SUN RA AND HIS SOLAR ARKESTRA SATURN LP FG9954
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Description
GOLD LABEL LP vg, plays well with no pops or skips with good fidelity and medium surface noise cover vg+, rw, but otherwise intact and clean Side A:
Friendly Galaxy (Ra) Ra-p; Al Evans-flg; Marshall Allen-fl; John Gilmore-bcl; Pat Patrick- fl; Calvin Newborn-eg; Ronnie Boykins-b; Tommy Hunter-d.
Solar Differentials (Ra) Ra-p, gong; John Gilmore-space bird sounds; Ronnie Boykins-b; Tommy Hunter-space bird sounds, reverb; C. Scoby Stroman-d; Art Jenkins- space voice.
Space Aura (Ra) Ra-p; Eddie Gale-tp; Marshall Allen-as; John Gilmore-ts; Pat Patrick- bs; Ronnie Boykins-b; C. Scoby Stroman-d.
Eddie Gale confirms his presence here. He and Allen are audible only during a brief ensemble freakout.
Side B:
Love in Outer Space (Ra) Ra-p; Marshall Allen-morrow; John Gilmore-bcl, space drums; Pat Patrick-space drums; Ronnie Boykins-b; Jimmy Johnson-perc.
Reflects Motion (Ra) Ra-p; Marshall Allen-fl; John Gilmore-ts; Ronnie Boykins-b; Tommy Hunter-perc; C. Scoby Stroman-d.
Solar Symbols (Ra) Ra-sun harp, gong; Tommy Hunter and rest of the Arkestra on bells, hand drums, woodblocks, lots of reverb.
Recorded at the Choreographers' Workshop, NYC, by Tommy Hunter, New York, 1962. [Personnel from jacket via Buzelin; date from Tommy Hunter, who says Al Evans joined after Art Forms was done; Art Jenkins also mentions making the album 5 months after meeting Sun Ra; they met not long after Ra arrived in New York]
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