Sun Ra - Otherness (1974) (Reconstructed)

Otherness is a fascinating hybrid featuring tracks from Side A of the 1971 release, My Brother the Wind Volume II, alongside tracks from Side A of the 1966 recording, Outer Spaceways Incorporated.  As he is want to do, Ra toys with our conception of time by placing the more recent recordings on Side A and saves the older recordings for the B Side.  He even includes two versions of "Somebody Else's World" which gives this release a unique cohesion as we first enjoy the 1971 version featuring June Tyson's intonations of Ra's song-poem before delving into much older, extended instrumental version titled "The Wind Speaks."  Many thanks to Rev.B for bringing this hybrid to my attention and for sharing with us pics of his treasured LP. 

127. [112]  Sun Ra and his Arkestra

Outer Spaceways Incorporated
Primitone /
Spaceways

Sun Ra (p, Clavioline, gong); Teddy Nance (tb); Bernard Pettaway (tb); Marshall Allen (as, ob, fl, picc, perc); Danny Davis (as, fl, perc); John Gilmore (ts, perc); Pat Patrick (bas, fl, bgo); Robert Cummings (bcl, perc); Ronnie Boykins (b); Clifford Jarvis (d); poss. Lex Humphries (d); James Jacson (log drums, fl); Carl Nimrod [Carl S. Malone] (hand drums).

prob. New York City, 1966

Chromatic Shadows (Ra)
[incl. Sun Ra and his Band from Outer Space
and The Shadow World] [ens voc]
The Wind Speaks (Ra)
Outer Spaceways INcorported (Ra)
[ens voc]

These tracks were issued in 1974 on (Philadelphia) Saturn 143000A/B, Outer Spaceways Incorporated. All tracks from this album were sold to Black Lion in December 1971 but never released on that label (the 1998 CD on Freedom comes from the Black Lion holdings -- see below). The album has also appeared with a Chicago label and the serial number Saturn LP 530.
Sometimes titled A Tonal view of Times tomorrow volume 3.  The album was derived from three live concerts; all of these probably took place in New York City.  The date is based on stylistic considerations and the fact that Teddy Nance died in 1967.  Mark Webber gives 1967 as the date; Julian Vein says 1967-1968.  Note that "Sun Ra and His Band from Outer Space" opens the concert, instead of closing it, as it did on "Atlantis" and at later performances.  Also, there is no organ or Clavinet.  Personnel identified by rlc; Ali Hassan was given as one of the trombonists in the first edition.

This album was completely omitted from discographies before Webber's because Side A (matrix 143000A) of this album frequently replaced Side A of My Brother the Wind Volume II on hybrid pressings.  Undoctored copies of Outer Spaceways Incorporated with the original Side B (matrix 143000B) are considerably less common.  "The Wind Speaks" was retitled "Somebody Else's World" after Sun Ra added lyrics.

Also, some copies of The Invisible Shield are hybrids that include 144000B as Side A and 143000B as Side B.  According to Urs Berger, these hybrids have bluish Philadelphia Saturn labels and a 1973 date, and were sold in plain white porthole sleeves.

There is another distinct hybrid, issued on the Philadelphia Saturn label in the 1970s, that includes 143000A as Side A and 14200A (from Space Probe) as Side B.  It is called Primitone (thanks to Hartmut Geerken and Urs Berger for information).  It was re-pressed and distributed by Recommended Records in the early 1980s.

Still another hybrid involved 143000B (the side that is much less often encountered on Saturn LPs).  This is a hybrid Invisible Shield that carries 14400B as Side A and 143000B as Side B.  Urs Berger's copy has bluish labels from Philadelphia (with a 1973 date) on both sides and was sold in a plain white porthole sleeve.  Another pressing of this hybrid was sold at concerts in Britain in 1990 and 1991; copies had a blue-purple Chicago-style El Saturn label and a plain white sleeve.

All tracks from the original Saturn album were reissued in April 1998 as Spaceways (Freedom CD 740147).  This was originally part of a three-CD set titled Calling Planet Earth (Freedom 7612). On this release the first track was titled "Prelude and Shadow-Light World" (apparently following notations that accompanied the tape that was sold to Black Lion).



