recommend a Sun Ra lp

loudwizardloudwizard 358 Posts
edited January 2006 in Strut Central
i've purchased probably 10 different Sun Ra LPs recommended to me,always looking for the elusive facemelting jam,but have found only tepid piano jazz.i want that lasers coming from the keyboard type shit.what's good, Soul Strut?
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  • ryanryan 334 Posts
    i like concert for comet kohuetek (sp?) on ESP and space is the place on impulse. i think both are from 1973.




  • i've purchased probably 10 different Sun Ra LPs recommended to me,
    always looking for the elusive facemelting jam,
    but have found only tepid piano jazz.
    i want that lasers coming from the keyboard type shit.

    what's good, Soul Strut?

    You are looking for "lanquidity" on philly jazz.

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    i've purchased probably 10 different Sun Ra LPs recommended to me,

    always looking for the elusive facemelting jam,

    but have found only tepid piano jazz.

    i want that lasers coming from the keyboard type shit.



    what's good, Soul Strut?



    You are looking for "lanquidity" on philly jazz.



    COSIGN - But I've never heard him get Jan Hammer on a mofo.

  • ReynaldoReynaldo 6,054 Posts
    The Antique Blacks is kind of bugged like that. Check it out.


  • noznoz 3,625 Posts
    have found only tepid piano jazz.

    [rapedonks]
    shut the fuck up
    [/rapedonks]

  • The Raise UpThe Raise Up Golden Years... wah wah wah 452 Posts
    space is the place on impulse.

    If you like this check the Discipline 27-11 album as well, from the same sessions. Hard to find, but so worth it for tracks like 'Neptune' and 'Pan Afro'.

  • asprinasprin 1,765 Posts
    Please to send your unwanted Su-Ra LPs to LA for inspection.

  • nuclear war motherfucker

  • parsecparsec 5,087 Posts
    what ashrock said...

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    space is the place on impulse.

    I would say that SPACE IS THE PLACE is more haunting keyboards than laserbeam keys.

  • AaronAaron 977 Posts
    Lanquidity is my favorite followed by Strange Celestial Road.


  • jinx74jinx74 2,287 Posts
    Docbreezy, in the sales section, has a decent one up for ebay auction ending in 22hrs...

    i only know this because i just looked at it...

  • mrpekmrpek 627 Posts
    Co-sign on most of the above...Sleeping Beauty is damn good too!

  • ryanryan 334 Posts
    space is the place on impulse.

    I would say that SPACE IS THE PLACE is more haunting keyboards than laserbeam keys.

    i don't know if i agree, the keyboard work on the title track is very atari 2600.

  • hammertimehammertime 2,389 Posts



    don't know if it's laserbeams, but it's definitely not "tepid piano jazz".



    "Watusa" =

  • gravelheadwrapgravelheadwrap corn 948 Posts
    Lanquidity, Strange Celestial Road, Space is the Place, Sleeping Beauty, and I really like Atlantis[/b]

  • parsecparsec 5,087 Posts
    Peep the hommie SoulonIce's set sale, he has a Sun Ra lp for cheap.

  • AaronAaron 977 Posts
    Might as well throw Astro Black into the mix if you like strange key tones and haunting, disembodied voices.

  • edith headedith head 5,106 Posts
    tepid piano jazz really? i like his early caravany sound as well as the cosmic craziness stuff with that space synth organ thingy.



    heliocentric worlds of sun ra, vol 1

    space is the place (big co-sign)

    atlantis

    cosmos (if you want the lasers coming out the keys)

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    I also recommend........



    and





  • We Travel the Spaceways is so, so necessary.
    Space is the Place
    Disco 3000
    Nuclear War
    Also check the Singles Collection...

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Did anyone peep the SUN RA DEDICATION album?


  • nickjnickj 53 Posts


    No love for Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy? Not a lot of piano at all, actually, but those echo effects are ridiculously raw power. Listen closely. Adventure Equation is one of my favorite Sun Ra cuts. I love this album so much.


  • Nah, never heard the Dedication album....looks ill.

    Speaking of Batman...



    "Originally released in 1966 as a children's record of "Batman & Robin" for Tifton Records, this Tom Wilson produced session with Sun Ra on organ [/b]features The Sensational Guitars of Dan & Dale. Includes trumpeter Jimmy Owens, trombonist Tom McIntosh, Al K"

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Nah, never heard the Dedication album....looks ill.

    Speaking of Batman...



    "Originally released in 1966 as a children's record of "Batman & Robin" for Tifton Records, this Tom Wilson produced session with Sun Ra on organ [/b]features The Sensational Guitars of Dan & Dale. Includes trumpeter Jimmy Owens, trombonist Tom McIntosh, Al K"

    Got it.

    And I need to cop the picture disc version.

  • Birdman9Birdman9 5,417 Posts
    Co-sign on most of the above...Sleeping Beauty is too damn good for someone who doesn't actually like Sun Ra![/b]

  • The Raise UpThe Raise Up Golden Years... wah wah wah 452 Posts
    space is the place on impulse.

    If you like this check the Discipline 27-11 album as well, from the same sessions. Hard to find, but so worth it for tracks like 'Neptune' and 'Pan Afro'.

    For those unfamiliar with it:

    Pan Afro
    Neptune

    Though probably not really what the topicstarter was looking for...

  • mrpekmrpek 627 Posts
    Co-sign on most of the above...Sleeping Beauty is too damn good for someone who doesn't actually like Sun Ra![/b]

    Your right!
    I find it to be one of the most accessable albums he has and a good introduction...I can't find an OG but "spring time again" may be my favorite Ra song

  • m_dejeanm_dejean Quadratisch. Praktisch. Gut. 2,946 Posts
    Not in the lasers-coming-out-of-the-keyboards category, but I really like this one:


    Not all the way 'out', but still far from being straight. Ra on the rocksichord.

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