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Nothing Is

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{{Infobox album

| name = Nothing Is

| type = Live album

| artist = Sun Ra

| cover = Nothing Is.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1970

| recorded = May 1966

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length = 39:42 (original release)

| label = ESP-Disk

| producer =

| chronology = Sun Ra

| prev_title = The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume Two

| prev_year = 1965

| next_title = Strange Strings

| next_year = 1966

}}

Nothing Is is a live album by the American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Sun Ra, recorded in 1966 and released on the ESP-Disk label in 1970.[http://homepage.uab.edu/moudry/disc_b.htm#31. Sun Ra discography] accessed July 20, 2010 In 2010 ESP-Disk released an expanded 2CD edition, restoring the full concert on disc one and adding part of the second set and some tracks from the sound check on disc two.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Lindsay Planer stated: "Sun Ra and his Arkestra issued only a handful of titles on the groundbreaking indie ESP-Disk label. Each title respectively contains some of their most expressive musical statements to date".Planer, L. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r152627|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed July 20, 2010

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}

| rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

| rev2Score = {{rating|5|5}}{{Cite book

|editor-last=Swenson

|editor-first=J.

| author-link =

| year = 1985

| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

|url=https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen

|url-access=registration

| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone

| location = USA

| isbn = 0-394-72643-X

| pages = [https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen/page/186 186]

}}

|rev3 = Spin Alternative Record Guide

|rev3score = 9/10{{cite book |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |date=1995 |publisher=Vintage Books |page=386}}

}}

Track listing

:All compositions by Sun Ra

=12" Vinyl=

Side A:

  1. "Dancing Shadows" - 9:50
  2. "Imagination" - 1:53
  3. "Exotic Forest" - 9:50

Side B:

  2. "Sun Ra and His Band from Outer Space" - 1:58
  3. "Shadow World" - 13:48
  4. "Theme of the Stargazers" - 0:40
  5. "Outer Spaceways Incorporated" - 1:42
  6. "Next Stop Mars" - 0:38

:*Track lengths on cover differ significantly from actual playing times given above.

:*This version is also available on CD (without the bonus tracks below) as ZYX-Music / ESP 1045-2.

=CD Bonus Tracks=

  2. "Velvet" - 7:20
  3. "Outer Nothingness" - 15:43
  4. "We Travel the Spaceways" - 1:30

:*Recorded live on tour of New York state colleges in March 1966.

=2CD Deluxe Edition=

"Disc One" (66/5/18 - first set)

  1. "Sun Ra And HIs Band From Outer Space" - 14:02
  2. "The Shadow World" - 4:40
  3. "Interpolation" - 2:18
  4. "The Satellites Are Spinning" - 1:17
  5. "Advice To Medics" - 2:50
  6. "Velvet" - 8:16
  7. "Space Aura" - 10:26
  8. "The Exotic Forest" - 9:43
  9. "Theme Of The Stargazers" - 1:52
  10. "Outer Spaceways Incorporated" - 2:24
  11. "Dancing Shadows" - 9:45
  12. "Imagination" - 0:40
  13. "The Second Stop Is Jupiter" - 1:12
  14. "Next Stop Mars" - 0:41

"Disc Two" (66/5/18 - partial second set and sound check)

  1. "The Satellites Are Spinning" - 9:08
  2. "Velvet" - 7:10
  3. "Interplanetary Chaos" - 4:35
  4. "Theme Of The Stargazers" - 1:30
  5. "The Second Stop Is Jupiter" - 11:16
  6. "We Travel The Spaceways" - 1:42
  7. "Nothing Is" - 6:13
  8. "It Is Eternal" - 12:37
  9. "State Street" - 8:21
  10. The Exotic Forest" - 4:32

Personnel

References

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Category:1970 live albums

Category:ESP-Disk live albums

Category:Sun Ra live albums