The Latest News from Neptune - a Sun Ra thread

mitchwagz said:
Yeesh would love those albums but no way am I paying that. Does anyone have any of the albums from the Artisan series?
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I have the Billy Harper one and the Django one. Django I got on eBay for $60 which was lucky. It wasn’t listed as the artisan series and I saw the listing on a seller’s page that had other things I was bidding on.

They are really nice. Great packaging made by hand and screenprinted. Pressings sound great. Cut by KPG but mastered by François Lê Xuân. Price is definitely high though. I think Billy Harper is the only one they released as a “normal” release as well
 
This remastered mono version utilizes the actual master tapes and we get to hear the Arkestra in its cosmic mid-60s prime.

Pressed at RTI, Stoughton jacket and insert with liner notes by Clifford Allen.
 
Dtknuckles said:
It’s not often that I get to talk to the kids I work with about Sun Ra, but today was one of those days.
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I’m pretty sure this was a ama.

What do you do?

Are these kids that work with you or kids are your work?

And most importantly, WHAT WAS THE FUCKING CONVERSATION?
 
Nee Lewman said:
I’m pretty sure this was a ama.

What do you do?

Are these kids that work with you or kids are your work?

And most importantly, WHAT WAS THE FUCKING CONVERSATION?
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I’m a school psychologist at high school level. I was interviewing a kid for his IEP. He is in the mariachi band at school and gigs outside of school. I was telling him that he’ll always have music till he’s very old. Then I mentioned Marshal’s first solo album, and then naturally Sun Ra.
 
Some fun stuff lined up for RSD 2025!

This 6LP box being the most exciting:
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RSD '25 Special Release: Sun Ra - Nuits de la Fondation Maeght (DELUXE EDITION)

Sun Ras Nuits de la Fondation Maeght recordings are legendary within his extensive canon. Across two nights in August 1970, these were the first concerts Ra and the Arkestra had performed outside North America and formed part of a stellar festival line-up alongside Albert Ayler, Cecil Taylor...
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This promises to be a trip for the most adventurous of listeners:
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RSD '25 Special Release: Sun Ra - Stray Voltage

If you're looking for melodies, structured compositions, pleasant harmonies, songs you can whistle, and serenades for social gatherings seek elsewhere. This is Triple-A Ra: Audacious, Aggressive, Adventurous. In the collection we've titled Stray Voltage, Ra is not so much composing music as...
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