Sun Ra & His Intergalactic Arkestra
1989-05-22 ::: Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Iron Horse Coffeehouse ::: 20 Center Street ::: M-AUD
"Sun Ra Arkestra Salutes Walt Disney"

~*~ Remastered fixing a few issues, without EQ or NR ~*~

Set One :::
01. ? (untitled improvisation)
02. Someday My Prince Will Come
03. Heigh Ho! Heigh Ho!
04. Wishing Well
05. The Forest Of No Return
06. When You Wish Upon A Star
07. Blue Lou
08. ? (unidentified blues)
09. Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah

Set Two :::
10. ?(untitled improvisation)/Disciple 27-II/You’re In The Space Age Now/Greetings From The 21st Century/This World Is Not My Home/I’ll Wait For You
11. East Of The Sun
12. Frisco Fog
13. Second Star From The Right
14. Cruella DeVil
15. Carefree/Sea Of Immortality
16. Chim Chim Cheree
17. I’m Gonna Unmask The Batman
18. Casey Junior
19. Pink Elephants On Parade
20. Whistle While You Work

Total Time ::: 2:42:40

::: Very fine AUD in small club. Check samples for distain or delight deliberations.
::: Warts: Sid not do meticulous remastering so there are a few (cross-channel patchable) dull spots here & there.
::: First-ever circulated digital transfer direct from master tapes.
::: Feel free to supply the missing 3 titles (likely standards).
::: Tape labeled "Sun Ra Disney Tribute Arkestra". Gigs seemed to vary the band names.

Recording Information ::: Sony Walkman Professional WM-D6 cassette recorder with single Sennheiser 300 microphone with shotgun shell -> master Maxell XLII-90(?) cassettes, Dolby off.

Transfer 2013-xx-xx ::: master Maxell XLII-90(?) cassettes on Nakamichi Dragon cassette deck, Dolby off, automatic azimuth adjustment -> Alesis CD Recorder -> LPCM 44.10kHz/16bit WAV files.

Remastering 2019-11-xx ::: wavs -> Audacity [normalisation to remove DC offset, flipped R channel to fix out of phase, offset alignment, fades, volume adjustments, -0.3% averaged pitch (speed) fix with single pass after frequency analysis, NO equalisation or noise reduction] -> CD Wave (track splits) -> flacs (Trader's Little Helper) -> yr ears. Freed 2019-11-xx.

Line-up ::: Sun Ra - piano, synthesizer // Michael Ray - trumpet // Cecil Brooks(?) - trumpet // Tyrone Hill - trombone // Marshall Allen - alto saxophone, flute, oboe, percussion // Noel Scott - alto saxophone, percussion // John Gilmore - tenor saxophone // James Jacson - bassoon, Infinity Drum, flute // Philip Watkins(?) - bass // Buster Smith - drums // Jorge Silva - percussion // Elson Nascimento - percussion // June Tyson - vocals.

Nothing here ever commercially released to my knowledge. If I'm wrong, please advise & I'll take the offending trax offline.

DimeTravel 534 ::: Thanks to Lochner for caring, taping & sharing. Thanks to Zongo for the transfer. Thanks to carville for the line-up & setlist. ::: Corrections welcome ::: Some solid grooves. Listen, enjoy, show appreciation, share, give, spread peace. Yrs truly, Knees

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