SUN RA & HIS OMNIVERSE ULTRA 21st CENTURY ARKESTRA
Piazza della Riforma
Lugano (Switzerland)
June 27-28, 1990
("Estival Jazz")

Probable personnel (open to discussion - see note):
Michael Ray, Ahmed Abdullah (tp,voc), Tyrone Hill (tb,voc), Marshall Allen (as,fl,voc), Noel Scott (as,perc), John Gilmore (ts,timbales), James Jacson (bassoon,perc,voc), June Tyson (v,voc), Sun Ra (p,keyb,voc), Jothan Callins or John Ore (elb), Clifford Barbaro, Earl 'Buster' Smith (dr), Ron McBee, Jorge Silva, Elson Nascimento (perc,voc)

01. CAREFREE (fade-in,German intro over music)
02. EGYPTIAN FANTASY 
03. DOWN HERE ON THE GROUND
04. SUNSET ON THE NILE
05. I WANT TO BE HAPPY
06. SPACE IS THE PLACE > WE TRAVEL THE SPACEWAYS
07. PERCUSSION ENCORE
08. Outro (in German and Italian)

Lineage: 3sat TV broadcast (live) > analogue cable > VCR > VHS videotape > DVDR > DVD > DVDShrink > HD

Video and audio specifications (GSpot):

Video codec: MPEG 2 ~ Bit rate: 4786 kb/s ~ Frame rate: 25000 ~ Format: PAL ~ Video resolution: 720 x 576 ~ Aspect ratio: 4:3
Audio codec: AC 3 ~ Bit rate: 256 kb/s ~ 2 channels (mono)

Total time: 56 m 13 s

Note: An audio version of the complete concert was uploaded by firstrays123 on January 27, 2010, torrent # 287560. It is still on the tracker but has no seeder.
Re: personnel: firstrays123 lists 4 trumpeters, but there are only two; on the other hand he doesn't list the bassoon player. The Sun Ra Tapeography (http://homepage.uab.edu/moudry/tape_f.htm) lists a slightly different personnel based on the performers identified by 'Trent' from the videotape.
3sat started its live transmission on June 27th @ 11:24 p.m. which means that the performance lasted into the following day.
There are a few very short fluctuations in this recording where the picture turns from color to black and white. Otherwise, sound and picture are O.K.