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500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die!
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Sun Ra didn't really have "greatest hits," or hits at all to speak of, producing scores of LPs on his own Saturn label in editions numbering in the hundreds, primarily for bandstand sales. These albums sported cover art handcrafted by band members, and the records have become rare collector's items. Whatever the title, Jerry Gordon, the person responsible for Evidence Music's ambitious reissues of the Saturn recordings, has constructed an excellent introduction to Sun Ra's cosmic empire of big-band swing, free-jazz improvisation, electronic sound effects, science fiction, and ancient Egyptian mysteries with this
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Manufacturer: Evidence
Release date: 26 September 2000
EAN: 0730182221923 UPC: 730182221923
Release date: 26 September 2000
EAN: 0730182221923 UPC: 730182221923
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JxSxPx rated this 9/10 2 years, 2 months ago
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500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die! (500 music items)
"A 1956–’73 sample of the madness that was Ra’s Arkestra ensemble. “Hits” is an exaggeration, but this focuses on the self-proclaimed space exile’s most accessible work. Standout track: “We Travel the Spaceways”"
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