Christopher Eddy from Sun Ra Arkive: While
working with the master tapes for the 24-bit transfers made for the new Sun Ra Mastered
for iTunes (MFiT) Reissue Series, what can you tell us about the
tapes themselves? What is their physical condition, and did they need baking
before transfer? Are there any unique details about how the tapes are compiled,
edited, mastered, and labeled?
Irwin Chusid, Administrator for Sun Ra
LLC: Over the years Michael has had to replace most
of the original crumbling cardboard boxes and cracked plastic reels,
documenting whatever was written on the physical artifacts. In general the
collection looks clean and organized.
Again, for greater detail this is a question
that should be addressed to Michael. I don’t deal with the reels at all. When
I’m at his place, browsing the boxes on the shelves, I marvel at the names and
titles on the spines. There’s a lot more than Sun Ra in his archive.
I do know that Michael has never baked a tape.
But he makes a mean chicken stew.
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