Comments on: Collectibles in the Eyes of the Beholders

By: vinyl word

vinyl word — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 12:52:04 +0000

I do not profess to be an expert on Sun Ra but with the help of Robert L Campbell’s book and a rush re-issues in recent years I was able to at least follow Sun Ra’s progression from the 50’s Jazz to outer space. The Planet Earth LP was recorded in 1956-8 and along with We travel the spaceways (1959-60 )was a step towards exotic as opposed to the straight jazz of the Transition recording (1956) and Jazz in Silhouette ( 1958) .All of which are great albums .The major problem trying to follow his musical progress from here is that when Ra got the money from the ESP recordings in 1965 it was used to release a bunch of titles on Saturn in 1966 that were of earlier years and not representative of what he was doing around that time. For example the Planet Earth and Spaceways LP’s were not released until 1966 I understand. Of the period up until the ESP recordings I would also highlight Rocket number nine ( Interstellar low ways) and When sun comes out as worth exploring.

By: Maxime

Maxime — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 22:16:39 +0000

There are two Atlantic Max Roach albums that have started rising in esteem and value: The mentioned Hasaan (a great review can be found here: https://www.madeleinebyrne.com/in-praise-of/2016/12/28/the-max-roach-trio-featuring-the-legendary-hasan-max-roach-and-hasan-ibn-ali-atlantic-1965?rq=Max%20Roach) and ‘Members, don’t git weary’.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 22:03:30 +0000

I have a clean mono original of that Sun Ra title but my copy has red labels. I have no idea whether blue or red is first? Either way it’s one of the few Saturns I’ve kept as I have grown to love this early period of Sun Ra best.