The Sun Ra Arkestra - Strange Strings [Expanded Edition] (2xLP) (Mint (M))

Media Condition: Mint (M)
Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)

Brand New Sealed Stock. notes: product Code: CMR008LPCOSMIC MYTH updated 040225
 

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From the Bandcamp page:

Released August 2, 2024

2024 Cosmic Myth Records

Produced for reissue by Irwin Chusid and Michael D. Anderson

A1 recorded at Richard Alderson Studios, 1965
A2, B1, C1, C2, D2 recorded at Sun Studio, New York, ca. mid-1965
D1 recorded in concert at an unknown location ca. 1967-68.
D3 recorded at Sun Studio, ca. 1968, during an interview with an unidentified visiting journalist


PERSONNEL
Under the circumstances of the sessions, except for "World's Approaching," Sunny's occasional keyboards, and anecdotal remembrances, it's impossible to identify by style who played what. We don't know which Arkestran was assigned any specific stringed instrument. We don't know who played with a bow, who plucked, strummed, scraped, or hammered.

Sun Ra: piano strings, lightning drum, tympani, bandura, Clavioline (5), Clavinet (6), electric piano (7), Wurlitzer (7)
Marshall Allen: oboe (1), alto saxophone (1), piccolo (1), strings
John Gilmore: tenor saxophone (1), strings
Danny Davis: flute (1), alto saxophone (1), strings
Pat Patrick: flute (1), baritone saxophone(1), strings
Robert Cummings: bass clarinet (1), strings
Ali Hassan: trombone (1), strings
Carl Nimrod: strings, percussion
Ronnie Boykins: bass (1), viola (1), dutar
Clifford Jarvis: drums (1), tympani (Timpani) (1), percussion
James Jacson: log drums, strings
Art Jenkins ("Thlan Aldridge"): space voice, strings

Tape and disc transfers by Michael D. Anderson of the Sun Ra Music Archive
Additional tape transfers from the Experimental Sound Studio (ESS), Chicago
Digital restoration by Michael D. Anderson and Irwin Chusid

Thanks to John Corbett, Robert M. Campbell, Christopher Trent, John Szwed, Haruhi Kobayashi/Experimental Sound Studio, Gilbert Hsiao, Paul Griffiths

A1. World’s Approaching (stereo) 10:08
A2. Strings Strange (mono) 12:25
B1. Strange Strange (mono) 20:03
C1. Crystal Spheres (Between Worlds) (stereo) 7:30
C2. Cosmos Miraculous (mono) 11:10
D1. Untitled St. Peter’s (stereo) 8:32
D2. Moon Orbit (mono) 6:35
D3. Ra Explains The Bandura (mono) 6:10

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Barcode 881626806715
Matrix / Runout CMR-008 A Salt 41288.1(3)...
Matrix / Runout CMR-008 B Salt 41288.2(3)...
Matrix / Runout CMR-008 C Salt 41288.3(3)...
Matrix / Runout CMR-008 D Salt 41288.4(3)...

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Recorded At RLA Sound Studios
Recorded At Sun Studios, New York
Licensed From Sun Ra LLC
Lacquer Cut At Salt Mastering
Mastered At Record Technology Incorporated
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