The Sun Ra Discography Part Two.

Sun Ra Discography Part Two.
 
Discography Items # 26-50
Item # Title Alternate Title(s)
26. Featuring Pharaoh Sanders & Black Harold
27. The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, v. 1 Cosmic Equation;
Other Worlds
28. The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, v. 2 The Sun Myth
29. The Magic City
30. Impressions of a Patch of Blue
31. Nothing Is Heliocentric Worlds, v. 3;
Dancing Shadows
32. Monorails & Satellites
33. Monorails & Satellites, v. 2
34. Outer Spaceways, Incorporated A Tonal View of Times Tomorrow, v. 3;
Spaceways
35. Atlantis
36. Pictures of Infinity Outer Spaceways, Incorporated
37. A Black Mass
38. Continuation
39. My Brother the Wind, v.2 Otherness
40. My Brother the Wind
41. The Night of the Purple Moon
42. Out There a Minute
43. Space Probe
44. The Solar-Myth Approach
45. The Solar-Myth Approach, v.2
46. Nuits de la Fondation Maeght, v.1
47. Nuits de la Fondation Maeght, v.2
47A. Out in Space
48. It's After the End of the World
48A. Black Myth
48B. Calling Planet Earth
49. Live In Egypt Dark Myth Equation Visitation;
Nature's God
50. Horizon  Starsnatchers
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26. Sun Ra and his Arkestra
Featuring Pharoah Sanders and Black Harold
Saturn IHNY 165 (1976)

Side A: Gods on a Safari (Ra)
The World Shadow (incl. Rocket Number 9) (Ra)

Side B:
The Voice of Pan (Ra)
Dawn over Israel (incl. Space Mates) (Ra)
Ra-p, e-celeste; Al Evans-tp, flg; Chris Capers-tp; Teddy Nance-tb; Bernard Pettaway-tb; Robert Northern-frh; Marshall Allen-as, fl; Danny Davis-as, fl; Robert Cummings-bcl; Pat Patrick-bs; Pharoah Sanders-ts; Black Harold-fl; Alan Silva-b, clo; Clifford Jarvis-d; Art Jenkins- space voice. Live at the Cellar Cafe, New York 6/15/64 (recorded by Paul Haines).

[Personnel from Bruyninckx, with corrections by rlc; date and location from Ahmed Abdullah interview on WKCR; 1965 and 1968 are often incorrectly mentioned in discographies]

For a later concert sponsored by the Jazz Composers Guild, see T64.12.31. Harold also played a large drum (a predecessor to Jacson's Infinity Drum, but bigger). [Jacson via Szwed]
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27. Sun Ra and his Solar Arkestra
The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra Volume 1
ESP-Disk' 1014 (1965)
Fontana STL 5514
Phonogram BT-5055 (Japan)
Boots 2404 (1982)
Happy Bird B 90131 (German bootleg, 1983)
Base ESPS-1014 (Italy, early 1980s)
Tobacco Road 111 (German bootleg)
Magic Music 30011 (German bootleg CD, 1990)
ESP 1014-2 (CD, 1992)
Side A:
Heliocentric (Ra) (4:00)
Outer Nothingness (Ra) (7:40)
Other Worlds (Ra) (4:18)

Side B:
The Cosmos (Ra) (7:20)
Of Heavenly Things (Ra) (5:40)
Nebulae (Ra) (3:16)
Dancing in the Sun (Ra) (1:50)
Ra-p, bass marimba, e-celeste, tympani; Chris Capers-tp; Teddy Nance- tb, Bernard Pettaway, btb, Marshall Allen, picc, as, bells, spiral cymbal; Danny Davis-fl, as; John Gilmore-ts, tympani; Pat Patrick-bs, perc; Robert Cummings-bcl, wood blocks; Ronnie Boykins-b; Jimmy Johnson-d; perc, tympani. RLA Studio, New York 4/20/65.

[Personnel and date from jacket] Originally released with a black and white cover; ESP later replaced this with the familiar yellow and purple rendition of Sun Ra that is also used on reissues. [rlc] Some bootlegs have different titles; for instance the Tobacco Road, and Magic Music releases are called Cosmic Equation. The Happy Bird was titled Other Worlds.
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28. Sun Ra and his Solar Arkestra
The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra Volume 2
ESP-Disk' 1017 (1966) Fontana STL 5499
Boots 2406 (1982)
Base ESPS-1017 (Italy, early 1980s)
Explosive 538.108 (French)
Happy Bird B 90132 (German bootleg, 1983)
Magic Music 30012 (bootleg CD, 1990)
ESP 1017 (CD, 1992)
Side A:
The Sun Myth (Ra)
Side B:
A House of Beauty (Ra)
Cosmic Chaos (Ra)
Ra-clavioline, p, tuned bgo; Walter Miller-tp; Marshall Allen-as, fl, picc; John Gilmore-ts; Pat Patrick-bs, fl; Robert Cummings-bcl; Ronnie Boykins-b; Roger Blank-d, perc. RLA Sound Studios, New York, 11/16/65.

[Personnel and date from jacket] Excerpts included in Monkey MY 40014.

A rare version of the ESP (both mono and stereo versions exist) includes overdubbed African voices at the beginning and end of The Sun Myth. A more common variant leaves them out, as does the CD reissue from ZYX. [Schonfield, Vein, and Trent]

A 45-second excerpt from A House of Beauty is included in the notorious ESP Sampler, ESP 1051 (Side B track 16). [Webber]

The Happy Bird and the Magic Music are titled The Sun Myth.
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29. Sun Ra and his Solar Arkestra
The Magic City
Saturn LPB 711 (1966)
Thoth Intergalactic LPB 711
Saturn LP 403
Impulse AS-9243 (1973)
Evidence (CD, due fall 1993)
Side A:
The Magic City (Ra) (27:24)
Ra-clavioline, p; Walter Miller-tp; Ali Hassan-tb; Marshall Allen-as, fl, picc; Danny Davis-as, fl; Harry Spencer-as; John Gilmore-ts; Pat Patrick-bs, fl; Robert Cummings-bcl; Ronnie Boykins-b; Roger Blank-d; James Jacson-perc; and a modicum of reverb. Rehearsal, New York City, around 9/24/65.