157. [139]  Sun Ra and his Solar Myth Arkestra

My Brother the Wind Volume II

Sun Ra (intergalactic [Farfisa] org); Kwami Hadi (tp); Akh Tal Ebah (tp, mell); Marshall Allen (as [solo], fl, picc); Danny Davis (as, acl, fl); John Gilmore (ts, perc); Danny Ray Thompson (bars, fl); Pat Patrick (bs [all solos], fl); James Jacson (ob, perc); Alejandro [Alex] Blake (b); Clifford Jarvis (d); Lex Humphries (d); Nimrod Hunt (hand drums); William Brister [Rashid Salim] (perc); Robert Cummings (perc); June Tyson (voc).

Variety Recording Studio,
NYC, early 1970

unidentified title
Somewhere Else (Ra)
Contrast (Ra)
Otherness Blue (Ra)
Somebody Else's World (Ra) [JT, ens voc]
Pleasant Twilight (Ra)
Walking on the Moon (Ra) [JT voc]

Saturn LP 523, My Brother the Wind Volume II, was released in 1971.  Some copies carry the serial number SRA 2000; some are titled Otherness.  All titles from the original release reissued in 1992 on Evidence 22040 [CD].  Evidence includes the final 2:30 of "Walking on the Moon," which was edited out of all Saturn issues by Richard Wilkinson because of poor sound engineering.  "The engineer didn't get along withSun Ra and messed up some of the tracks," resulting in his being fired, according to Wilkinson.  (The extra verses of "Walkin' on the Moon" were used in live performances during this period.)

"Otherness Blue," "Pleasant Twilight," and "Walking on the Moon" were also reissued on Saturn XI, the Saturn anthology LP titled Just Friends, in 1983.  "Otherness Blue" was also included in a 1997 Sun Ra CD sampler on Japanese Paddle Wheel KICJ 315, Sun Ra Came Down to the Earth.

Most Saturn copies of My Brother the Wind Volume II are hybrids which delete the original Side A (including "Somewhere Else" and "Contrast" from this session) and replace it with Side A of Outer Spaceways Incorporated.  Some of these hybrids carry the serial number 5221 instead of 523.  Still others are identified as Saturn LP 522 (!) on the jacket (thanks to Peter Roberts for a description of this variant, which was on sale briefly in the late 1970s).  Discographies frequently list an Impulse reissue, AS-9289, but this was never released.

Personnel from the Saturn jacket.  "Walking on the Moon" refers to the feats of Neil Armstrong and so must date from July 1969 or later.  Current date and location from Richard Wilkinson, who is firm about 1970 (the first edition of this discography gave late 1969 as the date).  Information about the rejected track from Jerry Gordon.  Gordon says that the LP was for sale in summer 1970. 

from Campbell/Trent The Earthly Recordings 2nd ed.

Sun Ra
Otherness (1971)

(Reconstructed)

1. A1 Otherness Blue    4:49
2. A2 Somebody Else's World    4:03
3. A3 Pleasant Twilight    3:37
4. A4 Walking On The Moon    6:13

5. B1 Chromatic Shadows    9:18
6. B2 The Wind Speaks    9:10

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2nd Chance: Sun Ra - My Brother the Wind Vols. 1 & 2

Should I mention that Volume 1 has never been issued on CD?

The advent of the transistor enabled Robert Moog (1934-2005) to develop the first modular synthesizer in the early nineteen-sixties and by late-1969, a truly portable synthesizer, the now legendary Minimoog, was already in development. Sun Ra was naturally intrigued by the instrument, with its cutting edge technology and ability to make truly otherworldly sounds. But in a 1970 Down Beat interview, Ra emphasized that synthesizers were not just weird noise machines or souped-up organs:

The Moog synthesizer in its potential and application to and for the future is tremendous in scope, particularly for those who are creative naturals. It most certainly is worthy of a place in music. There are many effects on it which at present are not upon any other instrument. On one of my compositions, “My Brother the Wind,” the Moog is a perfect projective voice. Of course, like other electronic keyboard instruments, it will require a different technical approach, touch and otherwise in most efforts of behavior. It is a challenge to the music scene…The main point concerning the synthesizer is the same as in all other instruments, that is, its capacity for the projection of feeling. This will not be determined in a large degree just by the instrument itself, but as always in music, by the musician who plays the instrument (quoted in Szwed, p.277)

Indeed, Ra’s approach to the Moog synthesizer was altogether different than the instrument’s later popularizers. In late 1969, and with the financial support of T.S. Mims, Jr., Ra obtained two prototype models (in order to achieve two-voice polyphony from the monophonic instruments) and booked time at Variety Recording Studio in New York City. He brought along only Gilmore (who mostly plays drums), Marshall Allen, and Danny Davis for the occasion. In addition, pianist/synthesist, Gershon Kingsley, was hired to program the synthesizer according to Ra’s wishes. According to Mims, “It was a duel between Kingsley programming and Sun Ra playing” (quoted in Campbell, 2nd ed., p.152).

