This album is not for everyone reading the list but I sure as hell
enjoyed it. If you are reading this thinking that this is gonna sound
anything like P-Funk......keep walking !!...:)
However.....what this album does is completely change my view of Sun Ra
as being someone who was outside of the mainstream and clearly right
smack in to the middle of it (albiet from an outer space perspective !!)
This is a 2 CD set whare Sun Ra covers every imaginable Black musical
style during the 50's thru the 70's from his own unique perspective !!..
..
I was a fan of Sun Ra's music back in the 70's & ahe always considered
the album "Space Is The Place" to be the ultimate freakout. This album
however (covering the man's entire career) places the music of Sun Ra
in the proper perspective. he really was on e of the giants of Black
music and one of the "founding fathers of FUNK".
(btw - the catogories bellow are mine )
ACCESIBLE SPACE DOO WOOP:
=B7 Dreaming - Cosmic Rays
=B7 Daddy's Gonna Tell You No Lie - Cosmic Rays
=B7 Bye Bye - The Cosmic Rays with Le Sun Ra and Arkastra
=B7 Somebody's In Love - The Cosmic Rays with Le Sun Ra and Arkastra
=B7 Teenagers Letter Of Promises - Juanita Rogers & Lynn Hollings w/Mr.
V's Five Joys
=B7 I'm So Glad You Love Me - Juanita Rogers w/Mr. V's Five Joys
ACCESSIBLE 3RD STREAM SPACE JAZZ:
=B7 Medicine For A Nightmare - Le Sun Ra and Arkastra
=B7 Saturn - Le Sun Ra and Arkastra
=B7 Supersonic Jazz - Le Sun Ra and Arkastra
=B7 Hours After - Le Sun Ra and Arkastra
=B7 State Street - Sun Ra and Arkastra
SICK 50'S STUFF:
=B7 Happy New Year To You - The Qualities
=B7 It's Christmas Time - The Qualities
=B7 Muck Muck (Matt Matt) - Yochannan
=B7 Hot Skillit Mama - Yochannan
=B7 Great Balls of Fire - Le Sun Ra and Arkastra
BROTHER FROM ANOTHR PLANET
=B7 Sun One - Yochannan w/ Sun Ra and Arkastra
=B7 The Sun Man Speaks - Yochannan w/ Sun Ra and Arkastra
=B7 October - Sun Ra & his Astro Infinity Arkestra
=B7 Adventure In Space - Sun Ra & his Astro Infinity Arkestra
=B7 Message To An Earthman - Yochannan w/ Sun Ra and Arkastra
=B7 I'm Gonna Unmask The Batman - Sun Ra & his Astro Galactic Infinity
Arkestra
=B7 Enlightenment - Sun Ra & his Astro Galactic Infinity Arkestra
KOZMIC INTERGALACTIC BLUES
=B7 The Blue Set - Sun Ra and his Myth Science Arkastra
=B7 Big City Blues - Sun Ra and his Myth Science Arkastra
=B7 Saturn Moon - Sun Ra & his Solar Infinity Arkestra
=B7 The Sky Is Crying - Lacy Gibson
=B7 She's My Baby - Lacy Gibson
=B7 I Want An Easy Woman - Lacy Gibson
SPACE SOULMAN
=B7 Tell Her To Come On Home - Little Mack
=B7 I'm Making Belive - Little Mack
=B7 I'm Gonna Unmask The Batman - Lacy Gibson
=B7 Love In Outer Space - Sun Ra
SPACE FUNK STANK DOO DOO
=B7 The Bridge - Sun Ra and his Outer Space Arkastra
=B7 Rocket #9 - Sun Ra and his Outer Space Arkastra
=B7 Blues On Planet Mars - Sun Ra and his Outer Space Arkastra
=B7 The Perfect Man - Sun Ra & his Astro Galactic Infinity Arkestra
=B7 Journey To Saturn - Sun Ra & his Astro Galactic Infinity Arkestra
=B7 Love In Outer Space - Sun Ra
=B7 Mayan Temple - Sun Ra
=B7 Disco 2100 - Sun Ra and his Arkastra
-- Bob Davis =20 http://pages.prodigy.com/funk/ Jump: Urban Music Group
-- Bob Davis =20 http://pages.prodigy.com/funk/ Jump: Urban Music Group