4 January 2012

Sonny Sharrock - Space Ghost Coast to Coast



I was quite delighted to come across an unknown Sharrock in the Vitous post below, so just to follow up on that pleasant discovery, here is the last commercial release from Sharrock before his untimely passing away in 1994. This was done for the Cartoon Network TV channel, basically Sharrock and a drummer, but with a bassist and a bit of vocal on the first two tracks. Unmistakably Sharrocky throughout on this, whatchamacallit, EP, I spose. Good rocking stuff!

01. Hit Single
02. Cinnamon Ghost
03. Out To Launch
04. Fear Of A Ghost Planet
05. Rocket #99
06. Ghost Planet National Anthem

According to Discogs, these are the players (though undisclosed on the actual cd):

Bass, Horns – Eddie Horst
Drums – Lance Carter
Guitar – Sonny Sharrock
Vocals – Alfreda Gerald

This has been doing the rounds on blogs in mp3 format, but as this is off my own cd, we'll settle for flac. No second best solution here!
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28 comments:

  1. kinabalu4 January 2012 at 19:53:00 CET

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  2. 10094 January 2012 at 19:56:00 CET

    Wow -- did not think I'd see this in FLAC any time soon. I really enjoy this record.

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  3. Anonymous4 January 2012 at 22:21:00 CET

    thanks for the upgrade, kinabalu! first heard this years ago as contribution at orang aural - not really a major record, but still good enough to compete with most guitar players.

    cheers :)

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  4. Anonymous5 January 2012 at 00:35:00 CET

    never seen this one before..thanks

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  5. O Link5 January 2012 at 00:50:00 CET

    according to wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Ghost_Coast_to_Coast_(album)

    Sonny Sharrock - guitar
    Lance Carter - drums
    Alfreda Gerald - vocals
    Eddie Horst - bass, horns, engineering

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  6. yotte5 January 2012 at 01:35:00 CET

    NICE! I didn't know of an album... but somebody posted the video last year and I snatched it up. I just put it up at Vimeo:

    http://vimeo.com/34584269

    Thanks to the original uploader, of course.

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  7. kinabalu5 January 2012 at 01:42:00 CET

    Thanks for the added info. It is also confirmed by the entry in Discogs, which reveals that there is a 1997 rerelease with a bonus track which I haven't seen or heard. The cd itself is largely devoid of any info on the players (except Sharrock, of course). I'll amend the main post.

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  8. Daniel Cecil5 January 2012 at 10:25:00 CET

    I squealed a bit when I saw this. FLAC ... Sonny Sharrock ... Space Ghost ... too good.

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  9. Neilliebus5 January 2012 at 14:41:00 CET

    Good heavens.

    Sonny Sharrock. On the Cartoon Network.

    On FLAC.

    I say again, good heavens.

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  10. Stylo350s5 January 2012 at 21:17:00 CET

    Been hoping for a better rip of this, thanks

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  11. Anonymous5 January 2012 at 21:43:00 CET

    Thank you very much!

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  12. Berg Larsen6 January 2012 at 01:20:00 CET

    check this out -

    http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2011/12/the-space-ghost-coast-to-coast-sonny-sharrock-tribute-episode.html

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  13. Dustin Schnozzman6 January 2012 at 09:47:00 CET

    Thanks for this. I actually bought a copy of this a few years back from an eBay seller who neglected to mention that the CD insert was missing. Is there anything printed inside the fold?

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  14. kinabalu6 January 2012 at 12:08:00 CET

    No, it's blank.

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  15. Bender10 January 2012 at 15:20:00 CET

    Thanks a lot!

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  16. peskypesky13 January 2012 at 18:52:00 CET

    love it!!! thank you.

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  17. Anonymous26 January 2012 at 00:07:00 CET

    This has been removed by the feds from the site.

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  18. kinabalu26 January 2012 at 01:20:00 CET

    Not quite. The Depositfiles and Wupload options are still functioning, though Satan knows for how long.

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  19. will_b13 July 2013 at 03:34:00 CEST

    thanks so much for sharing so much awesome music, any chance of reupping this? thanks!

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  20. kinabalu13 July 2013 at 10:18:00 CEST

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  21. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth4 February 2014 at 21:18:00 CET

    Finally - through your comment at D-O I realised what is hidden in the depth of Inconstant Sol.
    Kinabalu > Fierce thanks for some fierce Sonny Sharrock!

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  22. kinabalu5 February 2014 at 22:35:00 CET

    Onx, you're welcome!

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  23. The Rainbow Has a Beard21 September 2016 at 02:18:00 CEST

    Just learned this even existed!! Could anyone up it again??

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  24. kinabalu22 September 2016 at 11:56:00 CEST

    New link:

    Adrive

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  25. The Rainbow Has a Beard23 September 2016 at 00:35:00 CEST

    you're awesome, thanks bro!

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  26. Dr. Roboculous12 August 2019 at 23:00:00 CEST

    Thanks so much, you kick ass! I didn't even know this CD existed until today and these tracks aren't on any other release (as far as I know).
    I would love to hear an album of Sonny Sharrock playing with Lance Carter AND Melvin Gibbs on the same tracks.

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  27. Bhowani19 August 2020 at 13:32:00 CEST

    Thanks so much, Kinabalu!!!

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  28. Guitarradeplastico,scraping oddities6 September 2022 at 10:25:00 CEST

    Many thanks

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