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Grabado en varios lugares a lo largo de varios años (incluido el legendario enclave de las artes de vanguardia, el Squat Theater en Nueva York), las pistas aquí incluyen todo, desde la locura del sintetizador de ciencia ficción de Ra, el saxo ronco de Marshall Allen, una excelente pista vocal de Arkestra \"They Plan To Leave\", y mucho más. ¡Reeditado por primera vez y prensado en vinilo de color!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMisterio, Sr. Ra Cuando aparecen naves espaciales (Ra al rescate cap. 1) Blues de callejón sin salida (Fragile Emotion Blues) Drummerlistics Children Of The Sun Cosmo-Party Blues Space Shuttle (Ra al rescate cap. 2) Fate In A Pleasant Mood They Plan To Leave When Lights Are Dark (Blues de callejón sin salida alternativo)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e Fecha de lanzamiento: 29\/07\/2022\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e Detalle del formato: LP Vinilo verde translúcido\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e Formato: Vinilo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e Género: Jazz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Sun Ra","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41884543385681,"sku":"RW1914-MKQU-00","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/5023\/8545\/files\/Sun-Ra-Ra-To-The-Rescue-TRANSLUCENT-GREEN-VINYL_2DZU0.jpg?v=1762464396"},{"product_id":"sun-ra-sun-ra-the-space-age-is-here-to-stay-lunar-blue-vinyl","title":"Sun Ra La era espacial llegó para quedarse (Lunar Blue) [Discos y LP]","description":"\u003cp\u003e ¡De vuelta a los contenedores terrenales, en vinilo azul lunar!\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\r \nEn toda la historia del jazz, no hay compositor e intérprete más alocado y vanguardista que Herman Poole Blount, también conocido como Sun Ra. Conocido tanto por su personalidad alocada en el escenario como por sus composiciones innovadoras, Sun Ra fue la vanguardia del género del jazz, introduciendo la composición modal y la instrumentación electrónica antes que casi nadie, sin mencionar que dio vida a la era espacial con su obsesión por todo lo extraterrestre. A lo largo de más de 100 LP publicados durante su vida, Sun Ra trazó un rumbo hacia el espacio y mucho, mucho más allá.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\r \nModern Harmonic se enorgullece de presentar The Space Age Is Here To Stay, la primera colección de pistas vocales de Sun Ra: dos álbumes llenos de melodías alucinantes de la mente del mismísimo Hombre de Saturno. Puedes elegir entre un CD o dos LP envueltos en un hermoso paquete con ilustraciones del mismísimo rey del arte de la era espacial, Chesley Bonestell. Incluye extensas notas de Charles Blass de Sun Radio. ¡Pon a tocar y prepárate para visitar otros mundos en el cohete de jazz de Sun Ra!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e Fecha de lanzamiento: 30\/06\/2023\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e Formato: Vinilo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e Etiqueta: Armónica Moderna\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e Género: Jazz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Sun Ra","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41891589455953,"sku":"Q6W18H-SAX6-00","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/5023\/8545\/files\/the-space-age-is-here-to-stay-lunar-blue_CtL4U.jpg?v=1759469358"},{"product_id":"sun-ra-sun-ra-ra-to-the-rescue-translucent-green-vinyl-vinyl","title":"Sun Ra Ra To The Rescue (VINILO VERDE TRANSLÚCIDO) [Discos y LP]","description":"\u003cp\u003eUno de los álbumes más raros en el canon de Sun Ra, RTTR entró originalmente en nuestra órbita en 1983, desconcertando a los oyentes y confundiendo a los fanáticos de Ra con la mínima información sobre la edición de Saturn. 