The Sun Ra Arkestra - Strange Strings (Expanded Edition) (CD) (Mint (M))

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

Brand New Sealed Stock. notes: product Code: CMR008CDCOSMIC MYTH updated 040225
 

Notes:

Comes in a digipack with a 12 page booklet.

From the Bandcamp page:

Released August 2, 2024

2024 Cosmic Myth Records

All tracks produced by Sun Ra
Produced for reissue by Irwin Chusid and Michael D. Anderson

1 recorded at Richard Alderson Studios, 1965
2, 3, 4, 5, 7 recorded at Sun Studio, New York, ca. mid-1965
6 recorded in concert at an unknown location ca. 1967-68.
8 recorded at Sun Studio, ca. 1968, during an interview with an unidentified visiting journalist

All titles composed by Sun Ra © Enterplanetary Koncepts (BMI)

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 (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
Mastered by Joe Lizzi

Executive Producers for Virtual Label: Peter Wright and John Allen

Art Direction: Edward ODowd
Cover photography: Charles Shabacon

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

Issued under license from Sun Ra LLC

1. World's Approaching (stereo) 10:08
2. Strange Strings (mono) 12:25
3. Strange Strings (stereo) 8:33
4. Crystal Spheres (Between Worlds) (stereo) 7:30
5. Cosmos Miraculous (mono) 11:10
6. Untitled St. Peter's (stereo) 8:32
7. Ra Explains the Bandura (mono) 6:10

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Barcode 881626806722
Matrix / Runout CMR008CD 6745-CD-6465 24-190-16
Mastering SID Code IFPI LK13
Mould SID Code IFPI L820