Sun Ra
Space Is The Place: Music From The Original Soundtrack (CD Box)
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Super Tip! A celestial journey is just what Sun Ra and his Arkestra have created with Space is the Place. Sun Ra’s opus is at its simplest, a trip through outer-bound melodies! Planetary bodies, eras in time, crystals, space caravans… This cosmic carton combination contains two CDs, one containing about 40 minutes of unissued Sun Ra studio recordings, a BluRay & DVD of the entire film, and a booklet with notes from multiple Afrofuturism scholars!
The audio portion contains the original music composed for the film, which was eventually released as a soundtrack in 1993. It also features The Mathematics Of The Altered Destiny, a third previously unissued LP recorded in the same soundtrack sessions, and is finally being released half a century after it was recorded. This newly discovered LP is heavy on the prose of Sun Ra, as he and June Tyson bestow countless bits of information and inspiration onto the listener. The film soundtrack is an entirely different journey than the 1973 Blue Thumb LP it shares its title with. We suggest you take both journeys. These recordings were sourced from the Sun Ra tape vault, then were digitally restored to make an album this special sound the best it possibly could.
The BluRay (and DVD) contains the entire glorious film complete with film artifacts, and was sourced from the restoration prepared by Rapid Eye Movies of Germany. The bonus features on the BluRay are composed of Ra and Ra-centric material from the Modern Harmonic archives, including video from the Outer Space Visual Communicator footage.
Format
Comes in rectangular cardboard box containing two CDs, one containing about 40 minutes of unissued Sun Ra studio recordings, a BluRay & DVD of the entire film, and a booklet with notes from multiple Afrofuturism scholars!
Track 2-5 is a CD only bonus track, previously available on Some Skin, A Modern Harmonic Bongo & Percussion Party.
Release notes
Comes in rectangular cardboard box containing two CDs, one containing about 40 minutes of unissued Sun Ra studio recordings, a BluRay & DVD of the entire film, and a booklet with notes from multiple Afrofuturism scholars! Track 2-5 is a CD only bonus track, previously available on Some Skin, A Modern Harmonic Bongo & Percussion Party.
| 1-1 | It's After The End Of The World | 3:25 | |
| 1-2 | Under Different Stars | 3:55 | |
| 1-3 | Discipline 33 | 3:22 | |
| 1-4 | Watusa | 7:11 | |
| 1-5 | Calling Planet Earth | 3:04 | |
| 1-6 | I Am The Alter-Destiny | 1:08 | |
| 1-7 | Satellites Are Spinning | 2:33 | |
| 1-8 | Cosmic Forces | 3:09 | |
| 1-9 | Outer Spaceways Incorporated | 3:00 | |
| 1-10 | We Travel The Spaceways | 2:28 | |
| 1-11 | The Overseer | 3:04 | |
| 1-12 | Blackman / Love In Outer Space | 16:53 | |
| 1-13 | Mysterious Crystal | 5:53 | |
| 1-14 | I Am The Brother Of The Wind | 5:54 | |
| 1-15 | We'll Wait For You | 4:11 | |
| 1-16 | Space Is The Place | 4:23 | |
| 2-1 | The Mathematics Of The Altered Destiny | 13:18 | |
| 2-2 | Listen Intently To The Things I Do Not Say | 7:09 | |
| 2-3 | Creation Is Fabrication | 13:46 | |
| 2-4 | My World Is The Space Way | 6:29 | |
| 2-5 | The Idea Of The Greater Age | 4:08 |