[Date courtesy of Bob Rusch] Walter Miller says Clifford Thornton was present at the session but it is not clear that he was playing. [Szwed]

Side B:
The Shadow World (Ra) (10:59)
Abstract Eye (Ra) (2:45)
Abstract "I" (Ra) (4:01)
Ra-p, e-celeste, bass marimba, tympani (on Shadow World), sun harp, dragon drum (on the two Abstracts); Chris Capers-tp; Teddy Nance-tb; Bernard Pettaway-btb; Marshall Allen-as, picc; Danny Davis-as; John Gilmore-ts; Pat Patrick-bs, tympani (on the Abstracts); Robert Cummings-bcl; Ronnie Boykins-b; Jimmy Johnson-d; "other drums by members of the Arkestra". Live at Olatunji's loft, New York, spring 1965.

[Locations from James Jacson; personnel from Saturn jacket, except Jacson says he played on The Magic City; all discographers before the Impulse reissue had this album pegged in 1965; the 1960 Chicago date given by Impulse is 100% misdirection! Dates from rlc, based on comparison with the first two ESPs, plus help from Rusch] The Saturn release left off the last 1:25 of The Magic City, which gives Sun Ra's clavioline the last word; Impulse restored the original ending with the horns having the last word. [rlc]

Abstract "I" also appears on an Impulse sampler called Impulsively (Impulse 1973) -- a 2-record set that was circulated to radio stations. [Seth Tisue]
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30. Walt Dickerson Quartet
Impressions of a Patch of Blue
MGM SE 4358 (1966)
Side A:
A Patch of Blue part 1
A Patch of Blue part 2
Bacon And Eggs
High Hopes

Side B:
Alone in the Park part 1
Alone in the Park part 2
Selina's Fantasy
Thataway
Walt Dickerson-vib; Sun Ra-p, celeste; Bob Cunningham-b; Roger Blank- d. Recorded in New York City, 1965. [Info from Stahl and Raben]
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31. Sun Ra and his Arkestra
Nothing Is
ESP-Disk' 1045 (1970)
Base ESPS-1045 (Italy, early 1980s)
Boots 2416 (1982)
Happy Bird B 90130 (German bootleg, 1983)
Magic Music 30013 (bootleg CD, 1990)
ESP 1045 (CD, 1992)
Side A:
Dancing Shadows (Ra)
Imagination (Ra)
Exotic Forest (Ra)
Side B:
Sun Ra and his Band from Outer Space (Ra)
Shadow World (Ra)
Theme of the Stargazers (Ra)
Outer Spaceways Incorporated (Ra)
Next Stop Mars (Ra)
Ra-p, clavioline; Ali Hassan-tb; Teddy Nance-tb; Marshall Allen-as, fl; picc, ob; John Gilmore-ts; Pat Patrick-bs, fl; Robert Cummings- bcl; James Jacson-fl, log drums; Ronnie Boykins-b, tuba; Clifford Jarvis-d; Roger Blank or Jimmy Johnson-d; Carl Nimrod (Carl S. Malone, Nimrod Hunt)-sun horn, gong. Live on tour of New York state colleges, 5/66.

[Personnel and date from jacket] The second trap drummer is not mentioned in the credits but is clearly audible on the CD (right channel, somewhat recessed). John Gilmore does not think it is Lex Humphries; he suggests Jimmy Johnson or Roger Blank. Tommy Hunter recalls the band using two drummers around this time.

Obviously not released till 1970; Raben's draft of 9/70 gives no titles and his published discog in 10/70 gives "titles" that are actually lines from a Sun Ra poem, as well as listing the mythical ESP 1046. The Fontana was titled Heliocentric Worlds Vol. 3. Bootlegs have used different titles: the Happy Bird and Magic Music were called Dancing Shadows.
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32. Sun Ra
Monorails and Satellites
Saturn SR 509 (1968)
Evidence 22013 (CD, 1992)
Side A:
Space Towers (Ra)
Cogitation (Ra)
Skylight (Ra)
The Alter Destiny (Ra)
Side B:
Easy Street (Jones)
Blue Differentials (Ra)
Monorails and Satellites (Ra)
The Galaxy Way (Ra)
Sun Ra-p. Sun Studios, New York 1966 (a home recording).

[Info from Evidence reissue; as for the home recording bit, listen for the telephone ringing during Skylight; Szwed purchased a copy in 1968]
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33. Sun Ra
Monorails and Satellites Vol. II
Saturn ESR 9691, LP 519 (prob. 1969)
Side A:
Astro Vision (Ra)
The Ninth Eye (Ra)
Solar Boats (Ra)
Side B:
Perspective Prisms of Is (Ra)
Calundronius (Ra)
Sun Ra-piano (and electronics on Astro Vision). Sun Studios, 1966, New York, more home recordings.

[Correct order of tracks from WKCR broadcast; date from rlc]
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34. Sun Ra and his Arkestra
Outer Spaceways Incorporated
(A Tonal View of Times Tomorrow, vol. 3)
Saturn LP 530 (1974)
Saturn 143000A/B
Freedom CD 741047, as Spaceways, (1998) disc 2 of the three CD box Calling Planet Earth [Moudry]

Side A:
Chromatic Shadows (Ra) (incl. Sun Ra and his Band from Outer Space and Shadow World)
The Wind Speaks (Ra)
Side B:
The Satellites are Spinning (Ra)
Outer Spaceways Incorporated (Ra) (incl. We Travel the Spaceways)
Ra-p, clavioline; Ali Hassan-tb; Teddy Nance-tb, Marshall Allen-as, ob, fl, picc; Danny Davis-as, fl; John Gilmore-ts; Pat Patrick-bs, fl; Robert Cummings-bcl; Ronnie Boykins-b; Clifford Jarvis-d; poss. Lex Humphries or Robert Barry-d; James Jacson-log drums, fl; Nimrod Hunt- hand drums; June Tyson-voc (on Satellites only). Ensemble vocals on Chromatic Shadows, Satellites, and Outer Spaceways. Different live concerts in the New York area, 1966- 1967, except The Satellites are Spinning, 1968.

[rlc, thanks to Mark Webber for a tape; Webber gives 1967 as the approximate date, Vein says 1967-1968]

At one time, this album was being considered for release by Black Lion, and a tape was sold to Alan Bates, probably in 1970 [Trent and Vein]. There are copies with Chicago labels and copies with Philadelphia labels. [Trent]

Previous discographies omit this album but list hybrids of its side A with side B of My Brother the Wind Volume II as a variant of that album. (See Mark Webber's list of hybrids and mispresses.) One of the "Sub Underground series" -- not designated that way on label or sleeve, just marketed as such by Danny Ray Thompson. Three albums in the same jacket: Sun Ra and his Arkestra play A Tonal View of Times Tomorrow. [rlc]
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35. Sun Ra and his Astro Infinity Arkestra
Atlantis
Saturn ESR 507 (1969)
Impulse AS-9239 (1973)
Evidence (CD, due fall 1993)
Side A:
Mu (Ra) (4:49)
Lemuria (Ra) (4:58)
Yucatan (Ra) [released on Saturn]
Yucatan (Ra) (3:44) [released on Impulse; a different piece]
Bimini (Ra) (5:54)
Ra-solar sound instrument (Hohner Clavinet); Gilmore-ts on Mu and Lemuria, perc; Robert Barry-d, perc; Clifford Jarvis-d, perc; probably Marshall Allen, Pat Patrick, James Jacson, perc on Bimini. Rehearsal, possibly at Sun Studios, New York 1967-1969.

