Sun Ra – Space Is The Place
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Blue Thumb Records – VMP-125 |
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VMP Spiritual Jazz Series |
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US |
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Genre: |
Jazz |
Style: |
Avant-garde Jazz |
Tracklist
| A | Space Is The Place | 21:14 | |
| B1 | Images | 6:15 | |
| B2 | Discipline 33 | 4:15 | |
| B3 | Sea Of Sound | 7:42 | |
| B4 | Rocket Number Nine | 2:50 |
Companies, etc.
- Exclusive Retailer – Vinyl Me, Please
- Mastered At – Sterling Sound
- Lacquer Cut At – Sterling Sound
- Pressed By – Record Technology Incorporated – 38418
Credits
- Alto Saxophone – Larry Northington
- Alto Saxophone, Flute – Marshall Allen
- Arranged By – Sun Ra
- Baritone Saxophone, Bass – Pat Patrick
- Baritone Saxophone, Flute – Danny Thompson*
- Bass Clarinet – Eloe Omoe
- Composed By – Sun Ra
- Drums – Robert Underwood
- Lacquer Cut By – RKS*
- Percussion – Lex Humphries
- Percussion, Congas – Stanley Morgan
- Piano, Organ [Space], Synthesizer [Moog] – Sun Ra
- Tenor Saxophone, Drums, Vocals – John Gilmore
- Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Vocals – Akh Tal Ebah
- Trumpet, Percussion – Lamont McClamb
- Vocals [Space Ethnic] – Ruth Wright
Notes
Limited to 475 copies the VMP exclusive version of Sun Ra's Space Is The Place is pressed on 180g Black vinyl at Record Technology Incorporated (RTI). Gatefold, tip-on, foil-stamped and numbered jacket with an obi strip. It was mastered from the original master tapes by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): VMP-125-A RKS STERLING 38418.1(3)...
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): VMP-125-A RKS STERLING 38418.2(3)..
Other Versions (5 of 32)
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Space Is The Place (LP, Album, Gatefold) | Blue Thumb Records | BTS 41 | US | 1973 | ||
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Recently Edited
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Space Is The Place (LP, Album, Quadraphonic, Santa Maria Pressing, Gatefold) | Blue Thumb Records | QUAD BTS 41 | US | 1973 | ||
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New Submission
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Space Is The Place (LP, Album, Quadraphonic, Gatefold) | Blue Thumb Records | BT 10.021 | 1973 | |||
| Space Is The Place (8-Track Cartridge, Album, Stereo) | Blue Thumb Records | BLE M 841 | US | 1973 | |||
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New Submission
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Space Is The Place (LP, Album, Quadraphonic, Terre Haute Pressing) | Blue Thumb Records | QUAD BTS 41 | US | 1973 |
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Reviews
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Sounds very good. Seems to have RKS' sound signature of a tiny bit of a treble boost, but it helps the voices here stand out from what is an arkestra of many. Re: the comment that the cover art is blurry, I think that's the case of the art in general - even looking at photos of earlier pressings, the cover photo looks slightly out of focus. Bought this from VMP and very glad to have gotten this AAA at a decent price. -
Flat and quiet. It is so crucial that the pressing be quiet since the title track ends with a long and very quiet coda that's very striking...but it requires a silent background. Static or ticks and pops would ruin it. Medium soundstage, bass is a little muffled and boomy. I assume this is a result of limitations of the original recording. Percussion sound is not vibrant. Saxes, organ, and voices sound good. That said, nothing here leaps out of the speakers with the realism and immediacy of great jazz recordings like those in the recent VMP Miles Davis box set. Cover art is blurry and looks like shit. VMP really needs to step up their game when it comes to artwork.
I really enjoy this record. For me, it is worth $40 because it's a very clean copy of a fun record that I want in my collection. Highly recommended. -
Surprisingly, the deadwax etching shows this is an entirely new lacquer cut by Ryan K. Smith, different from the recent Verve By Request version which was also cut by Ryan K. Smith.
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