OFF: Black Sun Ensemble

[ANDREW GARIBALDI]

The very first album was on Reckless Records as vinyl and this is the cD of
it but with two tracks of the original vinyl missing as they have 'lost'
them and two previously unreleased tracks in place, so collectors may still
want the vinyl after all.
They went under the name of Black Sun Legion later on and apart from
Elemental Forces and Lambent Flame, did an album Sky Pilot as Black Sun
Legion and then Psych Master El as Black Sun Legion and these as far as I
know are the five albums. A 12" single by Black Sun Project has nothing to
do with this band whatsoever.
Andy Garibaldi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Guizar" <jguizar at STNY.RR.COM>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 3:28 AM
Subject: Re: OFF: Black Sun Ensemble


> From: "K Henderson" <henderson.120 at OSU.EDU>
>
> > FYI...interesting news - I'd been looking for this for quite awhile -
glad
> I
> > didn't find a crappy vinyl copy before I read this.  :)
> >
> > THE BLACK SUN ENSEMBLE - S/T - Australia's Camera Obscura label has
> > finally made us very happy by reissuing the first LP by this Arizona
> > band led by some of the most utterly indescribable and magic guitar
> > playing I've ever encountered. Note that there is another self-titled
> > BSE album that some think was a bigger label reissue of this one but
> > that is a completely different record. This was pressed by the band in
> > very small numbers, discovered by psych collectors and hidden away in
> > collections around the world. The sound has a certain middle eastern
> > sort of Al Bassim vibe in places but where Bassim moves in jazz
> > directions this moves into the vast open spaces of the desert.
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > Now, does anybody know about this other self-titled BSE disc?  I have
(or
> > have heard) three studio albums (including the 2000 release) and a live
CD
> > (that seems like it might be kinda rare as well).  So is the complete
BSE
> > (perhaps an unfortunate abbreviation) discography total six
> full-length-type
> > releases?
>
>    Are they talking about their first lp Called "First LP"? Looks like the
> same band
> members playing on both. All I have is Lambent Flame and Elemental Forces
> (and
> it's been a while since I listened to them - have to give them a spin
soon).
>
> Jerry