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Puede emocionarte; puede ponerte nervioso; puede tocarte las fibras del corazón; puede asustarte muchísimo. Lo más probable es que experimentes todo lo anterior antes de que termine la estremecedora jeremiada musical. ¡Prensado en vinilo violeta! Cuando eres Sun Ra, no necesitas sintetizadores para evocar visiones apocalípticas y excursiones interestelares. Ni siquiera necesitas una banda. Ra es más conocido por trabajar con varias iteraciones de su Arkestra, pero no era ajeno a las expediciones de teclado sin acompañamiento. Su discografía incluye álbumes de piano solo, discos de Fender Rhodes solos y grabaciones de órgano convencional, estas últimas desde sus grabaciones caseras de los años 40. Pero ninguno de esos instrumentos le ofreció a Sun Ra el tipo de artillería sónica que esperaba bajo sus dedos y pies cuando se sentaba ante los teclados, pedales y la constelación multicolor de pestañas que controlaban el órgano de tubos Wurlitzer. Místico y magistral, Ra parece aquí una mezcla entre un villano de película de terror de los años 50 que improvisa demoníacamente y un líder de congregación futurista que recita el evangelio interplanetario. Los punteos metálicos proporcionan el tipo de puntuación que podría representarse gráficamente como una cadena interminable de signos de exclamación en una fuente de 500 puntos. Los remolinos y las espirales bailan en la parte superior de la carnicería, enfriando las llamas lo suficiente para evitar que todo arda (al menos por un tiempo), pero nunca apagando la furia ardiente que Ra extrae del instrumento. A1. Más allá de Hiroshima B1. 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Sun Ra‚Äôs opus is at its simplest, a trip through outer bound melodies! Planetary bodies, eras in time, crystals, space caravans‚Ķ Allow yourself to envision or feel a world away with this deluxe package of 3LPs, a BluRay Disc \u0026amp; DVD of the film, and lots more!The audio portion contains the original music composed for the film, which was eventually released as a soundtrack in 1993. It also features The Mathematics Of The Altered Destiny a third previously unissued LP recorded in the same soundtrack sessions but is finally being released half a century after it was recorded. This newly discovered LP is heavy on the prose of Sun Ra, as he and June Tyson bestow countless bits of information and inspiration onto the listener. The film soundtrack is an entirely different journey than the 1973 Blue Thumb LP it shares its title with. We suggest you take both journeys. These recordings were sourced from the Sun Ra tape vault, then were digitally restored to make an album this special sound the best it possibly could.The BluRay contains the entire glorious film complete with film artifacts, and was sourced from the restoration prepared by Rapid Eye Movies of Germany. The bonus features on the BluRay are composed of Ra and Ra-centric material from the Modern Harmonic archives, including video from the Outer Space Visual Communicator footage.An additional track from these sessions, ‚ÄúThe Idea Of The Greater Age‚Äù can be found on the CD version of this album or on the album Some Skin: A Modern Harmonic Bongo \u0026amp; Percussion Party.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA1. It's After The End Of The World 3:25\r A2. Under Different Stars 3:55\r A3. Discipline 33 3:22\r A4. Watusa 7:11\r B1. Calling Planet Earth 3:04\r B2. I Am The Alter-Destiny 1:08\r B3. Satellites Are Spinning 2:33\r B4. Cosmic Forces 3:09\r B5. Outer Spaceways Incorporated 3:00\r B6. We Travel The Spaceways 2:28\r B7. The Overseer 3:04\r C1. Blackman \/ Love In Outer Space 16:53\r D1. Mysterious Crystal 5:53\r D2. I Am The Brother Of The Wind 5:54\r D3. We'll Wait For You 4:11\r D4. Space Is The Place 4:23\r E1. The Mathematics Of The Altered Destiny 13:18 (Previously Unissued)\r E2. Listen Intently To The Things I Do Not Say 7:09 (Previously Unissued)\r F1. Creation Is Fabrication 13:46 (Previously Unissued)\r F2. 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Recorded in ‚Äô73 and rejected by tin-eared major label execs in ‚Äô75, Crystal Spears (or ‚ÄúCrystal Clear‚Äù as it appears on the tape box) subsumes a cathartic brawl between Minimoog and Yamaha combo organ, with percussionists providing tonal textures, and plaintive oboe colliding with roaring electronic keyboards over waves of rollicking marimba, devilishly chattering below the fray. Crystal Spears is Ra‚Äôs once lost aural cinematheque! Includes a quad-ra-color Sun Ra poster!\\n\\nCrystal Spears, intended for release in 1975 by ABC\/Impulse! And assigned catalog # AS-9297, was ultimately rejected by the label. Ra and business manager Alton Abraham retained the rights, rechristened the album Crystal Clear and assigned Saturn Records catalog # 562‚Äîbut they never got around to issuing it. The first three tracks on this album were mastered from that tape, a 1\/4-inch four-track (15 ips) brand favored by home recording enthusiasts‚Äîand generally disfavored by pro engineers. The sessions took place at Variety Recording Studio in New York on February 3, 1973, a month before the Ark returned on March 8 to record Cymbals, as well as tracks issued decades later under the title Sign Of The Myth (and perhaps even Pathways To Unknown Worlds).