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Strut follow up their hugely successful Marshall Allen-curated ‘In The Orbit Of Ra’ compilation with a newly curated set from the immense 125 LP back catalogue of jazz maverick, DIY philosopher and self-professed member of an “angel race”, Sun Ra ‘To Those Of Earth And Other Worlds’ is a hand- picked selection from BBC... -
Sun Ra, the extraordinary, outlandish, and sometimes controversial pianist, is often described as an “acquired taste”, with a massive and diverse catalog This release is a good place to start for uninitiated or dismissive listeners The album showcases Ra’s grounding in the jazz tradition, with unique takes on standards like...
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“Space Is The Place” is the perfect entry point into Sun Ra’s vast catalogue, and a firm favourite for committed fans too Its centrepiece is the 21-minute title track: with its chugging sax riff and repeated vocal refrain, it’s both Ra’s signature tune and a manifesto of his space-age escapist philosophy Across the...
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"Janus is a compilation of rare material from Sun Ra and his Arkestra, drawing from tapes recorded between 1963 and 1970, taken from both live and studio performances The space-age jazz shaman conjures up a variety of styles and moods along the way The album has been remastered, and pressed on audiophile-grade vinyl at Pallas in...
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The first-ever collection of Arkestra vocal tracks! Over 75 minutes of vocal performances - audible perfection! Across the history of jazz, there is no wilder, more future-forward composer and performer than Herman Poole Blount, aka Sun Ra Known as much for his wild on-stage persona as his innovative compositions, Sun Ra was...
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A celestial journey is just what Sun Ra and his Arkestra have created with Space is the Place – Sun Ra’s opus is at its simplest, a trip through outer bound melodies! Planetary bodies, eras in time, crystals, space caravans Allow yourself to envision or feel a world away with this deluxe package of 3LPs, a BluRay Disc &...
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The Solar-Myth Approach was first issued in 1971 as a double LP set on the French BYG/Actuel label, then repackaged as two stand-alone volumes in 1972 Founded in 1967, BYG was associated with the maverick arts journal Actuel The label issued dozens of fascinating and groundbreaking free jazz, experimental, and psychedelic releases...
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4LP box set version The great Sun Ra Arkestra, live at Jazzgalerie Nickelsdorf, Austria on March 11th, 1984 This is a recording of the entire -- nearly three hour -- performance Personnel for this show was Sun Ra (piano, synth, vocals); John Gilmore (tenor saxophone, clarinet, evi, vocals); Marshall Allen (alto saxophone, flute,...
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Following 2016’s definitive collection of singles released by Sun Ra from across his illustrious career, Strut present the second volume of the vinyl edition on 3LP format which focus on Ra’s later 1962-1991 period "Released sporadically during the three decades and primarily on the Saturn label, the 45s offer one-off...
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Featuring what may be his only recordings on the Prophet keyboard, these once lost performances expand the omniverse of Ra across a stellar set of lengthy cuts! All recorded in a single day and finally making their terrestrial debut! What happens when a Prophet meets a Prophet The answer lies within these grooves Amongst the...
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Universe in Blue, a collection of undated live club performances by Sun Ra & His Blue Universe Arkestra, was issued in small-run pressings with two different LP covers on Sun Ra's Saturn label in 1972 Until now it has never been officially reissued on LP or CD In the monumental—and ever-evolving—Sun Ra discography,...
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Drawn from private collections around the world, this is the first comprehensive collection of the Saturn label’s printed record covers, along with hundreds of the best hand-designed, one-of-a-kind sleeves and disc labels decorated by Sun Ra and members of his Arkestra Considered the foremost exponent of Afrofuturism, Sun Ra...
This special 60th Anniversary reissue of groundbreaking jazz artist Sun Ra’s iconic 1962 album The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra features all-analog re-mastering by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio, pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI The package includes Tom Wilson’s original liner notes, plus insightful new essays by jazz historian...
Limited green colored vinyl LP pressing Digitally remastered edition One of the rarer albums in the Sun Ra canon, RTTR originally entered our orbit in 1983, mystifying listeners and confounding Ra fanatics with the minimal info on the Saturn pressing Recorded at several locations over several years (including legendary avant-garde...