The title track consists of two wildly contrasting Moog voices: a breathy whistle in the high register and a thick, reedy interval in the bass with Gilmore supplying some credible free drums. Ra’s two-hand independence and control of the highly differentiated textures is really quite remarkable. “Intergalactic II” pits the boing-boing-ing Moogs against braying horns. Gilmore turns in another typically riveting solo before hopping back on the drums to propel a dual alto sax extravaganza. Hypnotic synthesizer interludes set up some misty textures for the horns at the end. “To Nature’s God” features resonant, bell-like sounds on one Moog while the other rumbles around with a rounded, woody bass tone. Meanwhile, Allen and Davis twirl around on piccolo and flute and Gilmore lays down lurching, asymmetrical funk beats.

(Continue reading at NuVoid's Sun Ra Sundays)

My Brother the Wind is actually more a companion piece to Night of the Purple Moon than its Vol. 2 namesake. My Brother the Wind, Vol. 2 is split between Ra's solo Moog workouts and full Arkestra proceedings, while My Brother the Wind shares the same lineup as Night of the Purple Moon, with Marshall Allen's alto, piccolo, and flute substituting for Stafford James' electric bass. Ra plays two Mini-Moogs instead of Mini-Moog and Rocksichord, with Danny Davis on alto and clarinet and John Gilmore on drums. But while the focus on Night of the Purple Moon was on composed numbers, My Brother the Wind is a much freer session. 

 The title cut is just Ra on his two Mini-Moogs and Gilmore on drums. One Moog has a bass type setting, while the other sounds something like whistling white noise (wind?). "Intergalaxtic II" is a full freakout session, with both altos going crazy in the right channel, Gilmore's drums in the left channel, and the Mini-Moogs in the center. "To Nature's God" is just Ra and Gilmore again. "The Code of Interdependence" has Ra really putting the Moogs through their paces, although Gilmore also gets some tenor space (with Danny Davis moving to the drums, presumably). If you're into the "out" side of Sun Ra, and like his singular and unorthodox Moog playing, try to find a copy of My Brother the Wind.

AMG Review by Sean Westergaard

156. [144]  Sun Ra and his Astro-Solar Arkestra

My Brother The Wind

Sun Ra (two prototype Mini-Moog sins); John Gilmore (d; ts, d -2); Marshall Allen (picc -3; as -2, 4); Danny Davis (as -2; acl -4); Gershon Kingsley (syn programming).

Variety Recording Studios, NYC,
late 1969

My Brother the Wind (Ra) -1
Intergalactic II (Ra) -2
To Nature's God (Ra) -3
The Code of Interdependence (Ra) -4

Saturn LP 521, My Brother the Wind, was released before May 1970 (date from Stephen Ramirez).  It also circulated as Saturn ESR 521 and Saturn ESR 1970.  Date and location from Richard Wilkinson.  Personnel from the Saturn jacket, with minor corrections by rlc, and further refinements by Seth Markow.  T.S. Mims Jr. provided financial backing for the session and was listed as producer.  According to Richard Wilkinson, this session was made before My Brother the Wind II and featured Ra's very first encounter with the synthesizer.  Wilkinson gives 1970 as the date; Mims says 1969.  According to Mims, the synthesizers were  prototypes (predating Sunny's early-model Mini-Moog), and were being programmed by Gershon Kingsley as the session went along:  "It was a duel between Kingsley programming and Sun Ra playing."

According to Jerry Gordon, there is a false start on the master tape from this session, and the first two tracks appear in opposite order from the LP.  In addition, "The Code of Interdependence" was deliberately speeded up when the LP was mastered, and the LP was mastered out of phase on this track. 

from Campbell/Trent The Earthly Recordings 2nd ed.

 

My Brother the Wind (180g reissue LP rip)

1. My Brother The Wind   2:45
2. Intergalactic II   8:50
3. To Nature's God   4:33

4. The Code of Interdependence   16:34

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When Evidence reissued this classic Sun Ra release in 1992, they rearranged the songs and separated the solo Mini-Moog experiments from the 'traditional' band numbers.  Personally, I prefer the original running order because I can hear more connections between the abstract Mini-Moog pieces and the other songs.   You can decide for yourself - today I'm offering a CD rip in addition to a rip of Saturn's 180g LP reissue.   Fans of NuVoid's Sun Ra Sundays can find Rodger Coleman's typically insightful albeit brief review of the album here.