[rlc, date from Stahl correspondence, confirmed by Fitzgerald] Is there an electric bass on the Saturn Yucatan? Telephone audible at the end of the Impulse version of Yucatan. [Shore]

Side B:
Atlantis (Ra) (22:38) [last portion edited out on Saturn]
Ra-solar sound org (Gibson Kalamazoo org), clavioline; Wayne Harris- tp; Akh Tal Ebah (D. E. Williams)-tp; Ali Hassan-tb; Charles Stephens- tb; Robert Northern-frh; Danny Ray Thompson-as; John Gilmore-ts, perc; Danny Davis-as; Pat Patrick-bs, fl; Marshall Allen-as, ob, Jupiterian fl; Robert Cummings-bcl; James Jacson-log drums; Robert Barry-d, lightning drum; Clifford Jarvis-d. Rehearsal, New York 1967.

[Personnel from Stahl correspondence; Stahl concluded that it was 1965-1967; narrowed to 1967 by rlc]

The Impulse issue has poor sound on Side A, caused by damage to the master tape after the release of the Saturn. For the Evidence release, the Saturn pressing of this side was dubbed (with the presumed exception of the Impulse Yucatan...). [Gordon]

The 1960 date that Sun Ra gave Impulse is completely wrong. Danny Thompson (joined c. 1967, still playing only as) and the Hohner clavinet (first marketed in 1967) help to establish the dates. The absence of June Tyson suggests the big piece can't be later than 1968. Gilmore says that Wayne Harris was around at this time; there may be some question about Ebah. Trent bought his copy in 1969. [rlc]> Also exists (on Impulse, not Saturn) as a hybrid with side B of The Magic City substituted for Side A! [Pleshar]
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36. Sun Ra
Pictures of Infinity
Black Lion 30103
Black Lion 28421
Freedom 127015
Polydor 2460106
Black Lion 32JDB-216 (Japanese CD)
Black Lion BLCD 760191 (1993) (As Outer Spaceways, Incorporated) [Moudry]
Freedom CD 741085 (1998) (As Outer Spaceways, Incorporated, disc 1 of the three CD box Calling Planet Earth) [Moudry]
Side A:
Somewhere There (Ra)
Outer Spaceways Incorporated (Ra)
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Side B:
Saturn (Ra)
Song of the Sparer (Ra)
Spontaneous Simplicity (Ra)
On BLCD 760191 & Freedom 741085:
Intergalactic Motion (Sun Ra) [Moudry]
Ra-p; Akh Tal Ebah-tp, mellophone, perc; Kwame Hadi-tp, perc; Teddy Nance-tb, perc; Bernard Pettaway-tb; Marshall Allen-as, fl, ob, perc; Danny Davis-as, fl; John Gilmore-ts, perc; Pat Patrick-bs, fl, perc; Robert Cummings-bcl; Ronnie Boykins-b; Nimrod Hunt-hand drums; James Jacson-perc, fl; Clifford Jarvis-d. Live performance, New York 1968.

[Information from jacket]

Well, DA Music, are you going to follow Tokuma's lead and come out with a CD? Jacson says not all of the music on this album is from the same concert -- or even the same year. Also, Teddy Nance died around 1967 so his presence here is questionable. Maybe it's Charles Stephens or Ali Hassan instead.... [Rbt. Campbell's wish was filled in 1993 and 1998 ›Moudry]
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37. Imamu Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) with Sun Ra and his Myth Science Arkestra
A Black Mass
Jihad 1968 (1968) (matrix K-2281/82)
Side A:
A Black Mass
Side B:
A Black Mass (cont.)
This is a sort of radio horror play written by LeRoi Jones (Imamu Amiri Baraka) and based on the Nation of Islam story of the evil angel Yaqub. Ra and the Arkestra provide incidental music. The backing is mostly spare and low-volume, so as not to drown out the players.

Actors: Baraka; Carl Boissiere; David Shakes; Bob Washington; Yusef Iman; Barry Wynn.

Women's Chorus: Elaine Jones, Jacqui Bugg, Sylvia Jones. (It would be helpful to know who is playing which part....)

Musical backing: Ra-Hohner clavinet, org; Marshall Allen-as, ob, picc; Danny Davis-as; John Gilmore-ts, perc; Pat Patrick-bs, perc; Robert Cummings-bcl; Ronnie Boykins-b; prob. Nimrod Hunt-perc; prob. James Jacson-perc; prob. Clifford Jarvis-d. New York 1968.

[Actors from Buzelin, musicians from rlc; date from Buzelin]

When the women are asked to contain the monster with an incantation, they oblige with the melody of Satellites are Spinning. [rlc; thanks to Mark Webber for providing a tape].

There are two different covers. The black and white version is less common (not that either is exactly abundant!). [Vein]
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38. Sun Ra and his Astro-Infinity Arkestra (Intergalactic Series II)
Continuation
Saturn ESR 520; LP 520 (1969 or 1970) (matrix nos. ESR37363NP, ESR29691)
Side A:
Biosphere Blues (Ra)
Intergalaxtic Research (Ra)
Earth Primitive Earth (Ra)
New Planet (Ra)
Side B:
Continuation To (Ra)
Jupiter Festival (Ra)
Ra-p, space org (Gibson Kalamazoo org), galactone space instrument (Hohner Clavinet), gong; Kwame Hadi-tp (Saturn says Wayne Harris); Akh Tal Ebah-tp, mellophone; Ali Hassan-tb; Marshall Allen-as, Jupiterian fl, picc; Danny Davis-as, acl; Danny Ray Thompson-as, Neptunian libflecto [modified bsn]; John Gilmore-ts, cl; Pat Patrick-bs, fl; Robert Cummings-bcl (on New Planet only); Ronnie Boykins-b; Robert Barry-d, lightning d; Carl Nimrod [Carl S. Malone, Nimrod Hunt]-space d; James Jacson-log d; Art Jenkins-space voice (on Intergalaxtic Research). Sun harp, koto, misc. perc. by members of the Arkestra. New York, 1968.

