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Singles

by Sun Ra Arkestra

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Family Feet
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Family Feet March 2023 - “It’s a motherfucker.” Also includes one of the best Christmas songs going. Favorite track: Nuclear War.
JAH
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JAH What a journey. The contrast between the early singles and the later stuff is remarkable. Favorite track: Disco 2021.
JoronJoron
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JoronJoron Colossal and essential! Favorite track: Call For All Demons.
jean deaux
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jean deaux quite a range here, two versions of the magnificent 'saturn', some raunch and roll, covers from the gershwins (a foggy day) to monk (round midnight) some arkestral doowop (daddy's gonna tell you no lie, bye bye, somebody's in love, dreaming) that bring to mind frank zappa's love of and work with the genre, some blues and a bunch of the 'space music' normally associated with the name sun ra Favorite track: Daddy’s Gonna Tell You No Lie.
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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    A1 I Am An Instrument
    A2 I Am Strange
    A3 Sun Ra - Chicago Usa (With Nu Sounds)
    A4 Sun Ra & The Nu Sounds - Spaceship Lullaby
    A5 The Cosmic Rays - Daddy's Gonna Tell You No Lie (With Sun Ra & Arkestra)
    A6 The Nu Sounds - A Foggy Day (With Sun Ra & Arkestra)
    A7 Billie Hawkins - I'm Coming Home (With Sun-Ra & His Orchestra)
    A8 Billie Hawkins - Last Call For Love (With Sun-Ra & His Orchestra)

    B1 Sun Ra & His Arkestra - Soft Talk
    B2 Sun Ra & His Arkestra - Super Blonde
    B3 Le Sun Ra & His Arkestra - Saturn
    B4 Le Sun Ra & His Arkestra - Call For All Demons
    B5 Sun Ra & His Arkestra - Demon's Lullaby
    B6 Sun Ra & His Arkestra - Supersonic Jazz

    C1 Le Sun Ra & His Arkestra - Medicine For A Nightmare
    C2 Le Sun Ra & His Arkestra - Urnack
    C3 The Qualities - It's Christmas Time
    C4 The Qualities - Happy New Year To You!
    C5 Yochanan (The Space Age Vocalist) - M Uck M Uck (Matt Matt)
    C6 Yochanan (The Space Age Vocalist) - Hot Skillet Moma

    D1 Sun Ra & His Arkestra & The Cosmic Rays - Bye Bye
    D2 Sun Ra & His Arkestra & The Cosmic Rays - Somebody's In Love
    D3 The Cosmic Rays - Dreaming (With Sun Ra & Arkestra)
    D4 Sun Ra & The Cosmic Rays - Daddy's Gonna Tell You No Lie
    D5 Sun Ra & His Astro Infinity - October

    E1 Sun Ra & His Astro Infinity - Adventure In Space
    E2 Sun Ra & His Arkestra & The Cosmic Rays - Hours After
    E3 Sun Ra & His Arkestra & The Cosmic Rays - Great Balls Of Fire
    E4 Hattye Randolph - Round Midnight (With Sun Ra & His Astro Infinity Arkestra)
    E5 Hattye Randolph - Back In Your Own Back Yard (With Sun Ra & His Astro Infinity

    F1 Le Sun Ra & His Arkestra - Saturn
    F2 Le Sun Ra & His Arkestra - Velvet
    F3 Yochanan With Sun Ra & His Arkestra - The Sun One
    F4 Yochanan With Sun Ra & His Arkestra - Message To Earthman
    F5 Yochanan With Sun Ra & His Arkestra - The Sun Man Speaks

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    A1 Space Lonliness
    A2 State Street
    A3 The Blue Set
    A4 Big City Blues

    B1 A Blue One
    B2 Orbitration In Blue
    B3 Hell #1 (a.k.a Out There A Minute)
    B4 Tell Her To Come On Home
    B5 I'm Making Believe