Saturn LP 523, My Brother the Wind Volume II, was released in 1971.  Some copies carry the serial number SRA 2000; some are titled Otherness.  All titles from the original release reissued in 1992 on Evidence 22040 [CD].  Evidence includes the final 2:30 of "Walking on the Moon," which was edited out of all Saturn issues by Richard Wilkinson because of poor sound engineering.  "The engineer didn't get along withSun Ra and messed up some of the tracks," resulting in his being fired, according to Wilkinson.  (The extra verses of "Walkin' on the Moon" were used in live performances during this period.)

"Otherness Blue," "Pleasant Twilight," and "Walking on the Moon" were also reissued on Saturn XI, the Saturn anthology LP titled Just Friends, in 1983.  "Otherness Blue" was also included in a 1997 Sun Ra CD sampler on Japanese Paddle Wheel KICJ 315, Sun Ra Came Down to the Earth.

Most Saturn copies of My Brother the Wind Volume II are hybrids which delete the original Side A (including "Somewhere Else" and "Contrast" from this session) and replace it with Side A of Outer Spaceways Incorporated.  Some of these hybrids carry the serial number 5221 instead of 523.  Still others are identified as Saturn LP 522 (!) on the jacket (thanks to Peter Roberts for a description of this variant, which was on sale briefly in the late 1970s).  Discographies frequently list an Impulse reissue, AS-9289, but this was never released.

Personnel from the Saturn jacket.  "Walking on the Moon" refers to the feats of Neil Armstrong and so must date from July 1969 or later.  Current date and location from Richard Wilkinson, who is firm about 1970 (the first edition of this discography gave late 1969 as the date).  Information about the rejected track from Jerry Gordon.  Gordon says that the LP was for sale in summer 1970.

157. [139]  Sun Ra and his Solar Myth Arkestra

My Brother the Wind Volume II

Sun Ra (intergalactic [Farfisa] org); Kwami Hadi (tp); Akh Tal Ebah (tp, mell); Marshall Allen (as [solo], fl, picc); Danny Davis (as, acl, fl); John Gilmore (ts, perc); Danny Ray Thompson (bars, fl); Pat Patrick (bs [all solos], fl); James Jacson (ob, perc); Alejandro [Alex] Blake (b); Clifford Jarvis (d); Lex Humphries (d); Nimrod Hunt (hand drums); William Brister [Rashid Salim] (perc); Robert Cummings (perc); June Tyson (voc).

Variety Recording Studio,
NYC, early 1970

unidentified title
Somewhere Else (Ra)
Contrast (Ra)
Otherness Blue (Ra)
Somebody Else's World (Ra) [JT, ens voc]
Pleasant Twilight (Ra)
Walking on the Moon (Ra) [JT voc]

158. [140]  Sun Ra

Sun Ra (Mini-Moog syn)

Same session

The Wind Speaks (Ra)
Sun Thoughts (Ra)
Journey to the Stars (Ra)
World of the Myth "I" (Ra)
The Design--Cosmos II (Ra)

According to John Gilmore, Sun Ra's was a custom model and was probably delivered some months before general availability. 

from Campbell/Trent The Earthly Recordings 2nd ed.

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1.  Otherness Blue   4:52
2.  Somebody Else's World   4:04
3.  Pleasant Twilight   3:38
4.  Walking On The Moon   6:18
5.  Somewhere Else   4:35
6.  Contrast   2:56
7.  The Wind Speaks   3:55
8.  Sun Thoughts   2:38
9.  Journey To The Stars   2:58
10. World Of The Myth "I"   1:37
11. The Design-Cosmos II   2:22

My Brother the Wind Volume II (180g reissue LP rip)
Note that the original track order is different from the CD reissue!

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1.  Somewhere Else   4:32
2.  Contrast   2:55
3.  The Wind Speaks   3:53
4.  Sun Thoughts   2:38
5.  Journey To The Stars   2:57
6.  World Of The Myth "I"   1:36
7.  The Design-Cosmos II   2:23

8.  Otherness Blue   4:49
9.  Somebody Else's World   4:03
10. Pleasant Twilight   3:37
11. Walking On The Moon   6:13

Sun Ra - My Brother the Wind Volume II (1971)

When Evidence reissued this classic Sun Ra release in 1992, they rearranged the songs and separated the solo Mini-Moog experiments from the 'traditional' band numbers.  Personally, I prefer the original running order because I can hear more connections between the abstract Mini-Moog pieces and the other songs.   You can decide for yourself - today I'm offering a CD rip in addition to a rip of Saturn's 180g LP reissue.   Fans of NuVoid's Sun Ra Sundays can find Rodger Coleman's typically insightful albeit brief review of the album here.

