Sun Ra Arkestra
January 1 1985
Atlanta, GA
tape recorded on the bandstand
cassette>tascam 122 mkII>cdwav>flac

total time 82:54

Sun Ra (p)
Ronnie Brown (tp)
Tyrone Hill (tb)
Marshall Allen (as,fl)
John Gilmore (ts,cl,d,voc)
Danny Ray Thompson (bs,fl)
Eloe Omoe (bcl,as)
James Jacson (bsn,fl,d,voc)
Rollo Radford (eb)
Avreeayl Amen Ra (d)
June Tyson (voc)

cassette side a
1 ... Fate In A Pleasant Mood (Ra) [fade in about halfway through: Ra, Tyson.ens voc, perc ens, Ra ens voc reprise]
2 Stars Fell On Alabama (Parrish-Perkins) [Ra p, Gilmore ts]
3 I'm Gonna Unmask The Batman (Gibson-Abraham-Ra) [Ra p, Hill tb, Radford eb, Ra.ens voc]
4 Enlightenment (Dotson-Ra) [Gilmore, Tyson voc]
5 Mack The Knife (Brecht-Weill-Blitzstein) [Jacson voc, Brown tp, Gilmore cl]
6 unidentified (Ra) [Ra org - wild stuff - segues into:]/Sunset On The Nile (Ra) [Ra org.synth, - no vocals, for once]
7 St. Louis Blues (Ra) [Ra p, Radford eb, riffs, and a faintly heard vocal which seems to establish the title …]

cassette side b
1 St. Louis Blues (Ra)... concluded, but just as inaudible!]
2 Willow Weep For Me (Ronell) [fine Hill tb, fine Gilmore ts]
3 Happy As The Day Is Long (Arlen-Koehler) [Hill tb, Brown tp]
4 Smile (Chaplin) [Tyson voc, Gilmore ts, Ra p]
5 unidentified (Ra) [theme, with barely audible Ra vocal: first words could be "Beautiful World" or "Beautiful Sunset", fine Allen as over riffs with rocking backbeat, similar for Hill tb, riffing continues at length - excellent piece!)
6 (end of evening- musicians talking as they pack away the gear.)

notes:
from master or at worst first gen cassette recording made onstage.
I did this transfer 4 years ago and kept meaning to seed it. Many more to follow.
I believe Chris Trent was responsible for the titles and notes.