Label: Corbett vs. Dempsey - CvsDCD071

1971年にリリースされ様々な形態にて再発されて来たSun Raの超クラシック盤[The Solar-Myth Approach Vol. 1 & 2]。フリージャズの名作を中心にマニアックな謎音源なども届けてくれる名門Corbett vs. Dempseyが遂にこの音源をリイシュー!!オリジナルを忠実に再現した濁った質感が兎に角素晴らしく、そして今回の再発に際し、オリジナルは間違った速度でマスタリングされたという[Scene 1 Take 1]の正確なスピードバージョンを追加収録。ジャーナリストであるアーウィン・チュシッドのエッセイを記した3面折り畳みパッケージ仕様、やはりこのレーベルの仕事は素晴らしい。









Two certifiable Sun Ra classics refreshed and renewed and rolled into the perfect package. First released on the French label BYG/Actuel in 1971, the companion volumes of The Solar-Myth Approach were essential in introducing Ra's monumental program to an international audience. As with many Arkestra records, the information on these gatefold packages was dubious at best. Here they appear with corrected lineups and dates, showing that the music actually stretches back to the early 1960s, but was assembled into a beautiful chronological mosaic that serves as a gripping survey of early-post-Chicago Ra. It's an ideal way to start listening to his music, and for his fans absolutely essential items in the gargantuan discography. These LPs have been reissued a number of times since BYG/Actuel folded, and with each new batch the fidelity has diminished, so that they've been a pale shadow of the original recordings. For the first time, the sound has been lovingly restored to a previously unimagined level of omniversal fidelity, and one track ("Scene 1 Take 1") that was mastered at the wrong speed on the original -- perhaps a Ra idea, perhaps just a disconnect between the producers and the composer -- has been included as a bonus track remastered at the corrected speed. Packaged in the glorious original LP designs, with a definitive essay by Irwin Chusid, this is The Solar-Myth Approach as it was meant to be experienced.