Album
Space Is The Place
1973 · Jazz
6 collectors on Gatefold own this
Space Is The Place is a Jazz album by Sun Ra, originally released in 1973. On Gatefold: 30 pressings tracked, owned by 6 collectors.
About
Review by Stephen Cook Space Is the Place provides an excellent introduction to Sun Ra's vast and free-form jazz catalog. Typical of many Sun Ra recordings, the program is varied; earthbound songs, like the swing number "Images" and Egyptian exotica piece "Discipline," fit right in with more space-age cuts, like the tumultuous "Sea of Sounds" and the humorous "Rocket Number Nine." Sun Ra fuses many of these styles on the sprawling title cut, as interlocking harmonies, African percussion, manic synthesizer lines, and joyous ensemble blowing all jell into some sort of church revival of the cosmos. Throughout the recording, Sun Ra displays his typically wide-ranging talents on space organ and piano, reed players John Gilmore and Marshall Allen contribute incisive and intense solos, and June Tyson masterfully leads the Space Ethnic Voices on dreamy vocal flights. This is a fine recording and a must for Sun Ra fans.
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Tracklist
- 1Space Is the Place21:14
- 2Images6:16
- 3Discipline4:52
- 4Sea of Sounds7:41
- 5Rocket Number Nine2:54
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Avant-Garde & Free Jazz
- raw
- spiritual
- spacey
CD releases with catalogue number IMP 12492, 051-249-2, Digipak
Space Is The Place (Europe 1998) (opens in a new tab) runout text ‘Made in the France by PMDC’
Space Is The Place (UK & Europe) (opens in a new tab) runout text ‘Made in Germany by EDC E’
Space Is The Place (UK & Europe) (opens in a new tab) ‘Made in Germany by EDC C’
Possibly the two EDC versions could be merged if the final letters are considered only as manufacturing variations.
Space Is The Place (UK & Europe) (opens in a new tab) runout text ‘MADE IN GERMANY BY UNIVERSAL M & L’
Space Is The Place (Europe) (opens in a new tab) runout text ‘Made in the E.U. by Cinram Optical Discs’
Space Is The Place (Europe) (opens in a new tab) runout text includes Arvato logo
Space Is The Place (Europe) (opens in a new tab) runout text ‘Made in the France by Cinram Optical Discs’
Space Is The Place (Europe) (opens in a new tab) runout text ‘SONY DADC’
Space Is The Place (UK & Europe) (opens in a new tab) runout text ‘0512492 11 A00 [Universal logo]’. Credit ‘Glass Mastered At – Sony DADC’ although Sony DADC is not explicitly stated in the matrix string.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Akh Tal EbahPERFORMER , TRUMPET, FLUGELHORN , VOCALS TRUMPET TRUMPET, FLUGELHORN , VOCALS
- Alzo WrightDRUMS PERFORMER , DRUMS
- Cheryl BanksPERFORMER , VOCALS VOCALS
- Danny DavisALTO SAXOPHONE ALTO SAXOPHONE, FLUTE FLUTE
- Danny Ray ThompsonBARITONE SAXOPHONE BARITONE SAXOPHONE, FLUTE FLUTE
- Eloe OmoeBASS CLARINET PERFORMER , BASS CLARINET FLUTE
- Harry RichardsDRUMS PERFORMER , DRUMS
- John GilmoreDRUMS PERFORMER , TENOR SAXOPHONE, DRUMS, VOCALS TENOR SAXOPHONE
- Judith HoltonPERFORMER , VOCALS VOCALS
- June TysonPERFORMER , VOCALS VOCALS
- Lamont McClambPERCUSSION PERFORMER , TRUMPET, PERCUSSION TRUMPET
- Larry NorthingtonALTO SAXOPHONE PERFORMER , ALTO SAXOPHONE
- Lex HumphriesPERCUSSION PERFORMER , PERCUSSION DRUMS
- Marshall AllenALTO SAXOPHONE ALTO SAXOPHONE, FLUTE FLUTE
- Pat PatrickBARITONE SAXOPHONE BARITONE SAXOPHONE, BASS BASS
- Robert UnderwoodDRUMS PERFORMER , DRUMS
- Russell BranchCONGAS PERCUSSION PERCUSSION, CONGAS
- Ruth WrightPERFORMER , VOCALS VOCALS
6 collectors on Gatefold own this · 30 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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