SUN RA DOCUMENTARIES / MUSIC VIDEOS & CONCERTS ON FILM
A JOYFUL NOISE – 1978
ROBERT MUGGE DOCUMENTARY FILM – PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
1978 – WINSTAR DVD (1998)
CALLING PLANET EARTH & SUNSET ON THE NILE - 1986
BILL SEBASTIAN O.V.C VISUALS
THE OUTER SPACE VISUAL COMMUNICATOR – ARCHIVED VHS CASSETTE (1986)
CRY OF JAZZ – 1959
A FILM BY EDWARD O. BLAND – FILMED IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS & NEW YORK CITY
ATAVISTIC UNHEARD MUSIC SERIES DVD DJ-865
FONDATION MAEGHT CONCERT - 1970
PRODUCED BY MARGUERITE & AIME' MAEGHT
THE FONDATION MAEGHT ORGANIZATION – FRANCE
FRENCH TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY CLIP – 1970
PRODUCED BY FRENCH TELEVISION – FRANCE
SUN RA VOLUME 2 – TRANSPARENCY DVD TR-0171
HELSINKI 1971 – THE COMPLETE CONCERT & INTERVIEW
PRODUCED BY HELSINKI TV - FINLAND
TRANSPARENCY CD / DVD 0314
JAZZ SESSION – 1972
SUN RA ARKESTRA FRENCH TELEVISION BROADCAST – FRANCE
TRANSPARENCY DVD TR-0318
LIVE AT STADIO ADRIATICO – 1976
A RAI TV PRODUCTION - PESCARA, ITALY
NOTE: A BOOTLEG EXCERPT OF THE CONCERT EXISTS
LIVE AT THE BROOKLYN AFRIKAN STREET FESTIVAL NEW YORK – 1989
SUN RA VOLUME 5 – TRANSPARENCY DVD TR-0174
LIVE AT THE DONAUESCHINGEN MUSIK FESTIVAL – 1970
GERMAN TV PRODUCTION - STADTHALLE, GERMANY
LIVE AT THE EXCELSIOR MILL – 1985
SOLO CONCERT – ATLANTA, GEORGIA
NOTE: THE COMPOSITION "HIROSHIMA" COMES FROM THIS RECORDING DATE
AN UNRELEASED VHS CASSETTE IS ARCHIVED IN THE SUN RA MUSIC ARCHIVE
LIVE IN EAST, BERLIN AT THE FRIEDRICHSTADPALAST FESTIVAL – 1986
THE FIRST & SECOND CONCERTS
SUN RA VOLUME 2 – TRANSPARENCY DVD TR-0171
LIVE AT THE LONE STAR ROADHOUSE – 1989
CONCERT – NEW YORK CITY
SUN RA VOLUME 5 – TRANSPARENCY DVD TR-0174
LIVE AT THE MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL – 1976
CONCERT – THE COMPLETE TWO HOUR & 40 MINUTE CONCERT - MONTREUX, SWITZERLAND
LIVE AT THE MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL – 1976
CONCERT – THE 1/2 HOUR TV VERSION OF THE CONCERT – MONTREUX, SWITZERLAND
SUN RA VOLUME 3 – TRANSPARENCY DVD TR-0172
LIVE AT THE PALOMINO – 1988
CONCERT – HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA
SUN RA VOLUME 1 – TRANSPARENCY DVD TR-0170
LIVE AT THE PIAZZA DELLA RIFORMA O LUGANO – 1990
CONCERT – LUGANO, ITALY
SUN RA VOLUME 3 – TRANSPARENCY DVD TR-0172
LIVE AT THE THEATER HAUS – JAZZTAGE OSTERN '90 – 1990
CONCERT EXCERPT –
EUROPA FEST: JAZZ HIGHLIGHTS – VARIOUS ARTISTS COMPILATION ARKADIA DVD 72006
LIVE IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – THE FIRST & SECOND CONCERTS – 1991
CONCERT – SUN RA VOLUME 6 – TRANSPARENCY DVD TR-0175
LIVE ON "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE" MAY 20TH, 1978
NBC-TV CONCERT – NEW YORK CITY
THE COMPLETE SEASON 3 – DISC #7 – UNIVERSAL 7 DVD SET 61104239
MAGIC SUN – 1966
A FILM BY PHIL NIBLOCK – NEW YORK CITY
PLUS ADDITIONAL SUN RA MUSIC & POETRY AUDIO – ATAVISTIC UNHEARD MUSIC DVD DJ-861
MAGIC SUN – PHIL NIBLOCK SIX FILM COLLECTION – 1966-1969
A FILM BY PHIL NIBLOCK – NEW YORK CITY – DIESCHACHTEL/EDITION O (2009)
MR. RA, MYSTERY – LIVE IN PARIS, FRANCE – 1984
A FILM BY FRANK CASSENTI – LIVE IN PARIS, FRANCE
