HIROSHIMA, AVAILABLE AGAIN THROUGH ART YARD'S REISSUES

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Side A

Hiroshima

Side B

Stars That Shine Darkly

Sun Ra John Gilmore Marshall Allen Archie Shepp Don Cherry Lester Bowie Philly Joe Jones Richard Davis Don Moye Clifford Jarvis.

I was about seven years old when on august 6, 1945 Hiroshima was the first city in the history of mankind to be struck by an atomic bomb - dropped by the United States Air Force. In our days the only so-called democratic government which applied this mass-destruction weapon for the first time and would not hesitate to use it again, asks other countries to stop the development of nuclear power. What a miserable Christian hypocrisy. Why Sun Ra titled his only acoustic document performed on a church organ “Hiroshima”?. Despite of my young age in 1945 I can very clearly remember the gloomy atmosphere in ‘bombed-out’ Stuttgart with my family sitting around my Uncle’s place in Schwaebisch Gmnd during the twilight hour and talking about this unbelievable criminal act against Hiroshima. Beside the depressed mood of the talk I only remember the {surely false} fact, that “Little Boy”, as the United States offendingly called their bomb, was only as small as a tennis-ball...

“That is a big organ”...June Tyson, “just heard that last week”. She said she put it on - she was startled... and the longer you listen to that the more sounds... the organ had so many sounds. Layers of sounds... it was recorded...well Danny Thompson does have a video tape. Some kind of digital cassette recorder. That’s something new and then it was taken off of that, I think it was put on directly from cassette... he didn’t have no original, he had a copy of the digital cassette, but the feeling is there... I played a lot longer. But, you know, but being organ I cut it kind of short to put it out because of the fact of the grooves, the vibrations might make it jump... well, it’s on tape, you see, but when you put it on disc you got to watch those grooves ‘cause it will jump over’ organs are very hard to record. So he had to make that about five or six times ‘cause he wasn’t satisfied... and that organ was making such incredible sounds, you know.... {From a conversation with Sun Ra and Peter Hinds, February 14, 1986: Sun Ra research, issue 21, February 1999, page 13/14.}. Beside the well-known political call and response ritual “Nuclear War” there is with regard to the contents the related “Hiroshima”, a pipe organ solo by Sun Ra, recorded in a theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. By attentive listening one can discover some other instruments too. One can hear a triangle, a bird whistle, a slap-stick or castanets, a tambourine ring, cymbals and most likely different drums.

The record was released in 1985 on one of Sun Ra’s “Saturn” long playing records with the number 11-83. The flip side of this record is titled “Stars That Shine Darkly...” Recorded live at Montreux, Switzerland during the tour of The Sun Ra All Stars, early November 1983.

The Art Yard Records Sun Ra El Saturn reissue series is sanctioned by Marshall Allen Director of The Sun Ra Alter Destiny 21st century Omniverse Arkestra.

Front Cover Photograph © Tate Images, Painting by John Martin 1851-3. ‘The Great Day Of His Wrath’.

Sun Ra was a ground breaking musician and bandleader of immense vision whose extraordinary work and time on this planet has yet to be fully appreciated. We hope this reissue series brings Sun Ra’s music to the wider audience it deserves.

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MORE NEWS ON RECENTLY DESCOVERED MASTER TAPES

SUN RA 'PARIS TAPES' 29/11/71 Complete Concert 71 - Unreleased. Chatelet Paris.

This is a three hour concert recorded by RTF , RADIO TELEVISION 'NATIONAL' FRANCE. 'Which in their day where the equivalent of the BBC' 'so the recording is - OK' , the tapes where stored in cans and are in good condition.

THIS IS SUN RA DYNAMITE .
The concert includes the tracks.

Discipline 27
Enlightment
Love in Outer Space
Third Planet
Somebody Else's Idea
Watusi
Space is the Place
The Shadow World
Angels and Demons at Play.
Plus various other tracks with a LARGE percussion line up.

Please note : these tapes will need much work and research before they see a release, so watch this 'SPACE'. more info soon.

TRAVELING THE SPACEWAYS: The Astro Black and Other Solar Myths

Hyde Park Art Center - 5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago IL 60637

www.hydeparkart.org or call 773-324-5520
A FREE PROGRAM OF EVENTS &
2-DAY SYMPOSIUM
Symposium: November 11 & 12, 2006: 10 am - 5 pm

The Hyde Park Art Center presents Traveling the Spaceways, a landmark symposium devoted to the musical legend Sun Ra. Informative panel discussions, musical performances, and readings will investigate the impact Sun Ra and Afro-Futurism have had on American history and visual culture. Bringing together contemporary artists, major writers, and scholars who have focused on this prophetic jazz band leader, composer, pianist, and self-proclaimed extraterrestrial, this free event will enlighten and intrigue those interested in African American art and music of the postwar period. For a detailed schedule and list of panelists, please visit www.hydeparkart.org/4833/symposium.

Other upcoming events: TUESDAY FILM SCREENINGS

All screenings are free, begin at 6:00 p.m., and will be held at the Hyde Park Art Center in room 4833 rph followed by a discussion.

November 28

December 5

LIVE MUSIC CONCERTS

Please note different host locations and prices.

For the Love of Music

A FREE acoustic concert series presented in the gallery with AACM Chicago on the following Sundays, from 3-4:30 p.m.: October 22, November 5, & December 17

November 10

December 3

An ensemble of original members of the Arkestra and other Ra associates, including Robert Barry, Art Hoyle, Ricky Murray, Hattie Randolph, and Lucious Randolph gather for an intimate exchange of anecdotes along with performances of favorite Sun Ra compositions. A FREE event moderated by John Corbett.

December 10

Phil Cohran

An intimate look at Sun Ra from one of his key associates, Philip Cohran, who played trumpet with the Arkestra in the late '50s, before starting his own influential group the Artistic Heritage Ensemble. John Corbett will interview Cohran, who will also narrate a slideshow of rarely seen Arkestra photos.

Visit www.hydeparkart.org/4833/symposium for more information.