'Earliest'

Interesting indeed! Looks like there's some overlap with the Atavistic
releases of early stuff.

On 3/10/2011 3:11 PM, Charles Blass wrote:
>
> interesting details (though plenty of mystery remaining) on the
> "Earliest" box.
> - cb
>
> On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 11:43 PM, John Sudduth > > wrote:
>
> fhqwhgads, you should email him.
>
> Michael told me that he has a special offer for those who
> pre-ordered 'The Earliest' now that the collection is so much larger
> than originally planned (14 discs now). He didn't say anything
> specific but it seemed/sounded like it might be some time before the
> big collection is ready to go to pressing and ship.
>
>
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FYI,

I received another email this morning that the first box will be shipping this spring... sooner than I expected, that's for sure!  So the DVD is shipping out now, The Red Garter is shipping in a month or two, followed shortly thereafter by the 'The Earliest.' 


Sounds like we're in for a pret-ty nice year, wouldn'tcha say?

-john

This is an amazing project, and we are so lucky that Michael Anderson and Michael Sheppard are working together to give fans a dream boxed set. I don't think in the hands of a 'traditional' music label, anything like this would ever come out, or would take years and cost way way more.

The only glaring omission that I could see when reading the track list was "Treasure Hunt" from 1951. I asked Michael S. about this, and he said he's talk with the other Michael about it. I'm not sure if it's known by another name, as I've only read about it, never heard it, but it's listed in the Earthly Recordings, so I assumed it was known to collector's.

It makes me excited about what could be compiled for a box set from the '60s, especially anything from the NY period (my favourite).

For those of you who aren't on the Transparency label list, here's the latest news from Michael on The Eternal Myth (now a 20 cd set!)

"HELLO ! 

Part One of 'The Eternal Myth Revealed' will be at the CD pressing plant and book printer/binder in two weeks  -- and I have recently been told that the album will be about TWENTY CDs (rather than the previously estimated fourteen discs). 

Sun Ra Archive editor Michael Anderson has slightly expanded his excellent project demo to 56 minutes -- now on two handy Youtube links (directly below my signature here.). Most definitely worth spending an hour with.

Thanks to all who have ordered this box set --- and as release date approaches, we really need for EVERY person reading this to order the album. Please listen to the demo and get back to me! --- PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL NOT BE CHARGING A HIGHER PRICE FOR THE TWENTY-CD VERSION OF THE ALBUM. This is still advance offered to mail order customers for just $65 plus shipping. (Please see the paypal ordering info at the end of this e-mail.)

All the best,

Michael Sheppard / Transparency

UPDATED BOX SET DEMO:

----Sun Ra - The Eternal Myth Revealed (Part One) - TRANSPARENCY 0316

----------------------Box Set Video Demo:

This is a 2 part video demonstration of the “Sun Ra – The Eternal Myth Revealed” 
Vol. 1 CD box set which covers 1924 to 1959. The box set is due for release 
byMichael Sheppard and TRANSPARENCY as TRANSPARENCY 0316 in the summer of 2011.
Executive Director of the Sun Ra Music Archive, Michael D. Anderson has produced 
this historically extensive work in an effort to disclose various facts and 
music related information many Sun Ra enthusiasts are not aware of. The 
presentation also includes interview footage with Sun Ra narrating each section 
of the presentation for accuracy.

Part 1 = 1924 to 1953
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZSlXP_5LsY

Pt. 1 examines Sun Ra’s early 1920’s Blues Vocal and 1930’s Big Band influences, 
his first recordings in 1946 as a piano sideman, his arrangements and 
compositions, Sun Ra as a singer in the late 1940’s, his trio in 1949, creating 
the sound for vocalists Laverne Baker and Joe Williams, coaching The Hambone 
Kids in 1952 and the late 1940’s Afro-Cuban influence of band leader Perez 
Prado and other rare facts and musically unheard inclusions. 

Promo Video Part 2 = 1953 to 1959
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IWYiafSyQo

Pt. 2 examines the solo piano recordings Sunny recorded in his apartment, the 
R&BDoo Wop influence of the Jazz vocal group The Ink Spots, Sun Ra coaching his 
R&B Doo Wop group The Nu-Sounds, the Sun Ra Bebop Band live at Bud Land in 1956, 
a rare live performance at the Pershing Ballroom featuring Pat Patrick-baritone 
sax, Gene Ammons-tenor sax, J.J. Johnson-trombone, Sun Ra-piano, Ronnie 
Boykins-bass and Robert Barry-drums, a feature on tenor saxophonist John 
Gilmore from a 1958 Bud Land performance, Sun Ra and the band playing the pop 
tune “Tequila” and closing with vocalist Hattie Randolph and the 3 takes of 
“Round Midnight” from the 1959 Sound Sun Pleasure album.

