Here's a pretty good live album by Sun Ra. The production is something that could have been improved like with a lot of Sun Ra albums (especially live ones) but if you're into Sun Ra you already know what to expect. The set they played contains most of their standards that they played at the time (Space is The Place, Watusi etc.) but with a renewed intensity. I don't know what was going on there but something compelled them to really play the shit out of these songs. Everything is turbo here and it's fucking glorious. This intensity is perhaps most obvious on the fifth track where the band yell s their astro-philosophy at the audience, even laughing at them. Really surreal and amazing at the same time. Even the track Watusi which is always a lively track seems like it's about to implode. Stars really spoke to them that night and lucky for us it was recorded. This a must for any Sun Ra fan in my opinion.
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