    C1 The Bridge
    C2 Rocket #9
    C3 Blues On Planet Mars
    C4 Saturn Moon
    C5 Journey To Saturn
    C6 Enlightenment

    D1 I'm Gonna Unmask The Batman
    D2 The Perfect Man
    D3 Love In Outer Space
    D4 Mayan Temple
    D5 Sky Blues

    E1 Disco 2021
    E2 Rough House Blues
    E3 Cosmo-Extensions
    E4 Quest
    E5 Outer Space Plateau
    E6 Sometimes I'm Happy

    F1 Nuclear War
    F2 On Jupiter / Cosmo Drama (Prophetika 1)
    F3 Cosmo Drama (Prophetika 2)
    F4 I Am The Instrument

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  • Singles (3CD)
    Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    CD 1
    1. Sun Ra - I Am An Instrument 01:37
    2. Sun Ra - I Am Strange 03:12
    3. Sun Ra With Nu Sounds - Chicago USA 02:56
    4. Sun Ra & The Nu Sounds - Spaceship Lullaby 02:18
    5. The Cosmic Rays With Sun Ra And Arkestra - Daddy’s Gonna Tell You No Lie (Demo Version) 03:07
    6. The Nu Sounds With Sun Ra And Arkestra - A Foggy Day 01:04
    7. Billie Hawkins With Sun-Ra & His Orchestra - I'm Coming Home 02:03
    8. Billie Hawkins With Sun-Ra & His Orchestra - Last Call For Love 02:27
    9. Sun Ra & His Arkestra - Soft Talk 02:43
    10. Sun Ra & His Arkestra - Super Blonde 02:36
    11. Le Sun Ra & His Arkestra - Saturn 03:01
    12. Le Sun Ra & His Arkestra - Call For All Demons 04:21
    13. Sun Ra & His Arkestra - Demon's Lullaby 02:40
    14. Sun Ra & His Arkestra - Supersonic Jazz (Super Blonde) 02:35
    15. Le Sun Ra & His Arkestra - Medicine For A Nightmare 02:37
    16. Le Sun Ra & His Arkestra - Urnack 03:49
    17. The Qualities - It’s Christmas Time 02:45
    18. The Qualities - Happy New Year To You! 01:48
    19. Yochanan With Sun Ra & His Rays Of Jazz - M Uck M Uck (Matt Matt) 02:48
    20. Yochanan With Sun Ra & His Rays Of Jazz - Hot Skillet Moma 03:13
    21. Sun Ra & The Cosmic Rays - Bye Bye (45 Rpm Version) 02:50
    22. Sun Ra & The Cosmic Rays - Somebody's In Love 01:48
    23. Le Sun Ra & His Arkestra - Hours After 02:48
    24. Sun Ra & His Myth Science Arkestra - Great Balls Of Fire 05:29

    CD 2
    1. Sun Ra & His Astro Infinity - October 04:41
    2. Sun Ra & His Astro Infinity - Adventure In Space 02:35
    3. The Cosmic Rays With Sun Ra And Arkestra - Dreaming 02:44
    4. Sun Ra & The Cosmic Rays - Daddy’s Gonna Tell You No Lie 03:05
    5. Hattye Randolph With Sun Ra & His Astro Infinity Arkestra - Round Midnight (Take 3) 03:51
    6. Hattye Randolph With Sun Ra & His Astro Infinity Arkestra - Back In Your Own Back Yard (Take 1) 02:03
    7. Le Sun Ra & His Arkestra - Saturn 03:41
    8. Le Sun Ra & His Arkestra - Velvet 03:24
    9. Yochanan With Sun Ra & His Arkestra - The Sun One 02:32
    10. Yochanan With Sun Ra & His Arkestra - Message To Earthman (Alternate Take) 02:25
    11. Yochanan With Sun Ra & His Arkestra - The Sun Man Speaks 04:36
    12. Sun Ra & His Arkestra - Space Loneliness 04:34
    13. Sun Ra & His Arkestra - State Street 03:32
    14. Sun Ra & His Arkestra - The Blue Set 04:42
    15. Sun Ra & His Arkestra - Big City Blues 03:15
    16. Sun Ra & His Arkestra feat. Pat Patrick - A Blue One 03:51
    17. Sun Ra & His Arkestra feat. Pat Patrick - Orbitration In Blue 04:45
    18. Sun Ra & His Arkestra - Out There A Minute 03:26
    19. Little Mack With Sun Ra & His Arkestra - Tell Her To Come Home 02:07
    20. Little Mack With Sun Ra & His Arkestra - I'm Making Believe 03:13