[Personnel from Geerken and original Saturn jacket, corrected by rlc. Geerken has Kwame Hadi on tp, where Saturn has Wayne Harris. Considering Otherness Blue from MBWII, IUll go with Hadi. More investigation of Harris' style would help, though. Neither source credits Ebah with mellophone. Both mention Ali Hassan, who presumably takes the solo on Biosphere. Saturn credits Allen with oboe, which isn't heard, credits no one besides Allen with flute, doesn't mention Davis's alto clarinet, and lists no bass player. Though Sun Ra was using Bill Davis and others on occasion, I'll go with Boykins (Raben lists Boykins too). Saturn has Robert Barry and Carl Nimrod where Geerken has Clifford Jarvis. Art Jenkins is uncredited but according to Jacson he does the moaning on Intergalaxtic Research. Jacson says the libflecto was an ad hoc hybrid wind instrument concocted by Marshall Allen. Thompson says it was a modified bassoon -- with a French horn mouthpiece or a saxophone mouthpiece. Date from Raben]

See Down Beat, 5/27/71, for an excellent review by John Litweiler, who caught Danny Davis's alto clarinet but not Second stop is Jupiter. Saturn jacket copy taken from this review. Raben also had access to Saturn jacket copy in 10/70 (album is in the printed discography but not in his draft version). [rlc; thanks to Robert Iannapollo]
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39. Sun Ra and his Solar Myth Arkestra
My Brother the Wind Volume II
(Otherness)
Saturn LP 523, SRA 2000 (1971)
Evidence 22040 (CD, 1992)
Side A:
Somewhere Else (Ra)
Contrast (Ra)
Ra-intergalactic org; Kwame Hadi-tp; Akh Tal Ebah-tp, space dimension mellophone; Marshall Allen-as, fl, picc; Danny Davis-as, acl, fl; John Gilmore-ts, perc; Danny Ray Thompson-bs, fl; Pat Patrick-bs, fl; James Jacson-ob, perc; Alejandro Blake-b; Clifford Jarvis-d; Lex Humphries-d; Nimrod Hunt-hand drums; William Brister [Rashid Salim]-perc; Robert Cummings-perc. New York or Philadelphia 1969.

The Wind Speaks (Ra)
Sun Thoughts (Ra)
Journey to the Stars (Ra)
World of the Myth "I" (Ra)
The DesignQCosmos II (Ra)
Ra-Mini-Moog. Probably Philadelphia 1970.

Side B:
Otherness Blue (Ra)
Somebody Else's Idea (Somebody Else's World) (Ra)
Pleasant Twilight (Ra)
Walking on the Moon (Ra)* [*abridged on the Saturn releases]
Ra-Spacemaster (organ); Kwame Hadi-tp; Akh Tal Ebah-tp, space dimension mellophone; Marshall Allen-as, fl, picc; Danny Davis-as, acl, fl; John Gilmore-ts, perc; Danny Ray Thompson-bs, fl; Pat Patrick-bs, fl; James Jacson-fl, ob, perc; Alejandro Blake-b; Clifford Jarvis-d; Lex Humphries-d; Nimrod Hunt-hand drums; William Brister (Rashid Salim)-perc; Robert Cummings-perc; June Tyson-voc (on Somebody Else's Idea and Walking on the Moon). New York or Philadelphia, late 1969.

The session tapes also include a rejected version of an unidentified composition [Jerry Gordon].

[Personnel from album jacket; dates sorted by rlc with help from Fitzgerald]

Walking on the Moon must be from 7/69 or later. June Tyson (born 2/5/36 in Albemarle, North Carolina) joined in 1968; the second song she learned was Somebody Else's World.

Soloists on: Otherness Blue: Kwame Hadi, Marshall Allen, Sun Ra;
Pleasant Twilight: John Gilmore;
Walking on the Moon: Pat Patrick;
Somewhere Else: Hadi, Ra, Gilmore, Patrick;
Contrast: Patrick, Alejandro Blake, Ra, Jacson (oboe).

This album has been hybridized with Side A of Outer Spaceways Inc. -- apparently the tape reel for Side A got lost while they still had plenty of jackets.... If in doubt, check the matrix numbers! Hybrids usually bear the number Saturn 5221. A widely cited Impulse release (AS-9289) turns out to be a phantom. Impulse assigned numbers to 7 Saturn reissues that never materialized. [rlc with help from Jerry Gordon]
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40. Sun Ra and his Astro-Solar Infinity Arkestra
My Brother the Wind
Saturn ESR 1970; ESR 521; LP 521 (1970)
Side A:
My Brother the Wind (Ra)
Intergalactic II (Ra)
To Nature's God (Ra)
Side B:
The Code of Interdependence (Ra)
Ra-two Mini-Moog synthesizers; John Gilmore-ts, d, perc; Marshall Allen-as, ob, picc, fl, perc; Danny Davis-as, acl, perc. New York or Philadelphia, 1970.

Personnel from the jacket, corrected by rlc; date from Simosko; album is listed in London concert program from 11/70]

T.S. Mims, who produced this session and Night of the Purple Moon, was an associate of Alton Abraham's from Chicago. See Down Beat, 4/15/71, for a review by Michael Bourne. [rlc]
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41. Sun Ra and his Intergalactic Astro-Solar Infinity Arkestra
The Night of the Purple Moon
Thoth Intergalactic IR 1972 (1970)
Saturn LP 522
Side A:
Sun-Earth Rock (Ra)
The All of Everything (Ra)
Impromptu Festival (Ra)
Blue Soul (Ra)
Narrative (Ra)
Outside the Time Zone (Ra)
Side B:
The Night of the Purple Moon (Ra)
A Bird's Eye View of Man's World (Ra)
21st Century Romance (Ra)
Dance of the Living Image (Ra)
Love in Outer Space (Ra)
Ra-two Mini-Moogs, rocksichord; John Gilmore-d, ts; Danny Davis-as, acl, fl, cga, d; Stafford James-eb. Probably New York 1970.

[Personnel from jacket, date from rlc; the album was mentioned the London concert program of 11/70, which nails it down to that year; Victor Schonfield bought his copy in 1970] Danny Thompson and Victor Schonfield have said the move to Philadelphia happened before 1970. Fall 1968 and fall 1969 seem to be the confidence limits. Was this recorded in Philly, or was Ra still commuting by Amtrak all the time? [rlc]
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42. Sun Ra and his Arkestra
Out There a Minute
Blast First BFFP 42 (1989)
Blast First CD BFFP 42 (1989)
Restless CD 71427
Torso (German LP)
Love in Outer Space (Ra) (5:02)
Ra-rocksichord; Danny Davis-acl, cga; Stafford James-eb; John Gilmore-d. Alternate take from the Night of the Purple Moon sessions, Philadelphia or New York, 1970.