\\n\\nWhy was Crystal Spears rejected? A year or two after Ra‚Äôs signing, reigning ABC management was swept out and new execs rolled in. It‚Äôs quite probable that the new execs didn‚Äôt comprehend what was happening on these recordings. For the uninitiated, this was not jazz as they knew it, but unbridled cacophony. But is it? Sun Ra always had a method to his madness‚Äîand a madness to his method.\\n\\nAlmost 50 years later Crystal Spears hits the earthen bins on RSD Black Friday 2018 and now it‚Äôs available on black vinyl with a quad-Ra-color poster, or compact disc. Both equipped with extensive liner notes and a stunning previously unpublished cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Crystal Spears 2. 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Featuring the debut of the complete version of ‚ÄúExtension Out,‚Äù Pathways has been exquisitely mastered from the four-track session reel and includes an insert offering an enlightening glimpse at Ra \u0026amp; co.‚Äôs plans for their major label lucre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e01. Pathways To Unknown Worlds 02. View From A Mountain Top 03. Extension Out 04. 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This is Ra sound at his most relaxed and contemplative state.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Sun Ra 1980 solo set at Haverford College has been kicking around the internet and in the digital libraries of Ra collectors for years, though it has not previously been properly mastered or commercially issued. Like many events in Ra's history, this gig has a story that goes beyond the music. Ra's presence onstage that night came about through an unforeseen chain of events that unfolded up until concert time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a very unique performance. Sun Ra is notorious for his aggressive keyboard attack and seemingly schizophrenic stylings‚Äîwhich can musically rocket from A to Z and back without transitional bridges. This set offers a marked contrast. Ra's instrument here is the celeste-like Fender Rhodes electric piano, which has a distinct sound (instantly recognizable in the Doors' \"Riders on the Storm\") and an interesting history. There are few pyrotechnics in this performance, and much restraint. Ra sounds relaxed and contemplative. It's Soothing Sounds for Saturnians.  - Irwin Chusid\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Love In Outer Space\r 2. Haverford Impromptu 1\r 3. Rhapsody In Blue\r 4. St. Louis Blues\r 5. Medley: Intro‚ÄìSpace Is The Place‚ÄìOver The Rainbow\r 6. Haverford Impromptu 2\r 7. We Live To Be (previously unissued)\r 8. 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Incredible is the fact that saxophonist Charles Davis, here providing the soulful baritone anchor line (counterpoint to Ra's formidable left hand), remains in the front-line of today's Sun Ra Arkestra directed by Marshall Allen. Shuffle swing breakdown jets leisurely, casually, masterfully, painting lush, post-modern impressions of ancient future worlds, of space, of time ‚Ķ of Chicago's elevated trains ‚Ķ Reaching for the sky, for Joy ‚Ķ. The ‚ÄúJoy‚Äù coda dovetails magically into the intro theme of \"Black Sky And Blue Moon,\" before downshifting into another dimension of romantic outrospection. We follow The Nu Sounds, aka Cosmic Rays, on a faraway journey to the land of late-50s Chicago singing groups, the Arkestra supporting with quiet grace, pulsing in Nubians of Plutonia mode. An uncanny blend of antique blackness and bright satellites, ethereal voices perfectly in tune; thanks to Ra's disciplined coaching (plus Modern Harmonic's expert re-mastering), their sweet dynamics and exact harmonics are crystal clear. Flute solo from Marshall Allen. 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The sprawling, suite-like 20-minute title track sustains a lyrical edge in spite of an open framework and textures, which encourage sonorities to surface and emerge from the band as if there was no human intention behind them. In opposition to ‚ÄúNuclear War,‚Äù Ra's organ playing here was built less on bombast and sonic terror than it is on whispers, stutters, shivers, and swells. Fireside Chat offers a wide stylistic array, as was the artist‚Äôs intent, reflecting his eclectic, seemingly irreconcilable approach to compositional extremes. With Sun Ra you get everything... except predictability. Pressed on yellow vinyl!