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    Gilles Peterson Presents Sun Ra And His Arkestra To Those Of Earth... And Other Worlds

    Strut
    • Sun Ra and His Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra – Love in Outer Space
    • Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra – On Jupiter
    • Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra – Spontaneous Simplicity
    • The Cosmic Rays With Sun Ra and The Arkestra – Dreaming
    • Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra – Black Sky And Blue Moon
    • 1. Sun Ra and His Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra – Love in Outer Space
    • 2. Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra – On Jupiter
    • 3. Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra – Spontaneous Simplicity
    • 4. The Cosmic Rays With Sun Ra and The Arkestra – Dreaming
    • 5. Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra – Black Sky And Blue Moon
    • 6. Sun Ra – Enlightenment
    • 7. The Sun Ra Arkestra – The World of Africa
    • 8. Sun Ra and His Arkestra – They Plan to Leave
    • 9. Sun Ra and His Arkestra – Children of the Sun
    • 10. Sun Ra and His Blue Universe Arkestra – Blackman
    • 11. Sun Ra and His Arkestra – India
    • 12. Sun Ra and His Arkestra – Mystery, Mr. Ra
    • 13. Sun Ra and His Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra – The All of Everything
    • 14. Sun Ra Quartet and John Gilmore – When There Is No Sun feat. John Gilmore
    • 15. Sun Ra and His Inter-Galactic Myth Science Solar Arkestra – Sleeping Beauty
    • 16. Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra – We Travel the Spaceways

    Following up on last year’s collection 'In The Orbit Of Ra' Strut head back into the vast Sun Ra universe with a curated set from Ra’s immense 125 LP back catalog, compiled by Gilles Peterson - picking his personal favourites, classics and unreleased tracks and weaves them into a flowing piece across 2CDs, showcasing the incredible variety of Ra’s work.

    **The Double vinyl comes with a bonus CD**

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