Somewhere in Space (Ra) (8:08)
Ra-p; Marshall Allen-as, fl, perc; John Gilmore-ts, perc; Pat Patrick-bs, fl, perc; Ronnie Boykins-b; probably C. Scoby Stroman-d; Art Jenkins-space voice. Probably from the Secrets of the Sun session, Choreographers' Workshop, New York, 1962.

Dark Clouds with Silver Linings (Ra) (4:53)
Ra-p; John Gilmore-ts; Marshall Allen-as; Pat Patrick-bs; Ronnie Boykins-b; C. Scoby Stroman or Tommy Hunter-d. Probably Choreographers' Workshop, New York, 1962.

Jazz and Romantic Sounds (Ra) (4:41)
Ra-org; Marshall Allen-as; Danny Davis-as; Pat Patrick-bs; Clifford Jarvis-d. Around the time of My Brother the Wind vol. II, New York or Philadelphia, 1969.

When Angels Speak of Love (Ra) (4:25)
From the album When Angels Speak of Love, uncut; stereo

Cosmo Enticement (Ra) (3:06)
a percussion piece from the album Continuation, originally titled Earth Primitive Earth. Features Ra-space gong; Marshall Allen-Jupiterian fl; other Arkestrans on sun harp, koto, scrapers, etc.

Song of Tree and Forest (Ra) (3:08)
from the album Continuation, featuring Ra-p; Marshall Allen-piccolo; Danny Davis or Pat Patrick-fl; Robert Cummings-bcl; and lots of echo, originally titled New Planet

Other Worlds (Ra) (4:51)
Ra-electronic celeste, p; and my guess is: Chris Capers-tp; Teddy Nance-tb; Bernard Pettaway-btb; Marshall Allen-picc, as; Danny Davis-as; John Gilmore-ts; Pat Patrick-bs; Ronnie Boykins-b; Jimmy Johnson-d. New York, spring 1965, Magic City sessions.

Journey Outward (Ra) (4:23)
Ra-p; probably Al Evans-tp; definitely John Gilmore-bcl; Marshall Allen-morrow; several percussionists, Choreographers' Workshop, New York, 1961 or 1962. Recorded by Tommy Hunter.

Lights of a Satellite (Ra) (3:03)
from the album Art Forms of Dimensions Tomorrow

Starships and Solar Boats (Ra) (7:32)
from the album Art Forms of Dimensions Tomorrow, originally titled Kosmos in Blue. Gilmore's second tenor solo at the end was cut from the Saturn release [Shore].

Out There a Minute (Ra) (3:24)
My guess is: Ra-p, announcement; Marshall Allen-as, fl; Danny Davis-as, fl; John Gilmore-ts; Pat Patrick-bs; Ronnie Boykins-b; Clifford Jarvis-d. Choreographers' Workshop or Sun Studios, New York, 1962-1964. This track also on a 7" EP Blast First sampler that was included with an issue of Chemical Imbalance magazine.

Next Stop Mars (Ra) (12:00)
from the album When Angels Speak of Love; edited version, stereo (the last 4.5 minutes have been cut out -- it fades after Gilmore's solo and before Cummings') [all identifications by rlc]

The LP version omits Next Stop Mars. [rlc]
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43. Sun Ra and his Arkestra
Space Probe
(A Tonal View of Times Tomorrow, vol. 1)
Saturn Sun Ra 14200A/B (1974)
Saturn 527
Side A:
Space Probe (Ra)
Ra-Mini-Moog syn. New York or Philadelphia, perhaps 1970. Actually, this sort of solo could date from anywhere between 1970 and 1973.... [rlc]

Side B:
Primitive (Ra)
The Conversion of J.P. (Ra)
Marshall Allen-fl on Primitive; Ra-p on Conversion; prob. James Jacson-log drums; Nimrod Hunt (Carl S. Malone)-hand drums; poss. other Arkestra members, perc. Philadelphia or New York, probably 1969-1970. [rlc; thanks to John Szwed for a tape]

Also in the Sub Underground series: one of three albums that appeared in the same jacket -- Sun Ra and his Arkestra play a Tonal View of Times Tomorrow. This one has been hybridized to death. Watch out! [rlc] Copies of this album are known with Philadelphia labels. Are there any with Chicago labels and Saturn LP 527?
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44. Sun Ra and his Solar Myth Arkestra
The Solar-Myth Approach Volume I
BYG Actuel 529340 (1971)
Affinity AFF 10 (1978)
Side A:
Spectrum (Ra)
Realm of Lightning (Ra)
The Satellites are Spinning (Ra)
Side B:
Legend (Ra)
Seen III, Took 4 (Ra)
They'll Come Back (Ra)
Adventures of Bugs Hunter (Ra)
Ra-p, e-celeste, Mini-Moog syn, space-master (org), Hohner Clavinet;, Kwame Hadi-tp; Akh Tal Ebah-tp, space dimension mellophone; Ali Hassan-tb; Charles Stephens-tb; Marshall Allen-as, ob, fl, picc; Danny Davis-as, acl, fl; John Gilmore-ts, perc; Danny Ray Thompson-bs, fl; Pat Patrick-bs, fl; James Jacson-ob, fl, perc; Ronnie Boykins-b; Clifford Jarvis-d; Lex Humphries-d, perc; Tommy "Bugs" Hunter-d [not listed, but you'd expect him to be on a composition named after him]; Nimrod Hunt-hand drums; June Tyson-voc; Art Jenkins-space voice (on Realm of Lightning). Ensemble vocal on The Satellites are Spinning. Supposedly Sun Studios, New York 1970-1971 (some items may postdate the European tour). The problem with this attribution is that Sun Ra moved to Philadelphia between June 1968 (when a Down Beat article had him in the Sun Studios) and fall 1969 (when he was contacted by Victor Schonfield). Hunter probably appeared on one or two number while home for the holidays in Dec. 1969 or Dec. 1970. Some of the non-synthesizer material may be from 1968-1969.

