Sun Ra - John Cage Meets Sun Ra (1986)

MANY Thanks to Vinylust for sharing his vinyl rip in FLAC with us!

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.

From The Earthly Recordings of Sun Ra 2nd ed.

496. [344] Sun Ra and John Cage

Sun Ra (Yamaha DX-7 syn); John Cage (voc);
Sideshows by the Sea, Coney Island,
Brooklyn, NY, June 8, 1986

John Cage Meets Sun Ra

Side A - 21:14

Side B - 21:26

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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.