The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, vols. 1-3

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Includes all three Heliocentric Worlds albums on three enhanced CDs, as follows:

Disk 1: The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, vol. 1 (7 tracks) plus the Sun Ra documentary film Spaceways

Disk 2: The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, vol. 2 (3 tracks) plus The Sun Ra Photo Archive

Disk 3: The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, vol. 3 (5 tracks) plus The Critical Writings Archive

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1.	Heliocentric 04:23	buy track
2.	Outer Nothingness 07:39	buy track
3.	Other Worlds 04:38	buy track
4.	The Cosmos 07:31	buy track
5.	Of Heavenly Things 05:47	buy track
6.	Nebulae 03:21	buy track
7.	Dancing in the Sun 01:55	buy track
8.	The Sun Myth 17:51	buy track
9.	A House of Beauty 04:47	buy track
10.	Cosmic Chaos 14:47	buy track
11.	Intercosmosis 17:03	buy track
12.	Mythology Metamorphosis 04:13	buy track
13.	Heliocentric Worlds 04:10	buy track
14.	World Worlds 05:06	buy track
15.	Interplanetary Travelers 05:04	buy track

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The 1965 sessions that produced the original two volumes of Heliocentric Worlds came during the most extremely free-form period of Ra's career, contemporaneous with The Magic City (Saturn Records). Volume 1, recorded in April with an 11-member band, consists of seven relatively short tracks (none over eight minutes); these tracks find Sun Ra breaking ground by using synthesizers and having the Arkestra musicians double on percussion. Recorded in November with an octet, Volume 2, in contrast, was much freer and featured the side-long "The Sun Myth" and the 15-minute "Cosmic Chaos." The horn players and legendary bassist Ronnie Boykins have plenty of room to stretch out and take full advantage. "A House of Beauty" offers five minutes of relatively lyrical respite between the other tracks. When ESP-Disk' resumed issuing new releases in 2005, Sun Ra archivist Michael D. Anderson resurrected another five tracks from the November session to create Volume 3, featuring the powerful "Intercosmosis."

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released October 24, 2020

Sun Ra: bass marimba, electronic celeste, clavioline, piano, tuned bongos, tympani; John Gilmore: tenor sax, timpani; Marshall Allen: alto sax, flute, piccolo; Pat Patrick: baritone sax, flute, percussion; Robert Cummings: bass clarinet, wood blocks; Chris Capers: trumpet (1); Walter Miller: trumpet (2-3); Bernard Pettaway: bass trombone (1); Danny Davis: flute (1); Ronnie Boykins: bass; Clifford Jarvis: drums (1); Jimhmi Johnson: percussion (1); Roger Blank: drums (2-3)
Recorded by Richard L. Alderson at RLA Sound Studios, New York City, April 20, 1965 (disc 1) and November 16, 1965 (discs 2 and 3)

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