[Personnel and date from album jacket, minor corrections by rlc]
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45. Sun Ra and his Solar Myth Arkestra
The Solar-Myth Approach Volume II
BYG Actuel 529341 (1971)
Affinity AFF 76
Side A:
The Utter Nots (Ra)
Outer Spaceways Incorporated (Ra)
Scene 1, Take 1 (Ra)
Side B:
Pyramids (Ra)
Interpretation (Ra)
Ancient Ethiopia (Ra)
Strange Worlds (Ra)
Ra-p, Mini-Moog syn, Spacemaster (org), Hohner Clavinet, sun harp; Kwame Hadi-tp; Akh Tal Ebah-tp, space dimension mellophone; Ali Hassan-tb; Charles Stephens-tb; Marshall Allen-as, ob, fl, picc; Danny Davis-as, acl, fl; John Gilmore-ts, perc; Danny Ray Thompson-bs, fl; Pat Patrick-bs, fl; James Jacson-ob, fl, perc; Ronnie Boykins-b; Clifford Jarvis-d; Lex Humphries-d, perc; Tommy "Bugs" Hunter-d; Nimrod Hunt-hand drums; June Tyson-voc (on Strange Worlds). Ensemble vocal on Outer Spaceways Inc.

Supposedly Sun Studios, New York 1970-1971, but if the dates are correct, Philadelphia is more likely. Some cuts live. A 1968-1969 date is possible for some of the non-synthesizer material. Jacson is credited with playing the Infinity Drum but this is anachronistic for the earlier material.

Both volumes reissued together on Affinity CD AFF760, minus Interpretation and Strange Worlds. There was an earlier BYG double LP, BYG 529202.
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46. Sun Ra
Nuits de la Fondation Maeght volume I
Shandar SR 10.001 (1971)
Recommended Records RR 11 (12S 45 rpm reissue 1981)
Side A:
Enlight[en]ment (Dotson-Ra)
The Stargazers (Ra)
Shadow World (Ra)
Side B:
The Cosmic Explorer (Ra) Ra-p, ep, org, Mini Moog; Kwame Hadi-tp; Akh Tal Ebah-tp, cornet; Marshall Allen-as, fl, picc, ob, perc; Danny Davis-as, fl, perc; John Gilmore-ts, d, voc; Robert Cummings-bcl, perc; Danny Thompson-bs, fl, modified bsn; Absholom ben Shlomo (Virgil Pumphrey)-cl, fl, as; Pat Patrick-bs, bcl, as, ts, fl, cl, perc; James Jacson-cl, fl, ob, perc; Alan Silva-b, clo, vln; Rashid Salim IV (William Brister)-vib, d; Nimrod Hunt-hand drums; John Goldsmith-d, tympani; Lex Humphries-d, perc; June Tyson-voc; Gloristeena Knight (Ife Tayo)-dance, voc, Verta Grosvenor-space goddess, dance, voc. Live at Saint Paul de Vence, France, 8/5/70.

[Date clarified by Julian Vein] [Personnel and date from album jacket]

This was the Arkestra's debut in Europe. It was a one-shot deal; the Maeght Foundation flew the Arkestra over and back [Schonfield]
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47. Sun Ra
Nuits de la Fondation Maeght volume II
Shandar SR 10.003 (1971)
Side A:
Friendly Galaxy Number 2 (Ra)
Spontaneous Simplicity (Ra)
Side B:
The World of the Lightning (Ra)
Black Myth (Ra)
The Shadows Took Shape
This Strange World
Journey Through the Outer Darkness Sky (Ra)
Ra-p, ep, org, Mini-Moog syn; Kwame Hadi-tp; Akh Tal Ebah-tp, cnt; Marshall Allen-as, fl, picc, ob, perc; Danny Davis-as, fl, perc; John Gilmore-ts, d, voc; Robert Cummings-bcl, perc; Danny Thompson-bs, fl, modified bsn; Absholom Ben Shlomo (Virgil Pumphrey)-cl, fl, as; Pat Patrick-bs, bcl, as, ts, fl, cl, perc; James Jacson-cl, fl, ob, perc; Alan Silva-b, clo, vln; Rashid Salim IV (William Brister)-vib, d; Nimrod Hunt-hand drums; John Goldsmith-d, tympani; Lex Humphries-d, perc; June Tyson-voc; Gloristeena Knight (Ife Tayo)-dance, voc; Verta Grosvenor-space goddess, dance, voc. Live at Saint Paul de Vence, France, 8/3/70.

[Personnel and date from album jacket, date clarified by Julian Vein]

A later release on Shandar 83505 combines Side B of 10.001 with Side B of 10.003 [Trent] There are also miserable-sounding pirates of these 2 volumes on CD from Jazz View, COD 006 and COD 007.
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47A. Sun Ra & His Intergalactic Research Arkestra
Out in Space
Motor City/MPS 557 657-2 [CD, 1998]
Disc 2 of Black Myth / Out in Space [set: MPS 557 656-2]
Black Forest Myth [Sun Ra] (3:58)
Friendly Galaxy No. 2 [Sun Ra] (5:25)
Journey through the Outer Darkness [Sun Ra] (12:58)
Strange Worlds / Black Myth / It's After the End of the World [all Sun Ra] (15:18)
We'll Wait for You [Sun Ra] (10:13)

Sun Ra & His Intergalactic Research Arkestra: Kwame Hadi-tp; Akh Tal Ebah-tp, mel; probably Robert Northern-frn; Marshall Allen-as, fl, pic, ob, perc; Danny Davis-as, fl, cl; Abshlom Ben Shlomo-as, cl, fl, perc; John Gilmore-ts, perc, voc; Laurdine "Pat" Patrick-as, ts, bs, cl, bcl, fl, perc; Danny Thompson-as, fl, bsn, bcl; Al Batin Nur-engh; Eloe Omoe-ob, bsn, bcl; Robert Cummings-bcl; James Jacson-ob, fl, perc; Sun Ra-Farfisa org, rocksichord, Hohner Electra, Hohner clavinet, mini-Moog, Spacemaster, p, voc; Alan Silva-vln, vla, clo,b; Alejandro Blake Fearon [aka: Alex Blake]-b; Lex Humphries-d, perc; Rashid Salim IV-d, cga; Nimrod Hunt [aka: Carl S. Malone]-hand d, perc; June Tyson-voc, dance; Ife Tayo [aka: Gloristeena Knight)-perc, dance; Roger Aralamon Hazoumé-African perc, balafon, dance, fire eating; Math Samba-African perc, dance; Richard Wilkinson-stereo light-sound coordination. Recorded in concert at the Donaueschingen Musik Festival, Stadthalle, Donaueschingen, Germany, 17 October 1971. Recording engineer: Rolf Donner. [Information from the booklet by Hartmut Geerken.]

