Vinyl LP pressing housed in a gatefold sleeve, includes digital download. Strut presents a new definitive collection of Singles released by jazz maverick Sun Ra during his Earth years, spanning 1952 to 1991. Released prolifically during the 1950s and more sporadically thereafter, primarily on the Saturn label, the 45s offer one-off meteorites from Ra's prolific cosmic journey, tracing the development of his forward-thinking "Space-Bop" and his unique take on jazz and blues traditions which sounded unlike anything else from the period. As with his LPs, most 45s were only pressed in small runs and were sold at gigs and have since become extremely rare and sought after. Only a small handful of copies of "Love In Outer Space" b/w "Mayan Temple" and "The Blue One" b/w "Orbitration In Blue" have ever been seen; some have only been discovered in physical form in recent years; some were planned and penciled in but allegedly never made it to vinyl (including "Saturn" and "Velvet" from the Jazz In Silhouette LP) and some appeared as limited one-off magazine singles and posthumous releases, including "Hell #1" aka "Out There A Minute." The set is the most comprehensive collection of Ra's singles to date. Sleeve note writers Francis Gooding and Paul Griffiths brilliantly illustrate the role of the single within Ra's career and break down each release with detailed track by track notes. Working with Sun Ra LLC and Sun Raarchivist Michael D. Anderson, Strut has also assembled the best possible master sources for each track.

Tracklist

A1    I Am An Instrument
A2    I Am Strange
A3    Chicago Usa
A4    Spaceship Lullaby
A5    Daddy's Gonna Tell You No Lie
A6    A Foggy Day
A7    I'm Coming Home
A8    Last Call For Love
B1    Soft Talk
B2    Super Blonde
B3    Saturn
B4    Call For All Demons
B5    Demon's Lullaby
B6    Supersonic Jazz
C1    Medicine For A Nightmare
C2    Urnack
C3    It's Christmas Time
C4    Happy New Year To You!
C5    M Uck M Uck (Matt Matt)
C6    Hot Skillet Moma
D1    Bye Bye
D2    Somebody's In Love
D3    Dreaming
D4    Daddy's Gonna Tell You No Lie
D5    October
E1    Adventur In Space
E2    Hours After
E3    Great Balls Of Fire
E4    Round Midnight
E5    Back In Your Own Back Yard
F1    Saturn
F2    Velvet
F3    The Sun One
F4    Message To Earthman
F5    The Sun Man Speaks

*Audio and/or tracklist may vary slightly from the vinyl version.

Label: SUT
Rel. Date: 11/25/2016
UPC: 730003314810

• Handling Note: **Please allow an additional 72 hours for this item's shipment.**
• Format Detail: LP
• Genre: Jazz
• Format: Vinyl
• Internal ID: JITRE
• Released: 11/25/2016