Fantastic Voyage Music and writer Kris Needs have teamed up once again to put together an ambitious, career spanning collection for the one & only Sun Ra. The three disc set begins with Ra's earliest recordings from the 1940's as a sideman, and traces his career right up to the end - from swing to the solar system!
A Space Odyssey: From Birmingham To The Big Apple – The Quest Begins will be available on CD and MP3 from next Monday. It can be ordered directly from the label here, or from Amazon here.
You may remember that we ran a great Top 10 80's Memories of New York City by Kris Needs about a year and half ago.
“Compiler
Kris Needs has done a wonderful and rather important job, not so much
in offering a good sample of classic period Sun Ra, but in repositioning
his roots.” - WIRE
The word eclectic gets thrown around quite a bit. If there's one artist who truly deserves to be called eclectic, its Sun Ra. Here's one of my favorite related tracks which is included on disc one: The doowop "Dreaming" by The Cosmic Rays with Sun Ra and Arkestra:
CD1 Pre-flight
01. Saturn (Le Sun-Ra and His Arkistra)
02. Chocolate Avenue (Clarence Williams and His Orchestra)
03. Dig This Boogie (Wynonie Mr Blues Harris)
04. Lightnin' Struck The Poor House (Wynonie Mr Blues Harris with Jimmie Jackson and His Orchestra)
05. Blowtop Blues (Lil Green and Her Orchestra)
06. Deep Purple (Sonny Blount and Stuff Smith)
07. In Every Man's Life (Andy Tibbs and The Dozier Boys)
08. Dawn Mist (Eugene Wright and His Dukes Of Swing)
09. D.D.D. (Dorothy Donegan)
10. Aching Heart (Sax Mallard and His Sextet with Andrew Tibbs)
11. I Want To Rock (Miss Sharecropper LaVern Baker)
12. Hey Bartender (Red Saunders and His Orchestra, with Joe Williams)
13. Boot 'Em Up (Red Saunders and His Orchestra)
14. Hambone (Red Saunders and His Orchestra, with Dolores Hawkins and The Hambone Kids)
15. Voodoo Blues (Red Saunders and His Orchestra with Joe Williams)
16. Rebecca (Jo Jo Adams)
17. It's Raining Again (Joe Williams with the Red Saunders Band)
18. Summertime (Red Saunders and His Orchestra)
19. Alley "B" On 5th Ave. (Paul Bascomb and His Orchestra)
20. Chicago USA (Nu Sounds)
21. Daddy's Gonna Tell You No Lie (The Cosmic Rays with Sun Ra and Arkestra)
22. Dreaming (The Cosmic Rays with Sun Ra and Arkestra)
23. Spaceship Lullaby (Nu Sounds)
24. Last Call For Love (Billie Hawkins with Sun Ra and His Orchestra)
25. Muck Muck (Yochanan The Space Age Vocalist)
26. Medicine For A Nightmare (Le Sun-Ra and His Arkistra)
27. Adventur In Space (Sun Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra)
28. New Horizons (Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra)
CD2 Lift-off
01. A Call for All Demons (Le Sun-Ra and His Arkistra)
02. Future (Sun Ra and His Arkestra)
03. Planet Earth (Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra)
04. Overtones Of China (Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra)
05. India (Sun Ra and The Arkestra)
06. Eve (Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra)
07. Kingdom Of Not (Sun Ra and The Arkestra)
08. El Is A Sound Of Joy (Sun Ra and The Arkestra)
09. El Viktor (Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra)
10. Sunology (Sun Ra and The Arkestra)
11. Springtime In Chicago (Le Sun Ra and His Arkistra)
12. Brainville (Sun Ra and His Arkestra)
13. Street Named Hell (Sun Ra and His Arkestra)
14. Portrait Of The Living Sky (Sun Ra and The Arkestra)
15. Ankh (Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra)
16. Sun Song (Sun Ra and His Arkestra)
17. Advice To Medics (Sun Ra and The Arkestra)
CD3 Future Shock
01. Great Balls Of Fire (Le Sun Ra and His Arkistra)
02. Enlightenment (Le Sun Ra and His Arkistra)
03. Velvet (Le Sun Ra and His Arkistra)
04. Hours After (Le Sun Ra and His Arkistra)
05. Blues At Midnight (Le Sun Ra and His Arkistra)
06. Ancient Aiethopia (Le Sun Ra and His Arkistra)
07. Space Loneliness (Sun Ra and His Arkestra)
08. Teenager’s Letter Of Promises (Juanita Rogers and Lynn Hollings with Mr V’s Five Joys)
09. Big City Blues (Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra)
10. Bassism (Sun Ra and His Arkestra)
11. Where Is Tomorrow (Sun Ra and His Arkestra)
12. New Day (Sun Ra and His Arkestra)
13. Tapestry From An Asteroid (Sun Ra and His Arkestra)
14. The Beginning (Sun Ra and His Arkestra)
15. Message To Earthman (Yochanan)
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