SUN RA
"Wonderful 1978 El Saturn recording in first-class reissue by the new Art Yard imprint, with notes and two rare Val Wilmer photographs, and royalties to the Arkestra. 'Disco 3000'/'Third Planet'/'Friendly Galaxy'/'Dance Of The Cosmo Aliens'. Sun Ra (keyboards & ...
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COSMO ALIENS 001 | ART YARD
"An amazing live date from Sun Ra & The Arkestra recorded in Cairo in 1971, with a very transcendent sound overall! Ra and the group are clearly inspired to be working in the shadow of the pyramids and their music sometimes has Eastern overtones, a bit in the manner of ...
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ARTYARDCD008 | ART YARD
record store day 2016 release "Thanks to some inspired detective work by Art Yard Records, an intimate trio performance by Sun Ra in Rome in 1977, 'In Some Far Place', is receiving its first release for this year's Record Store Day on April 16th. Recorded from the sound ...
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STRUT122LP | STRUT
RECORDED AT BLANK TAPES STUDIO, NYC, 1978 "The album was originally on the 'micro-label' Philly Jazz, owned by a Philadelphia recording engineer who knew Sun Ra from his live performances on University of Pennsylvania's WXPN. The album has become a much in demand rarity ...
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PJ-666 | PHILLI JAZZ
Sun Ra (piano, organ, synth, rhythm machine); Michael Ray (trumpet, vocals); John Gilmore (tenor sax, drums, vocals); Luqman Ali (drums, vocals). Live in Italy, January 1978. "Sun Ra's Media Dreams is a real pinnacle of creativity for Sun Ra, presenting him in a quartet ...
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AYOOT002 | ART YARD
2018 REPRESS/REMASTERED "By the late 1970s the Saturn record label had become a musical newspaper, keeping the world abreast of the latest developments in the Sun Ra story, for those people lucky or persistent enough to find the few outlets where the albums were ...
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ARTYARD-333-COSMODREAM | ART YARD
"Another much sought after and long unavailable title recorded in 1974 with a smallish ensemble consisting (probably) of stalwarts Marshall Allen, John Gilmore, Danny David, James Jacson, Akh Tal Ebah, Clifford Jarvis, Artakatune, and a new electric guitarist, Sly, and ...
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ARTYARDCD010 | ART YARD
"As composer, bandleader, and full-time member of the Sun Ra Arkestra, Pat Patrick was a visionary musician whose singular contribution to the jazz tradition has not yet been fully recognised. As well holding down the baritone spot in the Arkestra for 35 years, Patrick ...
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ARTYARD-CIA100 | ART YARD
"Volume 2 of the Sun Ra singles focuses on Yochanan (aka The Space Age Vocalist) - a wild and wildly original street performer from Chicago that Sun Ra befriended - along with some other amazing Sun Ra sides." (label info)
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JD106LP | JEANNE DIELMAN
