Sun Ra and his Intergalactic Arkestra - Binghamton, NY

Sun Ra and his Intergalactic Arkestra

April 26, 1991

Binghamton, NY 

Source: Soundboard 

Disc 1: 

01. introduction 0:17

02. untitled improvisation 3:53 >

03. Somebody Else's Idea 6:38

04. East Of The Sun [1 sec. distortion] 3:50

05. Prelude To A Kiss 4:56

06. Blue Lou 6:18

07. Retrospect 9:35

08. Early Autumn 7:40

[tape flip]

09. Friendly Galaxy [9 sec. dropout] 8:52

10. Love In Outer Space 7:40

11. Nameless One #2 11:39

Total time: 71:16

Disc 2:

01. Sunset On The Nile [some mic shorting in & out] 9:49

02. "Thank You" 1:11

Encore:

[abrupt start]

03. They'll Come Back [5 sec. dropout] 6:60

04. "Thank You Thank You" 1:51

Total time: 19:50

[some mic/amp "buzzing" in several spots throughout the recording]

Alternate tracking suggestion:

Put tracks 1-8 on disc 1 and the remaining tracks on disc 2.

Then the original tape side 1 would be on disc 1 and tape side 2 would be on disc 2.

MC - Mike Newmark (WHRW)

personnel:

Sun Ra - piano, synthesizer

Ahmed Abdullah - trumpet, vocals

Jothan Callins - trumpet, flugelhorn

Chris Capers - flugelhorn

Marshall Allen - alto sax, flute, piccolo

Noel Scott - alto sax, percussion

John Gilmore - tenor sax, clarinet, timbales, vocals

James Jacson - bassoon, percussion

John Ore - bass

Buster Smith - drums

poss. Clifford Barbaro - drums

Lorimil Machado - berimbau, percussion

Elson Nascimento - percussion

June Tyson - vocals [rlc, with help from Abdullah; note also personnel on Friendly Galaxy.] 

song notes: 

untitled improvisation (prob. Adams, tp; Ra, syn)

Somebody Else's Idea (Ra) (Tyson, voc; Allen, fl; Ra, p; Tyson and ensemble, voc; Ra, syn; Capers, flg)

East of the Sun (Bowman) (Ra, p; Gilmore, voc; prob. Adams, tp; Ra, p)

Prelude to a Kiss (Ellington-Mercer) (Ra, p; Allen, as; Ra, p)

Blue Lou (Sampson) (Scott, as; Abdullah, tp; Gilmore, ts)

Retrospect (Ra) (Ra, p, syn; Capers, flg; Ra, p; Ore, b)

Early Autumn (Herman-Mercer-Burns) (Ra, p; Callins, flg -- doing Hobart Dotson-like lead in a modification of the 1961 arrangement; Gilmore, ts; Ra, p)

Friendly Galaxy (Ra) (Abdullah, tp; Allen, fl; Gilmore, cl; Ra, p)

Love in Outer Space (Ra) (Ra, p; Gilmore, Tyson, and ensemble, voc; Allen, fl; Ra, p; Tyson and ens. voc.)

Nameless One #2 (Ra) (Abdullah, tp; Scott, as; Callins, tp; Ore, b)

Sunset on the Nile (Ra) (Allen, fl; Capers, flg; Tyson and ensemble, voc.; poss. Hill, voc; marching through the audience) 

They'll Come Back (Ra) (Tyson and ens. voc.)