Tantalizing audiophile restoration series resurrects UK label Black Lion Cutting by SST (Schallplatten Schneid Technik GmbH) in Germany, pressed at Pallas Calling Planet Earth comes from a concert recorded at Tivoli Hall in Copenhagen, Denmark on December 5, 1971 Sun Ra and his Arkestra are captured in their prime while...
Sun Ra's - DANCE OF THE COSMO ALIENS and DOOR OF THE COSMOS Pressed on a heavy weight single 70g magenta vinyl with a picture sleeve Side Epic - The Sun Ra Quartet, Dance of The Cosmo Aliens from Sun Ra's Disco 3000 album recorded in Milan Italy in January of 1978 featuring Sun Ra (keys), John Gilmore (tenor sax), Michael Ray...
Discipline 27-II was recorded in 1972, a product of the same sessions that would yield Sun Ra's legendary Space Is the Place LP The recordings took place October 19–20 at Streeterville Studios, Chicago, featuring the largest Arkestra line-up Ra had taken into a studio The date was produced by Impulse! and Riverside veteran Ed...
BACK IN PRINT! Another outstanding Sun Ra release, originally dating back to 1978, reissued on 180-GRAM VINYL with reproduced artwork and...Out of stock
Omniverse, recorded in New York in 1979 and released that year on Sun Ra's Saturn label (catalog #91379), is a solid, overlooked set in the vast Ra canon The tracks aren't so much compositions as excursions, with few memorable themes or recurring motifs It's pure jazz, somewhat "inside" (for Ra), with little of the aggressiveness...
“Sun Ra said he came from Saturn, because white America treated him like an alien, like a creature from outer space, so he became one, an anarcho-emperor of the fantastic, who made it to the moon before America or Russia, because the moon was nowhere near as far out as he could really go“ – Paul Morley Strut and Art Yard...
Recorded overnight at Bob Bank’s Blank Tapes on 17th July 1978 after the Arkestra had appeared on Saturday Night Live, the album is unique in the Ra catalogue “Most critics felt that it was more of a fusion-inspired record,” explains Michael Ray “As the name suggests, the album is liquid and languid” Bob Blank continues,...
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The title track 'The Sky Is A Sea of Darkness When There is No Sun To Light The Way' wasrecorded in 1978 with Luqman Ali (drums); Sun Ra (keyboards); John Gilmore (tenor saxophone, percussion); and Michael Ray (trumpet, percussion) Whilst the b-side 'Somewhere in Space' is a previously unreleased 'alien' vocal version,...
Intrinsic energies of mythic worlds! Pathways was originally issued on LP in 1975 as part of Ra’s ill-fated and short-lived ABC/Impulse! partnership This Modern Harmonic edition has been exquisitely mastered from the four-track session reel The Impulse! LP was formatted as “Quad Compatible”—short for...
The planets align as the mighty Sun Ra Arkestra, under the direction of the maestro Marshall Allen, are releasing their first studio album in over twenty years, ‘Swirling’ “We truly hope that this recording brings much joy to a planet which is so deeply in need of a spirit sound and vibration,” states saxophonist Knoel...Out of stock
Limited restock; LP version "This landmark album, now being reissued in a definitive stereo edition, marks the debut of the new Cosmic Myth Records label Cosmic Myth plans to reissue Sun Ra's Saturn Records catalog titles under official license from Sun Ra LLC, comprised of the heirs of Sun Ra Sun Ra albums like The Magic City...Out of stock
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Art Yard print another run of ‘Sleeping Beauty’, one of the most strikingly beautiful artefacts the late jazz pioneer Sun Ra ever did create For the uninitiated, take a quick listen to ‘Springtime Again’ and marvel at the compositions longevity You could probably listen to that track alone at the beginning of every spring...Out of stock
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In the years leading up to 1971, Sun Ra wrote many compositions and poems specifically inspired by the ancient African Kingdoms and many others with associated mythological and heliocentric connotations As such, a visit to Egypt and the opportunity for the Arkestra to play there was a matter of necessity Ra’s first ever concerts...
'Nidhamu' is one of a number of albums that cosmic jazz wanderer Sun Ra recorded during an Egyptian tour in 1971 Side one features songs from a concert in Cairo with his Astro-Intergalactic-Infinity Arkestra whilst side two fronts a solo keyboard performance which was recorded a week earlier The impact and significance of these...
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