Sun Ra

• 2-CD SET

Originally issued on the BYG label as a 2 volume set, these albums present a variety of tracks from various undocumented sessions in New York and Philadelphia in the 1960s, with similar personnel in the makeup of the Arkestra during this time, here fully remastered and presented as a 2-CD set including a bonus track correcting an original mastering problem; essential Ra!

PERSONNEL:

• Sun Ra - piano, Moog synthesizer, organ, Clavinet, percussion
• John Gilmore - tenor saxophone, vocals, percussion
• Marshall Allen -alto saxophone, flute, oboe, piccolo, percussion
• Pat Patrick - baritone saxophone, flute, percussion
• Danny Ray Thompson - alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, flute
• Danny Davis - also saxophone, alto clarinet, flute, percussion
• Kwame Hadi - trumpet
• Wayne Harris - trumpet
• Jothan Callins - trumpet
• Akh Tal Ebah - trumpet, Space Dimension Mellophone
• Ali Hassan - trombone
• Charles Stephens Stevens - trombone
• Bernard Pettaway - trombone, bass trombone
• Robert Cummings - bass clarinet, percussion
• James Jacson - oboe, bassoon, flute, Infinity drum
• Ronnie Boykins - bass, viola, dutar
• Clifford Jarvis - drums, percussion
• Lex Humphries - drums, percussion
• Nimrod Hunt - hand drums, Strange Strings
• Tommy "Bugs" Hunter - drums, percussion, reverb
• June Tyson - vocals
• Art Jenkins - space voice

• Possible recording locations and years:
• Sun Studios, New York, 1965-1969
• Choreographer's Workshop, New York, 1962-1965
• Gershon Kingsley Studio, New York, 1969
• Fondation Maeght, France, 1970.

TRACKS:

• CD 1
• 01. Spectrum
• 02. Realm of Lightning
• 03. The Satellites Are Spinning
• 04. Legend
• 05. Seen III Took 4
• 06. They'll Come Back
• 07. Adventures of Bugs Hunter

• CD 2
• 01. The Utter Nots
• 02. Outer Spaceways Inc
• 03. Scene 1 Take 1 (LP Version)
• 04. Pyramids
• 05. Interpretation
• 06. Ancient Ethiopia
• 07. Strange Worlds
• 08. Scene 1 Take 1 (True-Speed Version)