{"id":5346,"date":"2018-03-27T17:00:20","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T16:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wasserbassin.com\/site\/?post_type=product&#038;p=5346"},"modified":"2018-05-22T01:02:40","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T00:02:40","slug":"sun-ra-of-abstract-dreams-lp","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/product\/sun-ra-of-abstract-dreams-lp\/","title":{"rendered":"Sun Ra &#8211; Of Abstract Dreams &#8211; LP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Strut and Art Yard<\/strong> present another exclusive from the vast catalogue of cosmic jazz pioneer <strong>Sun Ra<\/strong>: &#8220;<strong>Of Abstract Dreams<\/strong>&#8220;, a previously unreleased radio session most likely recorded at the WXPN FM radio studios in Philadelphia, 1974-5.<\/p>\n<p>This newly discovered session features a new version of <strong>Ra<\/strong>\u2019s earlier \u2018Island In The Sun\u2019, a romping, raucous rendition of \u2018Unmask The Batman\u2019 and the first studio recording of \u2018I\u2019ll Wait For You\u2019 There is no bass player on the sessions and<strong> Ra<\/strong>\u2019s left hand beats out a rhythmic bass pattern on the piano. All tracks are remastered directly from the original tapes. The album package features a newly commissioned painting by legendary Bristol urban artist Guy Denning and new sleeve notes by Paul Griffiths.<\/p>\n<p>Recently discovered in the <strong>Sun Ra<\/strong> archive, the recording forms part of a series of sessions that <strong>Ra<\/strong> and the Arkestra recorded for WXPN-FM between 1974 and 1980. The \u2018Antique Blacks\u2019 album was recorded there in \u201974. Based on the campus of The University of Pennsylvania, WXPN\u2019s station manager Jules Epstein and music director Russ Woessner were instrumental in the exposure and recording of The Arkestra in their broadcast production studios. Geno Barnhart, founder of The Empty Foxhole concert collective, Jules and Russ broadcast an on-going series of jazz concerts covering a wide spectrum. The Arkestra performed at The Foxhole in Philly many times from 1974.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Strut<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0Strut<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Strut and Art Yard<\/strong> present another exclusive from the vast catalogue of cosmic jazz pioneer <strong>Sun Ra<\/strong>: &#8220;<strong>Of Abstract Dreams<\/strong>&#8220;, a previously unreleased radio session most likely recorded at the WXPN FM radio studios in Philadelphia, 1974-5.<\/p>\n<p>This newly discovered session features a new version of <strong>Ra<\/strong>\u2019s earlier \u2018Island In The Sun\u2019, a romping, raucous rendition of \u2018Unmask The Batman\u2019 and the first studio recording of \u2018I\u2019ll Wait For You\u2019 There is no bass player on the sessions and <strong>Ra<\/strong>\u2019s left hand beats out a rhythmic bass pattern on the piano. All tracks are remastered directly from the original tapes. The album package features a newly commissioned painting by legendary Bristol urban artist Guy Denning and new sleeve notes by Paul Griffiths.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"See the Video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iQKS5gPFn3s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u25ba CLICK HERE TO LISTEN<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5344,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[],"product_tag":[594,965,1002],"class_list":["post-5346","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_tag-planets-of-life-and-death","product_tag-strut","product_tag-sun-ra","product_shipping_class-lp","pa_artist-sun-ra","pa_genre-jazz","pa_label-strut","first","outofstock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/5346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5346"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=5346"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=5346"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=5346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}