"ASTRO BLACK" SUN RA 1973 USA IMPULSE QUAD / STEREO GATEFOLD LP AS-9255

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"ASTRO BLACK" SUN RA 1973 USA  IMPULSE! QUAD / STEREO GATEFOLD LP AS-9255

COMPATIBLE STEREO / QUAD

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• Rights Society: BMI
• Matrix / Runout (A-Side Label): AS-9255-A
• Matrix / Runout (B-Side Label): AS-9255-B
• Matrix / Runout (A-Side Runout Etching): IT AS-9255 A 3 B
• Matrix / Runout (B-Side Runout Etching): TI AS-9255 B 3 B6

Recorded at El Saturn Studio, Chicago, Illinois, May 7, 1972.

Sleeve features seven poems taken from the book titled "The Immeasurable Equation" by Sun Ra. 

Produced by Alton Abraham, Ed Michel

"One of a handful of albums Sun Ra released on Impulse in the early '70s, "Astro-Black" provides a comprehensive picture of where the Arkestra was around the time, drawing to the end of their ultra-free period and beginning to investigate some traditional jazz forms. The opening title track explores some of Ra's spacier side, sounding a bit like a calmer alternative to his well-known "Space Is the Place" with June Tyson's ethereal vocals and the leader's ghostly synthesizer. "Discipline '99'" is a relaxed, bluesy number, but this is followed by a lively African-percussion-driven work, "Hidden Spheres," which, along with the propulsion provided by the great, underappreciated bassist Ronnie Boykins, is a fine example of Ra's band at their most enjoyable. "The Cosmo-Fire," the 18-minute track that closes the album, is a sprawling affair, a smorgasbord of Arkestra once again held in place by Boykins' bass, serving as a solid stem off of which Sun Ra launches abstract organ and vibraphone explorations and the rest of the band wails and sputters. Again, the performance is loose, but in a way that enhances the otherworldly effect that Ra strove for. "Astro-Black" is a decent introduction to his unique sound world".

Track listing, personnel and credits:

Tracklist:

All Tracks arranged and composed by Sun Ra 

Personnel:

• Keyboards [Electronic], Synthesizer [Moog], Vibraphone [Electro] – Sun Ra
  
• Alto Saxophone – Danny Davis, Marshall Allen
• Baritone Saxophone – Danny Thompson 
• Bass – Ronnie Boykins
• Bass Clarinet – Eloe Omoe
• Clarinet [Mistro] – Pat Patrick
• Congas – Atakatun, Chiea, Odun
• Percussion – Tommy Hunter
• Tenor Saxophone, Percussion – John Gilmore
• Trombone – Charles Stephens
• Trumpet – Akh Tal Ebah, Lamont McClamb
• Violin, Viola – Alzo Wright
• Vocals [Word-melody] – June Tyson
• Voice [Space Ethnic] – Ruth Wright

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