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Nuclear War\r 2. Retrospect\r 3. Makeup\r 4. 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Recorded with Arkestra veterans at the same NY studio that hosted countless Sun Ra sessions since the late 60s, this first ever reissue of Celestial Love contains the only known recordings of the titular track and ‚ÄúBlue Intensity,‚Äù plus a cut not on the original Saturn LP!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e01. Celestial Love\r 02. Sometimes I‚Äôm Happy\r 03. Interstellarism\r 04. Blue Intensity\r 05. Sophisticated Lady\r 06. Nameless One #2\r 07. Nameless One #3\r 08. Smile\r 09. 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The CD includes the full uncut show with music not featured on the LP version! \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen you‚Äôre Sun Ra, you don‚Äôt need synthesizers to evoke apocalyptic visions and interstellar excursions. You don‚Äôt even need a band.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRa is most widely known for working with various iterations of his Arkestra, but he was no stranger to unaccompanied keyboard expeditions. His discography contains solo piano albums, solo Fender Rhodes records, and solo recordings on conventional organ, the latter going as far back as his home recordings from the 1940s. But none of those instruments ever offered Sun Ra the kind of sonic artillery that waited beneath his fingers and feet when he sat before the keyboards, pedals, and multicolored constellation of tabs controlling the Wurlitzer pipe organ. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMystic and magisterial, Ra comes off here like a cross between a demonically riffing ‚Äò50s horror movie villain and a futuristic congregation leader delivering the interplanetary gospel. Brassy stabs provide the kind of punctuation that could be graphically rendered as an endless string of exclamation marks in 500-point font. String-like swoops and swirls dance across the top of the carnage, cooling the flames just enough to keep the whole thing from combusting (for a while at least) but never dousing the fiery fury that Ra draws forth from the instrument.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. 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Sun Ra and the Arkestra weren‚Äôt a traditional studio band, and every star in the vast galaxy of their discography reflects this. The origins of these records can be hard to pinpoint at times, but when it comes to Thunder Of The Gods, it‚Äôs a bit easier. ‚ÄúCalling Planet Earth ‚Äì We‚Äôll Wait For You‚Äù was discovered on tapes from Ra‚Äôs, Universe In Blue, believed to be recorded in ‚Äô71. The raucous title track and ‚ÄúMoonshots Across the Sky‚Äù are unearthed from the ‚Äô66 Strange Strings sessions. Modern Harmonic has once again paired Ra‚Äôs sonic art with the visual art of ‚ÄúThe Father of Modern Space Art,‚Äù Chesley Bonestell, whose 1952 work ‚ÄùFormation of the Earth‚Äôs Continents‚Äù spralls across the front and back covers.\"Thanks to Modern Harmonic, in partnership with Sun Ra LLC, soon you will be holding an album of unreleased Sun Ra music 50 years after it was recorded! That this music survived to reach our ears after all of this time is quite a miraculous gift. It sounds as though it could have come from either the ancient past or the distant future, yet most perfectly, it‚Äôs the music of right now.‚Äù ‚Äî Christopher Eddy (Sun Ra Arkive) Also available on colored vinyl!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat Detail: CD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: CD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Sun Ra","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42027527962705,"sku":"9NOMHJ-1WAA-W8","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/5023\/8545\/files\/sun-ra-thunder-of-the-gods_7SDu6.jpg?v=1762488683"},{"product_id":"sun-ra-live-at-inter-media-arts-cd","title":"Live At Inter-Media Arts (CD)","description":"Sun Ra - Live At Inter-Media Arts (CD) \u003cbr\u003e Barcode: 90771802224 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e2016 Black Friday Exclusive! Available at Midnight on November 25th! Limited Quantities! A TRIPLE LP AND DOUBLE CD OF INTERPLANETARY PERFECTION! A stunning