Sun Ra - In the Orbit of Ra - LP

Double Vinyl LP, Compilation

Released to mark what would have been Sun Ra's 100th birthday, In The Orbit Of Ra is a 2014 collection curated by Marshall Allen, the longest-serving member of the Arkestra and its current bandleader. Drawing together highlights from more than 25 years of music and mastered from the original tapes, it stands as the first internationally released compilation to introduce Sun Ra's work, hand-picked by the Arkestra itself.

Features

• Double vinyl LP compilation curated by Marshall Allen
• Mastered from the original tapes
• Label: Strut / Art Yard

Track Listing

Disc One:

1. Somewhere in Space
2. The Lady with the Golden Stockings (The Golden Lady)
3. Somebody Else's World
4. Spontaneous Simplicity
5. Plutonian Nights
6. Angels and Demons at Play
7. Island in the Sun (Extended Version)
8. Rocket Number Nine Take Off for the Planet Venus
9. Solar Differentials

Disc Two:

1. Astro Black
2. Have You Heard the Latest News from Neptune?
3. Dance of the Cosmo Aliens
4. Trying to Put the Blame on Me
5. Planet Earth
6. The Nile
7. Reflects Motion (Part One)
8. Reflects Motion (Part Two)
9. Ancient Aiethopia
10. Interplanetary Music
11. We Travel the Spaceways