Sun Ra

• 2 ORIGINAL ALBUMS ON 1 CD

• 24 BIT DIGITALLY REMASTERED

This release presents the complete Sun Ra album Super Sonic Jazz (Saturn H70P0216) later issued by Impulse as Super Sonic Sounds As a bonus, the LP Fate in a Pleasant Mood (El Saturn 202), also in its entirety, as well as the only existing alternate take from the Super Sonic Jazz sessions.

PERSONNEL:

• SUN RA AND HIS ARKESTRA

• ON TRACKS [1-13] SUPER SONIC JAZZ [Aka Super Sonic Sounds]
• Collective personnel:
• Art Hoyle (tp, perc), Pat Patrick (as, perc), John Gilmore (ts, perc), Julian Priester (tb), Charles Davis (bar, perc), Sun Ra (p, el-p, space gong), Wilburn Green (el-b), Victor Sproles (b), William “Bugs” Cochran, Robert Barry (d), Jim Herndon (tymp, perc).
• Chicago, February-October 1956.

• ON TRACKS [14-20] FATE IN A PLEASANT MOOD
• Collective personnel:
• George Hudson (tp), William Cohran (cnt), Nate Pryor (tb, bells), John Gilmore (ts, cl), Marshall Allen (as, fl), Sun Ra (p, bells, perc, gong), Ronnie Boykins (b), Jon Hardy (d, perc, gong).
• Chicago, 1960-61.

TRACKS:

• 01 India
• 02 Sunology
• 03 Advice To Medics
• 04 Super Blonde
• 05 Soft Talk
• 06 Sunology Part II
• 07 Kingdom Of Not
• 08 Portrait Of The Living Sky
• 09 Blues At Midnight
• 10 El Is A Sound Of Joy
• 11 Springtime In Chicago
• 12 Medicine For A Nightmare
• 13 Medicine For A Nightmare [Alt. Take]
• 14 The Others In Their World
• 15 Space Mates
• 16 Lights Of A Satellite
• 17 Distant Stars
• 18 Kingdom Of Thunder
• 19 Fate In A Pleasant Mood
• 20 Ankhnaton

• TOTAL TIME: 78:24