Alice Coltrane - S/D

love that comp -- great cover art

I listen to jazz records but have had no contact with jazz fandom etc. so a bit surprised at the gatekeeping bullshit detailed above. I would have thought Alice was jazz royalty.
I got into buying random jazz records from a stall in Leicester market in the 90s, which would usually be £5-10. One that I picked up early on was Karma by Pharaoh Sanders, and I immediately knew this was the stuff for me. The orange Impulse spines then became a mark of quality and I'd buy any that the stall got in - the Alice ones in particular became huge favourites.

Picked my vinyl copy up from FOPP in London a decade or so ago for £10! But got the Impulse digipak back in the day for £££s, no regrets.

Oh man that 5 Year View comp is (one of) my white whales

When Impulse was doing those digi-pak cd reissues in the 90s a few of them they pressed on extremely nice heavyweight lps, with gatefold covers and bumper stickers inside, (I proudly drove a white Toyota Camry with a "The New Wave of Jazz is on Impulse!" sticker for long time), I don't recall amy AC but I have a few very nice Sanders and JC lps

Early in the pandemic, I had older friends give me about 200-250 records that had been in their garage for 30 years. Among a ton of other stuff, it included OG copies of Journey and Ptah as well as Pharoah Sanders, Thembi, none of which I had heard. Needless to say, my mind was blown.

Sanders' Thembi

Woah!

Thembi absolutely rules and that is a hell of a steal! As I get older, Alice's devotional music moves me the most. It's crazy that it remained obscure for so long.

Need to get on and listen to this new one.

^ same

or, more accurately, buy this disc(s) (liner notes by EM being, i think, what's pushed me over)

love stirmonsters story, thats so amazing

I was at a funeral of a friend of 40 years standing yesterday. An incredible person with incredible taste in books, music and films. A life long devoted anti-fascist too.

He is one of a small number of people I know who truly loved Alice Coltrane. in his last days i hope i gave him a little joy by sharing some Alice bootlegs with him.

At the funeral he had requested Turiya & Ramakrishna be played in its entirety. Hearing that in a room full of his nearest and dearest in such a highly chaged emotional environment was quite a moment in time!

I’m sorry for your loss. (And that’s an awesome idea for a homegoing service, one that probably helped everyone process their grief.)

thank you.

I'm also sorry for your loss, stirmonster. Whenever I hear "Galaxy In Turiya" I think to myself, "I want this played at my funeral." Glad to know there are others on the same wavelength.