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    Sun Ra Sleeping Beauty

    Strut Records
    • Sun Ra – Door of the Cosmos
    • Sun Ra – Sleeping Beauty
    • 1. Springtime Again
    • 2. Door of the Cosmos
    • 3. Sleeping Beauty

    The holy grail of Sun Ra albums! Utterly essential deep jazz with vocals and Sun Ra on electric piano - this is up there with Lanquidity as one of his best albums! Very highly recommended! If you like 1970s deep jazz then you need this album - it's as simple as that!

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                • Silver foil box, first 2LP set in a foil / magenta sleeve, 2nd set in 2x yellow A4 sheets incl. a 12-page over-sized booklet.

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