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Sun Ra

Title: College Tour Vol. 1 - The Complete Nothing Is ... (2CD)

Label: ESP DISK

Cat No:ESP4060
Format:CD

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Discovery Records
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• In 1966, ESP founder Bernard Stollman sent Sun Ra and his Arkestra, along with audio engineer David B. Jones on a tour of five New York Colleges. When they returned, just 39 mintues of music was chosen to be released as the original ESP 1045 "Nothing Is...".

• 44 years later, after extensive research, producer and Sun Ra archivist Michael D. Anderson has pieced together the missing parts of the infamous New York College Tour. Recorded on May 18th 1966 at St. Lawrence University in Potsdam, NY, this illuminating document represents the full 70 minute first set, of which ESP 1045 "Nothing Is..." was taken, including an introduction by ESP alum Burton Greene.

• In addition, producer Michael D. Anderson has uncovered a partial second set from the same evening and some rare rehearsal footage recorded during a sound check before the concert.

• With over 90 minutes of additional material, this two disc set allows a close up look at the band's repertoire and sound over an entire evening, including the rarely performed State Street and alternate versions of Theme Of The Stargazers and The Second Stop Is Jupiter. Remasted from the original tapes and presented in superb quality, College Tour Volume One is a vivid snapshot of the mid-sixties Ra and his intergalactic band.

• Personnel : Sun Ra: piano; John Gilmore: tenor sax; Marshall Allen: alto sax; Pat Patrick: baritone sax; Robert Cummings: baritone clarinet; Teddy Nance: trombone; Ali Hassan: trombone; Clifford Jarvis: drums; Ronnie Boykins: bass, tuba; James Jackson: log drum, flute; & Carl Nimrod: sun horn, gong.

• 2CD Set - 25 tracks - gatefold, digipak set.

Track Listing for College Tour Vol. 1 - The Complete Nothing Is ... (2CD)
1. Burton Greene Introduction
2. Sun Ra and His Band From Outer Space
3. The Shadow World
4. Interpolation
5. The Satellites Are Spinning
6. Advice To Medics
7. Velvet
8. Space Aura
9. The Exotic Forest
10. Theme Of The Star Gazers
11. Outer Space Ways Incorporated
12. Dancing Shadows
13. Imagination
14. The Second Stop is Jupiter
15. The Next Stop Mars

Reviews

Jazzwise - Edwin Pouncey

Here Ra is joined by the key Arkestra players, all of whom are playing at the height of their extraordinary powers. ****

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