes, Bill Andrejko, Dan Sullivan, and Rick Russo. According to Richard Ehrman, there is a 90-minute audience tape of the complete concert.
John Corbett has stated (in the preface to a Sun Ra interview) that Ra and Cage read poetry together in January 1985, but Russo states that Ra and Cage met each other on June 6, 1986, and that the June 8 performance was the only time they appeared together.
Assuming Corbett is referring to events in June 1986 and not January 1985 in his preface to a Sun Ra interview that originally appeared in Butt Rag, the Arkestra played Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel in Providence, RI, on June 9.
On the released portions of the performance, Ra and Cage perform alternately, except during a stretch of Side B. According to Bill Andrejko, other portions of the concert, which included Pharaoh Abdullah (procession, dance) were recorded but not released; Rick Russo confirms that some material from the concert, including contributions by Marshall Allen and June Tyson, was not included on the LP. Sideshows by the Sea was the last surviving freak show along the Coney Island boardwalk. Ra and Cage's appearance was duly announced by the barker outside; a pizza party followed the performance. Information from the liner notes, Bill Andrejko, Dan Sullivan, and Rick Russo. According to Richard Ehrman, there is a 90-minute audience tape of the complete concert.
John Corbett has stated (in the preface to a Sun Ra interview) that Ra and Cage read poetry together in January 1985, but Russo states that Ra and Cage met each other on June 6, 1986, and that the June 8 performance was the only time they appeared together.
Assuming Corbett is referring to events in June 1986 and not January 1985 in his preface to a Sun Ra interview that originally appeared in Butt Rag, the Arkestra played Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel in Providence, RI, on June 9.
from Campbell / Trent The Earthly Recordings 2nd ed.
John Cage Meets Sun Ra
Meltdown LP MPA-1
Meltdown LP MPA-1
Side A - 21:14
Side B - 21:26
or
Those interested in John Cage can go here to watch the 1966 movie SOUND - a 24 minute (not 4'33")avant garde minimalist jazz music performance noise experimental film featuring Cage and Sun Ra's parallel galaxy celestial brother, Roland Kirk.
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