live Sun Ra event, recorded at the Inter-Media Arts Center in New York, April 20, 1991! Modern Harmonic proudly presents this very special Sun Ra recording, issued here for the first time ever! This concert was just two years before Ra‚Äôs ‚Äúearthly departure‚Äù ‚Äì and his keyboard work was amazingly strident and vibrant here. The Arkestra was in perfect form as well; this special night also showcased the Arkestra‚Äôs vocal magnificence with selections and sections powerfully performed by June Tyson, Michael Ray, T.C. Carney, James Jacson, and John Gilmore. Rarely will you hear the Arkestra with such clarity! Many Sun Ra releases were derived from live performances, but seldom did they have the quality or sonic-punch of this recording. We‚Äôd like to extend a big thank you to the folks at radio station WNYC, for perfectly capturing this event. At Modern Harmonic, we‚Äôre celebrating this evening by releasing the complete performance across three premium RTI LP pressings ‚Äì or on two compact discs ‚Äì with both configurations packaged in stunning, tri-fold chipboard jackets. Our limited edition release also features extensive liners by noted jazz writer Howard Mandel, and is wrapped in a gorgeous design by legendary album-art icon, Jim Flora. Double CD with exclusive liner notes! 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This is Ra sound at his most relaxed and contemplative state.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Sun Ra 1980 solo set at Haverford College has been kicking around the internet and in the digital libraries of Ra collectors for years, though it has not previously been properly mastered or commercially issued. Like many events in Ra's history, this gig has a story that goes beyond the music. Ra's presence onstage that night came about through an unforeseen chain of events that unfolded up until concert time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a very unique performance. Sun Ra is notorious for his aggressive keyboard attack and seemingly schizophrenic stylings‚Äîwhich can musically rocket from A to Z and back without transitional bridges. This set offers a marked contrast. Ra's instrument here is the celeste-like Fender Rhodes electric piano, which has a distinct sound (instantly recognizable in the Doors' \"Riders on the Storm\") and an interesting history. 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It has no plane.... of sorrow.  Hereby, our invitation‚Ķ We do invite you.... Be of our Space World Sun Ra And His Intergalactic Research Arkestra ‚ÄôEnlightenment‚Äô Within their 1973 European tour, Sun Ra and his Arkestra had just completed a residency at the legendary Gibus in Paris in October before travelling to Amiens for a Sunday afternoon concert. Those filing into the city‚Äôs Maison de la Culture that day would have little idea of the intense, visceral experience that awaited them. ‚ÄúSun Ra‚Äôs use of the Arkestra as his instrument in an onslaught of sound, colour and movement stimulated and even shocked the senses and the shakras of audience participants onto a higher plane of spirit consciousness,‚Äú explains the Arkestra‚Äôs Knoel Scott. On Side 1, the session kicks off with the theatrical overture, ‚ÄôEnlightenment‚Äô as Sun Ra and vocalist June Tyson invite the audience to ‚Äúbe of our space world‚Äú. 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The trip also included concerts in Rome, Milan and elsewhere: these produced enough recorded material for several Saturn albums, including Media Dream. The exact dates are uncertain. All the musicians were present in Rome as early as January 2nd, when they recorded New Steps for Horo; they were still in Italy on January 23rd, when a concert in Milan resulted in the Saturn LP Disco 3000. Indeed, Sun Ra himself may have remained in Italy throughout the closing weeks of the previous year, after performing solo in Rome and Venice during November 1977 – music from which has since appeared on the albums In Some Far Place: Roma ’77 (Strut) and Piano Recital – Teatro La Fenice, Venezia (Golden Years of New Jazz).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe January 1978 recordings, of which Media Dream is a great example, feature an instrument newly added to Sun Ra’s arsenal: the Crumar Mainman. It’s a rare keyboard, probably made in small numbers by Crumar, which manufactured synths from the late 1960s until 1984. Sun Ra plays it on recordings made in 1978. (Why not afterwards?) Martin O’Cuthbert also played the Mainman – he uses it on several recordings from 1979 and 1980: it’s described in that context as a “string synthesizer.” After that, it seems to disappear from view. It was reportedly the first keyboard to provide preprogrammed beats – Sun Ra certainly uses of that feature on Media Dream.  