Saturn LP 523, My Brother the Wind Volume II, was released in 1971.  Some copies carry the serial number SRA 2000; some are titled Otherness.  All titles from the original release reissued in 1992 on Evidence 22040 [CD].  Evidence includes the final 2:30 of "Walking on the Moon," which was edited out of all Saturn issues by Richard Wilkinson because of poor sound engineering.  "The engineer didn't get along withSun Ra and messed up some of the tracks," resulting in his being fired, according to Wilkinson.  (The extra verses of "Walkin' on the Moon" were used in live performances during this period.)

"Otherness Blue," "Pleasant Twilight," and "Walking on the Moon" were also reissued on Saturn XI, the Saturn anthology LP titled Just Friends, in 1983.  "Otherness Blue" was also included in a 1997 Sun Ra CD sampler on Japanese Paddle Wheel KICJ 315, Sun Ra Came Down to the Earth.

Most Saturn copies of My Brother the Wind Volume II are hybrids which delete the original Side A (including "Somewhere Else" and "Contrast" from this session) and replace it with Side A of Outer Spaceways Incorporated.  Some of these hybrids carry the serial number 5221 instead of 523.  Still others are identified as Saturn LP 522 (!) on the jacket (thanks to Peter Roberts for a description of this variant, which was on sale briefly in the late 1970s).  Discographies frequently list an Impulse reissue, AS-9289, but this was never released.

Personnel from the Saturn jacket.  "Walking on the Moon" refers to the feats of Neil Armstrong and so must date from July 1969 or later.  Current date and location from Richard Wilkinson, who is firm about 1970 (the first edition of this discography gave late 1969 as the date).  Information about the rejected track from Jerry Gordon.  Gordon says that the LP was for sale in summer 1970.

157. [139]  Sun Ra and his Solar Myth Arkestra

My Brother the Wind Volume II

Sun Ra (intergalactic [Farfisa] org); Kwami Hadi (tp); Akh Tal Ebah (tp, mell); Marshall Allen (as [solo], fl, picc); Danny Davis (as, acl, fl); John Gilmore (ts, perc); Danny Ray Thompson (bars, fl); Pat Patrick (bs [all solos], fl); James Jacson (ob, perc); Alejandro [Alex] Blake (b); Clifford Jarvis (d); Lex Humphries (d); Nimrod Hunt (hand drums); William Brister [Rashid Salim] (perc); Robert Cummings (perc); June Tyson (voc).

Variety Recording Studio,
NYC, early 1970

unidentified title
Somewhere Else (Ra)
Contrast (Ra)
Otherness Blue (Ra)
Somebody Else's World (Ra) [JT, ens voc]
Pleasant Twilight (Ra)
Walking on the Moon (Ra) [JT voc]

158. [140]  Sun Ra

Sun Ra (Mini-Moog syn)

Same session

The Wind Speaks (Ra)
Sun Thoughts (Ra)
Journey to the Stars (Ra)
World of the Myth "I" (Ra)
The Design--Cosmos II (Ra)

According to John Gilmore, Sun Ra's was a custom model and was probably delivered some months before general availability. 

from Campbell/Trent The Earthly Recordings 2nd ed.

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1.  Otherness Blue   4:52
2.  Somebody Else's World   4:04
3.  Pleasant Twilight   3:38
4.  Walking On The Moon   6:18
5.  Somewhere Else   4:35
6.  Contrast   2:56
7.  The Wind Speaks   3:55
8.  Sun Thoughts   2:38
9.  Journey To The Stars   2:58
10. World Of The Myth "I"   1:37
11. The Design-Cosmos II   2:22

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1.  Somewhere Else   4:32
2.  Contrast   2:55
3.  The Wind Speaks   3:53
4.  Sun Thoughts   2:38
5.  Journey To The Stars   2:57
6.  World Of The Myth "I"   1:36
7.  The Design-Cosmos II   2:23

8.  Otherness Blue   4:49
9.  Somebody Else's World   4:03
10. Pleasant Twilight   3:37
11. Walking On The Moon   6:13

Sun Ra - Life Is Splendid (1972) [released 1999]

You may have noticed this elsewhere but I doubt you've ever heard it like this.  Life Is Splendid was released as a single 37 minute track.  Paul W was kind enough to divide this 'suite' into songs for us.  Though it is best heard in its entirety, the Life Is Splendid suite can now be subdivided to your parts content.

