Omniverse – Sun Ra by Hartmut Geerken and Chris Trent Expanded and revised hardback 2nd edition Published by Art Yard – UK
Twenty years after its first publication, ART YARD are proud to present the fully revised 2nd edition of Hartmut Geerken’s long unobtainable Omniverse – Sun Ra, a definitive hitch-hiker’s guide to the Sun Ra galaxy.
The new, completely revised edition features:
Unpublished photographs of Sun Ra and the Arkestra by Hartmut Geerken and Val Wilmer.
Fully revised discography by Chris Trent, co-author of The Earthly Recordings of Sun Ra.
Articles by Geerken, Amiri Baraka, Chris Cutler, Robert L. Campbell, Salah Ragab, Gabi Geist and others.
New full colour images of hundreds of Sun Ra album covers, posters, handbills and ephemera, including reproductions of rare hand drawn and coloured LP sleeves.
For five decades, Sun Ra brightened planet Earth with his unique, provocative and esoteric musical philosophy. Touring the world with his formidable Arkestra, he represented and affirmed a new vision of Black history and culture, embodied and spread a new and powerfully influential Black philosophy, and revolutionised music with sounds from beyond the purple star zone.
Ra accepted no limitation imposed on him by earthly powers: his vista was the universe, his travel was interplanetary, his music borne along the spaceways as he delivered messages of light to a sleeping world. Now more than ever, the value and radicalism of his protean musical inventiveness, his socially collective self-determination, and his philosophical and poetic profundity can be seen. Where Ra went, we are slowly going, and we will find his message for us waiting there.
The new edition of Omniverse – Sun Ra is a major contribution to Sun Ra studies, and a dazzling overview of its subjects astonishingly productive career on Earth – the definitive companion to the many worlds of Sun Ra.
Omniverse Sun Ra
Hartmut Geerken and Chris Trent. 304 Pages. Binding: French fold cover, metallic foil blocking on Faimei cloth hardback. Size: 290mm x 245mm Portrait. With many previously un-published photographs of Sun Ra and His Arkestra in New York 1966 and Germany 1979 by Val Wilmer and Hartmut Geerken’s previously un-published photographs from Heliopolis Cairo Egypt 1971. Updated Discography by Chris Trent. Comprehensive pictorial and annotated discography, including chronological discography and alphabetical record title, composition, personnel and record label indexes. Shellac Records, 78RPM indexes, 45 RPM Singles indexes. Jackets and Labels indexes. Essays, photo documents by Hartmut Geerken, Val Wilmer, Amiri Baraka, Robert L. Campbell, Chris Cutler, Gabi Geist, Sigrid Hauff, Karl Heinz Kessler, Robert Lax and Salah Ragab.
ISBN: 978-0-9933514-0-2
Singles – Sun Ra Singles Vol.2 (3LP)
£29 GBP
Singles – Bundle Sun Ra Singles Vol.1 & Vol.2 (6LP)
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Singles Vol. 2 –
Singles Vol. 2 (3LP)
Sun Ra
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There Are Other Worlds / Sun Ra Limited Edition Fine Art Silk Screen Print.
£75 GBP
Living Sky – Compact Disc
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Sun Ra Arkestra Meets Salah Ragab In Egypt –
Sun Ra Arkestra Meets Salah Ragab In Egypt (1LP)
Sun Ra Arkestra & Salah Ragab
£20 GBP
Lanquidity –
Lanquidity (LP)
Sun Ra
£20 GBP
Swirling – Swirling (2LP)
£25 GBP
Marshall Allen presents Sun Ra And His Arkestra: In The Orbit Of Ra – Marshall Allen presents Sun Ra And His Arkestra: In The Orbit Of Ra (2LP)
£25 GBP
Living Sky – Standard Edition Gatefold Double Vinyl
$30.99 USD
Living Sky – Limited Edition Gatefold Double Vinyl (includes two artprints of Sun Ra and Marshall Allen by Damon Locks)
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DANCE OF THE COSMO ALIENS / DOOR OF THE COSMOS – Limited Edition Neon Magenta Heavy Weight 7" Vinyl
£14 GBP
Swirling – Infinity - Orange Limited Edition
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Egypt 1971 – [BUNDLE] Dark Myth Equation Visitation + Nidhamu + Horizon
£45 GBP
Gilles Peterson Presents Sun Ra And His Arkestra: To Those Of Earth... And Other Worlds – Gilles Peterson Presents Sun Ra And His Arkestra: To Those Of Earth... And Other Worlds (2LP)
£25 GBP
Sun Ra Arkestra Meets Salah Ragab In Egypt –
Sun Ra Arkestra Meets Salah Ragab In Egypt (CD)
Sun Ra Arkestra & Salah Ragab
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Sun Ra New York 1966 by Val Wilmer Limited Edition Fine Art Silk Screen Print.
£75 GBP
Swirling – Sun Ra Arkestra - Seductive Fantasy (2 Track 12" Special Edition)
£30 GBP
Sun Ra Heliopolis Cairo 1971 by Hartmut Geerken Limited Edition Fine Art Silk Screen Print.
£75 GBP
Swirling – Swirling (CD)
£12 GBP
Sun Ra Arkestra (Tote Bag)
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Angels and Demons at Play - featuring Marshall Allen – Limited Edition Heavy Weight 7inch Vinyl
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Lanquidity –
Lanquidity (2CD)
Sun Ra
£14 GBP
Lanquidity –
Lanquidity (Definitive 4LP Box Set)
Sun Ra
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Egypt 1971 – Horizon (LP)
£20 GBP
Egypt 1971 – Nidhamu (LP)
£20 GBP
Egypt 1971 – Dark Myth Equation Visitation (LP)
£20 GBP
Egypt 1971 – Egypt 1971 (4CD)
£20 GBP
Sun Ra Quartet - featuring John Gilmore : The Sky Is A Sea Of Darkness When There Is No Sun To Light The Way – Limited Edition Heavy Weight 7inch Vinyl
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Egypt 1971 – Egypt 1971 (Boxset)
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Singles – Sun Ra Singles Vol.1 (3LP)
£29 GBP
Of Abstract Dreams – Of Abstract Dreams (LP)
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Sun Ra Arkestra Alabama
The cosmic jazz master would have celebrated his 100th earth year in 2014 but his catalogue of over 150 albums, his unique philosophy and his legendary live performances live on for a new generation. The Arkestra lives on, under the direction of Marshall Allen. ... more
