Hooray for Tuesday's MP3: Music Tapes Cover Sun Ra

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Hooray for Tuesday's MP3: Music Tapes Cover Sun Ra

Published Tuesday, April 04, 2006 by Jeff | E-mail this post

This week's rare MP3 is from the Japanese "U.S. Pop Life" compilation series, which frequently included Elephant 6 bands. Volume 12, A Tribute to Fort Thunder, features a rare recording of a Music Tapes live performance at the Fort Thunder artists' collective in Providence, Rhode Island on May 21, 2000. These events were somewhat legendary, since Julian Koster would put on a real spectacular in unusual settings and with flickering TV sets (some photos can be found here). On one of their last tours this track was recorded, as the band covers the Sun Ra piece "Enlightenment."

Enlightenment (live)