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    Sun Ra Secrets of the Sun

    • Sun Ra – Friendly Galaxy
    • Sun Ra – Solar Differentials
    • Sun Ra – Flight to Mars
    • 1. Friendly Galaxy
    • 2. Solar Differentials
    • 3. Space Aura
    • 4. Love in Outter Space
    • 5. Reflects in Motion
    • 6. Solar Symbols
    • 7. Flight to Mars

    Mystical magical mid-sixties album from cult Saturnian jazz hero Sun Ra!

    Featuring a classic cast of Arkestra muscians including Marshall Allen, John Gilmore, Pat Patrick, and Ronnie Boykins, this is one of the last truly great 1960s Sun Ra abums to be re-issued and it really shows how his move to New York got his creative juices going and helped him lead the Arkestra in this loose-limbed, adventurous astral music!

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