THE MYSTERY BOARD - SUN RA 1972 [FULL ALBUM AUDIO]

The First Man
unidentified theme - Neptune
Spontaneous Simplicity
Friendly Galaxy No 2 - Intergalactic Research
Angels and Demons at Play - untitled ensembles and solos - Space Is The Place
Discipline [?] - There Is No Hotter Fire - It's After The End of The World - We'll Wait For You
A bootleg 2xCDR released on Thumbs Up Records around 2001
Unknown location, live recording 2 & 3 November 1972
Sun Ra (space [Farfisa] org, minimooog synth, p, voc); Akh Tal Ebah (tp, flh, space mellophone, voc); Lamont F McClamb [Kwame Hadi] (tp); Marshall Allen (as, fl, perc); Danny Davis (as, fl, perc); John Gilmore (ts, perc, voc); Pat Patrick (ts, bs, eb, voc); Danny Ray Thompson (bs, fl, libflecto, perc, voc); Leroy Taylor [Eloe Omoe] (bcl, fl, perc); Alzo Wright (dr); Harry Richards (dr); Lex Humphreys (dr); Stanley Morgan [Atakatune] (congas); Russel Branch [Odun] (congas); Space Ethnic Voices: June Tyson, Judith Holton, Ruth Wright, Cheryl Banks (voc)
(lineup and setlist taken from OMNIVERSE 2ND ED. (Art Yard) discography by Chris Trent)

[@rustyshackleford3430]

Jason, you have my everlasting gratitude for uploading all of these. I only really started listening to the Akrestra back in 2020, but they're now comfortably my favorite musicians across any genre.
Even after the dozens of recordings I've enjoyed, I still feel like I'm only just starting to grasp the breadth of the repertoire. The Mystery Board will always hold a special place me, I heard it like 4th and in just the right order to draw me in and show me "oh, no...this guy's not just Out There, he's Going Places, he's got Big Ideas".
I would pay an absurd amount of money for the opportunity to have been at this live performance. June Tyson's work on the presentations and costuming is fascinating.
Can't thank you enough for helping keep the legacy of Sun Ra accessible for newcomers to explore.

[@omniversiddhialterdestiny]

listening on Sun Ra's Bearthday 2020, thank you !!!

[@basheermuhammad7757]

Just when I was looking for a new Sun Ra album & didn't even know it.

[@DouglasF68]

Genius. Now you know that you know

[@bradm.3775]

A Great Live recording of Sun Ra and his Arkestra, from a Great period, right after the October 1972 Space is the Place album recording Streeterville Studio recording in Chicago

[@raymondmorris6531]

Go away...........

[@ronaldgriffin46]

Awesome...........

[@ceef8688]

starts out hot--Sun Ra in a punk phase!

[@nerviaproductions6306]

i stumbled upon this by acc8dent and i love it althouyh my mum was scared

[@basheermuhammad7757]

The closest version of the Blue Thumb Records release, I've heard. My understanding is that it was a live-studio performance also.

[@bradm.3775]

Basheer,it sounds like a live recording, from 1972,same time period as 1972 Space is the Place Blue Thumb album

[@bmuhamad]

@@bradm.3775 Thank you sir.

[@MiqelDotCom]

50:30 Marshall Allen

[@CarlLundblad]

Yes! The entire ~6 minute solo is genius

[@madkenny]

So what am I?

[@JasonPilley]

You ams what you ams.

[@commonopponent9235]

"the second man"