Description
Tracklist:
A1: Kingdom of Thunder
A2: Space Mates
A3: Star Bright
A4: The Nile, Part 1
A5: Eve
B1: Tiny Pyramids
B2: The Lady With The Golden Stockings
B3: Paradise
B4: New Horizons
B5: Portrait Of The Living Sky
C1: India
C2: Ancient Aiethopia
C3: Planet Earth
C4: April In Paris
D1: Island In The sun
D2: Africa
D3: Friendly Galaxy
E1: Interstellar Low Ways
E2: The Conversion Of J.P.
E3: Cha-Cha in In Outer Space
F1: Brazilian Sun
F2: Lights On A Satellite
F3: Somewhere In Space
F4: Spontaneous Simplicity
F5: Overtones Of China
Released for Record Store Day Black Friday 2017. Limited to 1000 copies. Tracks C2, C3, E1, F4 Stereo. All other selections Mono.
Recordings produced for Sun Ra and Enterplanetary Koncepts (BMI), except: “Tiny Pyramids” by Ronnie Boykins, Enterplanetary Koncepts (BMI) and “April in Paris” by Venom Duke and Yip Harburg, Glocca Morra Music Corp., Kay Duke Music, and Universal Music Corp. (ASCAP).
Recordings produced by Sun Ra for Saturn Records, under the business aegis of Alton Abraham
Album produced by Irwin Chusid
Audio transfers by Michael D. Anderson, Sun Ra Music Archive
Audio restoration by Michael D. Anderson and Irwin Chusid
Mastered by Brendan Ford at Sundazed Studios North
Project Management: Jay Millar
Text Editing: Austin Gray and Brian Thompson
Production Coordination: Stephanie Kennedy
Art direction: Laura Lindgren
Cover art: “Antares” by Chesley Bonestell, restoration by Laura Lindgren. Original cover artwork reproduced courtesy of Bonestell LLC
Back cover photo of Ronnie Boykins photographer unidentified, courtesy Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library. Thanks to Christine Colburn and Patti Gibbons
Thanks to Christopher Trent, Robert Campbell, John Szwed, Br. Cleeve, Paul Youngquist, Piet Schreuders, Garrett Shelton, Peter Dennett, Lisa Capuano, Jim Elferdink, and Byron Werner