--Michael D. Anderson, Executive Director, The Sun Ra Music Archive sunraarchive@gmail.com

_________________________________________________

THE ETERNAL MYTH REVEALED
The Story Of A Universal Being And His Music

Part One -- Covering 1933-1959

Over thirteen hours of unreleased & ultra-rare music

Plus definitive Sun Ra autobiographical commentary

Transparency 0316
An estimated TWENTY CDs with a 5" x 5" paperback book

(approximately 100 pages) in a sturdy box

We are now accepting pre-orders for this mind-blowing June 2011 release -- available via direct mail order at our distributor's wholesale price of sixty-five dollars ($65) per copy-- plus priority mail shipping ($5 within the U.S. -- $10 to Canada -- $12 to Europe). Please calculate your correct total -- and paypal transfer that amount to transparency2011@yahoo.com. Your pre-order is very much appreciated."

For those of you with no calculator, that works out to $3.25 per cd. You can't beat that price.

For those of you who aren't on the Transparency label list, here's the latest news from Michael on The Eternal Myth (now a 20 cd set!)

"HELLO ! 

Part One of 'The Eternal Myth Revealed' will be at the CD pressing plant and book printer/binder in two weeks  -- and I have recently been told that the album will be about TWENTY CDs (rather than the previously estimated fourteen discs). 

Sun Ra Archive editor Michael Anderson has slightly expanded his excellent project demo to 56 minutes -- now on two handy Youtube links (directly below my signature here.). Most definitely worth spending an hour with.

Thanks to all who have ordered this box set --- and as release date approaches, we really need for EVERY person reading this to order the album. Please listen to the demo and get back to me! --- PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL NOT BE CHARGING A HIGHER PRICE FOR THE TWENTY-CD VERSION OF THE ALBUM. This is still advance offered to mail order customers for just $65 plus shipping. (Please see the paypal ordering info at the end of this e-mail.)

All the best,

Michael Sheppard / Transparency

UPDATED BOX SET DEMO:

----Sun Ra - The Eternal Myth Revealed (Part One) - TRANSPARENCY 0316

----------------------Box Set Video Demo:

This is a 2 part video demonstration of the “Sun Ra – The Eternal Myth Revealed” 
Vol. 1 CD box set which covers 1924 to 1959. The box set is due for release 
byMichael Sheppard and TRANSPARENCY as TRANSPARENCY 0316 in the summer of 2011.
Executive Director of the Sun Ra Music Archive, Michael D. Anderson has produced 
this historically extensive work in an effort to disclose various facts and 
music related information many Sun Ra enthusiasts are not aware of. The 
presentation also includes interview footage with Sun Ra narrating each section 
of the presentation for accuracy.

Part 1 = 1924 to 1953
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZSlXP_5LsY

Pt. 1 examines Sun Ra’s early 1920’s Blues Vocal and 1930’s Big Band influences, 
his first recordings in 1946 as a piano sideman, his arrangements and 
compositions, Sun Ra as a singer in the late 1940’s, his trio in 1949, creating 
the sound for vocalists Laverne Baker and Joe Williams, coaching The Hambone 
Kids in 1952 and the late 1940’s Afro-Cuban influence of band leader Perez 
Prado and other rare facts and musically unheard inclusions. 

Promo Video Part 2 = 1953 to 1959
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IWYiafSyQo

Pt. 2 examines the solo piano recordings Sunny recorded in his apartment, the 
R&BDoo Wop influence of the Jazz vocal group The Ink Spots, Sun Ra coaching his 
R&B Doo Wop group The Nu-Sounds, the Sun Ra Bebop Band live at Bud Land in 1956, 
a rare live performance at the Pershing Ballroom featuring Pat Patrick-baritone 
sax, Gene Ammons-tenor sax, J.J. Johnson-trombone, Sun Ra-piano, Ronnie 
Boykins-bass and Robert Barry-drums, a feature on tenor saxophonist John 
Gilmore from a 1958 Bud Land performance, Sun Ra and the band playing the pop 
tune “Tequila” and closing with vocalist Hattie Randolph and the 3 takes of 
“Round Midnight” from the 1959 Sound Sun Pleasure album.

--Michael D. Anderson, Executive Director, The Sun Ra Music Archive sunraarchive@gmail.com

_________________________________________________

THE ETERNAL MYTH REVEALED
The Story Of A Universal Being And His Music

Part One -- Covering 1933-1959

Over thirteen hours of unreleased & ultra-rare music

Plus definitive Sun Ra autobiographical commentary

Transparency 0316
An estimated TWENTY CDs with a 5" x 5" paperback book

(approximately 100 pages) in a sturdy box

We are now accepting pre-orders for this mind-blowing June 2011 release -- available via direct mail order at our distributor's wholesale price of sixty-five dollars ($65) per copy-- plus priority mail shipping ($5 within the U.S. -- $10 to Canada -- $12 to Europe). Please calculate your correct total -- and paypal transfer that amount to transparency2011@yahoo.com. Your pre-order is very much appreciated."

For those of you with no calculator, that works out to $3.25 per cd. You can't beat that price.