17 December 2009

Sun Ra Archestra - Live in Rome '80


Having listened to many Sun Ra concerts during the years
(Arkestra,small combos,solo), i can say that the level/quality
was very inconstant, from very good to tedious : this one is
good (in my opinion).
Taped by "Ilario" during the March 1980 tour.

Thanks to c & nikos for having titled the tracks !

Rec. live at "Teatro Giulio Cesare", Rome, Italy,
on March 29, 1980 (mix recording)

Sun Ra,piano,organ,synth,conductor
Michael Ray,trumpet,flugelhorn
Marshall Allen,alto saxophone,oboe,flute
Noel Scott,alto & baritone saxophone,flute
John Gilmore,tenor saxophone,clarinet,percussions
Danny Ray Thompson,baritone saxophone,flute
Kenny Williams,tenor & baritone saxophone,flute
Eric "Samurai" Walker/Chris Henderson,drums,percussions
June Tyson,vocals

01. Medley : Improv > Pleiades > Improv > Tapestry From An Asteroid > Improv > Astro Black > Strange Worlds > The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise > The Living Myth > Mystery, Mr. Ra > Discipline 27 (36:03)
02. Inside The Blues (02:08)
03. Blues (03:20)
04. Big John's Special (03:00)
05. Yeah Man! (02:30)
06. Springtime Again (06:20)
07. Limehouse Blues (03:46)
08. Watusi (07:44)
09. Lights On A Satellite (05:45)
10. Enlightenment (02:15)
11. Space Is The Place (08:55)
12. They'll Come Back (04:26)
13. Medley : Calling Planet Earth > On Jupiter > Hit That Jive Jack (15:21)
14. [cuts in >] Exotic Forest [incomplete] (01:57)
15. King Porter Stomp (04:03)
16. Sun Ra and His Band From Outer Space (01:02)

Total Time 1:48:41
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14 comments:

  1. riccardo17 December 2009 at 14:30:00 CET

    Just before posting i've discovered that dustygroove is near (around January 15, 2010) to release, probably, the same concert. In any case, for the moment, this is an "inedited", so here are the links :

    mp3 (244 MB) :
    http://rapidshare.com/files/321668628/SRA_Rome_80_mp3.part1.rar

    http://rapidshare.com/files/321684913/SRA_Rome_80_mp3.part2.rar

    http://rapidshare.com/files/321700746/SRA_Rome_80_mp3.part3.rar

    flac (644 MB) :
    http://rapidshare.com/files/321726973/SRA_Rome_80_flac.part1.rar

    http://rapidshare.com/files/321753592/SRA_Rome_80_flac.part2.rar

    http://rapidshare.com/files/321781361/SRA_Rome_80_flac.part3.rar

    http://rapidshare.com/files/321799058/SRA_Rome_80_flac.part4.rar

    http://rapidshare.com/files/321813409/SRA_Rome_80_flac.part5.rar

    http://rapidshare.com/files/321826103/SRA_Rome_80_flac.part6.rar

    http://rapidshare.com/files/321833447/SRA_Rome_80_flac.part7.rar

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  2. roberto t.17 December 2009 at 18:44:00 CET

    Does somebody remember if on the same tour they played also Genova?
    I remember that concert but can't remember the year and, strangely, it is not on any Sun Ra sessionography. And many thanks for this, of course!

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  3. riccardo17 December 2009 at 22:25:00 CET

    @ roberto t.

    the same year, on April 1, the
    Arkestra played at Teatro Margherita
    in Genova.

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  4. roberto t.17 December 2009 at 23:11:00 CET

    Many thanks, Riccardo, it always a pity when one forgets things.

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  5. Munnnnnph18 December 2009 at 01:05:00 CET

    enjoying this sun ra set. thanks for sharing.