On September 9, 1972, Sun Ra and His Solar Myth Arkestra performed for more than 12,000 people at the First Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival, conceived and produced by the Sixties counter-cultural icon, John Sinclair. The suitably eclectic bill included, among others, the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Junior Walker & The All Stars and the legendary Howlin’ Wolf. The proceedings were recorded by Atlantic Records and a 2-LP sampler of the festival (including an edited version of Sun Ra’s “Life Is Splendid”) was released in 1973 as Atlantic SD2-502 (and later reissued as ATL 60058) (See Campbell & Trent, p.189). I have not heard this record but it should be noted here that the Art Ensemble’s set was also released by Atlantic and entitled, Bap-Tizum—it is excellent.

Sadly, the original 16-track masters were lost in a fire, leaving only this two-track reference tape of Sun Ra’s performance which was finally released on CD by Sinclair’s Alive!/Total Energy label in 1999. The sound quality is not great, but it’s not terrible either—certainly way more listenable than many of the audience recordings we’ve been listening to lately! Unfortunately, the tape is incomplete: According to Sinclair’s liner notes, the first several minutes of the set are missing because “a proper mix could not be achieved.” Given the 20+ member size of the Arkestra, I’m sure it was a challenge! It’s a pity since we’re apparently missing the usual opening improvisation and the (possibly) more exploratory material performed that evening. The Arkestra’s sets had by this point become somewhat routine-ized with the latter half of the set devoted to cosmical space-chants, singalongs, and dance/percussion workouts.
(continue reading at NuVoid's Sun Ra Sunday)

195. [175] Sun Ra and his Solar-Myth Arkestra

Sun Ra (org, Mini-Moog, syn, voc); Akh Tal Ebah (tp, flg); Lamont McClamb [Kwami Hadi] (tp); Marshall Allen (as, fl, perc); Larry Northington (as, cga, perc); Danny Davis (as, fl, perc); John Gilmore (ts, perc); Pat Patrick (bars, perc); Danny Thompson (bars, fl, perc); Leroy Taylor [Eloe Omoe] (bcl, perc); Lex Humphries (d); Alzo Wright (d); Stanley Morgan [Atakatune] (cga, perc); Russell Branch [Odun] (cga, perc); Robert Underwood [Aye Aton] (d, perc); Harry Richards (perc); June Tyson (voc, dance); Space Ethnic Voices: Judith Holton, Cheryl Banks, Ruth Wright (voc, dance).

Ann Arbor, MI, September 9, 1972
From The Earthly Recordings of Sun Ra 2nd ed.

Life Is Splendid

1. Enlightenment    2:11

2. Love in outer space    5:00

3. Space is the place    8:12

4. Untitled improvisations    5:45

5. Discipline27-II (+ What planet is this + Life is splendid + Immeasurable) 7:40

6. Watusi    7:04

7. Outer Spaceways Incorporated    1:48

Each file includes complete scans

Other Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival Recordings

Outer Space Employment Agency (1973)

It is Forbidden (1974)

Sun Ra - Just Friends (1983)

 In 1983 Sun Ra released an Anthology record on his Saturn label. Ra hand picked 6 tracks previously released from his vast catalog in addition to two new tracks recorded the previous year (1982). This is offered to the 'completists' out there as most tracks have been remastered and have become available on CD.  Many many thanks again to Paul W for his fantastic FLAC LP rip of this Sun Ra rarity.

Just Friends

Saturn XI (released 1983)

matrix numbers Saturn 1984A/B

Side A:

Dreams Come True (1956, from Deep Purple) 3:06

Back in your Own Backyard (1958, from Sound Sun Pleasure!!) 2:05

Otherness Blue (1969, from My Brother the Wind, vol. II) 4:49

Pleasant Twilight (likewise) 3:37

Walking on the Moon (ditto) 3:22

Side B:

Just Friends (Klenner-Lewis) 7:23

John Gilmore (ts); Ra (org); John Ore (b); Samarai Celestial (d). Recorded live, c. 1982.

Under the Spell of Love (Ra) 6:01

Marshall Allen (as); Ra (org); Luqman Ali (d);. Recorded live, c. 1982.

Dancing Shadows (1966, from Nothing Is) 8:12

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