Dining in Chicago features venues Sun Ra played in the 50s

Paul Dailing's excellent blog Dining in Chicago features 2 articles about two venues Sun Ra played in the 50s, Grand Terrace and The Sunset. Of particular interest are the contemporary photos of existing artwork that survives from the clubs. Robert L. Campbell, Christopher Trent, and Robert Pruter's excellent article From Sonny Blount to Sun Ra: The Chicago Years is also a wealth of information about that era.

Lee Santa's Fine Art Sun Ra Arkestra Photography

Lee Santa's Fine Art Photography website has 3 pages of beautiful vintage black and white photography from 1968 through 1970 featuring the Sun Ra Arkestra for sale.

http://lee-santa.artistwebsites.com/art/all/sun+ra/all?page=1

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Sun Ra Business Cards via Sound Awareness Blog

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NRBQ Wild Weekend 1989 Virgin Records America, Inc. 91291-2

NRBQ
Wild Weekend
Released: September, 1989
Label: 1989 Virgin Records America, Inc. 91291-2
The Billboard 200 Chart Peak: #198

Wild Weekend (LP) Virgin 91291-1 US 1989
Wild Weekend (Cass) Virgin 91291-4 US 1989
Wild Weekend (CD) Virgin Records America, Inc. 91291-2 US 1989
Wild Weekend (LP) Virgin VL 3075 Canada 1989

http://www.allmusic.com/album/wild-weekend-mw0000202008
http://www.discogs.com/NRBQ-Wild-Weekend/release/1757293

AllMusic.com Review by Lindsay Planer: After a dozen or so years on Rounder Records, NRBQ signed on with Virgin for the Andy Paley co-produced Wild Weekend (1989). The quartet retains its eclectic range of pop and rock mayhem, adapting several well-worn concert favorites for this studio platter. Nowhere is that more evident than the opening title track, which Terry Adams, Joey Spampinato, and Al Anderson have adapted from the Rockin' Rebels instrumental that was originally called simply "Wild Weekend." (The Q's remake was also prominently featured in The Simpsons' tenth-season episode, Sunday Cruddy Sunday.) Adams gives Crescent City props to zydeco pioneer Boozoo Chavis on "Boozoo, That's Who!" (recalling the band's "Captain Lou" Albano homage), with both Boozoo (accordion) and Charles Chavis (rub board) as well as longtime friend John Sebastian (autoharp) all putting their respective two cents in. Equaling Anderson's lead guitar are his incomparable skills as a composer. The automobile anthem "Little Floater" and the brisk-tempo "Boy's Life" are two of the best entries on the album. The same can be said of Spampinato's closer, the driving rockabilly-tinged "Like a Locomotive." It incorporates and complements the bassist's timeless melodic sense with the combo's simple yet effective no-nonsense performance.

1. It's a Wild Weekend (Terry Adams / Al Anderson / Joey Spampinato / Phil Todaro) 3:30
2. Little Floater (Terry Adams) 3:07
3. Fireworks (Terry Adams) 3:36
4. Boy's Life (Al Anderson) 2:57
5. If I Don't Have You (Skeeter Davis / Joey Spampinato) 2:14
6. Boozoo, That's Who! (Boozoo Chavis) 3:23
7. Poppin' Circumstance (Terry Adams) 3:21
8. The One & Only (Terry Adams / Joey Spampinato) 3:46
9. Immortal for a While (Terry Adams) 3:01
10. Fraction of Action (Terry Adams) 3:21
11. This Love Is True (Terry Adams / Joey Spampinato) 2:48
12. Like a Locomotive (Joey Spampinato) 3:56

Credits:
Don Adams: Tambourine, Trombone
Terry Adams: Clavinet, Executive Producer, Harmonica, Keyboards, Piano, Programming, Vocals
Chris Andersen: Assistant Engineer, Engineer
Al Anderson: Guitar, Vocals
Tom Ardolino: Drums, Percussion, Vocals (Background)
Greg Calbi: Mastering
Boozoo Chavis: Accordion
Charles Chavis: Rub, Rub board
Wilson Chavis, Jr.: Accordion
Dave Cook: Assistant Engineer
Ed Fruge: Engineer
John Heiden: Design
Klem Klimek: Tenor Sax
Melanie Nissen: Art Direction
Andy Paley: Percussion, Producer
Roswell Rudd: Trombone
Bill Scheniman: Engineer, Mixing, Producer
John Sebastian: Autoharp, Guitar
Harvey Sorgen: Assistant Engineer, Percussion
Joey Spampinato: Bass, Executive Producer, Guitar, Vocals
Mark Tanzer: Assistant Engineer, Engineer
The Whole Wheat Horns: Ensemble, Horn

NRBQ Diggin' Uncle Q (Live) (1988) Rounder Records

NRBQ
Diggin' Uncle Q (Live) (1988)
Rounder Records
Barcode: 011661310926

LP Rounder 3109
Cass Rounder 3109
CD Rounder 3109

http://www.allmusic.com/album/diggin-uncle-q-live-mw0000202290
http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1003131/a/Diggin%27+Uncle+Q.htm
http://tralfaz-archives.com/coverart/N/NRBQ/nrbq_dig.html
http://www.discogs.com/NRBQ-Diggin-Uncle-Q/release/3029652