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  6. C18 December 2009 at 04:34:00 CET

    This is what I have figured out from a quick listen. Help wanted on the missing titles please.
    And thanks for this one.
    C


    1 Improv > Pleiades > Improv > Tapestry From An Asteroid > Improv > Astro Black > Strange Worlds > The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise > The Living Myth > Mystery, Mr. Ra > Discipline 27
    2 ? solo piano ballad
    3 Blues
    4 Big John's Special
    5 ? familiar standard
    6 Springtime Again
    7 ? familiar standard
    8 variant on a familiar Sun Ra tune
    9 Lights on a Satellite
    10 Enlightenment
    11 Space Is the Place
    12 They'll Come Back
    13 Calling Planet Earth > On Jupiter > Hit That Jive Jack
    14 ? fragment
    15 ? standard
    16 Sun Ra and His Band From Outer Space

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  7. trane18 December 2009 at 07:54:00 CET

    Thanks Riccardo, a 'good' Sun ra performance is always welcome!

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  8. nikos18 December 2009 at 10:30:00 CET

    The missing titles in C's setlist:
    2. Inside The blues
    5. Yeah Man!
    7. Limehouse Blues
    8. Watusi
    14. [cuts in >] Exotic Forest [incomplete]
    15. King Porter Stomp
    One possible doubt: This JUST might be a pastiche of some bits from the Rome show and some from the Genova show mentioned in the other comments.. Parts of the song-list look suspiciously similar to the Genova set-list as given in R. Campbell's sessionography..
    Thanks a LOT for this Riccardo. More Sun Ra would always be welcome. You are right, the shows are uneven (the chants and recitations especially, are of the you-had-to-be-there type I think), but the high pints are high indeed!

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  9. C18 December 2009 at 14:54:00 CET

    Thanks Nikos for the additions. This setlist is similar to the Milan and Bourg-la-Reine shows, and I do have an audience tape of this Rome show somewhere which I am unable to compare with this at the moment. I don't think I have the Genova to cross-check, but I am sure this will get figured out. Though I don't doubt Riccardo's tapes either, so this might all be Rome?
    1980 was a tremendous year for the Arkestra. The set pieces get repetitious, but the improvs are WILD.


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    1 Improv > Pleiades > Improv > Tapestry From An Asteroid > Improv > Astro Black > Strange Worlds > The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise > The Living Myth > Mystery, Mr. Ra > Discipline 27
    2 Inside the Blues
    3 Blues
    4 Big John's Special
    5 Yeah Man!
    6 Springtime Again
    7 Limehouse Blues
    8 Watusi
    9 Lights on a Satellite
    10 Enlightenment
    11 Space Is the Place
    12 They'll Come Back
    13 Calling Planet Earth > On Jupiter > Hit That Jive Jack
    14 [cuts in >] Exotic Forest [incomplete]
    15 King Porter Stomp
    16 Sun Ra and His Band From Outer Space

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  10. riccardo18 December 2009 at 17:29:00 CET

    @ C & nikos

    many thanks for the "job"

    for clarity : i only have this
    concert from the 80 tour (taped by Ilario), as i pointed out above,
    this is the Roman concert, personally
    i've been at the concert in Milan
    (Teatro Orfeo, March 24) but didn't
    tape it.

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  11. nikos23 April 2010 at 10:01:00 CEST

    Transparency has now issued this as "LIVE IN ROME". It gives the date as March 28, 1980, not March 29. It has a couple of short chants after "Space Is The Place" that are not on the post, but "Exotic Forest" is unfortunately again cut and incomplete. The sound is marginally better on the Transparency. We did a better job with the song list!

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  12. paul w.27 April 2010 at 11:30:00 CEST

    @ nikos
    many thanks for clarification that transparency's live in rome 1980-03-28 and riccardo's/ilario's live in rome 1980-03-29 are one and the same concert. when i got news about new transparency release i had suspicions that they did release different concert. i got also just recently very high opinions about this new transparency 2 cd set. now i know that i do have it for over 4 months.

    @ riccardo and illario

    many many thanks for this post. it's never too much of good sun ra music.

    regards.

    paul w.

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  13. thomas3 August 2019 at 16:59:00 CEST

    would be very, very nice if you'll reup this Sun Ra
    thanx a lot in advance

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  14. brian12 May 2020 at 21:18:00 CEST

    same here!

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