Sone of this material was originally issued on the MPS/BASF lp It's After the End of the World (entry 48, beneath), in abridged format:
Black Forest Myth abridged as part of Black Forest Myth
Friendly Galaxy No. 2 abridged as part of Black Forest Myth and
Strange Worlds / Black Myth / It's After the End of the World abridged as part of It's After the End of the World.

[Entry added to the Discography 981203 by Moudry.]
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48. Sun Ra and his Intergalactic Research Arkestra
It's after the End of the World
MPS 2120748 (1971)
MPS CRM 748
MPS CTM 748
MPS 654482
MPS BASF 21589
Side A:
Strange Dreams (Ra)
Strange Worlds (Ra)
Black Myth (Ra)
It's after the End of the World (Ra) (total 14:40)
Black Forest Myth (Ra) (9:15)
Side B:
Watusi, Egyptian March (Ra) (2:48)
Myth versus Reality (Ra) (18:22)
The Myth-Science Approach
Angelic Proclamation
Out in Space
Duos (Ra) (4:42)
Ra-Farfisa org, Hohner clavinet, p, Rocksichord, Spacemaster org , Mini Moog, Hohner electra, voc; Kwame Hadi (Lamont McClamb)-tp; Akh Tal Ebah (D. E. Williams)-tp, mellophone; Marshall Allen-as, fl, ob, picc, perc; Danny Davis-as, fl, cl; John Gilmore-ts, perc; Absholom ben Shlomo (Virgil Pumphrey)-as, cl, fl; Danny Thompson-as, modified bsn (mistranslated as fagott), fl; Pat Patrick-bs, ts, as, cl, bcl, fl, dr; Leroy Taylor (Elo Omoe)-ob, bcl; Augustus Browning-English horn; Alan Silva-vln, vla, clo, b; Alejandro Blake Fearon-b; Lex Humphries-d; James Jacson-perc, ob, fl; Nimrod Hunt-hand drums; Hazoume-dance, African perc; Math Samba-dance, perc; Ife Tayo (Gloristeena Knight)-dance, perc; June Tyson-voc.

Duos (which has been edited) and all of Side A were recorded 10/17/70 at Donaueschingen, Myth versus Reality was recorded 11/7/70, Berlin Jazz Festival, Kongresshalle, Berlin. It is not clear which concert Watusi was recorded at. [Personnel from jacket; thanks to Vein for details on the dates]

Excerpts included on the second LP of Monkey MY 40014. [Szwed]

Additional material from these concerts was broadcast on German radio; see T70.10.17 and T70.11.7 in the tapeography. The Arkestra's first European tour took place during October and November 1970. [Schonfield]

James Jacson says he built his trademark drum, from a tree that had been struck (and dried) by lightning, after the first European tour (assuming a summer thunderstorm, perhaps summer 1971). Sun Ra dubbed this the Ancient Egyptian Infinity Lightning and Thunder Drum. For some time before this, he played a single-headed drum on an Indian double-headed drum shell -- it hung from the shoulders. [rlc] The "lunatic fagott" was a bassoon with a French horn mouthpiece (not trombone as reported by Joachim Berendt in his liner notes). [Thompson]

Jacson is absent from many of the early 70s recordings because he did not move to Philadelphia until the summer of 1977.
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48A. Sun Ra & His Intergalactic Research Arkestra
Black Myth
Motor City/MPS 557 658-2 (set: MPS 557 656-2) [Moudry]
Out in Space [Sun Ra] (37:45)
Discipline Seriessic] [Sun Ra] (3:28)
Walkin' on the Moon... [Sun Ra] (9:02)
Outer Space Is Where I Came from [Sun Ra] (0:23) [recitation by Sun Ra]
Watusa [Sun Ra, André Pitts, Terri Vanne Sherrill] (2:44)
Myth Versus Reality [Sun Ra] (14:59)
Theme of the Stargazers [Sun Ra] (0:42)
Space Chants Medley: Second Stop Is Jupiter / Why Go to the Moon? / Neptun [sic; s.b. Neptune] / Mercury / Venus / Mars / Jupiter / Saturn / Uranus / Pluto [all by Sun Ra] (5:42)
We Travel the Spaceways [Sun Ra] (3:02)

Sun Ra & His Intergalactic Research Arkestra: Kwame Hadi-tp; Akh Tal Ebah-tp, mel; probably Robert Northern-frn; Marshall Allen-as, fl, pic, ob, perc; Danny Davis-as, fl, cl; Abshlom Ben Shlomo-as, cl, fl, perc; John Gilmore-ts, perc, voc; Laurdine "Pat" Patrick-as, ts, bs, cl, bcl, fl, perc; Danny Thompson-as, fl, bsn, bcl; Al Batin Nur-engh; Eloe Omoe-ob, bsn, bcl; Robert Cummings-bcl; James Jacson-ob, fl, perc; Sun Ra-Farfisa org, rocksichord, Hohner Electra, Hohner clavinet, mini-Moog, Spacemaster, p, voc; Alan Silva-vln, vla, clo,b; Alejandro Blake Fearon [aka: Alex Blake]-b; Lex Humphries-d, perc; Rashid Salim IV-d, cga; Nimrod Hunt [aka: Carl S. Malone]-hand d, perc; June Tyson-voc, dance; Ife Tayo [aka: Gloristeena Knight)-perc, dance; Roger Aralamon Hazoumé-African perc, balafon, dance, fire eating; Math Samba-African perc, dance; Richard Wilkinson-stereo light-sound coordination. Recorded in concert at the Berlin Jazz Festival, Kongresshalle, Berlin, Germany, 7 November 1971. Recording engineer: Rolf Donner. [Information from the booklet by Hartmut Geerken.]

