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Sun Ra - Lights on a Satellite: Live at the Left Bank 1978

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Vinyl 2LP
Genre: Jazz
Release Date:
Sun Ra | AFK Books & Records
$54.99

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Description
Format: 2 x LP
Label: Resonance
Quantity: 1500
Release type: RSD Exclusive Release

Available for the very first time, the intergalactic icon Sun Ra and his Arkestra’s Lights On A Satellite: Live at the Left Bank was recorded on July 23, 1978 at the Famous Ballroom in Baltimore, Maryland by the Left Bank Jazz Society.
The limited-edition 180g 2 x LP set contains audio from the Sun Ra Archives, and was researched and compiled by Sun Ra archivist Michael D. Anderson. Mastering by engineer Joe Lizzi and lacquers cut by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab. The critically acclaimed independent filmmaker Robert Mugge has also provided audio from the recordings he made at the Left Bank, featured in his 1980 film Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise.
The deluxe package includes liner notes by veteran music critic J.D. Considine, plus interviews with the centenarian Arkestra saxophonist Marshall Allen, NEA Jazz Master saxophonist Gary Bartz and pianist Craig Taborn.

Tracklist
Side A 1. BAND INTRO - THUNDER OF DRUMS (4:27) 2. TAPESTRY FROM AN ASTEROID (12:52) 3. SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW (2:59) 4. A PLEASANT PLACE IN SPACE (4:26)
Side B 1. SPACE TRAVELIN' BLUES (5:56) 2. YEAH MAN (2:36) 3. BIG JOHN SPECIAL (3:09) 4. LIGHTS ON A SATELLITE (4:47) 5. LADY BIRD (5:52)
Side C 1. COCKTAILS FOR TWO (4:26) 2. WATUSI (11:23) 3. THEY PLAN TO LEAVE (9:09)
Side D 1. IMAGES IN A MIRROR (4:08) 2. WE TRAVEL THE SPACEWAYS (7:28) 3. BLUES PIANO JOINT (6:05) 4. 'ROUND MIDNIGHT (5:50)
Total Time - 95:45