SUN RA – Super Blonde

Feb.10, 2012

 

SUN RA ARKESTRA – Super Blonde/ Soft Talk, Saturn Z 1111, 45 rpm (USA), 1956

 

Extremely rare original Saturn 7”. According to my and my fellow discaholics knowledge and existing discographies only 5 copies are known to still exists….

”The mystery” 7” by Le Sun Ra and his Arkestra. Super Blonde is the holy grail for all Ra- collectors. This is the very second 7” that Saturn records released ( we believe that the 7” released as simply “Saturn” is the very first one…. But we only know of one existing copy so far….)  and what a record o start it off with! Music is totally fantastic! With an early incarnation of the Arkestra and a very very jazzy sound and a TOTALLY killin arrangement by Ra, with great contribution by John Gilmore, Pat Patrick, Julian Priester and one of the most amazing jazz drummers ever: Robert Barry! Both A –side and B- side is totally SWINGIN! This item is for sure one of the rarest record you can look for if you are looking for rare free jazz related goodies. There must be more copies somewhere, but they NEVER float up…

The track Super Blonde came out on the 12” Lp SuperSonic Jazz that is a KILLER album by Ra.

There is a long and very exciting story about how this piece of vinyl finally made it to my collection and it might eventually be told one day by the mighty ”Vinyl Freak”, my discaholic brother in Chicago… who naturally has a copy as well of this holy grail.

The music is so good that it hurts… and luckily enough – for non discaholics –  it is available on various sound sources these days.

BUT… the 7” is the one to get, of course…

 

Sun Ra – piano and arrangement

Art Hoyle – trumpet

John Gilmore – tenor sax

Julian Priester – trombone

Pat Patrick – baritone sax

Jim Herndon – Tympani

Wilburn Green – bass

Robert Barry – drums