Some of this material was originally issued on the MPS/BASF lp It's After the End of the World (entry 48, above):
Watusa
Myth Versus Reality, abridged;
[Added to the Discography by Moudry 981203.]
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48B. Sun Ra and His Arkestra
Calling Planet Earth
Freedom CD 741071 (CD, 1998)
CD 3 of the Calling Planet Earth boxed set (box: Freedom/DA Music 761226-2)
CD Title Listing Actual Title
1. Discipline #5 [Sun Ra] 1. untitled percussion intro [edited] (1:49)
2. Discipline #10 [Sun Ra] 2. Discipline #5 [Sun Ra] (2:45)
3. Enlightenment [Hobart Dotson, Sun Ra] 3. Discipline #5 (unaccompanied solo by Danny Davis-as, Arkestral recap of theme) [Sun Ra] (2:35)
4. Love in Outer Space [Sun Ra] 4. Discipline #10 [Sun Ra] (8:12)
5. Discipline #15 [Sun Ra] 5. Enlightenment [Hobart Dotson, Sun Ra] (2:44)
6. The Satellites Are Spinning [Sun Ra] 6. Love in Outer Space [abridged] [Sun Ra] (2:38)
7. Calling Planet Earth [Sun Ra] 7. Discipline #15 / The Satellites Are Spinning [Sun Ra] (6:48)
8. The Outers [Sun Ra] 8. Calling Planet Earth / The Outers [Sun Ra] (9:54)
9. Adventures Outer Space [Sun Ra] 9. Adventures Outer Planes [Sun Ra] (7:32)
The Arkestra: Kwame Hadi-tp, cga; Marshall Allen-as, fl, ob, perc; Danny Davis-as, fl; Larry Northington-as, cga; Hakim Rahim-as, fl; John Gilmore-ts, cl, perc; Pat Patrick-bs, eb; Danny Thompson-bs, fl; Eloe Omoe-bcl, fl; Sun Ra-org; Tommy Hunter-d, as (Discipline #5 or Discipline #15 only); Lex Humphries, Clifford Jarvis-d; June Tyson-voc, dance; probably Cheryl Banks, Wisteria el Moondew [aka Judith Holton]-voc, dance; Richard Wilkinson-light show. Recorded in concert, Tivoli Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark, 5 December 1971. (Information from CD, with corrections by Robert Campbell).

"Sunny plays organ throughout. Tommy Hunter probably played alto sax in Discipline #5 or 15; otherwise the personnel list appears to be correct. Recording is so-so; it gets overloaded during the ensemble freakout portion of Calling Planet Earth.

"Discipline #5 is one of those slow, glowing ensembles (as is D.15). Discipline #10 is an attractive riff-based number that wouldn't have been out of place on MBWII (one of the riffs is a cousin of Discipline 27). Adventures Outer Planes is more mellow organ stuff, with a long solo by Kwame Hasdi. Calling Planet Earth is an Arkestral freakout, and The Outers is a wild organ solo.

"The concert was obviously edited with an lp release in mind (the splice between the intro and D.5 is much more obtrusive than Sunny and Tommy Hunter would have managed at home; Love in Outer Space is abridged and was meant to sit at the end of Side A on an lp). However, all of the tracks except Love in Outer Space and the percussion intro appear to be complete. There is some excellent music on this CD; good solos by Ra, Marshall Allen, Danny Davis, and Kwame Hadi." – Robert Campbell.

Moudry from here on:
The boxed three CD set Calling Planet Earth is a classic example of why no one in his/er right mind should become addicted to discography. The three CDs are individually titled:
Disc 1: Outer Spaceways, Incorporated
Disc 2: Spaceways
Disc 3: Calling Planet Earth (above).

Hyper-reality intrudes when one goes to the linked discographical data:
Disc 1 was originally issued as a Black Lion (UK) lp titled Pictures of Infinity, with later issues under the Black Lion, Freedom, and Polydor imprints. When Freedom decided to issue it as a CD in 1993 it was retitled Outer Spaceways, Incorporated, which confused matters totally, since:

Disc 2: (now titled) Spaceways was originally released in 1974 as Saturn lp 530, Outer Spaceways, Incorporated, which may also be found as a Saturn bearing the title A Tonal View of Times Tomorrow, volume 3. When Sunny sold the master tape to Black Lion they issued it with the title (something tells me you've already guessed it:) Outer Spaceways, Incorporated.

So now we have two items, both from the creative minds of the folks at Black Lion, bearing the tile Outer Spaceways, Incorporated. Go figgur....

[Entry added to this Discography 981203 by Moudry.]
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49. Sun Ra and his Astro Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra
Live in Egypt 1
(Dark Myth Equation Visitation)
(Nature's God)
Saturn 1272
Thoth Intergalactic KH-1272 (1973)
Side A:
Discipline 27 (Ra)
Interview with Ra
Solar Ship Voyage (Ra)
Interview with Ra (concluded)
Cosmo-Darkness (Ra)
The Light Thereof (Ra)
Side B:
Friendly Galaxy No. 2 (Ra)
To Nature's God (Ra)
Why Go to the Moon? (Ra)
Ra-Tiger org, Mini-Moog syn, upright p; Kwame Hadi-tp, cga; Marshall Allen-as, fl, ob, perc; Danny Davis-as, fl; Larry Northington-as, cga; John Gilmore-ts, perc, d; Pat Patrick-bs, eb; Danny Thompson-bs, fl; Eloe Omoe-bcl; Hakim Rahim-as, fl; Clifford Jarvis-d; Tommy Hunter-d; Lex Humphries-d; June Tyson-voc.

Side A: TV broadcast, Cairo, 12/16/1971;
Side B: House of Hartmut Geerken, Heliopolis, Cairo, 12/12/71. [Info from Geerken and Stahl]

The first trip to Egypt immediately followed the second European tour of 10-12/71. Discipline 27 hasn't gone through mitosis yet; it opens with the riffs later called Discipline 27-II then moves on to what is now called Discipline 27. Friendly Galaxy No. 2 is a completely different piece from the original Friendly Galaxy, though it retains the modal exoticism. To Nature's God is a space ditty unrelated to the performance on MBWI [rlc; thanks to Mark Webber for a tape]
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50. Sun Ra and his Arkestra
Horizon
(Starwatchers)
Saturn 1217718
Saturn LP 849 (matrix 12-17-71)
Side A:
Starwatchers/Theme of the Stargazers/ (Ra)
Discipline 2 (Ra)
Shadow World (Ra)

Side B:
Third Planet (Ra)
Space is the Place (Ra)
Horizon (Ra)
Discipline 8 (Ra)
Ra-Tiger org, Mini-Moog syn, upright p; Kwame Hadi-tp, cga; Marshall Allen-as, fl, ob, perc; Danny Davis-as, fl; Larry Northington-as, cga; John Gilmore-ts, perc, d; Pat Patrick-eb; Danny Thompson-bs, fl; Eloe Omoe-bcl; Hakim Rahim-as, fl; Clifford Jarvis-d; Tommy Hunter-d; Lex Humphries-d; June Tyson-voc. Ballon Theatre, Cairo, 12/17/1971.

[Info from Geerken and Stahl]

One of the first Saturns with a Philadelphia serial number. Release date is unclear but should be 1974 or later. [rlc, thanks to Mark Webber for a tape]

This concert was sponsored by the Egyptian Ministry of Culture. (I've left the light show by Richard Wilkinson out of the credits.) Additional music was preserved on a private tape (see tapeography T71.12.17) [Trent]