Sun Ra
Disco 3000
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Limited to 500 copies, groundbreaking reissue for one of the best Sun Ra album... In the winter months of 1977-1978, philosopher, pianist and bandleader Sun Ra was in Italy. The Italian tour resulted in releases on Sun Ra's own Saturn label, all of which have long been out of print and all but impossible to find. This re-release capture a side of Sun Ra's work - small ensemble, close form, original composition, rather minimal - that is otherwise under-represented. Depending heavily on Ra's electric and electronic keyboards (including the mysterious Crumar Mainman - of which even the company has no record) and, more unusually, on his intelligent use of sequencers and rhythm machines, this is an important window on the evolution of Ra's musical thinking, rendered even more transparent by the economy of its means; a quartet comprising only saxophonist John Gilmore, trumpeter Michael Ray and drummer Luqman Ali.
Release notes
This is an Art Yard & Kindred Spirits collaboration Comes with a picture sleeve and extensive liner notes. Distributed By Rush Hour Distribution. An EL SATURN recording. Published by Enterplanetary Koncepts. Produced for the Art Yard and Kindred Spirits Collaboration Series by Peter Dennett and Kindred Spirits. Transfered and remastered from the original concert tapes at Technology Works. Originally released on Saturn Gemini CMIJ 78. P&© by ART YARD Ltd and Enterplanetary Koncepts. Printed…
| A | Disco 3000 | ||
| B1 | Third Planet | ||
| B2 | Friendly Galaxy | ||
| B3 | Dance Of The Cosmo-Aliens |
- Luqman Ali
- Drums, Vocals
- Val Wilmer
- Photography By
- Sun Ra
- Piano, Organ, Synthesizer [Moog Synth], Drum Machine [Rhythm Machine]
- Kindred Spirits
- Reissue Producer
- Peter Dennett
- Reissue Producer
- John Gilmore
- Tenor Saxophone, Drums, Vocals
- Peter Beckmann
- Transferred By, Mastered By
- Michael Ray
- Trumpet, Vocals, Liner Notes