The album opens with Sun Ra building dark organ tonalities at the start of Saturn Research, creating an ominous barrage in the lower register. Luqman Ali contributes a subdued accompaniment. Ra’s is an orchestral concept here, a depiction of an ominous, portentous  scene. Unlike some of his other explorations in this musical territory (Atlantis, Hiroshima) the piece is not developed here into a large scale structure, but presented as a short sketch, satisfying and complete in itself. Applause separates it from the next track on the album: these are two pieces were clearly played one after the other in concert. As Constellation gets under way after the applause, Sun Ra lightens the mood, laying down rhythmic patterns with the Crumar Mainman, Michael Ray’s is the first musical statement over the top of these. Ra adds other keyboard layers above the rhythm to take the music in a different direction. There’s almost a hint of minimalism as performed by others here, but the way Sun Ra bends and deconstructs the mechanical patterns are all his own. John Gilmore follows with a solo which develops mellow moods out of tempo, before going into the high register as Sun Ra reintroduces the Crumar, elaborating on organ over the beats. Other musicans (Michael Ray, Luqman Ali) provide a backdrop as the piece draws to a close and the rhythm finally falters. Sun Ra’s solo keyboards are featured at the start of Yera Of The Sun launching an ‘outside’ improvisation. Luqman Ali enters as as improvising partner, rather than accompananist. Shouts of “Calling Planet Earth” follow, followed by more restrained (but still ‘outside’) keboard and a drum finale. Sun Ra’s keyboards start the title track Media Dream, the long original opening track of side B. Ra is joined eventually by Michael Ray’s trumpet: Ray developing the same thematic material. The piece draws nearer in mood and tempo to Constellation (or for that matter Disco 3000,) as Sun Ra uses the Crumar Mainman to build rhythmic layers under Michael Ray’s trumpet solo, they continue as a substory to his own keyboard improvisations, which take the energy levels higher. As the keyboard section ends, Luqman Ali and John Gilmore take centre stage, with a fine, pensive tenor sax statement from Gilmore to close the piece. Twigs At Twilight is simply beautiful, a mid-tempo piece which fades in mid-performance as John Gilmore commences a swinging tenor saxophone solo, over piano and drums. Piano and then drums drop out, Gilmore’s improvisation carrying on completely unaccompanied. Sun Ra reenters on piano, and provides a solo in his turn. The piece is closed out by a drum solo from Luqman Ali.  This is a live excerpt which perfectly captures the creative imagination of these musicians at its best. Sun Ra begins An Unknowneth Love with balladic piano, unaccompanied at first. Luqman Ali contributes percussion accompaniment. Sun Ra’s piano improvisation develops strongly and gains energy. A dramatic passage leads to a duo exchange between Ra and Ali, before the drummer take the piece out in a stately finale. In their original context, these Italian concert recordings served to document Sun Ra’s musical activity – his music was a cosmic newspaper, he once said. They emerged at a time when it was difficult to keep up with his releases (there was a peak in the output of new Sun Ra LPs between 1977 and 1980) but they still caught and held the attention of those lucky or determined enough to seek out these records.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMedia Dream came from the Philadelphia side of Saturn Records, without the involvement of the original Chicago operation, and had different production values, a more informal style than most of Sun Ra’s previous records, with many variants of cover and label artwork. With Philadelphia Saturns there’s still a definite emphasis on album architecture – Sun Ra had a strong instinct for what would make a dramatic statement in terms of track selection – but they increasingly trace the live performances of his working groups rather than focus on studio sessions. These 1978 recordings have stood the test of time. 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