Diggin' Uncle Q CD music Released in 1988, this live set is a companion to the previous year's GOD BLESS US ALL. Diggin' Uncle Q music CDs Both were recorded on the same weekend and together comprise the best possible portrait of NRBQ's live show in the mid-'80s. Where GOD BLESS featured a an engaging relentlessness, this album is a bit more laid-back. There are four extremely diverse ballads: "My Hometown" was from an Andy Griffith Show episode, "You're So Beautiful" was originally by the Watts 103rd Street Band, "Scarlet Ribbons" is a beautiful rendition recorded prior to the show during soundcheck, and the fourth one features the band singing karaoke! The band also rocks ferociously, coming out at full tilt on the opening "It Comes To Me Naturally."

A live session from two different shows. The first side was recorded at Toad's Place (New Haven, CT.) and side two is from Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel (Providence, R.I.). Both recordings were captured without any prior knowledge on the part of the club owners or the fans. The band just hit the stage, rolled tape and took their chances.

1. It Comes to Me Naturally (Al Anderson) 3:16
2. What a Nice Way to Go (Al Anderson) 4:13
3. That's Neat, That's Nice (Terry Adams) 3:40
4. Won't You Come over to My House? 2:58
5. Daddy Loves Mommy-O/Who Does Daddy-O Love (Bill Woods) 3:28
6. My Hometown (Clara Edwards) 1:24
7. Just the Way You (Karaoke Version) Are (Billy Joel) 3:36
8. You're So Beautiful) 4:32
9. I Got a Rocket in My Pocket (Jimmie Logsdon/Vic McAlpin) 3:42
10. Macho Maria (Al Anderson) 3:33
11. Some Kind of Blues (Terry Adams) 3:32
12. Crazy Eights (Terry Adams) 2:04
13. Trouble at the Henhouse (Joey Spampinato) 3:06
14. Scarlet Ribbons (Evelyn Danzig/Jack Segal) 2:56

From the CD booklet notes:
Side 1 Tracks 1-7 recorded at Toad's Place, New Haven CT, April 16, 1987.
Side 2 Tracks 8-14 recorded at Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, Providence, RI, April 17-18, 1987.

From the CD back cover notes:
Tracks 6 and 12 do not appear on LP or cassette configurations.

Credits:
Don Adams: Tambourine, Tabla
Terry Adams: Clarinet, Composer, Piano, Producer, Vocals
Tom Adrolino: Drums, Vocals
Al Anderson: Bass, Composer, Guitar, Vocals
Tom Ardolino: Drums, Vocals
David B. Greenberger: Design
Jim Hochanadel: Harmonica, Sax (Tenor)
Bill Scheniman: Engineer, Producer
Joey Spampinato: Bass, Composer, Guitar, Producer, Vocals

NRBQ God Bless Us All (Live) 1987 Rounder Records

NRBQ
God Bless Us All (Live) 1987
Recorded live on Saturday April 18, 1987 at Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, Providence, Rhode Island.

Catalog number: 793297
LP Rounder Records 3108 1987
CD Rounder 1987
LP Marat Records CM 09 Germany 1988
CD Rounder Select 1989
Cass Rounder Select 1998

http://www.allmusic.com/album/god-bless-us-all-mw0000651806
http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1144665&style=music&fulldesc=T
http://www.discogs.com/NRBQ-God-Bless-Us-All-Live-At-Lupos-Heartbreak-Hotel/master/344119

Despite their potent reputation as a live act, it wasn't until 1987 that they finally got around to releasing a live album.

1. Introduction 0:28
2. Crazy Like a Fox (Al Anderson) 3:55
3. Here Comes Terry (Terry Adams) 3:50
4. Every Boy, Every Girl (Joey Spampinato) 2:33
5. In the Mood (Joe Garland / Andy Razaf) 3:28
6. Sitting in the Park (Billy Stewart) 3:25
7. She Got the House (Terry Adams) 5:52
8. Down at the Zoo (Terry Adams) 3:14
9. Me and the Boys (Terry Adams) 3:26
10. Mouthwaterin' (Terry Adams) 3:30
11. Success 0:41
12. 12 Bar Blues (J. Butwell) 4:34
13. God Bless Us All (NRBQ) 2:06
14. Get Rhythm (Johnny Cash) 3:59
15. They Loved It (NRBQ) 0:43
16. Shake, Rattle & Roll (Charles E. Calhoun) 5:49
17. I Gotta Go, Babe (Terry Adams) 2:53

Credits:
Don Adams: Trombone
Terry Adams: Composer, Keyboards, Producer, Vocals
Al Anderson: Composer, Guitar, Vocals
Tom Ardolino: Drums
Tom Coyne: Mastering
David B. Greenberger: Cover Design
Jim Hochanadel: Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor)
Anastasia Pantsios: Photography
Bill Scheniman: Engineer, Mixing, Producer
Joey Spampinato: Bass, Composer, Producer, Vocals
The Whole Wheat Horns: Horn Ensemble
Craig Winzelberg: Mixing Assistant