Sun Ra Arkestra
The Antique Blacks (CD)
LabelArt YardGenreJazz & Improvisation
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Another much sought after and long unavailable title recorded in 1974 with a smallish ensemble consisting (probably) of stalwarts Marshall Allen, John Gilmore, Danny David, James Jacson, Akh Tal Ebah, Clifford Jarvis, Artakatune, and a new electric guitarist, Sly, and released on Saturn in the same year. This sounds like a studio recording and carefully thought out - most of the compositions appear only on this record (apart from versions of 'Nature's God' and 'Space Is The Place'), and include a chain of very interesting accompanied /interpolated) spoken texts: 'There is a Change in the Air,' 'The Antique Blacks,' 'The ridiculous 'I' and the Cosmos 'Me'' as well as a very long and scary coda to 'Space is the Place.' Ra plays Rocksichord and Moog throughout (solo on track 7 and at the end of track 8). Theatrical and political; a fascinating release.
Format
Packaged in tri-folded digipak cover.
The spine and label credit this release to Sun Ra.
The sleeve also refers to the artists as Sun Ra And His Intergalactic Myth Science Solar Arkestra.
Live recording, 8/17/74, Philadelphia,
originally released on the El Saturn record label, 81774.
Track 8 is a bonus track not on the original Saturn release.
Transfered and mastered at Technology Works.
Front cover photography of Sun Ra, 14th December 1968 Berkeley California © Baron Wolman.
Remastered and reissued by Art Yard Ltd in cooperation with ESP-Disk and Infinity Is, LLC, a New York Limited Liability Company, representing the successors to the members of the original Infinity Is, Inc, an Illinois corporation. In this manner we honour and perpetuate the Sun Ra legacy.
Published by Enterplanetary Koncepts BMI
P&© by Art Yard Ltd and Enterplanetary Koncepts.
All rights reserved © 2009 Art Yard Ltd.
Distributed by ReR Megacorp. (UK)
Distributed by ReR USA (USA)
Distributed by Locus Solus (Japan)
Made in USA
Release notes
Packaged in tri-folded digipak cover. The spine and label credit this release to Sun Ra. The sleeve also refers to the artists as Sun Ra And His Intergalactic Myth Science Solar Arkestra. Live recording, 8/17/74, Philadelphia, originally released on the El Saturn record label, <a href="http://www.discogs.com/Sun-Ra-The-Antique-Blacks/release/2876404">81774</a>. Track 8 is a bonus track not on the original Saturn release. Transfered and mastered at Technology Works. Front cover…
| 1 | Song No.1 | 8:51 | |
| 2 | There Is Change In The Air | 10:58 | |
| 3 | The Antique Blacks | 3:39 | |
| 4 | This Song Is Dedicated To Nature's God | 3:58 | |
| 5 | The Ridiculous "I" And The Cosmos Me | 4:43 | |
| 6 | Would I For All That Were | 2:56 | |
| 7 | Space Is The Place | 8:10 | |
| 8 | You Thought You Could Build A World Without Us | 9:11 |
- Danny Davis
- Alto Saxophone
- Marshall Allen
- Alto Saxophone, Percussion, Vocals
- Art Yard
- Artwork
- James Jackson
- Bassoon, Percussion, Vocals
- Atakatune
- Congas
- Clifford Jarvis
- Drums, Vocals
- Sly
- Electric Guitar
- Sun Ra
- Keyboards [Rocksichord], Synthesizer [Mini Moog], Vocals, Voice [Declamation], Composed By, Arranged By
- Peter Dennett
- Reissue Producer
- John Gilmore
- Tenor Saxophone, Percussion, Vocals
- Peter Beckmann
- Transferred By, Mastered By
- Akh Tal Ebah
- Trumpet, Vocals
