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    Sun Ra The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra (2016 Reissue)

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    • Sun Ra – Of Sounds And Something Else
    • Sun Ra – What's That?
    • Sun Ra – Where Is Tomorrow?
    • Sun Ra – The Beginning
    • Sun Ra – China Gates
    • Sun Ra – New Day
    • Sun Ra – Tapestry From An Asteroid
    • Sun Ra – Jet Flight
    • Sun Ra – Looking Outward
    • Sun Ra – Space Jazz Reverie
    • 1. Of Sounds And Something Else
    • 2. What's That?
    • 3. Where Is Tomorrow?
    • 4. The Beginning
    • 5. China Gates
    • 6. New Day
    • 7. Tapestry From An Asteroid
    • 8. Jet Flight
    • 9. Looking Outward
    • 10. Space Jazz Reverie

    A stripped back Arkestra, freshly arrived in New York City, produced this 1961 album -- often considered their most accessible. Ra sticks to piano, with conga provided by Leah Ananda -- and the results are endearing.

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        Sun RaLanquidity (Deluxe Edition)Strut
        Deluxe, definitive issue of the greatest Sun Ra album, recorded in NYC, 1978! Super-deep, funky odd-ball jazz with spooky whispered vocals! Cult classic...
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        • 4×LP Box (1.5kg) STRUT237LPB£52.00
          • 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.

          • Remastered versions of main album and alternative versions cut at 45 RPM across 4xLPs

          • Includes unseen photos and extensive sleeve notes by Bob Blank, Michael Ray and Danny Ray Thompson of Sun Ra Arkestra and Tom Buchler of Philly Jazz
        • 2×CD STRUT237CD£16.00
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          • Includes unseen photos and extensive sleeve notes by Bob Blank, Michael Ray and Danny Ray Thompson of Sun Ra Arkestra and Tom Buchler of Philly Jazz
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        Sun RaSpaceways (RSD 16)Org Music
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            When Sun Comes Out finds Ra working with the Arkestra once more.T he sound is given a cosmological context and cut with an exotic ambience.
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