NOTE: INCLUDES INTERVIEWS WITH SUN RA / ARKESTRA MEMBERS / ARCHIE SHEPP
RHAPSODY VHS VIDEO (1990)
PACIFICA RADIO "CAP CITY" JAZZ FESTIVAL – WASHINGTON, D.C. – 1987
SUN RA VOLUME 4 – TRANSPARENCY DVD TR-0173
SOLO PIANO IN VENICE – 1978
SUN RA VOLUME 3 – TRANSPARENCY DVD TR-0172
SPACE IS THE PLACE – THE FILM – SECOND EDITION – 1974
FEATURE FILM – A FILM BY JIM NEWMAN – OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
PLEXI-FILM DVD 010 (2003)
SPACE IS THE PLACE – 40TH ANNIVERSARY LIMITED EDITION – 1974
FEATURE FILM – A FILM BY JIM NEWMAN – OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
CONTAINS CD, DVD & 125 PAGE BOOK – HARTE RECORDINGS (2015)
SPACEWAYS – 1968
SHORT FILM PRODUCED BY BERNARD STOLLMAN FOR ESP DISK' – NEW YORK CITY
AN UNRELEASED FILM
SUN RA ALL STARS LIVE IN WEST BERLIN – 1983
FEAT: SUN RA-PIANO / DON CHERRY & LESTER BOWIE-TRUMPETS /JOHN GILMORE-TENOR
ARCHIE SHEPP-TENOR / MARSHALL ALLEN-ALTO / ELO OMOE-BASS CLARINET
RICHARD DAVIS-BASS / CLIFFORD JARVIS, PHILLY JOE JONES & DON MOYE-DRUMS
SUN RA VOLUME 2 – TRANSPARENCY DVD TR-0171
SUN RA ARKESTRA LIVE IN EGYPT – 1971
EGYPTIAN TELEVISION BROADCAST PRODUCTION – CAIRO, EGYPT
UNRELEASED FILM
SUN RA INTERVIEW – 1988
SUN RA VOLUME 1 – LIVE AT THE PALOMINO – HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA
TRANSPARENCY DVD TR-0170
SUN RA ARKESTRA DIRECTED BY MARSHALL ALLEN DVD'S
POINTS ON A SPACE AGE – A DOCUMENTARY – 2009
A FILM DOCUMENTARY FILM BY EPHRAIM ASILI
MVD VISUAL DVD MVDV-4774
BABYLON LIVE – 2014
LIVE AT THE BABYLON CLUB – ISTANBUL, TURKEY
NOTE: A LIMITED EDITION CD & DVD SET – IN+OUT RECORDS
OTHER RECOMMENDED DVD FILMS
ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS FEATURING JOHN GILMORE – LONDON 1965
DVD TITLE – TOKYO 1961 + LONDON 1965 – IMPRO-JAZZ DVD IJ-519 (2006)
SUN RA MUSIC CHANNEL YOUTUBE VIDEOS
ENJOY THE PSYCHEDELIC VISUALS CREATED BY THE GOOD DOCTOR aka
MICHAEL D. ANDERSON
SUN RA MUSIC VIDEOS
1969 – BELL DONE RUNG – LIVE AT SLUG'S SALOON – NEW YORK – DISTORTION
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id2gcd2gLPk
1971 – DARK FORCES – LIVE AT THE BALLON THEATER – CAIRO, EGYPT
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0B1eLyZRIM
1979 – JOURNEY TO SATURN – LIVE AT GRENDAL'S LAIR – PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBJF7XKXqE0
1960 – MAJESTIC HALL REHEARSAL – BETTER QUALITY – CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_csUEu7z18&t=782s
1968 – ORBITING – LIVE AT FILLMORE WEST – SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYaIX0mSEgk
1976 – OUTER SPACEWAYS INCORPORATED – LIVE AT THE JAZZ SHOWCASE – CHICAGO
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mvnURWLeLg
1974 – PREPARE FOR THE JOURNEY MEDLEY LIVE AT HUNTER COLLEGE – NEW YORK
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tb1D9gCohM
1978 – THE SHADOW WORLD – LIVE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO – ONTARIO
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjzr6FuTtxw
1978 – THE SOUND MIRROR – LIVE AT THE BOTTOM LINE – NEW YORK
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKW17F6jvUM
1960 & 1962 – SPACE IS A PLEASANT MOOD COMP – NEW YORK & CHICAGO
