• 2 ORIGINAL ALBUMS ON 1 CD
• INCLUDES 2 BONUS TRACKS
This release presents the complete Sun Ra album The Nubians of Plutonia (originally issued as The Lady with the Golden Stockings, El Saturn 406). As a bonus, the LP Bad and Beautiful (El Saturn 532) in its entirety, as well as two rare songs originally issued as singles.
PERSONNEL:
- TRACKS [1-7] THE NUBIANS OF PLUTONIA
- Lucious Randolph, William Fielder (tp); Nate Pryor (tb); Marshall Allen (as); James Spaulding (as, perc); John Gilmore (ts); Pat Patrick (bar); Sun Ra (p, el-p); Ronnie Boykins (b); Robert Barry (d); Jim Herndon (perc).
- Chicago, 1958-59.
- TRACKS [8-14] BAD AND BEAUTIFUL
- Marshall Allen (fl, perc); John Gilmore (ts, perc); Pat Patrick (bs perc); Sun Ra (p); Ronnie Boykins (b); Thomas “Bugs” Hunter (d).
- New York, November-December, 1961
- [15-16]: SINGLES
- (15) Walter Strickland (tp), unidentified (tb), John Gilmore (ts), Pat Patrick (bar), Sun Ra (p), Ronnie Boykins (b), poss. William “Bugs” Cochran (d). Chicago, 1959.
- (16) Sun Ra (p), Jim Herndon (tymp), Robert Barry (d), prob. Marshall Allen, John Gilmore, Ronnie Boykins (bells). Rehearsal, Chicago, 1958 or 1959.
TRACKS:
- 01) Plutonian Nights
- 02) The Golden Lady [Aka Lady With The Golden Stockings]
- 03) Star Time
- 04) Nubia
- 05) Africa
- 06) Watusa
- 07) Aiethopia
- 08) The Bad And The Beautiful
- 09) Ankh
- 10) Just In Time
- 11) Search Light Blues
- 12) Exotic Two
- 13) On The Blue Side
- 14) And This Is My Beloved
- 15) October
- 16) Adventure In Space