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
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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​
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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 – DIE​​​​SCHACHTEL/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​​​
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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)​​ ​​​
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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​​

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BABYLON LIVE – 2014
​LIVE AT THE BABYLON CLUB​ – ​ISTANBUL, TURKEY
NOTE: A LIMITED EDITION CD & DVD SET – IN+OUT RECORDS

​​​​OTHER RECOMMENDED DVD FILMS

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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
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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​
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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
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​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.
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PHARAOH SANDERS w/THE SUN RA ARKESTRA​ – ​LIVE AT JUDSON HALL – NEW YORK
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​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​

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