Sun Ra

• 3 PANEL DIGIPACK EDITION

• 4 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

Recorded with Arkestra veterans at the same NY studio that hosted countless Sun Ra sessions since the late 60s, this first ever reissue of Celestial Love contains the only known recordings of the titular track and ‘Blue Intensity,’ plus a cut not on the original Saturn LP! True studio albums of Ra with the Arkestra are rare on this planet or beyond. This studio saucer is an interplanetary interpreter, here to convert even the faintest of heart to the sounds of Sun Ra.

PERSONNEL:

• Sun Ra - piano, synthesizer, organ
• June Tyson - vocals (2, 7)
• Tyrone Hill - trombone
• Walter Miller - trumpet
• Vincent Chancey - French horn
• John Gilmore - tenor sax
• Marshall Allen - alto sax, flute
• Danny Ray Thompson - baritone sax, flute
• James Jacson - bassoon, infinity drum
• Hayes Burnett or John Ore - bass
• Samarai Celestial - drums
• Atakatune - percussion

TRACKS:

• 01. Celestial Love
• 02. Sometimes I'm Happy
• 03. Interstellarism (Interstellar Low Ways)
• 04. Blue Intensity
• 05. Sophisticated Lady
• 06. Nameless One No. 2
• 07. Smile
• 08. Drop Me Off in Harlem
• 09. Nameless One No. 3