TINY PYRAMIDS / FATE IN A PLEASANT MOOD / THE NILE / ANCIENT ETHIOPIA
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeXOzbu3LD4
1965 – STAR BRIGHT – SUN STUDIO REHEARSAL – NEW YORK
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnSB2mH-wFc
1965 – WORLDS APPROACH TK 2 (STEREO) – STRANGE STRINGS ALBUM – NEW YORK
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIv0GYfokGo
1980 – WAUTSI – LIVE AT THE DETROIT ARTS CENTER – DETROIT, MICHIGAN
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5nN8yK0Tsg
SUN RA SPEAKS VIDEOS – THE SUN RA MUSIC CHANNEL
1971 – BERKELEY LECTURE PT 1 – UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfy2BpbkGe8
1971 – BERKELEY LECTURE PT 2 – UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LWEQmAGeRQ
1971 – BERKELEY LECTURE PT 3 – UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw51E3_BF9s
1971 – BERKELEY LECTURE PT 4 – UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HotNAXOPxwQ
DREAMS COME TRUE w/CLYDE WILLIAMS-VOCAL – CHICAGO. ILLINOIS
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo_ccxHJRTA
FORCES OF NATURE
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ0TxEXdbjc
HIS POETRY
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT-wudSxGWs
JUNE TYSON & ART JENKINS
ALONG CAME RA LIVE IN 1985 & SOLAR DIFFERENTIALS FROM SECRETS OF THE SUN
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vh1W4XypAQA
NIGHT OF THE PURPLE MOON / MY BROTHER THE WIND / THE BRIDGE
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSE2BhengoE
PLANET IS GETTING WORSE / THE FIRST RENDITION OF PLEIADES 1949
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMMVfXNLWXQ&t=188s
SHAPE OF THE WORLD TODAY
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmpgKIJl9NY
STUFF SMITH - DEEP PURPLE
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOEjiHZrdqc
"THE ETERNAL MYTH REVEALED" BOX SET VIDEO PROMOS
NOTE: ONLY PART ONE CAN BE VIEWED
PROMO VIDEO PT 1 – 1924-1953 – HIS INFLUENCES / EARLY YEARS / RED SAUNDERS
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZSlXP_5LsY
PROMO VIDEO PT 2 – 1953-1959 – RED SAUNDERS / FIRST SUN RA ARKESTRA REC.
PART 2 OF THIS PROMO VIDEO HAS BEEN BLOCKED
PHARAOH SANDERS "IN THE BEGINNING" 4 CD SET - ESP-4069
In 2013 Michael D. Anderson produced this entire 4 CD set for the ESP Disk' label. This set covers Pharaoh and his first recordings from 1963 with Don Cherry, to 1964 with Paul Bley, Pharaoh's first recording as a leader and Pharaoh with The Sun Ra Arkestra Live at Judson Hall December 30th and 31st of 1964. all recordings were recorded in New York. Included are interview edits Michael D. Anderson conducted with Pharaoh Sanders at his New York Home in 1992 and a 1997 interview with ESP Disk' owner Bernard Stollman. The videos are only promotional edits of the tracks.
PHARAOH SANDERS w/THE SUN RA ARKESTRA – LIVE AT JUDSON HALL – NEW YORK
DISC 3 – 12-30-64 FEATURING PHARAOH SANDERS & BLACK HAROLD
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBDnL6805UU
DISC 4 – 12-31-64 FEATURING PHARAOH SANDERS & BLACK HAROLD
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdcFRa7tUq4