    CD 3
    1. Sun Ra & His Outer Space Arkestra - The Bridge 01:58
    2. Sun Ra & His Outer Space Arkestra - Rocket #9 02:25
    3. Sun Ra & His Astro-Solar-Infinity Arkestra - Blues On Planet Mars 03:26
    4. Sun Ra & His Astro-Solar-Infinity Arkestra - Saturn Moon 02:15
    5. Sun Ra & His Astro-Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra - Journey To Saturn 03:45
    6. Enlightenment 03:28
    7. Sun Ra & His Astro-Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra - I'm Gonna Unmask The Batman 02:18
    8. Sun Ra & His Astro-Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra - The Perfect Man 05:00
    9. Sun Ra & His Arkestra - Love In Outer Space 03:51
    10. Sun Ra & His Arkestra - Mayan Temple 03:39
    11. Sun Ra Quartet - Sky Blues 02:43
    12. Sun Ra Quartet - Disco 2021 02:35
    13. Sun Ra - Rough House Blues 03:36
    14. Sun Ra - Cosmo-Extensions 04:24
    15. Sun Ra & His Outer Space Arkestra - Quest 02:35
    16. Sun Ra & His Outer Space Arkestra - Outer Space Plateau 02:23
    17. Sun Ra Arkestra - Nuclear War 07:44
    18. Sun Ra Arkestra - Sometimes I'm Happy 04:30
    19. Sun Ra Arkestra - On Jupiter / Cosmo Drama (Prophetika 1) 03:12
    20. Sun Ra Arkestra - Cosmo Drama (Prophetika 2) 03:17
    21. Sun Ra - I Am The Instrument 06:58

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Strut present a new definitive collection of singles released by jazz maverick Sun Ra during his Earth years, spanning 1952 to 1991. Released prolifically during the 1950s and more sporadically thereafter, primarily on the Saturn label, the 45s offer one-off meteorites from Ra’s prolific cosmic journey, tracing the development of his forward-thinking “Space-Bop” and his unique take on jazz and blues traditions which sounded unlike anything else from the period. As with his LPs, most 45s were only pressed in small runs and were sold at gigs and have since become extremely rare and sought after. Some have only been discovered in physical form in recent years; some were planned and pencilled but allegedly never made it to vinyl and some appeared as one-off magazine singles and posthumous releases.

‘Singles’ will be released in various formats across two release dates. All formats feature fully remastered tracks, rare photos, poster artwork, extensive sleeve notes by Francis Gooding, an interview with Saturn Records founder Alton Abraham by John Corbett and detailed track by track and session notes by Paul Griffiths. The 45s box sets each feature a hardboard flip top box containing 10 x 45s in their original artwork along with a bound 28pp booklet.


Release dates and formats:

November 25th 2016:
- all-encompassing 3CD and digital versions covering Ra’s full output from 1952-1991
- 3LP set Volume 1 covering 1952-1961

December 9th 2016
- 10 x 45 box set Volume 1 covering 1952-1961 (limited to 500 copies)

March 2017:
- 3LP set Volume 2 covering 1962-1991
- 10 x 45 box set Volume 2 covering 1962-1991 (limited to 500 copies)

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released November 9, 2022

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