Description
*This is a Vinyl LP*
Release Date: 2014
Label: STRUT
Arkestra bandleader Marshall Allen presents Sun Ra classics and rarities.
Includes previously unreleased track ‘Trying To Put The Blame On Me’
+ previously unissued versions of ‘Reflects Motion’ and ‘Island In The Sun’.
Released in gatefold sleeve.
Comes with 2CD version of the album that has extra tracks
Track List
Side A
- Somewhere In Space
- The Lady With The Golden Stockings (a.k.a. The Golden Lady)
- Somebody Else’s World
- Plutonian Nights
Side B
- Angels And Demons At Play
- Island In The Sun (Extended Version)
- Rocket Number Nine Take Off For Planet Venus
Side C
- Astro Black
- Have You Heard The Latest News From Neptune
- We Travel The Spaceways
Side D
- Reflects Motion (Part 1)
- Reflects Motion (Part 2)
- Ancient Aiethiopia
Notes
A1 and B3: Originally released on the El Saturn Records LP “Interstellar Low Ways” (LP-203). Recorded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 14 1960. ℗ 1965 El Saturn Records. Licensed courtesy of Sun Ra LLC.
A2 and A4: Originally released on the El Saturn Records LP “The Nubians Of Plutonia” (406). Recorded in Chicago, 1958-1959. ℗ 1960 El Saturn Records. Licensed courtesy of Sun Ra LLC.
A3: Originally released on the Saturn Research LP “My Brother The Wind II” a.k.a. “Somebody Else’s Idea” (ESR 523). Recorded in New York, 1969. ℗ 1971 Saturn Research. Licensed courtesy of Sun Ra LLC.
B1: Originally released on the Saturn Records LP “Angels And Demons At Play” (SR 9956-2-O/P). Recorded at Hall Recording Company, Chicago, late 1960. ℗ 1965 Saturn Records. Licensed courtesy of Sun Ra LLC.
B2: Edited version originally released on the El Saturn Records LP “The Invisible Shield” (LP 529). Recorded at Variety Recording Studio, New York, between 1968 and 1970. ℗ 1974 El Saturn Records. Licensed courtesy of Sun Ra LLC.
C1: Originally released on the Impulse LP “Astro Black” (AS-9255). Recorded in early 1972. ℗ 1973 Impulse. Licensed courtesy of Sun Ra LLC.
C2: Originally released on the Saturn LP “Discipline 27-11” (538). Recorded at Streeterville Studios, Chicago, 19th October 1972. Licensed courtesy of Sun Ra LLC.
C3: Originally released on the Saturn Research LP “We Travel The Spaceways” (Saturn HK5445). Recorded in rehearsal, 1960. ℗ 1967 Saturn Research. Licensed courtesy of Sun Ra LLC.
D1: Previously unreleased. Recorded at the Choreographers’ Workshop, New York 1962. ℗ 2014 Sun Ra LLC. Licensed courtesy of Sun Ra LLC.
D2: Originally released on the Saturn Research LP “Secrets Of The Sun” (GH 9954 E/F). Recorded at the Choreographers’ Workshop, New York 1962. ℗ 1965 Saturn Research. Licensed courtesy of Sun Ra LLC.
D3: Originally released on the El Saturn Records LP “Jazz In Silhouette” (LP 5786). Recorded in 1958 at El Saturn Studio, Chicago. ℗ 1959 El Saturn Records. Licensed courtesy of Sun Ra LLC.