Sun Ra

3-lp set

Tri-Gatefold edition

Fantastic material from the legendary Sun Ra – groundbreaking solo piano material, which shows a completely different side of his genius away from his work with the Arkestra!

The package presents all volumes of Ra's seminal sides from 1966 – including a third volume, which has never been released at all – making for the most comprehensive package to ever document this side of his work in a more intimate manner!

There's a sensitivity to these tracks that's really amazing – still moments of freedom that reflect Ra's connection to the avant garde of the time – but also echoes of Art Tatum and other stylists who influenced his initial vision in the early days – interwoven with his own sense of cosmic creation, in ways that are similar to his later solo projects – but which didn't often show up in other Saturn material of the time. Some tracks are altered standards, but many others are really great originals.

PERSONNEL:

• Sun Ra - (solo piano)

Recorded in New York, ca. 1966.

TRACKS:

• LP ONE

• Volume 1
• A1. Space Towers
• A2. Cogitation
• A3. Skylight
• A4. The Alter Destiny

• B1. Easy Street
• B2. Blue Differentials
• B3. Monorails And Satellites
• B4. The Galaxy Way
• __________________________

• LP TWO

• Volume 2
• C1. Astro Vision
• C2. The Ninth Eye
• C3. Solar Boats

• D1. Perspective Prisms Of Is
• D2. Calundronius
• __________________________

• LP THREE

• Volume 3 (Stereo)
• E1. Soundscapes
• E2. The Eternal Tomorrow
• E3. Today Is Not Yesterday
• E4. World Island Festival

• F1. The Changing Wind
• F2. Don't Blame Me
• F3. Gone With The Wind
• F4. How Am I To Know
• F5. Yesterdays