SUN RA Rare Saturn Label LP 1970 Continuation

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Mar 20, 2008 Sold Date

Mar 13, 2008 Start Date

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Description

Sun Ra and his Astro-Infinity Arkestra (Intergalactic Series II) - Continuation

Saturn ESR 520; LP 520 (1969 or 1970) (matrix nos. ESR37363NP, ESR29691)

Does not state whether it is in Mono or Stereo.

This record was manufactured independently and sold directly from Sun Ra!!

LP Condition:

Cover has some coloration from aging, but all intact. The Vinyl surface and label appears to be kept in VG condition, do not think this record has ever been played.

Value:

Seen it selling currently for $100+

About the LP:

Tracks:

Side A:

Biosphere Blues (Ra)

Intergalaxtic Research (Ra)

Earth Primitive Earth (Ra)

New Planet (Ra)

Side B:

Continuation To (Ra)

Jupiter Festival (Ra)

Review:

Continuation is an interesting late-'60s date with a nice mixture of styles. "Biosphere Blues" is a great slow blues with room for a number of solos, but anchored by the phenomenal playing of Ronnie Boykins. "Intergalaxtic Research" has some creepy space voice over a plodding beat which is joined by creepy organ, and "New Primitive Earth" is a weird flute/bells/koto experiment. "New Planet" is very cool space-exotica with Bugs Hunter (presumably) adding enormous washes of reverb and echo at various points in the tune. "Continuation To" starts with a crazed circus fanfare and then features Sun Ra on speed piano before calming down for a trumpet solo over an eight-beat bass ostinato. "Jupiter Festival" is a cacophonous romp with the saxophones' swooping squeals matched by Boykins' squealing arco. Continuation features several interesting instruments, like the Jupiterian Flute and Neptunian Libflecto and the space voice of Art Jenkins, and is one of several albums that demonstrate what a great player Ronnie Boykins was.

Informational:

Ra-p, space org (Gibson Kalamazoo org), galactone space instrument (Hohner Clavinet), gong; Kwame Hadi-tp (Saturn says Wayne Harris); Akh Tal Ebah-tp, mellophone; Ali Hassan-tb; Marshall Allen-as, Jupiterian fl, picc; Danny Davis-as, acl; Danny Ray Thompson-as, Neptunian libflecto [modified bsn]; John Gilmore-ts, cl; Pat Patrick-bs, fl; Robert Cummings-bcl (on New Planet only); Ronnie Boykins-b; Robert Barry-d, lightning d; Carl Nimrod [Carl S. Malone, Nimrod Hunt]-space d; James Jacson-log d; Art Jenkins-space voice (on Intergalaxtic Research). Sun harp, koto, misc. perc. by members of the Arkestra. New York, 1968.

[Personnel from Geerken and original Saturn jacket, corrected by rlc. Geerken has Kwame Hadi on tp, where Saturn has Wayne Harris. Considering Otherness Blue from MBWII, IUll go with Hadi. More investigation of Harris' style would help, though. Neither source credits Ebah with mellophone. Both mention Ali Hassan, who presumably takes the solo on Biosphere. Saturn credits Allen with oboe, which isn't heard, credits no one besides Allen with flute, doesn't mention Davis's alto clarinet, and lists no bass player. Though Sun Ra was using Bill Davis and others on occasion, I'll go with Boykins (Raben lists Boykins too). Saturn has Robert Barry and Carl Nimrod where Geerken has Clifford Jarvis. Art Jenkins is uncredited but according to Jacson he does the moaning on Intergalaxtic Research. Jacson says the libflecto was an ad hoc hybrid wind instrument concocted by Marshall Allen. Thompson says it was a modified bassoon -- with a French horn mouthpiece or a saxophone mouthpiece. Date from Raben]

See Down Beat, 5/27/71, for an excellent review by John Litweiler, who caught Danny Davis's alto clarinet but not Second stop is Jupiter. Saturn jacket copy taken from this review. Raben also had access to Saturn jacket copy in 10/70 (album is in the printed discography but not in his draft version). [rlc; thanks to Robert Iannapollo]

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